Considering we have a president who lost by 3 million votes, a Supreme Court with 4 of 9 Justices who were appointed by a president who lost the popular vote, and a Congress where Democrats have received more votes in both chambers since 2012, but recently just gained power due to gerrymandering and smaller states…

I’m just here so I won’t get disenfranchised.

a player who would immediately become the face of their franchise and dramatically improve that team’s chances of success.

Pretty nuts right? Everyone’s complaining that teams aren’t trying to win and then get bent out of shape about the one team that’s trying to sign a major free agent.

but it sure would feel like it. Manny Machado may well be more-or-less forced onto a team that finished fourth in the AL Central last season,

Also, why should I be upset that a superstar player goes to a team that isn’t the Yankees, Red Sox, or Dodgers?  More superstars to teams outside top 10 in payroll, please.

I think simply calling the White Sox a team that finished 4th in the AL Central last season is intentionally misleading. They’re in the middle of a clear, planned rebuild with some exciting prospects and should be much better pretty soon with or without Machado.

It’d almost be like saying it was a shame that Jon Lester…

I think he’s going to be a one-and-done. I also think he’s not going to the NBA. 

Yeah I mean virtually everyone that he has worked with during his career has nothing but glowing things to say about him as a person and a coach.

Nah, he’s awesome.  Parkey is just incredibly tone deaf and made it all about himself

As the former Baseball Prospectus editor Craig Goldstein points out, Russell Martin was able to sign a 5-year, $82 million contract with the Blue Jays in November 2014, when he was two years older than Grandal. Even with inflation and revenue increases, Grandal couldn’t hope to approach that kind of long-term money…

Stupid teams not wanting to throw hundreds of millions at a guy who wont run out balls in the payoffs.

I think it’s pretty dumb to compare Yasmani Grandal to Russell Martin.

Sports aren’t fun. I don’t know why I waste so much time on this shit.

It would only be collusion if the teams collectively decide to do it.  If each team individually arives at that conclusion there ain’t no collusion.

i grow tired of the boras soap opera. i totally think that players should max out their value, but he can be such a little bitch about getting his guys paid.

I hope all the teams just sit on the sidelines and say nope, we’re not paying more than X amount. Say 15 million a year. There is no rule that says you have to pay anyone what they feel they deserve. This guy is a hot head who has been hurt by the shift and doesn’t bring massive, unparalleled talent. Trout is better.…

How is it possible that the only sport more crooked than professional boxing is amateur boxing

The IOC announced that it’s investigating the International Boxing Association (AIBA) for “governance, ethics, and financial management.”

This is a periodic reminder that Joe Theismann changed the pronounciation of his last name to rhyme with Heisman. His family pronounced it like “Theeseman”.