Can you imagine being traded?

[calscuf 13,824]

I imagine being traded would be tougher if you were gay, right laagaymer?

[fan_since79 10,669]

7 minutes ago, calscuf said:

I imagine being traded would be tougher if you were gay, right laagaymer?

LOL, he left himself open for that.

It's like you won't let me forget about Bixby Knolls when I happened to mention once that it was a hot day there.

He should lighten up and go with it. Life is too short to be taken too seriously.

[tomsred 3,797]

12 hours ago, Dochalo said:

or like 95% of professional ball players - 25k and bus rides to work.  

And free food, and medical care.  Plus you get to pick a wife from about a few thousand adoring candidates, or pick none at all and get to sleep with about the same number.

[GrittyVeterans 2,638]

45 minutes ago, stormngt said:

And they are especially skilled.  That's why they get paid more! And they should be paid that be abuse they ate especially skilled!

The average worker in USA are not that special in their work skills.

Right, you deserve what the market dictates. So why on Earth do you feel bad for ball players?

I think you are missing my point, so I will move on

[stormngt 2,794]

1 hour ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Right, you deserve what the market dictates. So why on Earth do you feel bad for ball players?

I think you are missing my point, so I will move on

Read the F'n content of the post! It's not hard to figure out.  Someone who dreams of a WS championship is traded from the Astros to the Marlins.  If you cant figure it out I am sorry!

[Slegnaac 2,055]

You've been traded to Tyson chicken...

[Lou 42,455]

2 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

LOL, he left himself open for that.

It's like you won't let me forget about Bixby Knolls when I happened to mention once that it was a hot day there.

He should lighten up and go with it. Life is too short to be taken too seriously.

IT IS NOT !!!

[laagamer 1,434]

2 hours ago, calscuf said:

I imagine being traded would be tougher if you were gay, right laagaymer?

At least I'm not a bigot. 

This is me telling you once, do not harrass me on here for my opinions or beliefs.

[Lou 42,455]

[GrittyVeterans 2,638]

56 minutes ago, stormngt said:

Read the F'n content of the post! It's not hard to figure out.  Someone who dreams of a WS championship is traded from the Astros to the Marlins.  If you cant figure it out I am sorry!

Conversations evolve from time to time...lol you are such a poor reader

[Dick B Back 3,597]

I understand why players get paid more than me... nobody buys tickets to watch me work and my work day is never televised.

[Lou 42,455]

8 minutes ago, Dick B Back said:

I understand why players get paid more than me... nobody buys tickets to watch me work and my work day is never televised.

 

Yet

 

[stormngt 2,794]

2 hours ago, GrittyVeterans said:

Conversations evolve from time to time...lol you are such a poor reader

Of course!

[Stradling 27,005]

8 hours ago, calscuf said:

I would murder for 8-10 more nights away from home.

I’ll give you a call

[Tank 25,160]

4 hours ago, Dick B Back said:

I understand why players get paid more than me... nobody buys tickets to watch me work and my work day is never televised.

meh, i'm on stage all day long. i have people not only watching but relying on my work all day every day.

[tomsred 3,797]

On 7/29/2018 at 9:11 PM, Dochalo said:

Imagine walking in to work one day and they tell you you're moving to the other side of the country.  

 

Pretty appropriate post with regard to the Kinsler trade.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds 3,751]

I would love to be a ML ballplayer good enough to have teams wanting me enough to trade for me.

[Lou 42,455]

13 minutes ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I would love to be a ML ballplayer good enough to have teams wanting me enough to trade for me.

or shitty enough that teams want to get rid of you 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds 3,751]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

or shitty enough that teams want to get rid of you 

Either way still better than now...

[T.G. 11,242]

When is the trade deadline for message board posters?

[Lou 42,455]

49 minutes ago, True Grich said:

When is the trade deadline for message board posters?

we tried, but quickly found out that the market for some here was the equivalent to that of Valbuena.. 

[WeatherWonk 817]

On 7/30/2018 at 12:10 PM, stormngt said:

And they are especially skilled.  That's why they get paid more! And they should be paid that be abuse they ate especially skilled!

The average worker in USA are not that special in their work skills.

That's because a lot of the jobs that required special skills were sent overseas by corporations.

Why develop special skills when the job market doesn't reward you?

Our latest economic "upturn", and the resulting tight job market, is the same as the last three or four. Lots of low-paying service jobs. Manufacturing in the US continues to slide.

Computers are made overseas. Phones are made overseas. Cars are made overseas. Appliances are made overseas. About the only growing job industries in the US that require special skills are health care and, marginally, construction. And probably 80% of construction jobs can be learned in a week.

[stormngt 2,794]

1 hour ago, WeatherWonk said:

That's because a lot of the jobs that required special skills were sent overseas by corporations.

Why develop special skills when the job market doesn't reward you?

Our latest economic "upturn", and the resulting tight job market, is the same as the last three or four. Lots of low-paying service jobs. Manufacturing in the US continues to slide.

Computers are made overseas. Phones are made overseas. Cars are made overseas. Appliances are made overseas. About the only growing job industries in the US that require special skills are health care and, marginally, construction. And probably 80% of construction jobs can be learned in a week.

A political/economic comment out of nowhere.

[yk9001 7,439]

Adam Jones rightly exercising his 10/5 rights

https://deadspin.com/adam-jones-wouldnt-let-the-orioles-trade-him-is-awesom-1828026559

 

 

[Stradling 27,005]

25 minutes ago, stormngt said:

A political/economic comment out of nowhere.

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