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We all should file a lawsuit against Gerrit Cole because he was sending us free agency signals from the field.

We all should file a lawsuit against Gerrit Cole because he was sending us free agency signals from the field.

We all should file a lawsuit against Gerrit Cole because he was sending us free agency signals from the field.

We all should file a lawsuit against Gerrit Cole because he was sending us free agency signals from the field.

Listen here you little fuckin shit, it IS big news because the narrative this off-season has been how bad our pitching is and how we're still only going to win 80 games and waste another year of Trout. If Canning and Sandoval can each have breakout seasons, that would be absolutely gigantic for the team. Canning is a borderline #2 starter and Sandoval is a potential #3 guy. Those guys reaching their potential would put us in playoff contention easily. 
Fuck.

Its like that twilight zone, when burgess meredith steps on his reading glasses at the end.

All I know is that I now want the Angels to make it into a Highway World Series and we pull Luis Rengifo off the bench in Game 7, down by one and he crushes a 2-run homer to win it all.

Not sure why everyone is pissed at Chicken Strip.  He's on a team that went to the World Series twice in three years.  If you were about to be relocated and you find out that maybe you weren't, wouldn't you celebrate? 

Unless Eppler and Arte have something bigger up their sleeves, I’m pretty pissed about this. 

I don't blame anyone other than the Dodgers. They are the ones who pulled out of the deal.
 
EDIT: Unless it's true that Moreno pulled out of the deal, which in that case, Fire Arte....???

Yea, for you guys laughing this isn’t really all that funny.  It absolutely sucks.

Here is the thing.  I don't think that Boston is utterly clueless.  I think they have a plan. 
My bigger question is why are they trading Betts?  They are getting roasted everywhere for trading him.  Even the Angels found a way no matter what to keep Trout.  So why is Boston trading Betts?  Money?  I don't buy it, they are a huge market team.  And the only thing that makes any kind of conspiracy sense is that Boston knows something everyone else doesn't.  And that something is happening in Houston.  The accusations are that Boston cheated their way to the 2018 WS.  Coincidentally, that is when Betts went from a .800 OPS hitter to a 1.000 OPS hitter.  His MLB career has been .812, .820, .897, .803 OPS then 1.078 and .915 OPS.  
So I guess we'll see in 2020 if he turns back into a .800 hitter, or continues to be a .900+ hitter.  It'll also be interesting to see if he signs a long term huge contract before the season starts.  Because if he signs that huge contract, and it turns out he is only a .800 OPS hitter, the Dogs are going to get hosed.  Which is also acceptable.

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I will forever remember his stint at 2nd base against the Yankees last April.  And that diving stop he made.
The Yankees fan sitting next to me in the club level was confused why there was such a raucous cheer over a decent, but relatively unspectacular play by the second baseman.