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  1. VRP

    VRP DSP Legend

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    It’s unbelievable to me that there are legitimate media members who I respect who take issue with the “Machado doesn’t hustle” narrative.

    HE SAID IT HIMSELF LMAO

    HE WOULDNT HUSTLE IN THE WORLD SERIES

    I would’ve taken the guy back but it’s like a defense attorney defending someone who already confessed to the murder
     
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    There's your first problem.
     
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    Some media members are more respectable than others.
    Problem is, those respected reporters have flaws of their own.
    Yes, they typically know more about the game, have better sources, and site data and tangible evidence if they venture into analysis/commentary.
    BUT these same guys are so focused on being counter-cultural that they must take the opposite-to-mainstream opinion on everything to maintain their superiority.
    So in the case of Machado, the 'respected' guys are more likely to scoff at the Johnny Hustle stuff because "hustle" is associated with conventional wisdom. Even if it was clearly a real thing.
     
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    the 'respected' guys play the 'respected' part, they all play parts
    none of them are respectable
    its sports news
    WWE writers are more talented
     
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    I mean, yes. It's all so inconsequential that even the respected guys are irrelevant, really.
    All relative.
     
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    Only if it's LeBron
     
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    Never said it by name t the press conference.

    And it might be different rules for players and FO talking about future players.
     
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    Tampering or not, players should refrain from making any such comments. One of his teammates is slated for that spot, or at least feels he has a good chance to get it with hard work, and here's Harper, less than a week in, essentially declaring that the team needs an upgrade there. Yeah I know, it's Trout, who would upgrade the position on EVERY team, but why go and put that out there publicly? Just not a good way to build goodwill with his new teammates, in my opinion.
     
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    mebron james doesn't get this
     
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    Not terribly bright. Sounds like he wants to be LeBron's next interview.
     
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    Agree 100%. I wanted Harper as much as anyone on here, but it wasn't because he's smart.
     
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    I'd let him off the hook for old time's sake.
     
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    I'm your older brother Mike and I was stepped ovah.
     
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    this
    and right on the heels of the ill-fated “win a title for dc” remark
    not a smart man
    and the more time goes by, quite possibly the more grateful we are that we didn’t sign him
     
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    Uh oh. Looks like MLB could fine Harper for tampering.

    Somebody get me some Kleenex. When Kershaw and Turner were meeting with Ohtani and trying to convince him to join LAD, were they not undermining guys that are working hard and already on the team? Man, this is professional sports. If you're not trying to get better, you lose. Get good. Guys that can't handle competition, get lost. That's the name of the game.
     
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    Different Ohtani was a free agent Mike isn’t. :popcorn:
     
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    Ohtani wasn't under an MLB contract with a team. He was essentially a free agent. Trout is still under contract.

    Not that I agree with the rule, but that is what it says.
     
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    the whole tampering thing is so lame anyway
    like these guys don't have contact through social media/cell phones/go out to dinner w each other
    anything they are saying in the media is because they are retarts
     
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    Oh I don't care about the tampering part of it. I'm just saying that Kershaw and Turner were out there actively trying to get Ohtani to join the team, so somebody on the team was going to be out of a job. How did they feel about that? Who cares

    But that's life. Professional athletes..guys playing a kids' game for a king's ransom having to deal with real life problems..

     
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