Just signed Gerrit Cole for $324 MILLION. Are they a lock to win it all? How us everyone feeling in Red Sox Nation? After a miserable 2019, things just got worse for you.

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Cole being a local guy, UCLA... I was hoping he'd wear the blue. But you being a sox fans.. you're screwed.., This gets the Yankees over the top.

Whatever Aaron wants, Aaron gets.

I can't recall ever being with a hooker called Lola. Or Gwen.
I just want to know when Domingo German's status for next year will be resolved. He certainly deserves punishment but MLB doesn't usually require the death penalty for a first offense. And I can only imagine a starting rotation of Cole, Tanaka, Paxton, Severino and German.

Next! Go Angels!

how could German be so irresponsible and put himself in this position?  After coming from such humble beginnings and getting the rare opportunity to become an elite pitcher on the "big stage.  Ouch!   Looked like he was on his way to an even better season, in spite of having more run support than any other Yankee pitcher, last year.  Although he was approaching his innings limit, he had a few more starts left in him and that added experience would have been a plus.

 
Seems this is getting to be way too common among young, professional athletes.

I think the reason it seems more prevalent now is that with tougher policing, #metoo, and social media, not to mention a few hundred million people out there with cameras on their phones capturing virtually everything they do, it's just a matter of more of these athletes getting caught.

it sure seems like a large proportion of these incidents are done by Latin players. Here's a list of recent incidents from Wiki:
"List of players investigated[edit]
Date Refers to the date of the announcement of either a suspension or no suspension
Player Team Date Length Ref
Aroldis Chapman New York Yankees March 1, 2016 30 games [6]
Yasiel Puig Los Angeles Dodgers March 16, 2016 Not suspended [7]
José Reyes Colorado Rockies May 13, 2016 51 games [8][9]
Héctor Olivera Atlanta Braves May 26, 2016 82 games [10]
Jeurys Familia New York Mets March 29, 2016 15 games [11]
Derek Norris Free agent September 1, 2017 Remainder of the season [12]
Steven Wright Boston Red Sox March 23, 2018 15 games

Miguel Sanó Minnesota Twins March 23, 2018 Not suspended [14]
José Torres San Diego Padres June 8, 2018 100 games [15]
Roberto Osuna Toronto Blue Jays June 22, 2018 75 games [16]
Addison Russell Chicago Cubs September 21, 2018 40 games [17]
Odúbel Herrera Philadelphia Phillies July 5, 2019 Remainder of the season (85 games) [18]
Julio Urías Los Angeles Dodgers August 17, 2019 20 games [19]
Domingo Germán New York Yankees September 19, 2019"
Note: For those of you who don't follow baseball, Chapman is Cuban.

As I am sure you remember from Costa Rica, the typical "tico" treats his women like shit. Which of course is great for us, because it sets the bar so low for us, but this is very common in all of Latin America. The men are mainly raised to look at women as second class citizens and grew up believing it's perfectly acceptable, necessary actually, that when their woman "acts up" to slap them around a bit to get them back in line. I think that's the reason your list of Latino offenders is so long.

 
I won't go so far as to say I love Latinos, but I do love the fact that they can make even an asshole like me look good by comparison.