All right, let's go on the line. We'll see what our texters have to say. Then we go to the phones.

And again, there is no, I have no paddle in the water here. I'm not steering this boat any which way.

I've reached a point I don't care. But when these reports come out, what do we do? We either don't talk about it and do what?

No, we got to bring it up. So, all right, John Heyman says it. Scoobles not going to get up. He also says, basically, when some teams have tried the call, including the Yankees, forget about it. You're basically dealing with the unreasonable person in your fantasy football league. So Scoobel's here. So what is your response to that?

And again, I'll state it for the record.

I have never demanded this team pay him $400 million.

I've never called the team cheap.

I've never taken that tact.

I don't think it's a good idea to pay a pitcher this amount of money, which means I trade him.

And he would have been gone.

And I understand what people will say, but we've made the playoffs twice in a row.

Did you?

I mean, look at the, guys, no offense.

You had a Pixar movie and then you had the saddest champagne in history blown a 15 and a half game lead in this poverty division.

I'd be very careful, I'd be very careful.

I'd be very careful propping yourself up in this division?

Look at the win totals, guys.

Come on.

You made the playoffs, but you have to ask yourself,

did you have any shot at winning the World Series?

No.

And if the answer is no.

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