Dean

I like a mix of things from Sports, to Finance, to Tech. Die hard New England Homer

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@jrcabral @jaketodonnell Have some really exciting young pitching that could be top of the rotation guys for a decade.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

I was always told that gold and BTC were hedges against inflation. Is it possible that was all just made up?

[Charlie Bilello @charliebilello]

Bitcoin (-30%) and Gold (-6%) are the two worst performing major assets so far in 2026. Something we haven't seen before in any calendar year. $GLD $BTC

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@jaketodonnell 100% agree

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@MattGross87 A lot of it is mean reversion. This team is like about a .500 team if they don’t implode. There will be some coming back to the mean. Hits with RISP over a whole season will look a lot like all the rest of the at bats for example.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

No other president in history has ever won the same war twice.

Never mind Trump — he won the same war 27 times in just 4 months.
Absolute legend. 🏆🇺🇸

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@DannyF19895 @MattGross87 I have no issue with how they communicate with us as fans because it doesn’t matter. I don’t get upset with that stuff ever. There does seem to be some shoddy communication at best internally that needs to get cleaned up

[Dean @DeanDude33]

I'd say they won in '04 and '07 then had to reset. It took a few years, then they won in '13 (a bit of a fluke and lightning in a bottle), then in '18. Then they reset again. Following that pattern, they may be a solid contender again soon. I’m hopeful this core can be the next contending crew.

I would still take the Sox resume since 2010 over the Yankees despite their issues.

Red Sox: 2 WS titles, 3 ALCS apps, 9 winning seasons
Yankees: 0 WS titles, 6 ALCS apps, 16 winning seasons

That’s just me though. Many people would rather the 16 winning seasons and 6 ALCS over the 2 WS.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

I’m not blaming anyone. If it was up to me I would have traded Duran after his All Star season. His value will never be higher but my guess is the league doesn’t value him high at all or he would have been moved already. Teams need to make good trades not trades just to make a trade. It seems to me that maybe the core of Anthony, Rafaela, Mayer and Campbell isn’t going to be what they thought. I hope I’m wrong but if this core doesn’t develop it’s going to be many lean years in Boston no matter who the GM and ownership is.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@DannyF19895 @MattGross87 You can only carry 13 position players. It was either have the kids not play or be in AAA or add vets. Both can’t be true.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@DannyF19895 @MattGross87 HR’s were an issue but not runs scored. In the playoffs you need pop but it matters a lot less in the regular season. When you are facing the best teams it’s harder to string hits together so HR’s are how a lot of runs are scored.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

Why can’t the Red Sox find guys like this?

[Matthew Crory @matthewcrory]

David Sandlin exited the mound in the 6th inning to a standing ovation!

In his MLB Debut he retired the last 18 IN A ROW!

Final line 6 IP | 1 R | 1 H | 4 K | 0 BB | 7 Whiffs

First #WhiteSox pitcher to retire 18 in a row in their MLB debut since 1920.

Topped out at 99.3mph

HECK OF A DEBUT FOR THE SANDMAN 👏👏👏

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@bryanrbeal @washoutatfolly The copay is what your insurance company charges you not what the visit costs. If you are basing it on your copay your rationale falls off

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@beenvril @nikitabier How is this original content? It’s just cut up clips and edited creatively. I as a consumer of content not a creator want to see origional content and information or entertainment from the source. Not second hand edits.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@DannyPicard I think Adam Sandler wrong a song about Medium Pace 😂

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@MattGross87 Do we think that is because of the manager change or just a return to the mean? Baseball is streaky and then over 162 just kind of lands where it’s supposed to be somehow

[Dean @DeanDude33]

You’re missing the idea that it will never be zero. He is not talking about payroll taxes. He is talking about withholding federal income tax then doing some convoluted return with child tax credits and whatnot. If your projected income is under a certain amount just stop withholding and filing. I think it makes too much sense. Payroll taxes will still be pulled normally and any state and local taxes will be pulled normally. It’s not zero tax. It a shortcut to the zero tax that people wind up paying anyway.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

The Manor arrest was a win for active cameras, no doubt. But Austin’s crime drop (and the national plunge in homicides/robberies/auto theft) happened anyway. Happening equally in cities without Flock. Vehicle immobilizers and post pandemic normalization did the heavy lifting, not plate databases.

This isn’t about one solved spree. Dense Flock networks create a searchable log of everyone’s movements, billions of innocent scans. That’s the modern version of the general warrants the 4th Amendment was written to ban. The Framers rejected dragnet surveillance that chills assembly, travel, and daily life. We can fight crime without turning public roads into a panopticon.

Privacy isn’t anti safety. It’s foundational.

[Dean @DeanDude33]

@MattGross87 @TomCaron @cody_bondeson I do not disagree with that. However keeping as many fan bases invested as long as possible is what is best for the overall growth of the sport. It’s a difference of opinion, nobody is right or wrong.