The TCB staff occasionally (read: often) gets involved in debates and discussions behind the scenes that never quite make their way onto the pages of the website. Usually this is because the conversation is unprintable, aimless, or altogether ridiculous.
Today on the listserv, one of the writers (okay, it was me) observed that certain members of the Twitter torch-and-pitchfork crowd had been bemoaning the refusal of Astros owner Jim Crane to spend money on the payroll comparably to other MLB teams. It seemed a really odd crusade, since the Astros at the time were tied for first place with only two months remaining in the regular season.