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If the sportwriters had the only voice in the MVP decision, why were they promoting the fan vote?

This is why they traded Gonzo… to take maximum advantage having the first slot. Hopefully some people are starting to understand this now. They had a chance and they seemingly hit.

Carlos Rodriguez and Barfield weren't quoted...but they were/have been cited by Shirley and others during those All Access Fri interview nights.

Add Dave Portnoy to that list.

Outside of baseball fans, Pat McAfee probably is a bigger star than Murakami. He was a punter and kickoff specialist in the NFL for 8 years and had a fairly long tenure in the WWE. He makes more money from ESPN and other ventures than the Sox pay Murakami.

I saw this earlier. That loudmouth irks me always cutting his guest off . So bombastic, thinks he's the star and not his guests.

Aww man Gonzo

Chairman of the Board is a terrible nickname. Whoever came up with it should self-suspend for 10 days. That said, I’m glad the Sox finally have a grindy player who actually grinds. He’s one of my favorites, and it’s crazy how quickly he’s adapted to the outfield.

I'm sure if you really investigated properly you could come up with plenty of people who liked him from the day he was drafted. Other's saw him for the 1st time in Spring Training and then the WBC. When are you claiming your loyalty and Ray's started ? Maybe your investigative reporting has some biases perhaps ? 😂

Eaxactly and Getz is quoting as saying he's not a savior. He's just another solid piece and in the article he also said things along those lines. There's no hurry.

I turned on the game right before the Vargas HR and had opened up Gameday to see if Mune and Peters had had any AB's and saw they were both in the game but no AB's yet. So from seeing who I wanted to see standpoint I turned on the game at just the right time.

They are all RP

Same names in amateur scouting department but way more focus on development. Directors of pitching, hitting, sports science and analytics. Everything is linked. The scouts which profiles each department likes and feels comfortable developing etc. It's just totally different. It's a real org finally. Correct

In 2027 Pope Leo will be Venable's bench coach.

The White Sox are currently 4th in all of MLB with 129 hrs with Mune, the Babe Ruth of Japan, missing 35 games.

Peters and Braden aren't bad candidates to round out your 9.

As someone with a bad lower back, playing any defense with a bad back is tough. I've never had issues swinging even with the bad lower back, but defense and base running is always what made it flare up. I think there's less lateral movement needed at 3B so it might be a bit easier on the back than SS, where you have to cover more ground and maybe extend your back a bit more to reach for grounders. I can definitely see Colson's recent bad defensive play on mostly routine grounders as some kind of pain tolerance issue. Where reaching down might bother him and it's causing him to lose focus on routine plays he usually makes.

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I have been wondering that as well. I don't think 3B will be any better on one's back than SS.

In my opinion, if anything baseball related is causing the back issue it's his violent swing. Not playing defense.

Worst case scenario he can DH although he would lose much of his value but still there's always room somewhere for someone who is likely to hit over 30 bombs a year from the left side and can also provide probably league average OBP (that's where he was at before this recent slide when it dipped).

Yeah, I think “theater” is a great way to put it. I feel like these conversions actually did happen over the past week, but perhaps they recreated them for the ESPN access. Not trying to knock the Sox for it, but it’s kind of funny. Either way, I enjoyed the article because the thoughts/opinions expressed by our staff were still real.

I find it fascinating that people think you can play 3rd base with a bad back but not SS. Last I checked, you can't play baseball with a bad back.