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What.

It IS a largely partisan issue. One party is actively trying to sabotage this situation by disseminating information like you were quoting early.

Lol dude are you reading these threads

My thoughts: 2020 is in severe jeopardy due to Covid 2021 is going to have similar issues as 2020, unless somehow the president and certain governors correct their rectal-cranial inversion and take Covid seriously. CBA is up in 2022 and there is going to be a war, which was going to happen regardless of Covid. If the CBA wasn't up I'd say there'd be baseball in 2022 but both MLB and the NHL are going to have issues with the next round of negotiations. The NFL is very lucky they extended their CBA before Covid. Otherwise, they'd be in some shit too. The NBA is far enough away that they can get away with it. My optimistic side says that we might get an 82 game season in 2021. With the way things are trending, It's incredibly optimistic to think they're going to finish this season and they're going to start 2021 on time.

Hi Cub fan.

"Llimited number of fans in the stands"...sounds like a normal year.

https://twitter.com/DannyParkins/status/1275898973581123585?s=20 https://twitter.com/DannyParkins/status/1275898973581123585?s=20

That's literally how Texas justified re-opening stuff including athletic facilities, and now they have an out of control outbreak. So what is your state going to do that Texas didn't do to make sure that continues happening? Everything we're seeing right now was baked into the cake in May, so you wait weeks before you see the damage you did.

Neat. Stay safe you folks that attend.

Certain members would find another reason to dislike him. "The way Abreu wears his hat sets a bad example for today's youth."

This is nonsense. Throw a stone on a map and you could find countries that have done this without either.

With Chewing Tobacco being banned for this season, are certain members of this board Jose Abreu fans now?

I’d personally like to see us kick a bunch of ass and have as much depth as possible. Trading McCann for swampdick is the last thing I would do. He’s going to very important to us.

See you next year!

Excuse me I was out of work 4 months due to a herniated disc in my back that affected my legs so severely I couldn't perform regular duties . I also have COPD , RA and cataracts in my right eye which means my immune system and lungs are also affected. I am also 62 years old. All those things combined puts me at high risk. Then my parent company finally found me work at the start of the pandemic. With all that's wrong with me what job did I get offered ? Custodial work. That's right cleaning up after everyone and being among my coworkers and the public . When everyone was at home and even the Los Angeles freeways were pretty empty I was on the front lines from the beginning. My first day on the job I got conjunctivitis in the same eye as the cataracts. SO don't you dare say I am living in a different world. I cannot live off past earnings. Even with all those things wrong with me, my age and being a custodial worker my health plan said I wasn't eligible for a Covid test. I only got a test after the hospital called me to say they had an opening to do my cataract surgery in 2 days so I had to get a test right away meaning I missed more work doing that then more after the surgery than a normal person would miss because the doctor knew the nature of my job and gave me more time off. Yes I and many common folks certainly are guinea pigs more so than the players. But if I die i'll just be a statistic . If some famous or even not so famous players dies it's big headlines and everyone questions why they didn't cancel the season and their methods to protect players. If I was a player good enough to live off past earnings I would opt out. Guess we will see if there really is a season that can be started and sustained without many casualties . Everyone is a lab rat. But only high profile people and companies get put under the microscope. I am now out of work again after 5 months doing that job because they filled the position i had with healthy person and I am still waiting for Workers Comp. to pay me for the 4 months i was off before that job offer.

With the money they paid for this thing, they could have done better than Texas aluminum siding emporium

How bout this thread be closed

You can't win the season in April August but you sure can lose it!!

Tbh, we'll be better off than most teams in this department.

Get the Covid Cup

If you would have told me before the season started that the Sox would be tied for first place with 60 games left I’d have been ecstatic.

The real issue is how Lightfoot is going to have 2 million people, maybe more, social distance in November for the parade. 🤔

We've had possibly the strictest and longest lockdown, plus a slow, phased re-opening here in Illinois. I'm guessing you don't live here but our curve looks like what you see in Europe, not like Texas or Florida. And public health officials have had basically complete control over the re-opening process here. Comparing Illinois to states like Texas and Florida that locked down for about 10 days is pretty misguided. And obviously that are certain markers with regards to testing/cases that have to be met before attendance at outdoor sporting events here is possible. So just because the Sox plan on it, it doesn't mean it will happen. Ultimately the Illinois and City public health depts have to give the go ahead

wow....just.....wow https://twitter.com/thegoodgodabove/status/1275863002403782658?s=20

This is a state/local thing right now and they'd be the ones who have to run it.

There are government failures top to bottom. Trying to turn this into a partisan issue does not help.

lmao. Did you forget who the President is?

I think I know where you are coming from. What exactly are the odds of even finishing a season and crowning a World Champ ? Is it 50/50 ? What does everyone think ? If there is no World Series it does make sense to rid yourself of guys you aren't going to have next year especially if you start the season poorly such as 7 or more games under .500 after 20-25 games. Too short of a season to expect to make up ground. Trouble is you have to play to win. We all wanted to see the off season acquisitions Grandal, Keuchel .Mazara, Cishek, Encarnacion and Gio Gonzalez, combine with our prospects like Kopech. Robert and Madrigal ,combine with guys on the rise (or not) like Anderson, Giolito, Lopez, Cease, Moncada and Eloy. This season was going to be wonderful to behold if it had been normal. Now will be still fun because guys like Dunning and Rodon might pitch from the start of the season. Play for the trophy if you are going to play.Besides there's no guarantee that 2021 is going to be any better .

Someone will always be in a slump . You play the best you got and hope for the best. That's what I would do In a short season. What would constitute a slump anyway ? If someone goes 0 for 10 or 15 they get benched ? The Sox didnt get the services of Encarnacion or Mazara to sit them. Just play match ups as best you can and do more pinch hitting according to match ups especially in situations where pitchers are forced to face hitters. The majority of Sox starters will be playing no matter who they face. Just about every position has some decent to good power except 2nd base. Some bombs come in real handy in late innings when you might be behind. If someone in the 3 hole starts slow you could move him down in the lineup rather than bench him. I might never take Robert out of the lineup even if he is struggling. There's no way I rather see Engel in CF or in the lineup over Robert. Sign Yasiel Puig !

Sorry for the pain you've gone through. As a fellow human being who doesn't know you, I do care about what you've gone through. Hang in there. Fight for that workers comp and fight to get unemployment. If they filled your position you ARE likely eligible for unemployment. Hope you feel better and can work again someplace where you can put food on table.

As screwed up as the process to get to this point was, as strange as this "season" will be, I'm pretty sure I have never looked forward to a baseball season as much as I do this one right now.

I would hope Dalquist, Thompson, Kelley, and all those guys are on it just to get reps

In addition to the schedule, the White Sox are built - at this point - for a small sample run. If they manage this well, they could really excel. Their pitchers already had to be managed, limited, and maintained. Now you can run a rotation 5-6 deep - if you wanted you could run 7 deep and pair back-end starters together. 1-2-3 would pitch alone, and 4-5 would pair for a game and 6-7 would pair for another game. This would allow them to get everyone regular rotation time, with regular rest time, all while controlling the pitch counts and innings limit in a way that's both beneficial for the teams long term and short term. This would be an ideal sprint setup, and it's just one of many options they have with guys like Kopech, Cease, Rodon and etc all needing a little comfort and ease getting back into things. With the three batter rule and no real extra-innings (with runner starting on second), carrying a ton of relievers just seems pointless. They should roster all the starters, and get creative. This will also allow them to roster more young position player talent - keeping the regulars fresher throughout the sprint (60 games in 66 days) - allowing you to put in fielding subs and pinch runners constantly in the 7-8-9th inning which should become much more used if you are the ROAD team and the game is tied. Why? Because you are at a huge disadvantage in extra innings - being unable to only play for one run with the home team also starting with a man on second and no one out - and you need to maximize every run scoring possibility late. You do that by flooding your roster with players, not pitchers, and utilizing those skill sets to maximize your late game run outputs. If you are the home team, you want to do everything to either win the game or force extra's; where again, you have a big advantage. The strategy this year will be interesting. Bullpens should already have been slightly shorter with the 3 batter rule, but now with the extra innings component, a good manager might be able to get extra a win or two extra in a season of 60 games.

Who wants to tell him we ended the rebuild?

lol...you are totally right. No idea what match I was doing for the proposed schedule. Definitely have a big advantage on the AL side of things, but the NL Central should be pretty tough.

JFC Texas, why did you do this

Some people heading into the Trump-Phoenix rally said they were not concerned about catching the virus because they thought published statistics were bogus. Yet, many Trump fans watch Fox News. Recently Fox aired a report of a fast food place supposedly attempting to poison New York City policemen by tampering with their milk shakes. There was no truth to the story, but Fox, as always, didn't fact-check the story and ran with things anyway. And knowing Fox, it didn't care how wrong they were. They accomplished what they wanted with the false report. Many who cry "Fake News" don't know what fake news really is, especially when it come to the virus. This ignorance only makes things worse.

I believe it's the same, yes. Fulmer and Cordero both out of options.

The Twins and Indians are skewed because the Sox are better than they were last year.

The White Sox 13 Indians 14 and Twins 15 have the weakest AL schedules based on last year's performance.

Luis Robert is a huge factor for the Sox. If he (understandably) comes out and struggles with the adjustment to MLB, strikes out 35% of the time, etc, and we're in the playoff hunt, I'm not sure what we do. Sure, there's always Leury, but Robert's development is more important than almost anything for us. On the other hand, if he comes out of the gates like Acuna and is the ROY, I think we make the playoffs. My biggest concern going into this season (in March) was pitching, but with 7 hopefully healthy MLB caliber starters out of the gate, I feel confident in our depth for a change.

I doubt any of the big names opt out. These guys will feel an obligation to their teammates to play. They're baseball players.

My school district gives out ipads and there is zero paper footprint. They were submitting homework and taking exams in class via the ipad before Covid. They had an advantage over most. So who is at fault? The one zoom every other day for each class is okay? Some classes had no tests for the entire quarter? Some didnt want to give grades besides Pass/Fail? How hard is it to figure that out. So what is your wifes school district doing right now as we speak to prepare for online education. You cant just show up in August and go woe is me we are still not prepared. Are you going to tackle teachers needing to be on video conferencing for the better part of the day. Are you going to be able to provide adequate testing to validate learning. Is it going to be engaging and with instruction that is preparing for college. Because to be honest if this is what we are getting then they can furlough a bunch of the teachers and just have a hall monitor collect homework and take attendance. The current online education is worthless. My son was able to do his entire days worth of homework in under 20 minutes. His lowest grade was a 99 for the quarter. He slept after he completed his homework until 2pm everyday. The only time he needed to get up was to attend the occasional zoom. His GPA was already a 4. But this is not preparing him for college when he will be challenged and will be behind. I dont want a participation award medal. I want him prepared for college to get the best opportunity to be successful in life. My wife works at a school district and they are doing shit right now to prepare for the fall. I think they believe this is just going to go away. I dont see anyone preparing an online curriculum. To do a true online testing program will require some of the students "rights" to be given up when their device is monitored. And this pass/fail stuff is nonsense. Challenge for a grade or just extend vacation until there is a cure. The online side is not education, its a glorified check box to prove that someone is ready for the next grade.

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I'm sayin! really though, Covid has owned our lives for three months. It looks like we may get a reprieve and a bit of normalcy back in our lives. It's going to be weird, it's going to be unsure, people are going to be mad at many different things on and off the field. I'm just happy to be able to watch and talk some baseball again, however it should look and play out

The pitching decisions for 60 games in 61 days will be fascinating to watch. I think the Sox benefit from basically having 7 starters on the roster: Giolito, Kopech, Keuchel, Rodon, Lopez, Cease, and Gonzalez. With what also looks to be a strong backend of the bullpen, and a dangerous offense, I think the Sox are set up for success in this truncated season

I disagree that the players are going to win their grievance. That's why I think they should have taken the deal. If they do end up winning the grievance, I was wrong and they made the right move. I still think that being able to complete a season is incredibly optimistic at this point.

I expect this for Kelley.