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I don’t really buy the activism thing. He will have more of a voice and platform as an athlete. It’s honorable to want to be an activist for important topics but quitting MLB will weaken his influence in my opinion.

I couldn't agree more. It would suck, but if he can put an end to some of the racist and/or sexist garbage that exists in the world, I'll be a fan for life.

Hard for me to put much stock in a supposed deleted tweet, especially without someone screen grabbing it somewhere. That aside, if Michael forgoes baseball to get into a full-time activism role somewhere, good on fucking him. What a noble and selfless pursuit. I would selfishly be sad that he's not pitching for my favorite baseball team for a bit, but I would also respect and be immensely proud of him.

Anyone see what Oakland is doing? They charge fans a certain amount to have their face put on a cardboard cutout that will be put in a seat at their park. Besides maybe being seen on TV, if a ball hits your cutout, they will mail it to you. Pretty creative.

Give this man some room, he is ready to do some things.

The tweets are from accounts with like 8 numbers in the handles. That should be red flag #1 that it's just people (probably Cubs fans or miserable Sox fans) trolling. I hope Kopech and his family are ok, but I doubt this personal issue has anything to do with retirement

So what? It's still awful.

Just to refresh everyone's memory: Various Kopech stories leading up to and including his spring debut. These are gearde more to getting quotes about his baseball only state of mind post surgery as he approached throwing competitively again. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/26/20886214/tommy-john-surgery-best-thing-to-happen-white-sox-michael-kopech-says https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/white-sox/ct-chicago-white-sox-michael-kopech-haircut-20200122-qludkcny7zagpiz5qbwjwbxbtu-story.html https://www.mlb.com/news/michael-kopech-makes-spring-debut https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffarnold/2020/03/09/as-white-sox-push-for-contention-michael-kopech-returns-to-form/#1d09ea934f92

Dallas is the anti-Sale

But In all seriousness I hope everything is good with both of these guys. Crazy times we are living in

Maybe the Sox will put a picture of the Windy City Limo guy wearing his M&M jacket in his regular seat.

Hopefully twitter people trolling as a few are saying his heart is no longer into baseball and wants to be an activist.

I don't understand why it should be the Reds. Are we confusing movies here ? It's "Field of Dreams" not "Eight Men Out". What did the Reds vs. The White Sox have to do with the movie Field of Dreams ? I know Joe Jackson was the 1st ghost to appear but it's not like the 1919 Word Series was part of the plot. Joe Jackson is only significant because he was the favorite player of Costner's Dad in the film. How does remembering the biggest black eyed season baseball has ever had match up in calling it a Field of Dreams game.? Is it wonderful to celebrate that terrible incident ? Field of Dreams celebrates the glory of the game itself and how baseball has been with us through the years as a symbolic thread that binds us and has built bonds between fathers and sons through something as simple as playing catch. I keep seeing a few guys saying it was a terrible movie. Maybe you just don't see why people who love baseball love this movie. Maybe it requires a couple of things to love it, I would suggest watching Ken Burns Baseball documentary, all 9 innings of it and having played catch with your old man many many times through the years. If you did not do that as a child then please do it with your son or daughter every chance you get.

Looking forward to the mysterious suicide when all guards were inexplicable off duty and the camera system was oddly non functional

Also Desmond and Zimmerman both opted out did they not ? To list Cespedes 4th when he had barely touched a bat in 2 years seemed like quite biased reporting as if he is a Mets fan. Its an insult to a guy like Encarnacion who has been one of the most consistent power bats for 8 years straight; I do hope he has another good year in him. For those who don't find much use for Batting Average i tend to think it reflects or signifies the beginning of the end for some hitters, EE's has been steadily trending down now for 4 years but he deserves the benefit of the doubt until there's a dramatic dip . He really has had much more success since he turned 29 , Hopefully a guy like Yermin Mercedes can learn and benefit from him as longs as its not chemically induced.

This team has 80 grade swagger. Just please pair it with wins.

We have people at this site who have but I’m not sure if they said so in this thread, I’ll say that much so that if no one else replies that bit is shared. Will leave it to them to decide whether to tag in.

Wonder what the universe is like for him if the astros hadn’t cheated against him.

Maybe just me, but swing looks better than ever Let's go Jake, all rooting hard for you

Whoooooo Carrrrrrrreeesssssssssssssss

No but obviously some people did...dude was suspended 50 games. Do we even need to know? It was 8 years ago. Baseball doesn't need anymore negativity right now. This is the last news it needs, especially for a fanbase whose team is pretty much ignored around the league to begin with.

As long as he wasn’t dipping in front of children, I’m all good.

Yeah, this sounds like bullshit.

Hi Cub fan.