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Is it possible that Clevinger sees it as the Sox being such a shitshow that he can fly under the radar here and opt in for that reason? Nobody has mentioned his off the field stuff with everything else going on.

First of all, is this even true? Don't front office types know all the organizations fairly well? Secondly, what is taking a year to learn matter anyway? This team isn't competing in 2024 unless multiple 9-figure contracts are handed out, and we know that's not happening.

If they come up with the marketing slogan, "He Getz Us" I'll puke.

Drunk or stoned would be the two most recommended ways.

What does Ross Gload have to do with any of this?

Confirms what I've been saying--firing Hahn won't do any good if JR is hiring his replacement. Would have been better to keep Hahn until JR died/sold.

They need someone to pitch some innings, so I expect they will keep him if nobody claims him and they have to pay him anyway.

Definitely not minor, but also not fatal if you weren't too stupid to evacuate.

Why not Grandal as well? Andrus?

Sheets for Vaughn at 1B. Lee catching.

. . . but nobody is watching, is it actually a winning streak? Kopech vs Rodriguez

Not a construction/design expert so no idea if this would work, but here's my idea: Build the ballpark with home plate at around the northern 35 yard line of Soldier Field, with CF due north. Turn the southern shell of Soldier Field into the ballpark village. Wouldn't be a huge one, but if contained inside the old shell it wouldn't take away from the aesthetics of the area.

At this point in the season, all I care about are some/most of Robert, Moncada, Vaughn, Benintendi, Colas and Sosa getting better, and Cease and Kopech getting things straightened out.

Blackburn v Clevinger

Sears v Toussaint

He got really close to 100 without going over.

Totally depends on launch angle. A bullet could travel a mile. Combine that with the fact that nobody inside the park heard a gunshot and this currently stands as the most likely explanation.

Not wanting to get too political but how much can the city do when you can get all kinds of guns 10 miles away?

On WGN now. Happened in the 3rd inning. Three people in Section 162 grazed by a single gunshot. One taken to hospital. The reference to Gate 4 is apparently where the security office is and a round was taken.

I turned on WGN news as soon as I saw this and there was no mention of this. That combined with the lack of cell phone video that generally accompanies such incidents leads me to believe this didn't happen.

Nate Silver

Agreed, but 2020 was such an unusual season I used 2019 stats since they're more meaningful.

Look at these guys' 2019 OPS: Moncada .915 Anderson .865 Jimenez .828 That's not "doomed from the start." Something happened after 2019 that ruined these guys. COVID may have part of the blame for Moncada, but I'll forever be convinced that TLR was the main reason.

That's very believable. Just like TLR was already lined up when Ricky was fired.

I wouldn't have gone yesterday if the Sox had the best record in baseball and Ohtani was playing. There are 81 home games, I'll go to ones where the temperature is below 90 degrees.