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I'm optimistic about Collins - Since he made adjustments late last year, he has just looked like a different hitter. And it didn't take much, because he already had great OBP upside (given his eye) and obviously has power. I'm still not convinced he can stick behind the plate, but he'll get a ton of great training from Grandal. I really really love the Sox young position players in general.

And if the Sox go out and sign a player to a big money move in the off-season, somewhere I'll be thinking - did they really have to take on these other actions, if they are good giving someone a $100M contract. I should caveat - this view only holds if these were pure expense moves vs. a decision by the organization to move another path or shift spend to other items that they see more valuable, etc.

Every Union should have been positioning and working with the districts proactively to figure out how to make virtual more effective. It would be a double win - keep everyone safe and ensure a positive teaching experience that at least got closer to an inperson. My opinion is everyone associated with schools has failed miserably. I'm sure that hot take will piss people off and maybe I should caveat it more closely that anyone who had the ability to impact the curriculum and how to position and pivot so we were prepared for this has failed.

CA mandating all schools be virtual if you are in a watchlist county (i.e., an area that has too many cases, hospitalizations, etc). My county is on that list - so this will put pressure on all the school districts in my area which came up with different plans. I still am left speachless at how poorly the schools and districts, states, etc did to developing better approaches for at home learning. My impression is it will still be very close to the same. I actually did a virtual zoom with a private school and I was blown away at the difference in terms of how they are pivoting and preparing. I want to put all options on the table. If it means I sacrifice and cut cable to find new ways to make sure my kids get the best education in a safe manner, I'll do it.

Our district provided hotspots to those kids who had internet issues at home and than depending on the grade they have 1:1 ipad or chrome book or 1:2 but they divied them out to those in need. I'm sure they had to at least buy some in advance and that is just one district example. I happen to live in a district that is pretty mixed, half of the district is pretty affluent and than the other half of the district is the exact opposite with high degree of low income families.

I would think the risk of a grocery store employee is much higher than the risk of a teacher. Grocery store employee comes across 100's of people multiple days a week, vs. teacher who spends more time with a smaller group of children. Both have risks, but I think the person working the grocery and/or bagging groceries is much higher.

Haha - I thought that exact same thing when I read that quote the other day. It is like taking throwing lessons from Chuck Knoblach or Rick Ankiel.

DIdn't he have a pretty good spring?

Yeah - Rodon is probably the rustiest of the entire bunch, so you have to figure he'll be behind everyone else. The fact that he's out there getting work in - that is most important.

I'm really glad there are people who will volunteer for those things, because I don't think I would. I suppose if I thought my kids were high risk or something along those lines - than maybe I'd say this is what I ultimately need to do to protect them, but man, that would be scary, getting a theoretical vaccine and than exposing you to something that you may or may not be able to recover from (if the vaccine doesn't work).

World Champions! I don't know why, but I just get these feeling it is going to be a magical season! I think Rodon ends up having an electric season with Carlos, Gio and a really strong offense carrying the way.

I'm curious because my towns numbers hit about 50 cases per day but than the last two days have stropped substantively. Curious to see if they keep holding at the lower levels (which were much closer to where things were trending for the first 3 months + of the pandemic vs. where they all of a sudden escalated to over the past week or so.

Our district came out with more color. Mon - Tues (kids that opt to are in class (morning shift and afternoon shift); wednesday is virtual (+ school cleaned); Thurs & Friday same as Monday / Tuesday. If you don't do the morning or afternoon shift and need childcare, you need to look into CDC centers at the school and/or Boys and Girls Clubs, etc. It will be interesting to see what % opts for hybrid vs. online only (as all parents can either select the hybrid model I outlined above or a fully virtual model). Lets say 30% of the parents select virtual, that means you basically have 70% of your previous class sizes than getting split in half. Masks will be required.

So you think the entire world is doing everything to get rid of Trump? I could largley buy that if the US was doing the same things as other countries and largely trending the same way. But the US is doing very little of what other countries have done and has also seen none of the success most developed nations have seen.

California largely went back into shutdown today. Malls, indoor restaurants, bars, etc - all back to being closed. My guess is the next time things re-open, we won't see them really do much to open any of those places. I think people are going to have to realize indoor places are where you go to get your essentials (get in and get out), but outside of that, they just won't be the norm for a while.

I have zero doubt I would have done a better job - none; Would I have been perfect, no, but better, absolutely. I will also admit, that I am pretty sure even if Trump did everything right, he would still get blasted by 50% of the people on here (that it still wasn't good enough, etc - and the same would hold true if Trump was a democrat). But I don't have to debate whether he did a good job - cause he clearly did an awful awful job.

No district has actually followed any of OC's recommendations, but yeah - now you all maybe know why I made my comment around my options for going abroad - I'll gladly self quarantine for 14 days and stay there for the next 1YR+ until this whole situation resolves.

So semi serious question - if i wanted to move for a year+ to a country that doesn't have infections, is that largely feasible or no? Curious - I want my kids getting a good education and want them doing so in a safe environment. What does it matter where I live, I"ll just rent my house out and rent a place somewhere else and work remote.

Technically - can't the Sox manipulate service time and get that same extra year (so we don't count this year plus you hold him out a month and get the other year back?). Whether Sox want to do that or not is a whole nother story, but I would think you could pretty quickly justify the fact that he needs minor league time given how long it would be between live action.

Fantastic news.

And I should point out - California was not ran like texas, florida, and arizona, but despite all that - we are in the same spot as those three states despite having much higher mask adoption (albeit - it took a long time before Newsome made it mandatory in the state).

I should point out - my son is actually in school right now. His school (Montesorri) reopened about 2 weeks ago. He is in a class with 5 other students and each class (they only have 5 classes) is not allowed to co-mingle. So it is basically 5 students + his teacher and the only person who rotates is the aid who can help when a teacher needs a break (so someone is watching the kids at all times). They all are required to wear masks when indoors and there is no sharing of the toys, so once a toy is used it is put in a bin where it has to be sanitized. Desks, etc were all spaced out (so the relatively large Montessori set-up room that used to accommodate 20+ was cut in half. But this is a pretty unique situation and even than, I know something could happen, but I know these teachers very well (my daughter went here from 2-6 and my son is going to be in his last year) and it kind of feels like a second family to me. But it isn't like you could roll out those type of class sizes and conditions nationally. It also goes to show you, I am in the minority sending my child back since I believe they actually are limiting their class size to 7 but haven't been able to generate enough interest (and this was a school that was fully booked with a wait list prior to COVID).

What disappointing me is there hasn't been more research done on the youth and impacts of the youth, both from an infection rate, symptoms, and their ability to pass on the virus. From what I have read, at younger ages, it seems to be far more likely to be no symptoms, but once you start getting into high school age, for whatever reason, the risks start to increase. That said - everything has been limited and I don't get it - schools are vastly important in this country and the health of the students and teachers (which to be honest - I think that is where the real risk is and its why I'm surprised i haven't heard of Teacher Unions pushing back heavily) is key to that success and it seems like there has been so little effort done. I also am honestly am surprised there hasn't been a big private institution who has totally monopolized and came up with an absurdly better and more interactive way to teaching remote and just charged a flat fee for it (very on demand reading, writing, etc - and than create little pocketed portals where a child could discuss and share their work live with a licensed teacher - ensures a real efficient use of a teachers one-on-one interaction with the students). I know at this point I'm evaluating all options for my kids because the experience I had with remote was just so poor. And I don't blame it on anyone - but it was the reality and from what I've heard from friends who teach in my district (or neighboring districts) it doesn't sound like there really is going to be a wholesale change to the approach. I do think each district is hoping a large chunk opt for fully remote, because the more who do fully remote, the easier it is to do a hybrid program. But this will skew / create more inequality because I guarantee the lower income schools will end up with higher in person attendance than those in more affluent eras. For me my intention is, as long as I believe the risks are manageable, for my children to attend in person (but that also depends on level of infections in my area - and after months of that number being near non-existent, it is definitely not the case today as cases have been growing exponentially the past couple of weeks (and I live in a town that has had mask orders since May 4th).

I don't know yet - they are supposed to send that out in detail in the next couple of days. My view is they should just have everyone have class outdoors and just put tents up in the grass areas, etc (just so people aren't sitting in the sun all day). Big open space, ability to social distance, and if weather is bad, you pivot. It could work in California (obviously doesn't work so well if you are in the midwest during the middle of winter). But smaller class sizes is obviously one aspect and I believe the intent is no rotation, so any teacher comes to the same class (that way you don't have cross contamination from a student perspective - the teachers still could be cross contaminators though).

Where in socal are you?