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You were ? Is your name in the credits ? Extra ? I actually like Bull Durham more. It's just funnier and has baseball groupies in it .Field of Dreams takes a while to let the viewer know the purpose of the voice and ghosts so the significance of Ray's relationship with his Dad never quite gets the attention it should ,We never do find out why Ray is the one to get a chance to repair his relationship with his father by way of baseball when plenty of kids and fathers screwed up their relationship and never get to repair it.

You said that much better than I did a few posts earlier.

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

It's helpful to Crochet that the Sox need more quality left handed relievers for this season at least. If he is impressive in the taxi squad , if Rodon doesn't impress where ever he is used and Bummer and Fry falter he may well be the next best LH option in the pen. He can still be a starter down the road.

Your talent as a baseball player will only make being an activist get more attention which as an activist you want to bring attention to your cause . Being a poor befuddled activist will not bring attention to your cause. Of course this is just me speculating about you speculating about what others are speculating what the problem is. Wow I wish twitter didnt exist. I can see why Kopech deleted his. Please ignore this post .I feel dumber for having written it.

I've given it some thought and all we can do is speculate and see what happens. I think they go with a 5 man rotation. Kopech in the pen to start the season unless Gonzalez isn't ready to go either. Only Lopez Keuchel and Cease pitched much in ST so I think those 3 along with Giolito are in the rotation. That leaves Gonzalez, Kopech and Rodon. My guess is Gonzalez is in the rotation , Kopech and Rodon in the pen as pitchers following the starters perhaps Kopech pairs with Keuchel and Rodon (if healthy ) pairs with Lopez or Cease. After that you just manage innings and build up stamina in all 7 . By game 30-40 start shaping the rotation with who has pitched best with an eye toward the playoffs . Who knows maybe a surprise guy like Dunning comes out of nowhere and forces himself in the conversation too.

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.

Maybe too conveniently aligning with his service time. I say that without belittling what may be a serious situation.

Hopefully that's what he's been doing since his 1 and only appearance in a ST game. But he now appears to have a crisis of some sort. No details yet. It's in another thred. Someone will probably start a new thread about it. Might turn out to be be nothing but the announcement did have an ominous feel to it.

Yep look at what happened with Andrew Toles;. https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2020-07-01/andrew-toles-family-mental-health-dodgers

Without wins swagger is just bluster . Gotta walk the walk if you're going to talk the talk. You lose, gonna lose that luster , buster.

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.

I didnt even know such a thing existed. Is that like a bunch of AAAA types headed to Nashville to work out in case someone wants them later ?

If you're not good enough that's the way it's always been. Sucks to be less talented , just a notch below the best . No reason to be mad at the Sox . I'm more inclined to think he's done . But maybe he just thinks he's in limbo, not part of the 44, not part of the taxi squad just yet. He was abysmal last year. He had to know his time with the Sox was coming to a close sooner rather than later Engel has more value to the Sox than Palka.

More stuff to whet the appetite for White Sox baseball https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/white-sox-reliever-steve-cishek-working-out-chicago-alley-camp https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/yoan-moncada-white-sox-still-track-success-2020-even-after-layoff https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/see-how-guaranteed-rate-field-has-changed-2020-white-sox-summer-camp https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/white-sox-questions-to-answer-at-summer-camp

I guess I'm doubting that he would file a grievance over those 6 or 7 games unless the players union strongly urges him .

No middle infielder nor 3rd baseman hit well in ST. The only one was Cuthbert and he looked terrible in the field.

Most people are under the assumption that starters will start the year going 3 or 4 innings. So when you say starters are averaging 5 innings per start now it doesn't apply to the now. There is no now. Pitchers will be starting coming off a long delay to the start of the season and some had not pitched at all in a spring training games. Lucas Giolito and Kopech pitched 1 inning in ST Keuchel pitched 7.2 innings in 2 starts Rodon, Gio Gonzalez , DunnIng and Lambert all 0 innings Cease 3 starts 9.1 innings pitched Lopez 2 starts 7.1 innings pitched Among the RH relievers to pitch in ST Fulmer had the most innings 9.2 and actually looked pretty good. Among the others from the 40 none had more than 5.2 innings. Burdi had 4 innings and looked pretty good and I think he was not even invited to summer camp. Hoping he isn't experiencing pain but why not have him invited otherwise ? Maybe too many RH relievers to invite him. LH relievers: We only had 2 who from the 40 appeared in ST games and that was Bummer and Flores . All others who appeared in games were Non Roster Invitees. Among the hitters who looked best in ST. Collins , Mercedes, Vaughn, Engel, Robert, Mazara with more than 20 AB. Cuthbert was the only guy among 2B, 3B and SS who looked good in ST but he also had a few errors.

So what are the rules in extra innings starting with a runner on 2nd ? Can it be anyone or is there a rule specifying who it should be ? A very fast guy could be of great benefit on 2nd base in extra innings. If someone knocks him in with a double another runner on 2nd 3rd with with none or 1 out could also have a pinch runner.

Thanks fellas.

More than likely. He was contemplating retirement anyway so Covid just helped him make up his mind.

Plus the teams he could've been traded to got cut in half once it was decided that DH would still only be in the AL for the abbreviated season.

Yes as you know I was against it for a full season for various reasons. But now in such a short season pure talent is pretty much all that matters.

Just so you know I won;t be shoving it in anyone's face. I will be happy if he succeeds and disappointed if he doesn't which in most scenarios is the more likely outcome. Personally I saw no need for EE but i understood his signing because he is a well established bat and Yermin and Collins are not. In a year the Sox planned to compete that was most important rather then Collins, Yermin and others sharing the DH spot.

Just so you know I was maybe the 1st one on Soxtalk to start inquiring about him back when he was languishing in A ball and i noticed he never had a bad season in the minors and started a thread in Future Sox for anyone who could tell me more about him . After he moved up and started hitting even better through AA and AAA i was going about questioning how come he couldn't be included in our Top 30 even though i knew the obvious answers about his age and defense. But hitting alone can some times get you to where you want to be.