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Mo is an all-time great, why make up s*** to give to him? Is this farewell tour and an eventual trip to the HOF not enough?

Eaton, Holmberg, and Owings for Peavy? Done. Want some De Aza too? Fine, take him.

Thanks for all the info bucket. I'm sure you're putting yourself/a relationship at risk by sharing and we all appreciate it.

8th inning reliever gets it, eh? Sounds like bulls***.

This is a bad performance

Fan votes comprise 20 percent of the overall voting. Can they really give it to Mo?

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 09:05 PM) If this score stays the same, they'll give it to Rivera Sheeeeeeit

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 08:48 PM) If there's no clear cut offensive pick, maybe Sale gets the MVP. Can't argue with 6 up 6 down. I've been thinking the same thing. I doubt they do it.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 08:25 PM) Wat pith?

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) Carcillo to the Kings. Adios. This is third place I've seen it reported and nobody says who we got back. I think that tells you all you need to know about what we thought of Carcillo.

I'd assume that most of us that watched him in relief have seen him hit 101. With that said, who cares if he does it again?

I can't help but think of all the times that I went outside of my parents' house to talk on the phone so as to get privacy. I would always walk around aimlessly because I'm a fidgety person. I wonder how suspicious I looked.

I've always found there to be an interesting balance when thinking about "proper" race relations. While it would be out of line to deal with black friends or whomever else in a particular way because they are black, there is an extent to which it is inappropriate to act colorblind. There are parts of the human experience in the world today that are fundamentally different for (for instance) black people and I can't just treat my black friends like they are seeing and experiencing the world the same way I am. I remember when I was younger, saying the word "black" around a teammate and then I started acting embarrassed like I had just dropped an n-bomb. He just goes, "you know, it's no secret that I'm black. I have mirrors at my house. We don't have to pretend." This is when I first realized that I was being a pretty useless "non-racist" as I was trying to do my best "non-racist" impression around my black friends and, in effect, treating them with kid gloves because they were black. That doesn't mean I should instead pretend that I know what it's like to be black, but I also can't pretend that being black isn't an important part of someone's identity, for better or for worse. This is a fairly recent tension in critical theory, a sort of sub-specialty of mine in academia. There was a huge movement to try to abolish all labels, so to speak. All very well-intended, of course, but some prominent black and feminist scholars noticed something--all the people behind this movement were old white guys (a result of the old segregated hiring schemes in tandem with tenure). Black and feminist scholars, in particular, were thinking "hey, it's easy to renounce all sense of identity when you haven't had other people defining it for you for your entire existence." So, we have this tension between a desire for colorblindness when we simply don't live in a colorblind world. And the core assumption behind colorblindness seems to be that this just lets other people be assimilated in the club of white males rather than an acceptance of cultural variety and history.

A couple seasons ago, Koji Uehara turned into Chris Davis. Do it, Rick!

If I'm buying, I'd much rather have Peavy than Garza. Both for this season and when you factor in the contracts. Two different tiers of pitcher IMO.

The new thing I keep seeing, especially in light of this verdict, is this insistence that the only remaining racists are black people.

Yeah I'm not sure what they're doing. We could have kept Castro an extra day, it seems to me, in case of an extra inning marathon.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 08:10 AM) Yes, probably 30 GMs getting drunk together. "Hey man, I love you but, you know, your team f***ing sucks" *bar fight*

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 08:30 AM) 110 wRC+ is not superstar level at his position by any means, but for a team who is receiving below average production at 1B or DH, it is a substantial upgrade and one that could be the difference between making or missing the playoffs. Especially if you believe his .100 average through April 24th was a fluke, he's been a ton better than 110 wRC+ since then.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) He has done nothing this year to warrant wanting him in a trade QUOTE (IowaSoxFan @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 11:55 AM) .211 in the offensive charged AAA, I think I'd rather try elsewhere. Might as well bring Josh Fields back. .890 OPS in AAA after getting the eye surgery. 28 HR, 82 RBI, .288 BA, .398 OBP, .977 OPS over 95 games in AA last year. He's far from a washout or valueless player. He'd be our number 1 prospect, easily, and could be playing in the MLB as soon as this year on our team.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 15, 2013 -> 06:54 AM) The harm in some random guy getting all jacked is that he ends up killing you over something trivial because of 'roid rage. Roid rage is basically a myth. Research shows that a "vast majority" of steroid users do not have any emotional changes during use and they don't have much of an explanation for why it seems to happen to others. I'm guessing if you ran into a guy who seemed to be roid raging, he was experiencing a placebo effect (and/or is just a giant asshole and felt entitled to be an asshole because he was juicing and had plausible deniability). Depression can be a side effect of ineffective post-cycle treatment due to low testosterone, however.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 11:57 AM) Bobby Howry inexplicably hitting the Tigers batter up ten runs and one strike to go in the game is the best thing ever. And then wanting to rumble. That was no accident. I'd like to see this stuff happen again, just because I'm bored

Olt or bust. He might not make it, but he is close to the show and has the kind of impact potential that could make this rebuild happen in a hot hurry.

So Juror B37 says Stand Your Ground was a major part of the jury's reasoning. She also believed that Zimmerman was "egged on" by the 911 operator. In general, Anderson Cooper's interview with this juror showed that this person pretty much wholly believed Zimmerman's testimony because almost everything she says is qualified by "George says." While lots of people have been tough on the prosecution, I thought the one thing they did was cast doubt on everything Zimmerman said. I guess not.

QUOTE (flavum @ Jul 16, 2013 -> 10:06 AM) When I've heard Buddy Bell, he talks about leaving "the good ones" alone, and let them try to figure it out on their own. Obviously Hawkins is a very aggressive hitter, so if he's still on his own, he's failing on his own. This year is probably a lost cause, so it really comes down to breaking it down in the offseason, and coming back to Winston-Salem for a full season as a much better player. But if he's the same guy a year from now, it's probably over for him as a hitter. There's no reason to let him play ~70 more games if he's going to strike out 140 times in that span. I'm not saying you bench him, but you change something. If we're not already doing a major swing reconstruction, it's time to start now. If he won't cooperate, send him to extended spring and let him enjoy his time there.