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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 11:02 AM) But you can say the same about the Parkland activists...because black on black violence is peripheral to limiting all gun violence, and not the central unifying message. Go back to RFK’s 1968 campaign. Would that message today work against Trump effectively? The parkland activists actually made sure to include victims of daily gun violence in black and impoverished neighborhoods, including making it a large part of the Chicago march, and meeting with students from Chicago high schools plagued by gun violence. Knowing the value of those perspectives goes a long way.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 10:42 AM) Flip their home states. Make Sanders the guy who loves binging on McDonalds, struggles with his weight, can play the sax, talk about his underwear and cheats on his wife/is equally comfortable on Howard Stern or Davos platform...and a 50% better public speaker who can talk foreign policy articulately and sounds more Sunday Baptist churchl sermonizer than macroeconomics professor with a funny Seinfeld accent. (Or convince black voters he’s Larry David from the last 2-3 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm.) Voila...Sanders has universal black support. What do you think you are saying with this post. It is incredibly condescending. Basically to sum-up: - The monolithic black vote is more comfortable with looser morals, intimidated by education, struggles with weight gain and distrusts jews The southern black political bloc has reasons for backing certain candidates that aren't because they are brainwashed by propoganda.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 10:18 AM) I agree but with Avi it’ll be a way different story than Moose if he’s competing for batting titles. Depends on power.

For players like Sanchez/Garcia, at the moment I'm not that worried about an adventure on the market for them. I think when they are FAs we will have a better idea what demand for their positions we have (is Sanchez a starter or a super sub? Is Garcia an all star or just a fine RFer?) and knowledge about where we need to spend our money. I think we could easily end up in a situation with Garcia that players like Moustakas saw, they get lighter market than expecting, and decide to take more certainty with the previous team.

You don't really hear announcers try to correct each other, usually it seems like an off air producer says something and they self correct. Benetti asking Hawk how he felt about lead-off walks when Soria went up 3-1 on the first hitter was pretty hilarious though.

That Griffin Roberts profile in there kinda sounds like a White Sox mid-round pick. Griffin Roberts, RHR, Wake Forest – Roberts has a nasty slider — I guess I’ll call it a 70 — and, at 81-84 mph, it may end up being a Luke Gregerson-type weapon if he can stay healthy. Roberts is the Friday starter for Wake after a career in relief and sits 89-93 mph with occasional above-average life and a changeup that flashes average. He has fringe to average command. I project him as a reliever despite his current role, since I can’t think of a starter in the big leagues with fringe-to-average everything and a 70 breaking ball — those guys end up in relief — not to mention that Roberts loads his arm late, and his elbow gets high in back. Roberts is a 22-year-old junior who was drafted but opted not to sign last year. In terms of signability, he’s effectively a senior, since he won’t be going back to play an age-23 college season. For a club interested in a money-saving quick mover, that could slide him higher in the draft than the fourth- to fifth-round area his talent suggests.

Maybe his stuff will play up in the pen. Regardless, having not seen much of them after the CWS, fun start to year for him. Not a lot of the big bullpen prospects pitched last night, and without Burger, Robert, Hansen and Jimenez, it was kind of a weird night to follow.

Micker with an rbi single. Yeah looks like roughest day belongs to Yurchak.

Michael Hickman walks off for kanny. Big game for Tate Blackman. Offensively pretty much everyone notable did respectably.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 07:45 PM) A friend told me that at the time, Andy Gonzalez stood out compared to his minor league peers. Things have definitely changed I needed more 2007 flashbacks today, thanks

QUOTE (daggins @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 07:38 PM) Translation - This guy isn't in our future plans anymore, but hey, someone's gotta take those ABs. Kade McClure is my sleeper pick for 2018. Big righty with some advanced pitches. Basically. I will say when I saw trey in person at W-S last year he’s one of the guys in the field that stands out physically. Although so did Keon Barnum.

Nice having BA writers at basically every game. McClure was a nice surprise but can’t say that velocity makes me feel like he’ll be a starter, even at that height.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 07:14 PM) With how awful Moncada is batting righty, I’d put a lefty in. Why would he bat righty?

Obviously this game is bad, but it’s what happens when a bunch of young players press for a win. Tim didn’t step off because he’s an idiot, he stepped off because he was trying to keep game time even though it was futile. Leury wasn’t trying to be cool, he was trying to end the game. It sucks. But this is what will happen. Let’s chill a bit. Seems like people thought we’d be in playoffs?

QUOTE (GermanSoxFan @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 07:05 PM) Why was Bummer throwing to 3rd? Eh, he’s a lefty, probably his most comfortable

The six clearly wanted off the field as soon as leury misplayed that ball.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 05:43 PM) Interesting to see Rose at 3B and Michalczewski at 2B for Birmingham. Wonder if that's going to be a thing all year? Getz was asked about this at soxfest. Said he felt trey is a guy he thinks will perform better being moved around the field to keep him trying new things. I’m skeptical but hey it’s worth a shot

I’d mark this one down as a game where Ricky’s guys kinda quit (and Ricky too).

gameday is not making this easy to follow

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 04:14 PM) If it keeps snowing, it's going to stick on the field. Five innings and call it? I'm not a weatherman, but doesn't seem like relief is in sight for a while. Keeping people in stands for hours would be torture if it's just a delay.

QUOTE (maxjusttyped @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 03:50 PM) Guys with power ranging from non existent to moderate (Yolmer, Leury, TA) seem to be benefiting from the juiced ball quite a bit. Absolutely. Probably a main reason why sox have suddenly found depth. Their all power no contact guys now have even more power to be interesting (davidson), where their higher contact low power guys have enough power to play.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 03:44 PM) I could watch Yolmer pick baseballs out of the dirt all day long. He has the best hands I've seen on a Sox middle infielder. Better than Alexei even. I guess Crede would compare. I mostly love how he is so good at picking it in a place that he can get a good throw off. He doesn't have a rocket arm but it plays well even at 3b because he is always in position to get it out.

QUOTE (TheTruth05 @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 03:44 PM) Yolmer is just gritty, great player to have. Also helps how he has raised his power. If he can jump that up this year past this .150 plateau that would be interesting. First 4 years ISO .50 102 149 146 Last year of course he was able to finally get up to a more respectable obp too, so maybe that's more important.

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 03:42 PM) Yolmer is the rare (to this point) entirely-Sox-developed farmhand position player success story Hes essentially our only traditional latam prospect to have an impact in like 15 years? Using traditional to separate the older, more established league players such as Takatsu, Iguchi, A Ramirez, Abreu, etc.

QUOTE (mmmmmbeeer @ Apr 5, 2018 -> 03:26 PM) This is about as bad as Danks starting the home opener a couple of years ago. Noesi was worse.