TaylorStSox

Jesus christ. Yermin has Yermin'd his way into a conversation about Civil Rights? That's enough Soxtalk for July.

Message board overreactions and hyperbole should be called "Yermin's." In all my years on these boards, I'm not sure I've seen anything like it, and I lived through the Joe Crede and Jon Garland eras.

I bet the Sox are having trouble hiring and they're grossly understaffed. Edit Southsider2k5 beat me to it.

This is crazy talk. If Burger finishes his career with 10% of the oWAR Vaughn finishes with, it will be a legit miracle.

Doesn't really seem like much of a conundrum. You have 2 elite prospects, 1 middling prospect and 1 great story.

Moncada has a lot going on at the plate. He's a bit high maintenance, but you can see him putting it all together and becoming a complete hitter. If healthy, I think he'll have a 2-3 year window where he'll be the 2nd best hitter in Sox history. After that, I think we'll see him turn into more of a 3 outcome player and become a very good power hitter who's not nearly as dynamic. The power is there.

This is what I'm talking about - build a sustainable, winning culture. No matter what happens this year, this franchise is in a good place.

As always, it depends on who they'd have to give up. I want the Sox to develop sustainable success, not trade future assets to compensate for injuries. Even if you get Eloy and Robert back in September, I'm not confident they play well in October after missing so much time. Robert especially, as he's still raw.

At this point, I'd just extend Lynn and try again next year.

Yeah, I was thinking Garland or Crede.

When did I mention that she was right about the cake? I said I can imagine why she's "overly defensive." I have no idea why you're talking about the "victim mentality" in that reply, but it seems like you have an ax to grind and you couldn't wait to post that canned response that had little to do with my post.

Don't you think it's kind of obvious why women would be overly defensive in that environment? I would imagine she's probably right in most of those interactions.

ESPN lost me when Sportscenter stopped being witty and funny and when they started producing daily shows that are male targeted versions of Dr Phil or any other daytime network TV.

Sports media is so manufactured, boring and redundant that taking a short break makes you realize how little actual value there is. There just isn't that much to talk about in a 24 hour cycle, so they're intentionally manufacturing bullshit to piss people off.

About 10 years ago I pretty much rid my life of sports media and it was surprisingly easy. No more talk radio. No more ESPN. I listen to some podcasts and research on my own terms when I have time. For me, it helped put my relationship with sports in perspective and none of those things bother me anymore.

And here I thought we passed the point of mocking people who disagree with some metrics by saying they "don't understand them" like 10 years ago. Oh well.

I've always like Stone, but Jesus, show a little tact, my guy.

When you're as big as Robert, every hard step you take is high impact. Just because it wasn't a collision doesn't mean it's not putting excessive force on his body.

I was agreeing with you.

There's not much insulation from losing 2/3rds of your Of for the season, especially when they're both potentially among the best players in the game. It sucks, but nobody can plam for this significant of a loss.

That Burger is is still playing competitive baseball is insane.

I'm trying to tell you that carrying that much lean mass at his age and having this type of injury is very unnatural.

He's much more Mike Cameron than Griffey Jr. Tbh, if this injury and his physique don't make you question some things, you're in denial.

Brutal. I'm really not a fan of a kid his age being that lean and carrying that much muscle. He looks over-trained for a baseball player. Tearing a hip flexor running out a routine play isn't normal.

For reference, Bo Jackson dislocated his hip, popped it back in himself, tore out all the cartilage on the top of his femur and had avascular necrosis. Call me crazy, but Robert's injury doesn't remind me of Bo Jackson.