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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:41 PM) Are those numbers compared to the number of crimes actually committed by socioeconomic levels? According to HRW, minorities and whites use drugs at similar rates, minorities are vastly overrepresented in those jailed for drug crimes. ~14% of drug users estimated to be African American, but 37% of people jailed for drug crimes are African American.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:24 PM) I'm sure Ventura was telling them things like "get picked off" and "blow through the cutoff man" No, but "Failing to practice hitting the cutoff man enough" and "Failing to practice baserunning" could certainly lead to those end results just as readily.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:21 PM) In this group, how can you blame anyone but the players. With all of the errors, base running mistakes, and other stupidity, it is all on the players. I still come back to these same players playing lights out fundamental baseball last year and wonder what was done differently by the manager during ST.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:15 PM) Thing is, there's just no prayer for the Sox contending with other teams trying to get Stanton if Sale's not included. Teams like the Rangers and Cardinals just have far too much to offer. And yet, somehow the Braves wound up with Upton, and did so without parting with their highest value guys.

Come on Addy, make up for yesterday.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:06 PM) The entire system is set up to make it incredibly easy to file a legitimate case. Attorneys bank roll the entire process, on a gamble essentially that they'll win for you, and you don't have to pay for hardly anything. Not to mention we have to be at or near the top of the list for the number of cases filed. Since the data is based on a survey, i'm guessing that is typical American "I want what I want and I want it now and for free!" mentality. What you don't realize is how completely different this is from the public defender system that the poor wind up having to rely on.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ May 6, 2013 -> 05:05 PM) Sad thing is, I remember Konerko last year saying in all his years playing in the majors this was the most oriented fundamental ST he's been apart of. Looks like that was a one and done year. That's what's been driving me crazy about this year. Last year's team won games by not being stupid, even when they weren't hitting well. This year's team would be winning games if they were playing the same way they were last year with the same players.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:28 PM) The DeAza regression seems a little out of the blue but thinking Keppinger was an everyday answer was dumb as was the fact that they put no effort in getting bench players. The entire preseason bench has been moved to starting duty due to injuries (except Giminez).

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 6, 2013 -> 04:25 PM) Sale was the best option considering they have no left handed relief in the bullpen other than Thornton. They're also probably trying to save pen for tomorrow when Santiago throws, especially since the whole pen except Heath was used yesterday.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) If you're the Sox, what do you give up for Stanton? If the Marlins were logical, it seems like there is no way the Sox could come away with any of their existing good pieces. Fortunately, the Marlins are not well run and you have to wonder what they would take. If the Marlins asked for anything in the Sox's system other than Sale, the Sox should make said deal. If they asked for Sale...well personally I keep the pitcher signed long term over the hitter.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 6, 2013 -> 03:03 PM) I wrote a column on the status of the staff after Gavin's injury for Yahoo! Sports -- Chicago White Sox's Pitching Depth to Shine After Gavin Floyd's Injury Basically, I and most of us think we're in good shape now. Hector deserves a spot in the rotation and it is fathomable that we are just as well off or even better off with Hector. The problem is that we are now very thin and John Danks' return IMO is still dubious. He'll pitch for us again, but when, how well, and for how long is to be seen. The really interesting thing is going to be Axelrod. He doesn't have the stuff Floyd does, but he's pitching like a guy who could put up similar numbers to Floyd at the back end of a rotation right now.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:58 PM) I don't know much about DNA testing in criminal cases, what are the types of odds it gives you? I know parentage testing can get you 99.9%. I'd imagine in a criminal setting, especially with DNA samples taken in the field and several years ago, the accuracy is put into question. But maybe that's a bad assumption. Definitely depends on how the evidence was handled...but then of course you might want to ask whether the state should be killing a person if there were any issues with handling or processing evidence properly. If collected and stored properly, the genetic material should last for decades and give similar levels or accuracy to parentage tests.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:57 PM) Yeah, I couldn't remember. I thought that he was on the outs for awhile. He was definitely on the outs for a while...but think of it this way, what would the White Sox have to give up to get Hosmer or Moustakas today? Neither one is producing, but the Royals aren't likely to just cut ties with them for cheap unless there's a personal issue or injury that they don't want to deal with.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:53 PM) Alex Gordon could've been had pretty easily a few years ago, right? Before they moved him to left?

Officially scheduled surgery.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:12 PM) I didn't say they were commonplace. I said they're readily available. And the cost isn't a prohibitive factor. Then here's the link to contribute to the innocence project.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:11 PM) I'll make you a bet right now. If the Royals win this game, they go on to finish at least 5 games over .500 and in 2nd place in the AL Central this season. Care to wager? LOL, they could lose this game and still do that.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 6, 2013 -> 02:00 PM) If Shields beats our ace in Sale, they're sending a message to all of baseball they're going to be a force to contend with (especially at home) all season long. The Royals could win today, send this huge message, and then go on a 10 game losing skid and no one would think anything about this game.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 01:58 PM) I really don't think you'd have much difficulty finding a lawyer if your case is really that close. You already have a legal aid team/public defender/private attorney representing you through the appeals process. If there was any chance of you being innocent that person/team would be doing everything they can to get your conviction overturned. Plus, DNA testing isn't really all that expensive. I had some testing done in a case for $100 bucks. And yet, the very fact that the innocence project even exists and just keeps piling up the overturned convictions pretty well establishes that your intuition that these tests should be commonplace is completely wrong.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 01:28 PM) The person with the wrongful conviction on his rap sheet? Because people on death row have large incomes?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 6, 2013 -> 01:25 PM) Prospects are only prospects until they produce. All you do is talk this up and it really means nothing at this point, the Twins are still a team that was basically blown up after being terrible last season, and need a lot of things to break the right way in order to get to .500 this season. As always, the grass is always greener The Twins have only had 2 straight sub-70 win seasons. Clearly they're on the path to a championship.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 6, 2013 -> 11:54 AM) Has anyone done a study on the timing of those exoneration (or any on a national level)? I mean, I know that in the 90's and 00's DNA testing got WAY better, so over the last 2 decades you've seen older convictions overturned. Does that still happen with people convicted from, say, 2000 onward? Who pays for the exonerating DNA testing when there are 2 witnesses saying the non-white guy pulled the trigger and the public defender's office just had 5% of its staff sequestered?

QUOTE (iamshack @ May 6, 2013 -> 11:33 AM) And just to add to that...the Heat will now get beaten up a bit by the Bulls, then beaten up again by Indiana...I'll just say that if Memphis can get themselves into the Finals, they could take advantage of a Heat team that is limping by that time. Only if James is one of the ones hurting.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 6, 2013 -> 12:42 PM) If Kepp played Beckham style defense, that game would've been over in the 9th. Beckham wasn't his usual reliable self in the week before he got hurt either. Hell, Keppinger has a higher fielding %age right now.