southsider2k5

Not as a #1 piece, but as of today the Sox have no real 40 homer potential kind of player in their system. Them getting a banger from the corner wouldn't be a bad thing. Both Vaughn and Sheets are probably not that long for the organization anyway. Heck Vaughn could be in DFA territory with his 2nd year of arb coming up if he has a bad 2nd half too.

I kind of wondered if they might be in a Moncada kind of situation where his debut went so badly that it took just enough shine off of him where Baltimore might reconsider him.

And you get yanked up and down a few times

History.

Yeah there is DE+ for David Ecksteins above replacement, and then xDE for expected David Ecksteins.

There was a whole mess of transactions that day so pick one.

I do feel like someone, at some point, said that we have more than are listed publicly in some of these departments.

"We are 40 games under .500 before the 4th of July what do we do?" "Quick someone call David Eckstein"

They are well on their way.

I mean Pedro make Bevington look appealing all around.

Terry Bevington #5.

I was going to say Gavin Sheets, but I didn't realize how much Elko had out performed Sheets at each level so far.

Too bad another Chicago team isn't using their reduced payroll space to acquire prospects for bad contracts...

Been saying that for years. If this was 1990, he is the #1 pick. His game was made for the last generation of NBA ball with back to the basket posts passes starting most offenses. Now I am really not sure how he fits in the game with his lack of athleticism and shooting ability beyond 10 feet.

Not sure why we haven't gone back. There was a good reason for it to be in June.

See you in July.

Guys like Tommy Pham are playing for their next paycheck with pretty much every AB. If he isn't interested, he isn't getting paid.

Like I said, if you don't have to care about what you say, that is privilege. You don't have to believe me, it's no skin off my back, but when you mention specific minorities and then immediately make a comment about safety you will get some side eyes. It would have had a completely different tone if the post was about the sell out, the drunks, or something like it, but when you start by mentioning those groups it changes the way it can be heard.

It's also privilege to not realize that your words can carry meanings beyond just the words you use.

Certain words and phrases mean different things to different people in different situations. Being very active in a community with very evenly divided racial make ups I can tell you for sure that combination of those two sets of phrases would set off alarm bells within a lot of people's heads. Use them in the wrong circles and people will look at you differently. Use them in another crowd and you would make friends with people you don't want to be friends with.

Did you read the last phrase? Usually when you point out majority minority status and then immediately comment on people's "safety" that is a commonly used dog whistle amongst a certain crowd. I have no idea what he actually meant by it, but it is 100% valid to hear that, intended or not.

Seriously it all depends on how you are defining "majority" as to one group meaning 50% +1 or more, and the other trying to just say the largest group, even if it isn't over 50%. The largest single race population in Chicago is white, but if combined the next two groups together those do make up more than 50% of the total population. Both things are true at the same time, and when the word majority is used for two of its different definitions, each group is right despite the need to name call because of it.

I love that you guys are yelling at each other with the same stats because you are using the word "majority" differently.

It was more like a Father/Son series where the 6 year olds were swept.

I thought getting Eloy and Robert back was supposed to fix things ?