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LaRussa calling Donaldson a racist means this is the MLB headline for a week. The trick is how the Yankees attempt to defuse it. Remember the accusations against Schildt in the Cards' clubhouse and then with one of the Giants' coaching staff, 1st base coach I think?

John Rocker parallel comes to mind, but Donaldson plays for the hallowed Yankees and not a "southern" team so expect this one to be brushed away as quietly as possible. I looked up his university. Auburn. Let's go to Frank Thomas or Bo Jackson to see if they defend Donaldson lol. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10036510-tony-la-russa-says-yankees-josh-donaldson-made-racist-comment-to-tim-anderson

Thread title hould be changed to just "Jackie" to be more accurate...REFERRING to Jackie Robinson and Tim's inheriting that legacy in the modern game as one of the shrinking number of African Americans in the majors.

Anderson isn't going to be quiet on this one for long on social media. At all. Crazy week. As if Saban/Fisher wasn't enough of a soap opera, we get another one.

The strange thing is that other than Freddy Garcia, we didn't capitalize in any way in terms of creating a Venezuelan connection on the Sox...while Ozzie was manager. That might have changed had we brought over Miguel Cabrera. Will never know.

Balta is not going to accept that rationalization, like, at all...

"Both sides." What does Timmy call him back then, Ty Cobb? One of the racist members of the '47 Dodgers who got put in their place by Pee Wee Reese?

https://theathletic.com/3323043/2022/05/20/are-the-white-sox-in-trouble-who-should-get-the-cubs-next-statue-chicago-baseball-authority/?source=spotrac&pc=spotrac40off2 Really interesting article by Jon Greenberg. Called LaRussa a lake duck manager, among other things...eventually questioned the quality of the entertainment value of the current product on the field.

And then a club option year for $25 million.

This guy throws about the same velocity as Danks or Parque (before injury) but man is there a lot of variety and movement....and the cutter is such a Yankee tradition.

Cutter is killing the Sox. Basically can't hit anything under 90 mph.

He had that opportunity last year and fizzled. And even if he's healthy for the rest of this season...not sure by definition that's extended or not.

Cortes leading baseball in ERA. Anderson over 350 now. Cueto/Taillon then Kopech/Severino on Sunday night. Presumably Cease on Tuesday at home against Boston.

Out for the season with TJ. Severino and Taillon tmrw.

We will see...if the division lead gets in the 6-7 range they might have no choice. Even then I believe LaRussa's preference is going to be a major leaguer via trade, someone of course from the NL like Brandon Drury on the Reds.

There are $5.5 million reasons plus the small buyout. This is just not the type of move the Sox typically make unless it's for a legit top prospect.

Shockingly the Twins have already scored three in the first and and still hitting against Lynch.

Sirotka lol?

Does anyone have the list of others w Sox? Durham? Cameron? Pods?

https://soxmachine.com/futuresox/report-charlotte-knights-manager-wes-helms-put-on-indefinite-leave/

Feel more confident about splitting a DH than winning any of three individual games. Just need 1-2, but hope for 2-1.

How many veteran starters with QOs have struggled kicking the season off in the middle? That’s essentially what he is doing. Think we have to prefer preserving Kopech somehow for that playoff rotation. Might not be possible. Could end up like a less dramatic Strasburg situation where they announce an innings cap, especially if Rodon goes down in SF. We shall see.

Cueto/Cortes, Kopech/Taillon and Sunday night likely Cease but could be Keuchel (TBD for both right now)

Clearly we need to hire Carlos Pena as our hitting coach. Also hard not to think of those teams without Giambi's brother and that crazy play at that plate with Jeter and how it played such a role in his eventual fate in life.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/golf/justin-thomas-2022-pga-championship-prices-spt-intl/index.html Thought of Greg775 right away when reading this story. As well as Tray (Rand). $18 beers! $16 garden salads!! Thomas replied to the tweet with the report expressing his incredulity. "$18(!!!!!!) for a beer... uhhhh what. Gotta treat the fans better than that!" the 29-year-old said. When one twitter user challenged Thomas as to where he thought the large winner's prize pot came from, Thomas said humorously: "Tv deals, ticket sales, corporate sponsors, etc. from the looks of it if the concession stands were factored into our purse we would be playing for $15 million." In his pre-tournament press conference, Thomas was asked about the prices, and he once again expressed his surprise and disappointment. He said it was something that had been commented on in the changing room among his fellow players.