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Especially after the Capitol attack made his Amtrak route from Delaware more vulnerable...

“Oh come on, like you haven't sent a few dick DMs here and there yourself.... I bet former Chicago sports reporter Sierra Santos alone knows what the junk of half of Soxtalk looks like.” Verbatim quote from a poster earlier in the thread

Scary thought that 50% of SoxTalk would DM a local reporter with pictures like that, and actually believe that it would be an effective strategy, and never have any future consequences, lol. And we wonder why so few women typically post on baseball message boards.

Proving that Jack Dorsey is more powerful than Russian/Ukrainian troll farms. Somehow, this will be turned around into yet another argument about "cancel culture," how conservative voices on the right are being silenced and Section 230 "censorship" by Big Tech companies (which ironically is opposed by the majority of GOP conservatives, despite Trump's current obsession). The best argument I've seen made (against) is that fact that tracking these groups is becoming increasingly challenging for the Feds because they're now going underground and migrating away from mainstream sources like FB, Twitter, Parler, Reddit and 4chan...to the infamous Dark Web.

So obviously ESPN can't or couldn't legally intervene and preemptively warn the Mets (knowing they were interviewing him for GM) without first-hand sourcing/proof/evidence, even if they wanted to. It does get to be a slippery slope with media today. This is where Cohen's hiring process is going to come under attack. Not doing due diligence or more exhaustive background checks into family/relationships/social media. Assuming that anyone under "Saint Theo" would be beyond reproach, etc. Usually these types of idiots have a history of similar situations...

I'm not so sure it's about money as much as being around a culture where athletes are pretty much used to getting whatever they want...and treating women in this way, and it being excused or simply getting away with it over and over again. Some will say it's related to the fraternity mentality prevalent at universities as well as Steve Cohen's version of Wall Street (think, The Wolf of Wall Street, Billions, The Big Short or Inside Job). Power, definitely. Perhaps his pride was wounded when a woman from a Central/South American or Caribbean (second or third world to most Americans) turned him down or didn't return the interest. So entitlement belongs as one of the words in the description.

"I'm also very concerned that "a baseball source" and ESPN were aware of this criminal behavior for 3+ years. And apparently failed to report it to authorities. How many other women were treated this way by Porter in the intervening time? Lots of speculation on my part this early in the story, but this really bothers me." Uh-oh. https://www.amazinavenue.com/2021/1/19/22238126/mets-gm-jared-porter-accused-of-sexual-harassment-espn-reporter-text-messages#comments

ESPN said it contacted Porter on Monday evening and he acknowledged texting with the woman. At first, he said he hadn't sent any pictures of himself, but when informed the exchanges show he sent selfies and other pictures, he said “the more explicit ones are not of me. Those are like, kinda like joke-stock images,” ESPN reported. After asking whether the outlet intended to run a story, Porter requested more time before later declining additional further comment, ESPN reported. https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article248596990.html The text relationship started casually before Porter, then the Chicago Cubs director of professional scouting, began complimenting her appearance, inviting her to meet him in various cities and asking why she was ignoring him. And the texts show she had stopped responding to Porter after he sent a photo of pants featuring a bulge in the groin area. (so let's just double down and up the ante!) Porter continued texting her anyway, sending dozens of messages despite the lack of a response. On Aug. 11, 2016, a day after asking her to meet him at a hotel in Los Angeles, Porter sent the woman 17 pictures. The first 15 photos were of the hotel and its restaurants. The 16th was the same as an earlier photo of the bulge in the pants. The 17th was of a bare penis. https://thecount.com/2021/01/18/jared-porter-controversy/ Other accounts are reporting it as "naked/erect." And at least Anthony Weiner can rest a little bit more easily tonight, there's that. Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article248596990.html#storylink=cpy

ESPN reported that Porter, then working for the Cubs, sent the woman — a foreign correspondent who had moved to the U.S. to cover Major League Baseball — 17 pictures. The first 15 photos were of a hotel and restaurants. The 16th was of a bulge in his pants and the 17th was of a bare penis. Porter acknowledged to ESPN he had texted with the woman, but initially said he had not sent any pictures of himself. Presented with more evidence he denied the explicit pictures were of himself, calling them “joke stock images.” https://nypost.com/2021/01/18/mets-gm-jared-porter-sent-reporter-unsolicited-penis-photos/ What's more ridiculous is that he thought hotel/travel/restaurant pictures would somehow WOO her. And that current picture on the front page of the NY Post isn't doing him any favors, either. And poor Jon Lester, his homecoming story is getting buried.

Greg Norman...?

Be careful, we know from Hendricks that players/agents are reading... and the White Sox posters were labeled as more positive than most.

That's like expecting that some of the plays Juan Uribe made that year (especially the play going into the stands) to ever compete with Derek Jeter's dashing flip to home to catch Jeremy Giambi not sliding...

That Gibson homer totally changed the complexion of the series from Game 1 on, was against the best relief pitcher in the modern-game (at the time) and was done on one leg...while the Pods and Blum homers were equally improbable in many ways, Gibson's was something almost out of the The Natural in terms of dramatics.

I can understand the Dominican issues with Wilder and Santana, but the ONE huge miss has always been Venezuela. We never took advantage of Ozzie Guillen as the manager for a decade, Magglio Ordonez, the Sox history with Aparicio, etc. The ONLY obvious benefit was getting Freddy Garcia and that extension signed because of the family relationship. Of course, now, with all the political issues and the majority of MLB clubs pulling up stakes in Venezuela, it hasn't hurt quite as much...as scouting that pool of talent has become less of an issue of "boots on the ground."

Paddy and KW are as good as anyone at identifying talent. It's just matching up that evaluation with the A-OK from Reinsdorf on the spending side. To Reinsdorf's credit, he was smart enough to take the risk and pull the trigger on Robert, knowing the rebuild was at least one future star short at the time.

Let's put it this way, what MLB team has a higher return on investment in terms of Latin America? Between Alexei Ramirez, Jose Abreu, Tatis, Jr., and Luis Robert alone, does anyone even come close? The real problem for the White Sox has been the lack of high quality depth on the pitching side, the lack of outfield development from those 4-5 oft-discussed prospects (including Basabe there,) and then favoring "MLB-ready" college talent as an organizational focus, for example, guys like Collins/Sheets/Walker, etc. Otoh, the Padres have been pretty smart about reading the current market and realizing they can still get away with these "quantity over quality" deals and preserve their Top 6-7 prospects. If you look at all that investment in LatAm about 5-6 years ago, they've only lost Luis Patino and still have Morejon, M.Baez and even Anderson Espinoza, who was once their most ballyhooed pitching prospect before injuries sidelined him. Not to mention retaining Gore (who was never going anywhere) and Weathers, which is pretty remarkable starting pitching depth. Additionally, they've been able to move Eric Lauer, Kyle Davies and now Lucchesi, and actually get above-average returns for those pieces.

It depends which Pham you're getting...coming off a number of issues this off-season. If he's healthy and motivated, he can be a Top 10-15 NL outfielder. Myers was insane last year, so nowhere to go but back down. Grisham was perhaps the biggest surprise of the season, along with Cronenworth. How repeatable are either of their seasons? The actual key to that offense taking off was those two, along with the addition of Nola at catcher over Hedges. Hosmer is Hosmer. Of course, they've also got that top KBO middle infielder as insurance now, but the loss of Profar stings a bit (for now.)

Quintana and Richards are similar to Musgrove? They're twice as expensive and twice as likely not to perform well. Musgrove really turned a corner last year.

But the 28th or 29th media market...otoh, losing the Chargers and their NBA franchise consolidates sports marketing/sponsirship dollars as well as frees more fans for choosing ticket packages across just one sport versus three.

That's why Croenenworth, CJ Abrams and the Korean infielder will be so valuable.... positional versatility.

But what did the Padres really give up? More minor league depth, and Lucchesi is much more valuable to another team as a 5 than a long man. They're actually better off not paying him and giving that spot to youngsters with more ability. He's actually one of those guys like Davies that you put in the final slot and he won't kill you but he will keep any good offense within shouting distance.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/padres-acquire-starter-joe-musgrove-in-three-team-trade-with-pirates-and-mets-per-report/

Julio Franco is still a free agent, lol. He actually could be one of those rarities like Minoso that could hit in 5 or 6 decades and not be a complete travesty. Who was the last hitter at age 39 or 40 who came close to those numbers in the last couple of decades....just Bonds? Looked it up... 10 players who hit the most home runs after turning 40. (USA TODAY Network) ... Barry Bonds — 79. (Phil Carter-USA TODAY Sports) ... Carlton Fisk — 72. (Bob Rosato-USA TODAY Sports) ... Darrell Evans — 60. (USA Today Sports) ... Dave Winfield — 59. (USA TODAY Sports) ... Carl Yastrzemski — 49. ... Stan Musial — 46. ... Ted Williams — 44. Hank Aaron/Raul Ibanez--42 Craig Nettles Also, are we 100% sure it's not something about Oscar Colas and the next IFA signing period?

But if you include 2018-20, you're getting two really strong years of Bauer and one not so great, yes? How would those numbers line up ($35 vs. $10 million) if you just aggregated the numbers? (All that said, with the Indians' offense hurting without Lindor and the only big offense in the division to contend with in MIN, it seems like the right bet, but maybe not until 2022. Of course, the potential value of Bauer to a starting playoff rotation as a TOR starter in Game 1/2 is pretty darned high. But still not having any certainty about revenues makes that too big of a bet, at least for Reinsdorf, on a one year deal until Covid-19 has passed and the stands and parking lots are full again.)

You just KNOW it's going to stop Cruz at some point, meaning Father Time. The other reason you MIGHT be hesitant is because of all the time missed LAST season in terms of hitting reps...and then the rustiness of starting late again in 2021. All that said, Josh Donaldson's getting close to being in the same boat, and the Twins will really be hurting if they lose both Buxton and their best starting pitcher to free agency. Not to mention the ghosts of Jim Thome and Kenny Rogers/Jose Paniagua from 2010 and 2003. Go for it!!! Worst case scenario, you've got Vaughn waiting in the weeds.