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https://www.mlb.com/news/luis-robert-reacts-to-five-star-catch

Well, we could very easily be eliminated in a single game after being one of the best 8-10 teams in MLB. In any other division (with one possible exception,) we’d at least be getting a guaranteed playoff series.

https://www.mlb.com/whitesox/news/luis-robert-makes-amazing-diving-catch

AL East 3 games over Toronto, 3 1/2 games up on Yankees AL West 3 games over Houston, 8 games up on Seattle NL East 3 1/2 games over Phils, 5 games up on Marlins NL Central 5 games over Cardinals, 6 games over Brewers NL West 1 1/2 games over Padres, 6 games over Rockies (only comparable division with White Sox that would have three top teams, although can certainly argue for the Yankees, Blue Jays, Rays trio, too.)

Should have been JUST OUT by a 1/1000th of a hair. No review. Great great attempt by Anderson.

This is like all the arguments the last 5 years over the top 2-3 hitters in the Cubs' line-up, like Schwarber, Rizzo, Bryant, etc., hitting 1st or 2nd.

And Abreu MVP talk is an issue of recency bias...although you can argue the same thing with Anderson and Robert, obviously.

Then we're arguing some "intangible/immeasurable" quality like clubhouse leadership/guidance/mentoring. Abreu has definitely improved his defense, but Robert is likely to win the AL Gold Glove in his rookie season. Imagine the White Sox outfield without Robert out there? We can easily imagine McCann, Grandal, EE, Collins, Vaughn playing first, otoh.

That looked like it clipped the chalk....no review RENTERIA? Non-reviewable? If it's fair, he gets a single? Double?

fWAR says Rendon and Nelson Cruz are ahead of Anderson/Robert, but neither of those guys are winning AL MVP...well, it would be difficult to take a full-time DH with past PED's issues over Tim Anderson (who has missed a number of games) or Luis Robert. The funny thing is how close the AL ROY race is now between Robert and Lewis (SEA), where you could make an argument Robert could lose RoY but somehow win the AL MVP, because of his importance defensively. Abreu, btw, is 17th overall in fWAR, which is huge with the limitations on 1B fWAR. Maybe the biggest stories in that Top 20 fWAR list are YAZ and Ian Happ coming out of seemingly nowhere.

Look out, Keith Olbermann's mother, wherever you are...

Anderson 2 and 3 years ago, .276 and .281 for OBP. Huge improvement. What the hell was Franco thinking making that throw? Kind of a gift run there, but we'll take it. Engel needs to advance that runner, if we're playing against a really good team where every single run matters.

Anderson already on base 8 times in this series....OBP just below 400 at the moment.

Will Engel ever learn how to be a successful sacrifice bunter?

If one looked at the numbers for EE, Mazara and Grandal, and the number of games played by Madrigal....would anyone have dreamed of the playoffs? Looks like that one went right THROUGH Franco's glove, lol.

9 of 10 set down now...10/11. Soler, by the way, should be sitting, he's obviously favoring an oblique and really struggling the last 2-3 weeks. 11 of the last 12 retired, only 8 pitches as well, economical. The way the White Sox bullpen has been a bit inconsistent, and playing against the Royals, this has the look of another struggle to the death the last 3-4 innings, but without the benefit of some critical elements in that bullpen.

I am a French citizen teaching at an International Bilingual School in the U.S.A. (I’ll keep my identity and location confidential to not put my job in jeopardy.) I’m writing today because the overreaction among a group of parents regarding students being required to wear face masks is something I never would have imagined from Americans. I’m disillusioned. Here’s a little background: Last week we had what you call a “town hall.” About 20% of the parents came without masks. They argued it’s their constitutional right to potentially infect the rest of us with the Covid virus. They didn’t say it quite like that, but that’s the takeaway. One parent said something about God protecting their child. The mask-wearing group tried to stress civic responsibility, children’s’ safety and respect. A few angry parents shouted them down. It was like they literally and figuratively removed their masks. It was ugly. This degree of a sense of entitlement, lack of empathy and responsibility is something I haven’t seen before in America. I don’t understand why putting a piece of cloth over the mouth to help stop the spread of a deadly disease is too much to ask. You would think parents were being asked to sacrifice their first-born, which in the end they may be doing by denying them masks. The U.S. Constitution grants its citizens rights, but using those rights in a way that could cause the death of other citizens is inconsistent with what I know of America. from internationalschoolsreview.com response in same discussion thread: Those who oppose masks refuse the science of community spread. I have an example or two that is not too publicized. The state of Alaska refuses to mandate mask wearing, although some jurisdictions have enforced the practice due to emergency health conditions. In regions where masks occurs, the population is predominantly urbanized and the infection rates are low.. In regions where masking is not practiced nor required, the population is predominantly conservative and Anglo and poorer. Native villages have closed themselves off from the rest of the state because of the feat of the spread of COVID 19 into those areas. There are hotbeds of community transmission of COVID 19 in Alaska that are not publicized. The age groups that have the greatest number of cases are 10-40. There is no public outreach to stop the spread.None whatsoever. My point here is that non mask wearing areas are the hotspots of the virus. Twenty two cases today, three cases a few days ago,two high school football teams, the University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey team – all of these are examples of people spreading the virus before being put into quarantine The case of the Sturgis South Dakota motorcycle rally is a great case in point about community spread and not wearing masks. I would argue that the school i question put themselves in legal jeopardy by not requiring non mask wearing parents to leave their facility during this meeting. May nature help anyone in that room who was had corona virus passed on to them. I want everyone in society to show solidarity with the medical community and socially distance, cover coughs properly mask, and stay home when sick.

@ KC 1 @ Pitt 2 DET 3 MIN 4 @ Cincy 3 @ CLE 4 CUBS 3 24-15, 25-15, then 4-2, 29-17 going into the toughest four series stretch at the end of the season. Worst case, looking like 5-9 if they really struggled, 34-26. Just go .500 and they're 36-24.

Mondesi has really taken a step back from 2019...he was so much more dangerous last year, like Polanco with the Twins.

But I wasn't wrong...lol. I've also been 100% behind Robert and Madrigal from the very beginning, for example. Now pitching is MUCH MUCH more difficult to predict. For example, Jack Parkman has gotten credit for supporting Giolito, but there have been individual strings of doubts expressed along with the positive ones, for example. Now we have a smash off Moncada's knee. That might make the DL even more likely. 107 MPH top spin, couldn't get a glove on it.

Ummm...are you sure you don't work for the Soviet or Chinese press? Doesn't mean it's not at least worth discussing, it's like talking about RR's eventual fate pretty much every single game. Giolito with a mistake pitch right down the middle...O'Hearn couldn't do anything with it.

In the last 20-30 years? Or entire franchise history? Because he'd be Top 10, but still hasn't only had a 6+ year career with the White Sox. https://thisgreatgame.com/chicago-white-sox-top-10-hitters/ This last has Abreu at #8 coming into 2020. Baines, Appling, Dick Allen, Shoeless Joe, Eddie Collins, Minoso, Big Hurt ahead. Ahead of Konerko, Nellie Fox, Aparicio, Ordonez, C-Lee, etc.

I guess Ron has been forced into exile, or changed his screen name again? There's the danger in staking your entire claim on one player's success or failure... And why isn't Moncada being DL'ed when even national publications are running the story of how he still doesn't feel close to 100%? The playoffs seem to be pretty much guaranteed, will playing Mendick there for 7-10 days really make more of a difference (to the W-L record) than a healthy Moncada for the post-season?

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/05/college-coronavirus-outbreaks-sick-kids-home-409262 Colleges’ dilemma: Fight outbreak or send sick kids home? As of Friday, at least 51,000 students have been infected and thousands more are quarantined, according to a survey from The New York Times. Public health experts fear the numbers could surge when the weather turns cold, forcing students to spend more time indoors where the virus can spread more easily . Experts caution that mass testing of student populations needs to be done as part of a larger strategy with contact tracing and isolation in order to prevent outbreaks. “Testing is very important, but it has important limitations,” said Tom Frieden, the former CDC director in the Obama administration. “It's only as useful as what gets done with the testing results.” Some schools have hired their own contact tracers and isolated infected students in hotels. But that plan doesn't account for what happens afterward, said Tom Inglesby, director of Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Health Security. “There isn’t a good strategy beyond that,” he said. “Unfortunately, that does mean people going home and bringing the virus with them.”

American League 1. Luis Robert, CF, Chicago White Sox Age: 23 Height: 6-2 Weight: 210 B: R T: R Stats: 2.0 WAR; 145 OPS+; .278/.331/.586; 8 2B; 11 HR; 27 RBI; 4 SB Robert is an elite defensive center fielder, currently leading the majors in defensive runs saved with above-average range in all directions. He’s a true five-tool player, a special athlete with incredible strength and power throughout his game. Robert has an unlimited ceiling and I consider him the best overall rookie in the sport both short and long term. Rick Hahn, White Sox GM: “Even with all of us entering the year knowing what Luis was capable of doing given his tools and makeup, I think, candidly, that he has exceeded our expectations. His maturity and ability to adjust have both stood out early. Part of the fun is also knowing that he’s not a finished product. He’s just getting started.” https://theathletic.com/2042415/2020/09/05/bowden-the-2020-mlb-rookie-tracker/?source=weeklyemail