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Congratulations to 3rd person The Greg775 for passing Balta for 7th place on the SoxTalk Leaderboard.... http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?/pastleaders/ They can’t stop you, they can only hope to contain you, haha...I noticed last week when I looked this statistic up there was no 9th place, only top 8. But you’ve improved 2 in the intervening time period. Ozzie would be proud.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/congressional-candidate-virginia-admits-pedophile-011921211.html Independent/alt-right admitted pedophile runs for Congress in VA.... According to Larson’s campaign manifesto, his platform as a “quasi-neoreactionary libertarian” candidate includes protecting gun ownership rights, establishing free trade and protecting “benevolent white supremacy,” as well as legalizing incestuous marriage and child pornography. In the manifesto, Larson called Nazi leader Adolf Hitler a “white supremacist hero.” He urged Congress to repeal the Violence Against Women Act, adding, “We need to switch to a system that classifies women as property, initially of their fathers and later of their husbands.” He also showed sympathy for men who identify as involuntary celibates, or incels, suggesting it is unfair that they “are forced to pay taxes for schools, welfare, and other support for other men’s children.”

Isn't there some statistic out there that out of the Top 5 Baseball American minor league systems going back to either 2000 or 1990...that only 1 or 2 of them haven't at least made the playoffs once in the 4-5 years following that ranking? It's something crazy like that. Now obviously, just making the playoffs once, making it only to the WC game or even a situation like Pittsburgh's might not be good enough for most Sox fans. But it's a start, at least. Rebuild Start Date: December 2016. The White Sox pivoted toward a full rebuild at the 2016 Winter Meetings, trading Chris Sale and Adam Eaton on consecutive days. They followed by trading Jose Quintana, Todd Frazier, Tommy Kahnle, David Robertson, Melky Cabrera, Anthony Swarzak, Dan Jennings, Miguel Gonzalez and Tyler Clippard in summer 2017. Current Status:: The White Sox have a group of young players in the majors and more on the way from the No. 4 farm system in the game. Trade acquisitions Yoan Moncada, Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez complement homegrown talents Carlos Rodon, Tim Anderson and Carson Fulmer, and most of the next wave—Michael Kopech, Eloy Jimenez, Alec Hansen, Dane Dunning—will begin 2018 at Double-A or higher. Next Step: Continue developing the young players in the majors. They all appeared to turn a corner at the end of last year, and now the next wave will join them progressively over the next year or so. Risk Factor: Timing. The White Sox have the most well rounded group of talent of any rebuild, limiting some of their risk. Still, ensuring everyone is brought up in such fashion that they can peak together is something Chicago will have to monitor. ETA: 2019 or 2020. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/state-of-the-rebuilds/ We probably have to cross Fulmer and Giolito off that list...and Hansen's taken a step back (but hopefully should be okay when he returns). Then there's the Burger loss. This was written March 19th, not sure if Burger's eventual fate was already known at that point in time (think so). The emergence of Cease and re-emergence of Collins are probably the biggest stories...with some of the glow fading (a bit) on the hot starts for many of the young W-S outfielders.

That was never the problem. It was always players #5-25. Quality of depth was non-existent. Plus, we had a long string of terrible free agent signings, beginning with Dunn. We couldn't have done ANY worse if we'd just thrown darts at a board and signed those players.

33 1/2 years old...will be 34 at the end of December. Amazing he has been in the NBA for 15 years now. I remember vividly watching all those high school games when he was back in high school on ESPN.

The thing is that Jordan didn't have any challenge like Lebron has had the last 4 years to push him to a higher level. He got bored, dabbled in baseball, golf, gambling, women...everything he went through with his father's murder. I do think it would be fascinating to watch the adjustments Jordan would have had to make playing with a team like the current Cavs mess against a team with 4 HoFers. Jordan was basically playing on that decade's version of GS...so we'll never know the answer, but fascinating to speculate about.

Thank god the Cavaliers won in 2016 (and thanks to Draymond's temper and Curry's injury) or it would be four in a row.

What happened? Can just follow online at work....Chris Webber lack of situational awareness with 4.5 seconds remaining?

Fathom consistently playing "Devil's Advocate." Although Hahn supposedly was a Cubs' fan growing up, so he'd have to be an exceptionally creative poster to pretend to have an anti-Cubs' obsession for decades when actually supporting them in secret.

Of course, Trump gave his critics reason to associate him with Barr by calling her and eagerly trumpeting the success of her show. Trump’s boosterism was characteristic of him—it’s all about the ratings—but also partook of a long-standing weakness of the right. Conservatives disdain celebrities, but dangle a C-list celebrity in front of us with a few rightward leanings and he’s immediately awarded a speaking slot at the next Republican convention. We have low regard for pop culture, but crave its validation. If it must come via a program that is a 1990s-throwback reliant on a ticking time bomb of a star, so be it. The genesis of the “Roseanne” revival was innocent and laudable enough. The president of Disney-ABC Television Group explained the show’s inception after the 2016 election: “We looked at each other and said, ‘There’s a lot about the country we need to learn a lot more about, here on the coasts.” He was right. The appetite for the show, which reflected none of the toxicity of Roseanne’s real-life personality, speaks of the hunger for more programming about red America. Surely, there must be other vehicles for it—assuming Hollywood doesn’t internalize the critique of Roseanne Barr as an all-too-typical Trump voter. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/05/30/roseanne-barr-lowry-america-trump-218578

As it stands now, even the Twins were just about to be 6 1/2 GB...although the Indians have now blown an 8-0 lead in Minny and could let them back to 4 1/2 if they can't salvage a win. Pretty big series for early June. Twins get swept and they might need to think about trading Santana (when healthy), Dozier and Mauer.

Indians' bullpen imploding against the Twins as we speak... 4 runs surrendered in the last 1 2/3 IP. Have blown a seemingly insurmountable 8-0 lead in "Justin" (I'm A) Bieber start.

Where does Lebron end up next year? Back in CLE? Philly? Houston? LAL? Any other legit possibilities?

Not necessarily. To believe all the conspiracy theories/theorists, he might have been maneuvering behind the scenes to "make KW look bad" and create momentum to push him out to Toronto, lol. Just like Colangelo consistently elevated himself and tried to sabotage the positive vibes around Hinkie and the Raptors' GM.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/44641-candidates-backed-by-sanders-s-our-revolution-organization-achieve-early-success Candidates backed by Our Revolution achieve early success... Just wanted to rile up, Reddy. California Democrats agonize over House primaries..."Crowded primaries and the state’s unusual top-two system could leave Democrats without a general election candidate in key races." https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/29/california-democrats-house-primaries-577974 Three battleground districts in Orange County — a one-time conservative bastion that backed Hillary Clinton in 2016 — all pose the same risk in next Tuesday’s primaries, which could cost Democrats some of their most promising opportunities to flip seats in their bid to retake the House of Representatives this fall. The trouble in the districts represented by Rohrabacher and retiring Republican Reps. Darrell Issa and Ed Royce prompted the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other groups to anoint certain candidates and spend millions of dollars to prevent a Democratic “lockout.” But worried and confused Democratic voters are the only ones with the power to avoid a lockout — and even the most hardened pragmatists in their ranks are struggling to decide what to do. “This is not the year to fall in love. This is the year to vote with your head for whoever has the best chance of winning, based on polling,” said Jesse Bry, a 42-year-old business owner in Issa’s district who declined to say for whom she plans to vote on June 5. “The hard part is figuring out who has the best shot, and that’s been in flux and confusing and agonizing to figure out in this primary.”

What do the beat writers in Lima and Cuzco have to say on this topic...?

Nope. Hahn is MUCH MUCH more conservative/traditional. He's also a pragmatist/realist, not an idealist.

Now you're talking logic and removing any emotions from it. That's ONE positive trait that Hahn definitely has in abundance.

Would like to see them go Rodon, Shields (until trade), Lopez, Stephens, Covey in the 2nd half...until Kopech comes up. Kopech could replace Shields when/if that salary dump goes through. They might even go six man to limit Kopech's innings. Otoh, Rodon needs to ramp his up if he wants to throw 150-170 innings next year.

Does Greg have any past posts positing "he's a nice looking young man with appropriately-sized collars on his dress shirts?"

Trump’s fatal flaw is becoming dangerous—even to him https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-fatal-flaw-becoming-dangerous-even-173821635.html Favoring the old "industrial" economy over the new one (tech, services, value-added good, financial)

Carson is done!

Let's not forget that Shohei Otani AND Trout are hardly moving the attendance meter when they go on the road...you're talking a once in a 100 years phenomenon in terms of what he's going, to the point where they might have to adapt the DH rule to allow some flexibility in hitting and pitching in the same game (just to make it even MORE exciting for the sport.) There was that surge of excitement for 2-3 weeks when Moncada first came up, but I'm not sure how much it translated into tickets sold. There wasn't even a HUGE effect when Sale was starting and they had that special section/t-shirt giveaways, etc. Probably more of a positive affect in jersey sales when Yoan arrived? Pushing up Jimenez to the big leagues would surely have a similar effect...but this way the fans will at least have ONE thing to look forward to next year. They should also get to see a lot of Collins and Zavala in the spring and then again at mid-season. Kopech, that's a different issue and I think he'll need to learn as quickly as possible to become a pitcher and just not a raw stuff/blow 'em away thrower...he'll take his lumps, but it will only help in the long run.

1) Palka could be a good fit at DH (just nowhere in the outfield, please!) 2) Shields is actually pitching well, and we could probably (finally) unload his contract but he might be more valuable to the White Sox because Giolito's likely to go down, and Santiago/Volstad/Gonzalez are just roster filler at this point...still, any cost savings on that deal would be a benefit. 3) Rondon still has another half season at least to become more consistent...if Jones is traded, he's likely the heir-apparent at closer. 4) Covey has shown flashes of being able to make it as a 5th starter...that would mitigate the Giolito/Fulmer disasters, at least somewhat 5) Jose Rondon has been very effective in his role, fwiw

Rodon?