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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/...0428-story.html This woman from the community center that was torched is incredibly upbeat/positive and resilient in the face of such an event...laudable. No time for feeling sorry for herself or her organization. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/us/baltimore...-son/index.html The woman who smacked her son and cursed at him for participating is now the main story on CNN's homepage. SIGH. http://www.wsj.com/articles/obama-condemns...eath-1430246886 In addition to local police, the FBI is investigating the circumstances of Mr. Gray’s death, although “federal jurisdiction in these cases is limited and they are hard to make,” said William Yeomans, who once led the Justice Department’s civil-rights division and is now a professor at American University in Washington, D.C. Investigations can highlight best practices for police departments, but they alone won’t address all the problems, Mr. Yeomans said. “The trick now is figuring out how you convince other police departments to adopt those best practices.” Since last fall, the Justice Department has been engaged in what it calls a “collaborative reform” effort with the Baltimore police department on its policies. That level of scrutiny from the federal government is a step below the pattern and practice investigation that the department launched into the Ferguson, Mo., police department. “The challenge for us as the federal government is that we don’t run these police forces,” Mr. Obama said. “But what I can do is to start working with them collaboratively so that they can begin this process of change themselves.”

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 08:11 PM) Anderson went 2-4, got caught stealing and was ejected by the 2nd base umpire. Seems like he'll fit right in with Vince Coleman eventually.

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/pro...jordan-guerrero I'll go with Guerrero simply because you can never have too many quality lefties...worst-case scenario, trade bait. And he's got youth on his side as well, only 20.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles...ory.html#page=1 This game tomorrow has the "honor" of being the lowest attended game (beating the previous record of 5-6) in the history of MLB. Yay, that's going to put us on the front segment of SportsCenter at least.

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 07:36 PM) Tanaka on the DL. Who didn't see that coming? Every GM in baseball saw that coming the day the contract was signed. Bullet (and a huge one) dodged by the White Sox there.

QUOTE (staxx @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 07:46 PM) He's the type of player that could skyrocket on our prospect list with a good season. Speed and defense, i love it. Engel's also kind of similar to Eaton (tools-wise)...but with the pop to hopefully hit 7-10 homers a year? Is that too optimistic? I realize physically he's much bigger (at least six feet) and more reminiscent of Trout than Adam.

LOL. Injury thread updates for Soxtalk posters. I could have sworn I had a stress fracture of the tibia (on the right outside side, maybe 3-4 inches up from the ankle) and that it wasn't showing up on the x-rays (probably needed a bone scan or MRI, but haven't gone back again). Playing badminton very 2-3 hours per night 4-5 days or nights per week after no strenuous physical activity for 5 months at age 45. One night the first time it started to hurt, I wrapped it very tightly with medical tape (thought it was anterior constrainment?) and it was fine until sharp pains the next night that I thought meant it had to be broken, a stress fracture or at the very least shin splints. Thought it might be caused by not wearing specially-designed badminton court shoes...always wear Nike running shoes (lightweight) and never stretch before playing like I should. Now it's about two weeks and the pain has subsided about 90-95% and I feel close to ready to play...as a cross country runner and soccer player growing up, I never had shin splints so I'm not sure how to differentiate between that, a stress fracture, that ACM thing and just my own idea that the tendon/muscle has a tear/strain (or has torn away from a bone slightly) and that the only method to get better is not playing badminton or basketball for at least two weeks. When I flex it up and down "vertically" there's still a little pain but nothing like two weeks ago. But it's the area (lower shin/ankle) that I really messed up five months ago when I landed off balance when I jumped in the air and felt acute pain on both sides of the ankle simultaneously...which bothered me for the next 4-5 months until maybe the end of March.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) I don't have any good comparison studies (that I'm aware of) for you to look at, but an interesting comparison for you to abstractly think about would be Minneapolis and St. Paul. Obviously comparable for many reasons. Minneapolis is typically seen as the force that only hires ex-military. Interestingly, 94% of Minneapolis officers and 78% of St. Paul cops don't live in their respective cities. The tension between the Minneapolis PD and North Minneapolis (yes, this is the typically poorer and mostly black part of town) is pretty well known. Not sure if it's as blatant or widespread in St. Paul. That's why Kansas City, KS, had a program to provide reduced cost housing/favorable loan terms to their police officers and I'm pretty sure public school teachers as well...to keep them in the community they serve, hopefully fostering and improving their relationship with that aforementioned neighborhood.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 02:34 PM) Do we know Varys ends up in Meereen? Could he go back when he can't find Tyrion? They didn't re-introduce Kevan on the show for no reason, so I suspect something will still happen to him. Reading that, I can't help but think of White Sox catchers and the fact nobody has a normal name, lol. Nobody has mentioned our "lost knight," Brienne of Tarth...and the differences with the Clegane/s story from the book. Finally, not sure how they're going to reconnect Tyrion's right hand man, although they did at least have him meeting with Jamie Lannister to continue that plot thread (maybe not in a detailed fashion like Martin does).

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:46 PM) Ex Machina, wow! Is the lead actress in that film as good as some critics are claiming? Wish I could see it here in China...perhaps it will show up 6 months from now. As is, it's going to get swallowed by Avengers 2 on May 12th. Meanwhile, Furious 7 is continuing to outpace US box office numbers. www.cbooo.cn

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:51 PM) As far as bad crippling pitcher contracts go, Danks is far from the worst. Just tossing that out there. He's actually underpaid and should undoubtedly get another extension. His WHIP ranks him as a 3 starter.

QUOTE (MDWhiteSoxFan @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:09 PM) Is Danks really pitching that bad this year? His first start wasn't good but that KC team was very hot and no one looked good against them on our staff. His 2nd start was bad yes. His last 2 against the same teams his first 2 were against 4.50 era, 1.16 WHIP with 12 k's. I think that's pretty solid for a 4 or 5 starter. He's 99th out of 114 qualified MLB starters in ERA. (Quintana is 108th). OTOH, and DA will love this....he's 69th in WHIP, with Quintana at 94th. This means we're about to get a post arguing that Danks is really a #3 starter and earning every cent of his money, and blah blah there were the same number of starts made by other non-qualified starters with WORSE statistics than John Danks as the possible combinations (a LONG number with 18 zeroes) of ENIGMA CODE hits. http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitching/_/order/true Noesi would be tied with J. Zimmermann for 22nd worst ERA at 5.23. Of course, Carlos Rodon didn't help his (Hector's) cause by allowing all of his inherited runners to score last time out. Noesi's 1.45 WHIP is worse than Danks by about 0.1

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 03:50 PM) In a season where the Sox are actually trying to get to the playoffs, they'd be left needing to count on 30 plus good starts from Noesi and 20 plus from Rodon while he is on an innings limit. They'd be an injury away from putting Scott Carrol in the starting rotation. It would be idiotic. What they have now allows them to, down the road, limit the innings of whoever isn't getting it done out of Danks/Noesi without spending all of Rodon's innings before the season ends. If you're already prepared to write off Erik Johnson, Beck and assume Montas can't contribute anything this season. At any rate, was just trying to think outside the box. Just more of an intellectual exercise. Nothing we say here matters in the overall scheme of things, of course. It's just for fun. Maybe my intention was to rally support to John Danks because I felt sympathy for DA getting picked on such much the last couple of weeks, lol.

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:30 PM) Geez, we're only 3 weeks into the season and you're already writing off Trey? He more than held his own in Kanny last year for a 19 year old. And of course the irony is Barnum is spending his 3rd year in A ball and is trending downward after his hot start in the first week. Nobody said anything about writing him off. Sure, he's got potential, athletic/raw ability. With the premium on being able to put up 25-35 homer seasons offensively, and being left-handed...I just like Barnum more. And there's nothing wrong with Trey. M. ending up with a big league career like Brent Morel...it's far from expected that a draft pick from that round even makes it to the majors. You realize there's TWO levels to A ball, and technically 3 if you include rookie/short-season? For high school players, it's not unusual to take 3-4 years to get to AA when they're incredibly raw and unrefined coming into pro ball. In all likelihood, neither guy makes a significant impact. We'll see.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 04:06 PM) I don't recall the TJ guys signing for that big of a discount last year, may not be remembering correctly though. courtesy of OZZIEBALL I hope they don't. I think it would require a significant overdraft in order to save the type of money you would need to make this strategy work. The only significant under slot signing in the first round last year outside the top 3 was the injured Kyle Freeland at #8 (~800k under slot). Even the injured Jeff Hoffman signed for slot at #9. Unless you have one of the top 3 or 4 selections or target an injured pitcher I'm just not sure how workable a strategy it is. Personally I'd rather they just go all in on the #8 pick and ensure they have at least one impact type talent entering the system. I'd rather have a 1st and a 4th round pick than two 2nd's, if that's the trade-off. Eric Fedde was the other one...or you could look at Lucas Giolito as well with the Nationals in previous years. Certainly it's likely to happen with Aiken. Can't imagine him waiting at least one more year and probably two to be back to anything close to 100%.

The Inner Harbor and the aquarium are great....and then there's that ship (USS Constitution or Constellation?)...crab cakes/shrimp scampi, etc. Some top-flight restaurants. Cool city....I've been to a game at the Old Memorial Stadium but never to Camden Yards.

http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/mlb-power-r...bs-slide-top-10 Some local jack--s already has the Cubs at 8th in their MLB power rankings. Of course the White Sox are 19th. http://www.csnchicago.com/cubs/cubs-gettin...solutely-needed Russell with some big clutch hits so far but he's still striking out 50% of the time (ala Baez)...how's his defense at 2B so far? Trouble adjusting? DP chemistry with Castro?

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 03:46 PM) Trey was probably rushed a bit. Still a pup. Gee, how many times have we said that over the last 10-15 years about a position prospect?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-154627173.html They also could have played (all those teams were on the road) at Norfolk, Bowie, Frederick or Delmarva. Certainly the first two options would have been possibilities stadium capacity-wise, and great ways to solidify the relationship with the Orioles' fans in those cities (make the best of a bad situation, right?) Wonder if that was ever given serious consideration? Doesn't sound like it.

At this point, I wouldn't be completely shocked if Barnum put it together and passed Trey. For some reason, he seems like he's going to end up close to Brent Morel statistically. Just a hunch. Hope I'm wrong.

Gibson's were from playing FB at Michigan State?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 11:02 AM) I am waiting for him to suggest we trade Danks for Curtis Granderson. Or Chris Young. Or Jason Kipnis. Or Cliff Floyd.

Of course there will be a deluge of rain on May 28th. You can count on it.

He (Bailey) hasn't had TWO TJ surgeries.You guys are all a part of that WSI groupthink. Trading for a guy who's out for over a year, will have had two TJ surgeries and is owed almost 90 million IS the right move. Let's get our facts straight. He had a problem with his flexor tendon (near his elbow) and had surgery last SEPT, which was expected to allow him to return in April. In 2010, he had some shoulder issues/discomfort, but no surgery at that time. Ptac surely will feel there's probably a connection between the flexor tendon repair and then having an elbow ligament go within the span of 6-7 months...but he's not a Kris Medlen or Daniel Hudson case either. And nobody is part of any groupthink. In order to get talent back, you've got to take a calculated risk sometimes. It won't happen anyway...just speculating on the type of return and the financials of any type of Danks move.

HaloFanFromReno 2 minutes ago I am not a fan of any teams involved with these "postponments", however it is not fair to the opposing teams to have to use up resources due to losing a travel day or playing an unscheduled DH - this isn't a rainout or earthquake. These games could be played on a neutral field or the home field of the Orioles opponent. It is not fair to the rest of MLB teams to weaken an Orioles opponent because they had to use up a day off or pitchers which would domino effect these opponents' later games. Example: White Sox lose a travel day and use-up bullpen at a later date due to this - the White Sox then play the A's when the White Sox bull pen is used up and the A's win due to this. The other American League West division teams may lose a playoff spot by 1 game because the A's got an easy game against the White Sox! Flag