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QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 10:07 AM) I'd still take the chance on Puig. I just read Molly Knight's book "The Best Team Money Can Buy" about the Dodgers. It's really good and there is tons of Puig stuff in there. It talks about how the White Sox were one of the few teams that scouted him and really wanted him. Part of the reason why Dodgers offered so much money at the time. Not surprising. I wanted Hector Olivera, too. Moncada was always going to be unrealistic. Fwiw, that book's on my reading list. I think she writes for the LA Times. Seems the Dodgers are really hitting the pitching market and realize paying Greinke even with his smooth, repeatable delivery into his late 30's isn't very wise even for a $300 million payroll team. Any reason to think Hanley Ramirez would work out better with us than the Red Sox?

That’s when Fields called for his partner to “get her black ass,” Martin said. The officer grabbed her phone and deleted the photos. During the arrest, Martin told Fields the rough arrest would lead to a lawsuit. “I’m glad Johnny Cochran is dead,” Fields shot back, according to Martin. The officer also told Martin as he was cuffed that “you’re just another notch in my belt,” according to court documents. So that's al least four other incidents with black students/couples...in addition to this recent one, that makes five. None involve a single white person.

Statistically, do roughly 35-40% of his problems involve white students? That should be the case proportionately based on the school's demographic make-up.

Trial is set for January in the case of an expelled student who claims Fields targeted black students and falsely accused him of being a gang member in 2013. In another case, a federal jury sided with Fields after a black couple accused him of excessive force and battery during a noise complaint arrest in 2005. A third lawsuit, dismissed in 2009, involved a woman who accused him of battery and violating her rights during a 2006 arrest. He also attacked a veteran and his wife. Smoke, meet fire. http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/10/27/sh...oor/#more-28388

But he's dating a black woman so he can't be all that evil or racist. http://heavy.com/news/2015/10/ben-fields-r...deo-complaints/ You can't just intimate there is a video exonerating him and then fire the guy at the same time. Johnson said, “When I asked (their teacher) Mr. Long if he felt bad for what happened to her … his reply was ‘she should have cooperated.'” Great role model, that teacher...

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 08:52 AM) I'm not looking to trade any of them. SP is a strength, but the "depth" is overstated, IMO. Sale is elite, Quintana is a great #2, Rodon is a 3 with big upside, Danks is an overpaid #5 man in our #4 hole, and Johnson is a 4/5 with the upside of a 3. Behind that, we have Fulmer and some prospects that certainly have upside but that look like they are most likely going to be relievers. 1. You cannot assume Fulmer is ready as quickly as Rodon was, and even if you DO, you have to remember that Rodon pitched like a back-end guy most of the season. 2. If you remove Quintana from that #2 slot due to a trade, the whole thing suddenly looks very shaky. I think Rodon will become a strong #2 at some point, but it's very much a question mark if that happens this year -- he still struggle with command frequently and control almost as often, and he needs to learn to trust his fastball. And until he does learn to trust his fastball, we're not going to know if it has enough movement to be a big pitch. If it doesn't his control suddenly has to get really good. He's got work to do. 3. Remove ANY of them for a significant injury -- even Danks -- and you're in trouble quickly. You could argue we need to ADD a starter or two, at least of the "one-year pillow contract" type. Estrada, Gallardo, Fister, Kazmir, Iwakuma, Latos

It's bad enough feeling sorry for Ventura, adding Buehrle to the lamentations list along with Konerko in 2014 would be about par for the course with the Sox.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 08:28 AM) that said, where do you see this discounted price that you are speaking of? Did Mattingly infer it in his comments about the league adjusting to him? Waiting with bated breath. Most of the trade proposals I see here have Q going for Puig AND a prospect not named Seager, Urias, DeLeon, Holmes or Bolsinger.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 26, 2015 -> 09:54 AM) Iowa isn't near as good as the polls would indicate. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they are winning and I hope they keep winning and their defense is good, but they have their own issues and are one of the most beatable teams I've ever seen ranked as high as they are this late in the season. Beating Pitt, NW in Evanston (handily), at Wisconsin...those are/were three pretty good teams. Iowa's got good mojo with CJ going and are further developing their stable of running backs. It's actually pretty unfortunate they had so much of their recruiting class locked in or they could have targeted more four star and even a five star or two.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 08:09 AM) Awww Caulfield, your boy Puig isnt the best Right Center Left fielder since the best Right Center Left fielder That said, who has more potential superstar offensive upside at his age at a discounted, "buy low" price...at the current moment? Waiting with bated breath.

What happened to Austin, Rodon's catcher at NC State?

I think at a crossroads. For me, I think he jumped out there and was great and then he has not really continued on that path. You’ve been around the game a long time, and a lot of sports. Guys will jump out that first year to throw the magic out there, and then there’s a league change. Teams are going to gear up for you, continue to make adjustments to get you out. If you don’t continue to work and continue to make adjustments, then you get stuck. Obviously the talent is there. The talent is off the charts. But he’ll have to make some adjustments. Don Mattingly on Puig, latimes.com/sports

Police have been present in schools for decades—particularly in low-income communities of color—but some experts also tie their increased presence to the rise in school shootings. After Columbine, the Department of Justice invested $876 million to fund the presence of nearly 7,000 school resource officers like Fields (S. Carolina officer accused of brutality and racism in dealing with black female student in classroom). During the 2013–2014 school year, there were more than 82,000 officers working in public schools. yahoo.com

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 06:29 AM) Maybe see if he's open to being a lefty reliever. If not, we don't really need him barring a trade. He wouldn't hang on for one more season in that role unless the White Sox were a true pennant contender. Maybe come back in July?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 28, 2015 -> 05:55 AM) Ignoring the typical list of names post... Paulo Orlando came from where? Also the Sox had a couple of the leading SB players in the minors both of the last couple of years. From Brazil of course, along with Andre Rienzo and the now infamous Anderson Gomes, who was supposedly even faster than the sprinter/footballer Orlando at age 16-18. He never got out of A ball. He also had only 18 sb's with all that speed. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/pro...=Anderson-Gomes We shall see with Anderson and especially Micah how that transalates in terms of effectiveness at the next level. Micah doesn't have defense OR positional flexibility on his side. Adam Engel's a long ways off. Semien had good speed too, but they never really took advantage of that, either. We shall see if they just end up dumping Micah for a back-up catcher how valuable they perceive him to be.

Having his brother and advisor/Attorney General and listening to him instead of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also arguably saved the wprld from nuclear annihilation during the Cuban Missile Crisis. So there's that. And the 1968 version of Kennedy was basically more of a populist liberal than Gore or Obama. His whole campaign was about reaching out to all the disenfranchised groups in society such as Appalachian mine workers' families, Native Americans and migrant farm workers (Cesar Chavez/Dolores Huerta).

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le41654622.html The Volquez story with father's death and also Chris Young and Moustakas losing parents in the last two months of the regular season, Young's father exactly a month ago and Moutakas' mom Aug. 9th...

Scaringly, agreed. Nobody can forget those images of Willie Mays hanging on at the end, a shadow of his former glory and unrecognizable to fans who followed him from the early 50's.

They definitely would have been out of Vietnam sooner.

It's just as worthwhile in terms of wins and losses to invest in a plethora of "speed/defensive first" players and sprinkle them throughout your system. With the Royals, guys like Dyson, Paulo Orlando, Gore and Mondesi. For the Mets, Juan Lagares. The White Sox had Leury Garcia, but the most memorable burner was Rodney McCray back in the day. We're lacking that guy who can automatically take second or even third in the late innings when you need to manufacture a run (not to mention everyone wanted to run Yost out of town already for not having Gore to pr for Zobrist and steal 3rd base in the late innings to give KC three opportunities to drive him in.) We always waste an out bunting, even with Eaton on first. When you're scratching to win games by one or two runs like we will for the immediate future due to a below average offense, you especially need speed, defense and a bullpen in the late innings. Starting baseball academies in Jamaica, Brazil and Colombia would have a bigger payoff imo. Maybe Australia, China or India. Or taking over and operating a struggling team in the KBO that would be a feeder to the Sox, etc. Also, being the first into Cuba when they open it up.

Well, KC has something of a dilemma now for Game 4. NY has Matz, the Royals had been planning to start Young (probably). That leaves them Duffy and Medlen to choose from, assuming that Guthrie's not on the roster (just checked, he's not). Or they can go to Young again when he threw 3 innings and 53 pitches. Since Game 4's on Saturday, presumably that three days of rest will be enough since he's not a high effort/velocity pitcher in the first place. He struck out 83 in 123.1 innings during the regular season. Young, who works with a fastball in the upper 80s and a slider, even touched 90 twice Tuesday night. It was the first time he's hit 90 MPH since 2009 according to FanGraphs. "It's the World Series," Young said. "If you were in the World Series you'd be throwing harder too." He's also still on schedule to pitch in Game 4 on three days rest, according to Yost. Young threw 53 pitches in his three innings Tuesday. "Our plan going into it was we could go 45 to 50 pitches with Chris and bring him back a day early, he'd be fine with that," Yost said. "Once it got to the 50-pitch mark, it was okay, we're going to go all out to win this game, and Chris is going to go as far as he could go, "But we ended up winning the ballgame in kind of our threshold there." www.yahoo.com/sports/mlb

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 10:04 AM) That just seems wrong to be a kosher move. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansa...le41535603.html Zobrist isn't hurt, wife is due on Nov 10. More about positional flexibility, ph in NL park. Gore can only pr. Mondesi can play def, pr, hit/bunt, play multiple positions. http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...le41507676.html Interesting article for wanna be GM's. Hadn't realized A's were paying the remainder of Zobrist's deal this year...for the inclusion of pitcher Aaron Brooks. Reading this, seems even more certain they won't be able to keep Alex Gordon around. Overpaying for past production in late twenties at 31-35/36 usually doesn't end well in fa markets. Injuries and just general physical decline.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 27, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) Cubs did not make the playoffs in 2009. Diamondbacks sweep in 2007 and dodgers sweep 2008. Nlds vs nlcs

What good will Prado do for just one rebuilding season? If they're clearly upgrading at least 2-3 other positions, maybe. But having Cabrera back in LF, LaRoche at DH...they would have to change at least two more from 2B, RF and catcher to be in a "go for it" position...and few NL players have come in and hit the ground running, just Eaton recently. Not to mention the 90% probability they bring Alexei back.

But it's the classic case of supply and demand. It's not like there aren't hundreds of basketball players laboring away for 360 positions in the world when the odds are twice as stacked against them. The difference is that baseball isn't as popular as basketball in many countries around the globe that can afford to pay foreign players more. It's just that opportunities are more lucrative in Europe or China now. Baseball players only have Japan, Korea and Taiwan...and, to be fair, those countries do have limited opportunities for fringe players and certainly anyone below AA level neednot apply. Going back to the the day, the CBA didn't pay anyone but their former NBAers more than a pittance. It's like buying a lottery ticket. The typical MLB draft provides 3-5 players that ever see the majors. But, compared to the NFL, those players do have much longer careers and earn more money in MLB. We don't hear about subsidizing golf and tennis because the parents are often rich, but the odds are equally against those players on the second and third tier tours. I actually believe part of the reason is because of the proliferation of Latin American players. If it was 100% an American player (mostly white and African American) issue or problem you'd have more outrage about conditions and pay in the low minors. In those Latin American countries, and that's roughly 40% of baseball now...with the buscone system and despite constant kidnappings/threats in their home countries, none of those players would give up that lottery ticket because of the relative poverty they often come from. Read the story of Sal Perez and why he was elated to sign a deal for $7 million and five years. The cost/benefit is worth it despite the odds being stacked. If anything, there should be subsidies provided by Venezuela and the DR to provide extra assistance to their most important exports culturally, if you want to look at players as commodities. At any rate, the perception is 1) most white and Asian baseball players come from (relatively) priviledged backgrounds and 2) there's not the political will in America to protect essentially foreign/migrant workers who are victims of racism and in some cases disdain for pushing out more "domestic" or white workers. Of course, there's also the issue of baseball being a non revenue sport at the collegiate level, except for the Pac Ten, SEC and parts of the ACC. The flip side of this argument is Scott Carroll, who has a generous lifetime pension for barely making a dent in the majors. Plus, there's a lot more sympathy for veteran football players these days because of all the suicides, concussions and PtSD like symptoms. If someone working for Wal-Mart at minimum wage with no health care benefits couldn't even unionize or gain protection for most of their working career...and the government never intervened, why would MLB feel compelled to do so when they're a corporation whose goal is maximizing profits? Just because they're covered by anti trust laws and the uniquely American support doesn't mean there will be sympathy, because for every Carroll, Rios, Dunn, Beckham, Viciedo, LaRoche, whose families are set for life financially etc., there are millions who will never have the opportunity to earn the pension money that Carroll will be getting for basically one year of service time. Social Security doesn't come close, and many government run plans like Illinois are risking insolvency...hence, not much sympathy for a game where white players are now technically a minority.