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QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:11 PM) If I had kids I would make them hold my hand around this guy. Is that hair dye? Yuck. He's like the guy who is kidnapping American tourists in Europe in one of those Hostel movies.

Banned for 10 days! Just kidding.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:59 PM) The Phegley surname is actually an Americanized version of a Swiss/German name. So if he were in fact Josh Phegley's cousin, he would have to have gotten the Cuban heritage from his mother. It sure is crazy how Phegley went to SoxTalk darling to irrelevant in a short span. Is his hitting now a result of Charlotte's stadium? Either way, I don't think he's the answer at catcher. Could the Sox go a Martin/John Buck/Kurt Suzuki direction in the offseason? With Dunn coming off the books they might be able to spend. But that begs another question, is Wilkins a starter? It would be unlike Robin to insert Wilkins in a platoon like we saw Ozzie do in 2007 with Erstad/Mackowiak/Owens. Suzuki signed an extension with the Twins. Buck's done, pretty much. And Russell Martin will have 10-12 teams going after him, so it depends on the price and the fit.

Wrong area of the site, a mod will need to move it to minor leagues...

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 02:49 PM) Yes. I don't know what they can do, frankly. You can't have nightly looting. But the people are so upset they want the cop's head on a platter. The people of that town, do want justice NOW. That's not how it works. What a joke of a news conference. I think they should have let the guy screaming in the back of the room have the podium for a moment. This is no light situation. That city is pissed off. Just wait until the police officer is exonerated somehow...then we'll repeat the whole thing, similar to the anger over the Rodney King officers' trial verdict in LA.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 01:40 PM) SS Eduardo Escobar 3B Brent Morel 1B Jose Abreu 2B Tyler Saladino DH Chris Carter CF Chris Young RF Ryan Sweeney LF Aaron Cunningham C Jose Phegley Bench - Tony Graffanino and Josh Paul SP - Gio, Sale, Hudson, Egbert and Clayton Richard Bullpen - Poreda, Cotts, Politte, Adam Russell, Bobby Jenks, Sergio Santos and Mike Jackson Where do we finish Caulfield? In a time warp or black hole. Who's Jose Phegley? His Cuban cousin? No John Ely? Scott Eyre?

State of Emergency Declared... Nixon is really taking some hits on the handling of this one.

Are we sure it's not Leury Garcia hitting clean-up?

Boyhood is definitely one of the five best films of the year. Not sure when I would want to see it again (maybe never), but thoroughly enjoyable for a 2 hour 46 minute movie.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 01:27 PM) I've followed this pretty closely. This is kind of misleading. Last night protesters did try to stop the looters for a while, like from 1 to 3 a.m. They were getting interviewed by bloggers and other media and timcast.com was showing it live. It was all a pretty happy scene. Then at 3, all hell broke loose. The stores started getting looted again big time. People were walking out of the same store with booze, six packs. One lady brought a tub in at 3 a.m. at the meet market to steal more stuff. It was pretty lousy stuff. Then, the media started getting pushed around by the protesters (and to be fair thugs probably from other cities who came in to loot). Then at 3:30 there were rumors the looters were headed to Wal Mart. That's when I finally went to bed, but police did show up at Wal Mart to protect it sort of. What I don't like is, now that the police have been under fire, they are doing nothing to stop the looters. This was not a happy story last night of protestors protecting the stores. That happened for a little while. I don't know if they went home finally or got thirsty and started looting themselves. The protestors roughed up the media a bit, telling them to turn off their camera phones, etc. One reporter was told and you could hear it that he was gonna get knifed if he didn't turn it off. I personally think the police have to do something to protect the stores, but it appeared last night the new idea is to let the people do whatever they want, loot all they want. It's pretty sad. I know the people are furious about the senseless shooting, but man, this is crazy. I'm fully convinced the protestors will continue to loot after the sun sets if there's any merchandise left. Last night 3 a.m. was the point of no return when everything went awry with the police allowing looting. People looked like animals stealing property. It's kind of a no-win for police. And reporters are getting a wide-eyed view of the real world. With no police around at all, they are at the mercy of the looters pretty much. As an addendum, it's pretty sad when the protesters/looters were chanting, "Are you black?" mocking one black female TV reporter and demanding she leave and not do interviews. It's like they were upset she had a real job. What the f*** was that all about? This Ferguson thing may require the President to show up. There were some pretty good live feeds like timcast going on from 12 to 4 am. last night when I went to bed, so I kind of know what I'm talking about here. Not sure what you mean here...I doubt they were upset about her having a real job, I think it's more the feeling they are being exploited by the mostly white media, or that the media is making them look bad or perhaps isn't trustworthy.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:07 AM) That article had very little substance. He never explained why Reinsdorf opposed Manfred. We've heard previously that Reinsdorf was opposed to the way Manfred was being chosen, which was by Selig choosing his successor by backchanneling and torpedoing other candidates. That's why he had raised a stink before. Being opposed to Rob Manfred does not necessarily mean Reinsdorf is greedy - though he probably is. As a matter of fact, I'm sure all 30 of those guys are greedy. There's nothing revolutionary here. Just that general idea that Manfred is too conciliatory and a "deal maker," whereas Reinsdorf wanted a commissioner more likely to fight the union, try to establish a salary cap, etc.

SS Alexei Ramirez 3B Marcus Semien 1B Jose Abreu DH Chris Carter LF Michael Morse RF Dayan Viciedo C Tyler Flowers/Chris Stewart 2B Gordon Beckham/Micah Johnson CF Chris Young Bench Ryan Sweeney, Chris Stewart, Carlos Sanchez, Andy Wilkins Chris Sale Buehrle Gio Gonzalez McCarthy Rodon Bullpen...Hector Santiago, Boone Logan, Addison Reed, Matt Guerrier, Sergio Santos, Neal Cotts, Clayton Richard, Lucas Harrell, Jake Petricka, Daniel Webb So that team should be in the playoffs....right?

QUOTE (SCCWS @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:46 AM) I can see the Havana White Sox within a few years. I'm all-in for a SoxTalk meet-up there... That would be another interesting question...what if the White Sox were relocated to somewhere in the Caribbean/Mexico/Cuba/Venezuala/San Juan, etc. Would you still root for them if they were located outside of the US? Or, if in instead of having players from all over the world, the US made an agreement with the Cuban government that all Cuban players could participate, travel and play on this one professional team and compete in the US and Canada for 81 travel/road dates per year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:39 AM) More looting and gunshots last night. I'm sure the rogue cops will somehow be blamed again Well, considering it (any violence) was pretty much all aimed at the liquor store that was the center of the controversy... I'm going to be you any amount of money you'd like that none of that would have happened if the police hadn't released that video to the national media yesterday, then turn around and admit one had nothing to do with the other, than turn around and change the narrative at least 2-3 times in one day...along with "feel good" stories today in the media about the officer and his background (not unlike one of those fluffy Olympic profiles they'll show before an even where an American is favored). We keep on hearing stories from witness and someone will say, "Why would we believe anything they say...don't have they have an agenda to take down the police?" Well, why would we believe anything the police are saying to cover themselves from a civil lawsuit that will bankrupt the city?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) The first to crucify people for sexism, are the first to exploit it for ratings. Just like many of the same people slamming Hawk for being an old school sexist, are exploiting the idea that females have to all come in some sexually optimal form, otherwise they are inferior to the rest of their sex and aren't desirable for the opposite sex. It's a good story because of the fact that so few African-American kids are playing baseball these days....and she's a girl, and throwing 70 MPH. The last time there was this much coverage was Danny Almonte, who turned out to be overage. I'll give another example. There was a girl from my hometown (Bettendorf, Iowa) with a picture of her and her partner from Naperville who won the Under-16 in beach volleyball in today's sports section of the Quad City Times...a national title in California. So of course they had to print a photo of them wearing their bikinis and holding the title (albeit it was the 2nd page). I really wonder if two boys had done the same thing, would they have included a picture of them shirt-less in the sports section? Or was the story simply interesting because people from states like California, Florida or Hawaii never believe Midwesterners can play volleyball well (regional bias)?

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 07:56 AM) Who would have ever thought that at the end of the WS game the WS position player in the game with the highest batting average would be Cleuluis Rondon? I have hope for him and glad as young and light as he is that he has not worn out this year. Cue Hawk soliloquy about how Alexei Ramirez is the toughest, yet thinnest, player in the majors.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 09:21 AM) It is funny to note that the media is totally exploiting the idea of female dominance in baseball as a big deal for one of the lead stories, even outside of sports, with Mo'ne Davis. The entire idea is that females aren't as good as males, so when a female dominates males, in a male sport, this is a huge news story. No sexism there, right media? Of course, everyone knows there's a big difference between a 13 year old (physically, maturity-wise) compared to a 17 or 18 year old girl. We're still talking about children in this situation, not women beating men...Billy Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs this isn't.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 07:36 AM) The reason anyone became so offended by this, and again, no women as of yet,is because they are card carrying Hawk haters. 4 years ago the Tribune published a poster during the Stanley Cup Final of Chris Pronger in a skirt calling him Chrissy Pronger. There was no big deal. On this site someone posted it and said they couldn't believe it wasn't being talked about. Illini did say it was stupid but did not go on about why. Others who are saying what Hawk said is just wrong said nothing although they were posting. Then there was the Chrissy Pronger is gay in the Blackhawk locker room. No outrage. . Besides if you think about it Hawks usage is not sexist. What do women generally put skirts on to do? Not getting dirty and physical. The Pronger thing had looks like Tarzan plays like Jane. Far more sexist if you want to be PC and not just admit males are just better at these games than females or there would be female participation. That's not always true, think of women's field hockey, lacrosse or professional tennis players, for example. They were forced by societal conventions to wear them, at one point, over "masculine" shorts...but they at least provide free range of movement.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 08:08 AM) Why leave out Chris Sale? Because I was trying to make a team out of former Sox minor leaguers and/or current ones. Then the infield would be obviously be Abreu, Beckham, Alexei, Viciedo probably in the OF over Sweeney, etc.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 07:00 AM) Caulfield, I'll give you a lot of credit, you have to be the first poster to start a topic with multiple sentences in the title. I actually didn't do it intentionally...always seems like there's an extra line in there when you do a poll that's kind of superfluous.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 16, 2014 -> 06:23 AM) People would be very happy with the draft pick position, and there would be no need cheering for losses as those would come by the dozens naturally. If this is supposed to be White Sox draft picks, Davidson, Santos and Cotts don't belong. Yes, I'm aware of that...there's virtually no way to fill out a team without going to minor leaguers or former minor leaguers in our system. I don't even think Chris Getz is still playing baseball, or Josh Fields. Maybe Fields is... I only included Santos because we basically "reinvented" him as a pitcher, so you can't say the Sox don't deserve at least 50% or more of the credit for that one.

2B Micah Johnson CF Chris Young LF Michael Morse DH Chris Carter RF Ryan Sweeney 3B Matt Davidson/Marcus Semien 1B Andy Wilkins SS Carlos Sanchez C Chris Stewart/Phegley Buehrle Gio Gonzalez McCarthy H.Santiago Rodon Bullpen...Boone Logan, Addison Reed, Matt Guerrier, Sergio Santos, Neal Cotts, Clayton Richard, Lucas Harrell

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http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...cle1237204.html Trading for and KEEPING Shields was key to Royals' 19-4 surge http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...cle1237145.html On how to act when your team's actually pretty good for the first time in your lifetime Did anyone cry when the Sox won the World Series? I don't remember crying...just being very proud and still kind of in shock because of how they barely the Indians' charge in September and then they just got on that surreal roll of games and pitching. Maybe it's different for Pirates and Royals fans because of that 20-30 year gap without anything but misery. We needed Matthew Wein all along. Wein, more than Shields and even more than Brett, has lived what Royals fans are hoping to experience over the next six weeks. He just did it in Pittsburgh. Wein is 31 and a lifelong Pirates fan, which means he’s basically lived the life of a Royals fan, just with a different wardrobe. He says that growing up rooting for a loser has shaped who he is an adult, some of it good and some of it bad. The Pirates are winners now, so to remind himself and others of the Kevin McClatchy years (the Pittsburgh equivalent of the Board of Directors years) he wears a Ryan Vogelsong jersey (the Pittsburgh equivalent of Neifi Perez). “You did feel like you were in an abusive relationship with the Pirates,” he says. “Like it was really your fault for enabling the Pirates to do this… “They were so bad, so ostensibly awful, I started saying, ‘I’m just a baseball fan and I happen to live in Pittsburgh.’ But then you realize, ‘I won’t stop watching. I can’t stop.’ Eventually, you accept it, like, ‘Oh, I’m really a Pirates fan.’” That started to change two years ago, when the Pirates were in first place in July and above .500 as late as Sept. 18. They had a young star in Andrew McCutchen, and enough pitching that the future looked bright. That’s when the transition took traction, with some bumps along the way that Kansas City can relate to — the football mentality transferred to a 162-game season, the embedded cynicism from a generation of letdowns, and an honest uncertainty about when to really believe. That 2012 season ended in disappointment, and a 20th consecutive losing record. Not even the Royals can match that. But those who stuck around saw a start-to-finish contender in 2013, 94 wins and then an epic wild-card victory over the Reds in which the fans in Pittsburgh rattled Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Cueto so much he dropped the ball on the mound. Now, the Pirates are again in position for the playoffs and the team is drawing more fans than any season in its history except for the opening of PNC Park. “It took a while for people to think it was real,” Wein says. “But now they think about it like it’s nothing but real.” The adjustment isn’t easy. Nobody likes to admit this, but there is a comfort in the losing. It’s familiar. Wein got used to leaving late for a game, parking close to the stadium, and waving at the nice usher who always let him sit closer to the field because of all the empty seats. Last year, Wein couldn’t get a ticket to the wild card game. He watched from a bar, and spent the last few innings “sobbing like a child.” Winning brings a sort of first-world problems, of course. Tickets are more expensive, expectations higher, and Wein says he can already feel a sense of entitlement from some Pirates fans. But this is a lot like romanticizing that dump of an apartment you lived in right out of college. The harder life is much better in hindsight, because the greatest thing in a world for a fan might be your team paying you back for years of letdowns with one glorious stretch of daily joy. “There’s nothing anyone can tell you that’s going to prepare you for what you’re going to feel, or how you’re going to deal with it,” he says. “You can’t prepare for it. At some point, you’re going to accept that your team is no longer awful. Something is going to click in your brain and you’re going to lose it. You’re just going to lose it. “If you’re someone who cries, you’ll break down crying. You’ll cease to be gunshy about it. And the payoff is worth it. Allow yourself to enjoy it. Don’t shy away from that. Allow yourself to enjoy it when it happens. Don’t become relentlessly pessimistic just because that’s been your nature the last 20 years. Allow yourself to enjoy it when it happens.” At least, that’s what people in other places say. But even Pittsburgh is a different place, with different history. Here in Kansas City, maybe we need to see this for ourselves. To reach Sam Mellinger, call 816-234-4365 or send email to smellinger@kcstar.com. Follow him on Twitter at @mellinger. For previous columns, go to KansasCity.com. Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-colum...l#storylink=cpy