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Give me liberty and give everyone death.

It ranks as the third best current uniform, behind the Mariners and Yankees. The only Sox uniform on the list.

Spent 10 years in Nike's corporate office, then in Toronto. VP of scouting for Wizards from 2013 to 2016. Then with 76ers.

Due to player relations, I feel like Eversley was one of the top candidates. He and AK should balance one another well.

I know about the slow, fat Ruth. But the point I'm trying to get at is that due to having to face a larger pool of talent and thanks to better training resources, dieting, etc., players are able to rely on more than raw strength and athleticism now. It's why I added the "no prep time" clause. Ruth is an undeniable GOAT and amazing athlete, but he can only be fairly judged within the confines of the game he played in, like Walsh. So long story short, I'm agreeing with you that oldies belong on rosters ?

It's all good. If I'm taking Maggs due to his peak, then it kind of negates Pierce over Walsh. Babe Ruth would probably, at best, be an average DH in today's league if you transplanted him into the league today, with no prep time or anything. Meanwhile, Reynaldo Lopez would be the most terrifying pitcher alive if he were dropped into the 20s. We have WAR so we can judge across eras. Unless you're talking about Walsh's innings pitched, in which case, that may also be possible in today's game, but no one would risk the great cost that can be seen with Walsh himself.

For some reason, I have an attachment to Billy Pierce, despite having been born in '92. Probably because he was my dad's all time favorite pitcher and my favorite number is #19. If I revised the list, especially in lieu of saying "ah, screw it" and putting Minoso in center, I'd probably take Foulke off, add Pierce to the bullpen and slot Walsh into the rotation.

Here's my list, with a bench. C - Carlton Fisk 1B - Paul Konerko 2B - Eddie Collins SS - Luke Appling 3B - Robin Ventura RF - Maggio Ordonez CF - Minnie Minoso LF - Shoeless Joe DH - Frank Thomas C - Sherm Lollar INF - Nellie Fox INF - Luis Aparicio OF - Jim Landis 1B/DH - Jose Abreu SP - Chris Sale SP - Ted Lyons SP - Mark Buehrle SP - Red Faber SP - Billy Pierce Ed Walsh CL - Bobby Jenks SU - Matt Thornton SU - Hoyt Wilhelm MR - Bobby Thigpen MR - Nate Jones LR - Wilbur Wood LR/SP - Billy Pierce Notes: Minnie is obviously in CF for fit to get Shoeless Joe in the starting lineup. CF is Robert's for the taking. After weighing @michelangelosmonkey's comment, this is moot, but leaving: Ed Walsh was the next man up for the rotation. Lowest career ERA of 1.82. From 1906 - 1912, he averaged 361 IP. He supposedly was going to take a season off to rest his arm, but felt his team needed him, so he showed up anyway he could only manage 38 IP a season from then on. He is also the one who helped design Comiskey Park's dimensions, making it a pitcher's park (at least according to internet hearsay). Cutting Harold sucked, but his only argument over Magglio in RF was longevity. On the bench, Abreu can back up first while providing more power. According to WAR, Thornton is the most valuable White Sox reliever ever. Just to restate how dominant he was for a non-closer.

Let's try to keep this topic on coronavirus, even semi-tangentially. This isn't The Buster Thread. Discussing how Biden or Trump would handle the crisis differently is fine. Biden's options for VP, outside of Whitmer, ultimately are not.

He was an assistant coach in 95-96. I haven't seen the documentary yet (don't have cable or any service playing it last night), so I don't know if the timeline matched up.

Let's get back on topic of the Coronavirus pandemic.

And Appling, by WAR, is a top 10 SS all time who spent 20 years with the Sox.

Yes. One is 19 years long. One is one day long. Trump dubbed himself the "wartime president", so he should actually address it as such.

More Americans died from COVID yesterday than died in the War in Afghanistan.

Shit, play the cards right and you could have some days where half the league is on national TV. When was the last time that happened for major league baseball? People are content starved.

A possible wrinkle to this: If MLB comes back, but the minors don't, how does that affect Franco's development compared to Robert?

James Fegan prompted this:

I've only been to the backfields during the daytime, but don't they have lights?

This is making me laugh my ass off for some reason.

Exactly. ESPN is re-running the 2008 spelling bee.

Oof. Brain farted. Obviously, I'm taking Burdi off in that case and putting Kopech on. Who you got @soxfan2014?

Right now there's 27 on the active roster - they've still got Ian Hamilton on there. At this point, I feel like teams will throw service time concerns out the window, so I don't forsee them leaving Madrigal down in whatever form of the minors are to bring Cuthbert or Romine to - hypothetically - Arizona. Madrigal is going to need a 14 day quarantine to join the roster at any point, so now they might as well just bring him along.

We also can't trust the US numbers due to severe lack of testing and delayed response.

Three games a day at Chase / night games. Then the players will have to play a few day games here and there, but if they aren't all day games, they could possibly endure the summer.* *Says the guy who doesn't have to do it.

One of my friends who is convinced that football >>> all other sports tried to tell me the XFL would overtake the NBA because the XFL had great opening ratings. Whoops.