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Because that’s how the front office has treated the acquisition.

I can’t see puig accepting/thriving with a part-time/platoon role, and I can’t see the White Sox going out of their way to get mazara just to block him with a so-so veteran with questionable clubhouse effects.

I know, they're so entitled, aren't they? Acting like they don't owe you free content and all. Or, even MORE free content, I guess, since they already give you a lot. But come on, right? UGH

It means that it's a MLB trademark and is completely MLB-operated. The All-Star game is a jewel event, the playoffs are jewel events, and last year's London Series was a jewel event. So even though it's a White Sox home game, you won't be able to buy tickets from the White Sox.

This is correct. It’s an MLB “jewel” event, but it is taking up a White Sox home game.

Yeah. Wow. That is a bad list. White Sox in the middle of the pack I think is fine though. Don’t forget that we always see the upside of our guys because we’re fans, but this is a lineup with a ton variance. The potential is massive but the downside is very real. If you’re projecting, you gotta take the average. This lineup could very well turn into a top five lineup this year if everyone takes a step forward/no one regresses, but it could be pathetic if everyone stalls/everyone regresses. Overall, that potential should make it actually fun to watch for the first time since the rebuild started.

I'm in a good position to know when these go on sale, and I've still heard nothing. It's very strange.

Lol

The last two years have been subpar. It’s the OG though. There have been versions of it that are some of the best beers of all time. Keep trying it, they’ll nail it every few years. keep in mind it isn’t a coffee stout base either, so comparing it to the founders stouts isn’t really apples to apples.

In terms of the Belgian styles I’d agree, but it’s hard to argue they don’t take chances with Bourbon County every year. The variants are getting stranger and stranger (and the reviews are getting worse, lol).

No

People will believe anything

"Putting 2 and 2 together" is where the problem lies. You're saying you have a hunch. Nothing wrong with having a hunch, but it's a hunch.

Speculation presented as speculation is not met with derision. Speculation presented as fact is rightly met with derision.

I actually don't see it as "moral" at all. Bullshit is just annoying.

Speculation presented as speculation is not met with derision. Speculation presented as fact is rightly met with derision.

I think most of this is right -- but the fact that you take the (defensible) premise of "there are systems in place that prevent us from proving the use of PEDs" as evidence that "most players are using PEDs and I know who they are" is the crux of the issue.

It's insane to me how strongly people believe in speculation that results from personal bias/prejudice. The lack of need for anything resembling objective evidence in our culture is just depressing.

MLB home office should have to give up draft picks for this

This is a fact. You don’t hear about it because it doesn’t need to be broadcast via the traditional mass media channels you see your sports on. It’s all happening online, but it’s there. Some of these leagues are selling out arenas. Blizzard is starting to build its own arenas instead of renting existing ones. The corporate ad revenue is growing very fast.

And then decrease because Sano ISNT on the 3B bag.

I imagine he’s still gonna be down in Charlotte.

We indeed all get to have opinions, yes.

Maybe it was obvious, maybe not. I’ve read reports that say a lot of guys didn’t know the extent of what was happening, and I’ve read reports that say at least some of them knew exactly what was happening and it didn’t feel wrong, based on what they thought was normal in the MLB. But regardless of how clear the information was, you’re ignoring my larger point, which is the extent that you are comfortable making someone personally responsible for taking substantial personal risks to be a whistleblower for a baseball game. There is a very real relational power imbalance between and employer and an employee. I’m all for respecting someone willing to put his future at risk for the sake of a moral claim on a game’s rules, but I’m way far away from demanding it as standard operating procedure. It’s very easy for us to act all righteous from our computer screens when we never had anything to lose.

You’re making a ton of assumptions and generalizations about what specific people know. From what I’ve read, all teams are always trying to steal signs, some players obsess over it. Some guys want in on it and others don’t. If you weren’t involved in setting anything up, and the coaching staff was understandably trying to be as nondescript as possible, and you never hit and so nothing needs to be explained to you, how would you know that what was happening involved obviously illegal electronic means that clearly push past the line, as opposed to all the similar but grey stuff that’s been happening around you the rest of the time? Maybe it seems fishier than normal, or maybe not because you’re trying to focus on how the get the next three guys out.