The Beast

When we are talking about baseball and the state of the team, how does it turn into a conversation about the Cubs, fans in Chicago and if the Sox will move or not? It sounds like a conversation for after the Cubs win their next World Series.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/mitch-landrieu-2020-democrats-473648 Mitch Landrieu likely wouldn’t win, but he would be an interesting voice against Trump in the 2020 primaries. Maybe he could be a VP choice for whoever wins the Democratic nomination.

I hadn’t thought about his contract but now I agree with you. I will be curious to see who eventually ends up in the White Sox bullpen when the prospects arrive.

How much credit should Trump get for the economy versus riding off what Obama did?

Wouldn’t it be best for Avilan to stay here? Maybe they could get some talented minor league depth for him, I’m not sure. I wonder what they could get for Leury, something tells me he is staying for now.

Okay, so I’m seeing replies in the Fry thread but I want to know - who is next to go? Cedeno? Shields?

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180726/roskam-casten-sling-allegations-of-misrepresentation-in-6th-dist-debate Is anyone from the sixth congressional district? Sean Casten and Peter Roskam debated tonight and are in one of the contested races that democrats could win. Roskam has a large amount of money at his disposal but it would be great if Casten could pull it off and help Democrats make gains in the midterms.

After I posted, I went back to whitesox.com and looked up transactions from last July and August. There was a lot of activity then and there should be with Soria, Shields, Garcia and Abreu available (they obviously won’t all get traded). One guest on Bernstein and McKnight didn’t think they’d deal anyone. We will have to see what happens.

I hope you guys are right, I am surprised that we haven’t heard anything yet. And yes I know there’s a week left before the deadline.

Does anyone want to bet the Sox stand down at the deadline and make August deals?

I’m willing to bet that Soria is the only one dealt at the deadline, then either Cedeno, Shields or Avlian get moved in August through a waiver trade. Abreu and Garcia potentially get moved in the offseason. Jones does not get dealt and leaves in free agency eventually after struggling with injuries.

Why do you think that about Biden? Just curious.

He better start hitting like last year though.

Seconded.

When did conservatives start b****ing about the media and making it their rallying cry?

Like what? Tax cuts? Health care? Immigration? Dreamers? Travel ban? Supreme Court Justice appointments in an election year?

Shitty game as Moncada is hurt and corpseball continues. I guess it’s a good tank win?

Yeah I’m at the game and I turned and looked to my wife and he was on the ground. What the hell happened?

Anyone know if there’s going to be a delay?

No I don’t. It’s not going to happen.

What would be considered bad centrist policies?

I wouldn’t say that Trump or the GOP have solved this problem either, they just recognized this in their campaign and capitalized off of it. The jobs haven’t come back for the folks impacted by automation and outsourcing and they haven’t found new industries for folks to work in. It seems to me that the party who works on job retraining legislation, alternative energy jobs and investing on jobs in infrastructure will be the one who wins elections instead of what Trump is currently doing.

True, but did they have a reason not to? I guess the margin was so slim between all of those who voted that he was going to get confirmed. Three democrats also voted for Gorsuch and would have had to vote Nay for Murkowski and Collins to have a shot at voting down Gorsuch. It seems unprobable that they’ll all vote against Trump’s nominee, but I guess it depends on the candidate he brings forth. We just better hope that there’s not another retirement or death before Trump leaves office or there will be a 6-3 conservative advantage, unless he gets a swing vote in there without knowing.

Our attendance figures and make me wonder if they’ll ever move to another state, even though I bet it would still be better to stay in the Chicagoland area. The Sox should rebound with attendance if their rebuild puts them in contention year after year.

Not necessarily, but it seems like I hear about more progressives than moderates. I guess it depends on the area of the country though as some candidates may do better in another area as moderates than progressives and vice versa.