The Beast

I’m not sure if you know how or want to separate relevant posts out to the job thread or start a new one since the other one is a few years old. Your career transition is a good story, particularly because you went back to school after a long time. I am sure the commission checks and benefits helped you go back to school, even with a divorce which had to be tough. Are you satisfied with teaching as opposed to your old career and have you lived decently with the pay? I’m glad to hear you had a successful career change. It’s important to recognize when something won’t work out and how things change you. Where did your wife go after teaching? What jobs did you try out before getting your role now? I know that my organization has some teachers in the talent development area, so those skills make sense. That is a good way of looking at money and living life. I am a son of a salesman and I think most of my siblings make more than I do, but between my wife and I, we have enough money to put money in the bank, have enough cash flow, save for retirement and college and raise a son. I would like to earn more, but I also believe that there is a diminishing return with money at a certain point. Now about me. My educational path is a winding road. I was an average student in high school, was misplaced in my math and science courses and got an average ACT score. I went to an average Illinois state school for my first two years of college wanting to be a sports journalist or an English teacher. Neither panned out and despite having decent grades, I wanted to transfer home to get some business courses and gen eds taking care of at the community college before getting a business degree at a private school in the Quad Cities. I got my business administration/management degree, worked in PR, marketing, a call center doing FMLA administration, at an insurance company doing sales support and for the last year or so I have done data analysis/analytics for the same insurance company. I also received a master’s in data science during my time at the insurance company and the company paid for most of it. The job pays pretty well and some days are interesting, but there are days where I feel disengaged, like I could be doing more, like the next team I am wanting to work for could train me more on data structure and data visualization and that my company could invest more in fixing the issues with our data since they are going to invest into a CRM (something I have done some training modules on). This year I am going to be 35 and I have had thoughts in the back of my mind of either getting better at what I do now and advancing to that next team, somehow going back to school to do nursing, so I would have a job that wouldn’t be easy to automate, would pay well and I would get satisfaction from helping others or moving to another company to get the training that I seek and get in an industry like healthcare. The challenge is that my wife wants another baby, we own a home and pay for daycare. So I don’t know if right now makes sense to go back to school or if there are nursing programs in the evening. It seems like I could get the best of both worlds if I upskilled in data analytics/engineering/visualization and then made it my goal to work for a healthcare organization. So I have that to consider too.

That is a fair analysis of Kopech. I tend to think that he will figure it out and be a serviceable pitcher, but I don’t think he will be a star. I also think he could also belong in the pen, but they didn’t get another starter to allow him to be that. I’m optimistic Lynn also still has something in the tank, even if he’s fat and old. I get those vibes too, but I still sense improvement coming that will change that narrative. There are signs that support a continuation of last year and a difference from then.

I know, but look at the reactions from some posters and Chicago media.

Don’t have time for that, but I’m sure there’s overreacting. I mean if it were one month in, I would be more upset. But it’s only April 6. They sure are.

Are we saying Lance Lynn’s career done like Michael Kopech’s was the other day? (He’s had a bad performance today but I wondered if we were overreacting again.)

What did you switch to? What caused you to make the switch and how did you manage your living expenses while making the switch? I’m thinking I’ll have to make another change in the coming years which I think I might write about in the job thread…

Thanks! Someone has to play outfield when someone gets hurt. Leury isn’t that guy anymore so Romy has to be.

Did he have a valid point? I’m listening to the radio. Regardless, TA needs to STFU and stay in the game.

I don’t think they will get enough for the pieces they have to justify rebuilding again. A rebuild makes more sense when JR passes and the team as sold, but not with this owner and GM.

I’m looking at it from Burger’s power and that Eloy will be back soon. I am going to be more concerned if they have the same injury issues as they did last year.

Do posters actually think they will do another rebuild this year?

Let’s harvest the thread then and pull out the names of the people panicking and are saying the season is basically over after the first five games. I’ll take the first half and you can take the second half.? Yoan has been serviceable even if he hasn’t been a star. I’ll take it over not having someone of his caliber at third base. I’d still probably take him over Burger.

Maybe they wouldn’t be so bad if Sox starting pitchers could do a normal six innings instead of five…

How can you be so certain? Should we make a list of posters panicking and wetting the bed after five games? Sale had one good year since then and has had a plethora of injuries. I’m not worried about that trade at all, it was the right move at the right time.

How about they sweep Pittsburgh and take the next two against SF? It’s possible. This is entirely possible.

Bryan Shaw is available.

Which they and we knew about when he was signed.

Show some optimism.

Good, give everyone a day to stew on it, then watch the Sox come back and get the next two.

It’s early. We are only into game 5 and people are acting like the fucking season is over. The Mets aren’t going to get blown out all season just like the White Sox aren’t.

No, I just think the prices they were asking for with this Opening Day game were a bit steep. I don’t know how often they actually sell out for openers.

Tickets were expensive, particularly in the lower bowl. I wouldn’t have gone for that reason alone. It’s better to go later on in the month and watch the other games on TV.

I’ve got it right here…yeah Jason’s call sucks compared to Len’s though.

Baseball teams sure took their sweet ass time posting their transactions for opening day rosters, I have been trying to figure out where some minor leaguers were assigned, who some final roster cuts were and what happened to Garcia for several days.

+ Sox win, Grandal’s home run, Cease’s performance, Colas hit, infield fielding. - Moncada’s base running, Vaughn’s fielding miss, RISP production, HRs by relievers