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I'm worried about Cecchini's lack of power at the hot corner

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) A-Rod probably gave him permission b/c the Yankees are making up phony injuries trying to keep him from playing, and pushing the MLB to ban him/void his contract. They're going to lose. Good point

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 12:39 PM) I read that in an article last year but of course I have no clue where to find it now. It's surprising how many direct descendants of slaves still live in the same place even after periods of major migration. Indeed. Sometimes they migrated, but only a short ways. Much of the black population in Memphis (where I live, the "blackest" major metro in the USA) migrated from the deep south.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 12:23 PM) Those are the most fertile areas of the country. You can actually go all the way back to tens of thousands of years ago, to where nutrients settled into the soil on this continent. So that's where the heaviest concentration of slaves were. Iowa and Illinois want some recognition Corn n soybeans > you

How can this doctor be allowed to speak publicly about his patient's health?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 10:40 AM) Braun or A-Rod? Braun, though it sounds like they have that and more against A-Rod

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 11:32 AM) There's also the new study that the NYT article was based on: http://www.equality-of-opportunity.org/ This appears to be the chance of any upward mobility at all for any quintile (other than the top, obviously). It's also by "communting zone," not county as I said above, and they did try correcting for cost-of-living differences but found no overall change. Looks a lot like maps of black population density Not that racism would have anything to do with income inequality

Just make a deal, already! I'm getting bored over here!

Are there any broadcasters out there with the kind of personality that would make them a valid successor to the Hawk? With Caray and Hawk in our recent past, it wouldn't be right to just have some numb nuts like Len Kasper in the booth

They're saying there was evidence of continued and cyclic use. I would say there's a decent chance the guy is juicing as we speak

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 24, 2013 -> 08:52 AM) Making changes earlier in the year didn't make sense. There's nothing you gain by waving the white flag in May. I had a feeling at that point that the team wasn't going to turn it around and start winning, but if they do then you can look for ways to improve. If not, you are still taking calls and piecing together packages for guys you'll consider. There's been no problem waiting until July to make these moves. At some point very soon, the Sox will start making moves. There's literally no point in keeping Lindstrom either. They'll trade him, even if it's just for a guy. Oh, and I absolutely believe the Sox can win next year. If they make some creative moves and add some players offensively, the Sox have a pitching staff that will shut opponents down like crazy. This year feels quite similar to 2004 and especially 2007, and people wanted a full rebuild at that point. The Sox won the division the following season. Yep, and we don't have to win next year. We can very well not put all the chips in next year, hope for a stroke of luck that makes us compete, but otherwise prepare to make a run in 2015. No need for extended rebuilds, it's a silly strategy that is especially silly in our market with our payroll.

I had posted this elsewhere, but every review of Gordon's shortstop defense from college all the way through the minors said he had everything you need to be a shortstop -- plenty of range, plenty of arm, athleticism, etc. Their only question was his hands and I think we can see at 2B that he actually has exceptional hands

There is no debate that Peavy and Rios are better players with better contracts than Garza and Soriano

Gordon is your shortstop if Alexei leaves. He'll do fine there. Let's not f***ing panic people

QUOTE (Knackattack @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 10:59 PM) Need a PTBNL with that PTBNL is Greg Norton

I'm highly skeptical of Garin Cecchini. Reeks of Ryan Sweeney to me.

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 10:14 PM) That deal is not happening. crying

QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 10:12 PM) Closer it gets the less I can say. Any clue if this St.L business is true? Thanks for sharing. We're all pretty much just checking here all day to see when you post

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 09:33 PM) Oh... I don't know.... Maybe it has to do with being the 79th highest rated prospect in all of baseball. Could be the advanced baseball IQ that's far beyond his years... Might be that the kid has put up solid numbers in every level in the minors... Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB 2011 20 Quad Cities MIDW A STL 47 222 194 39 65 15 2 5 25 9 5 21 24 .335 .401 .510 .911 99 4 3 0 4 1 2012 21 Springfield TL AA STL 126 579 523 79 150 23 6 9 52 21 11 44 74 .287 .348 .405 .754 212 6 7 2 3 2 2013 22 Memphis PCL AAA STL 86 375 336 55 101 18 8 7 30 13 1 29 49 .301 .359 .464 .824 156 6 4 2 4 1 3 Seasons 259 1176 1053 173 316 56 16 21 107 43 17 94 147 .300 .362 .443 .805 467 16 14 4 11 4 The spacing makes this unreadable

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 09:28 PM) Of course, but they'll just keep Keppinger there Kepp would look great in NY

I'd still be pretty damn happy with Freese, Adams, Kelly. If it seems that the Cards are more keen to hold on to Freese than Wong...you take a hardline position - you want Freese. Then, hopefully, one of two things happens: A. Cards ask us to consider Wong instead B. We "give in" and ask for Wong. Then we get Wong, the guy we wanted all along.

You just get as many potentially good big league hitters as you can and figure out the rest later. Wong is that guy. We can make room for him. Make it happen.

Urban doctored that footage

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 09:22 PM) 1-2, 2 BB for Semien If Gordon goes to DL, don't tell me you're not a little tempted to see Semien play in the bigs

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 23, 2013 -> 09:23 PM) Yep, and hopefully they keep him in LF. I'm not a fan of the idea of putting him at 1B. I agree with that too. I would not make him a 1B until I'm sure his bat is going to stick. If we had guys like Wilkins and Terdoslavich on next year's team, I wouldn't mind playing Dayan in RF...because why not? Magglio played there for years.