Jack Parkman

My plan: Signings: Bauer Treinen Hand Trades: Conforto or Nimmo Go to war with this.

Arguable....Availability matters. The guy he really forgot about is Kenny Golladay. Golladay and Marvin Jones>>Robinson and Miller. Golladay is every bit as good as Adams and Robinson.

I still have no idea why the Bears signed Graham over Ebron. An interesting excerpt from the Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2036987/2020/09/10/the-athletics-nfc-confidential-the-leftovers/ When have you ever heard the bolded from an NFC scout about the Bears? If only they had Watson instead of Trubisky.....

Yup 2B and 3B are the most important for him. He needs to hit 25+ 2B and 4+ 3B/162.

He's not going to hit .380, but I don't think .330-.345 for the majority of his prime is out of the question. I'd be surprised if he ever gets to double digits in HR in a season. He might max out at 6-8, with most seasons in the 3-5 range.

Is there a better option than Colome on the closer market? Ok Hendriks or Treinen?

Yep, I asked everyone to hit me up with PMs if they wanted to continue.

Yep, I know.

If you want to continue, I ask if we could do so over PM. Thanks.

The US is slightly left of Putin's Russia. That's probably the best comparison worldwide. There's a lot of evidence that has come out recently that supports that. If I can find it again, I'll send some links. Ways that US politics skews heavily right, just off the top of my head: 1. There is a strong segment of Christian theocracy that influences legislators 2. Minimal social safety nets 3. the myth of "American Exceptionalism" (this is nationalism at its core) 4. Systemic oppression of ethnic and other minority groups(lgbt, disabled, etc) 5. Workers have virtually no rights, as unions have been rendered virtually powerless Other points: 6. State controlled media(The DNC controls MSNBC, the RNC controls Fox News, idk what the hell CNN is. It seems to play the US center" 7. Loss of journalistic integrity-The oligarchs have purchased all of the major newspapers and media outlets such that they can control the messaging 8. Lack of accountability of elected officials and CEOs-white collar criminals can get away with nearly everything. He who can afford the best lawyer, wins the case. Also, I'm going to disagree with you about South America, as there is and always has been a strong left wing movement down there. Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon literally overthrew Salvador Allende, a socialist, who was democratically elected in 1973 and replaced him with Pinochet. They did similar things in other South American countries. Look up Operation Condor. You'll be surprised what you found. All of the blood in the southern cone in the 70s and 80s is on the hands of the CIA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Condor

Didn't watch the game, but... I heard Moncada looked really good tonight. We know he's back when he starts hitting baseballs 110+ mph again.

You want to take it to PM Ron?

Trump? Absloutely.

Not going there.

I spend a lot of time in Wisconsin as well. Most of the population of the state lives in Madison and Milwaukee. Those areas vote heavily democratic. I've been going to rural Sauk county for 20 years. I was actually surprised that I saw a bunch of Biden/Pocan signs out there when I went a few weeks ago. I know of the phenomenon of which you speak. I wouldn't call it 50/50, but maybe 60/40 in favor of Trump. BTW I prefer to discuss the right/left political spectrum on a global level. On a purely global political level, Bernie Sanders and AOC are centrists, and calling the mainstream/moderate Democrats center-right is generous. The GOP is very clearly radical right. These are facts. The US political system is skewed heavily to the right. Also, based on what comes out of GOP lawmakers mouths what that statement is accurate. The GOP is calling Biden a socialist which is beyond ludicrous. By even US standards, Biden is a centrist. However, I agree with the fact that real conversations are impossible, quite frankly because you believe that last statement is hyperbole. Is it a slight exaggeration, sure. But it's nowhere near close to hyperbole. It's very close to accurate honestly. GOP: FU you're on your own DNC: We *might* give you a few table scraps...if we can convince those guys that you can have some.

I'll give you FL, but I think he'd have won all the other ones. If you actually look at why people voted Trump in PA/OH/WI/MI, Bernie would have also appealed to those people. The margins in those states were pretty thin and enough would have gone the other way. Bernie actually wants to help make the average working person's life better......his policies would actually help people. Don't underestimate the power of that. As Harry Truman said(paraphrased) Socialism is a scare word that they use to describe policies that actually help people. Bernie owns it because it isn't this scary thing like people make it out to be. Nobody is suggesting that we go to a state planned economy or anything like that. Hybrid models work. You have to take care of the average citizen first, because if they don't have the power to consume, the entire economy dies. In the US anything to the left of overt fascism is considered "socialism"

I'm highly aware and cite it regularly. I'd suggest you read this book if you're interested any further: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533763/democracy-in-chains-by-nancy-maclean/ Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_totalitarianism Honestly we should all be marching in the streets nationwide to take our democracy back. Trump winning re-election wouldn't be the end of US democracy, as it was already gone a couple decades ago. Trump just exposed how far gone the system already was, and if you look back to the founding of the US the system was designed to prevent the people from ever having complete control of public policy.

A lot of Bernie's appeal is that he was actually principled and didn't cave to the corporate wing of the Democratic Party. There are a lot of people that think that Democrats and Republicans are on the same team. It's pretty insidious actually. Democrats pretend to be on your side and do nothing to help you, while Republicans tell you exactly who they are. That is why Republicans win elections. More people would vote for an honest asshole than a liar. South Park had it right in 2004 with the Douche/Turd episode. If Bernie won the democratic nomination in 2016 he'd have killed Trump in the GE.

A lot of his key policy points like M4A and making billionaires pay more taxes poll ~60%+ in favor nationally. Honestly, I'd argue that it was the money in politics that kept him from winning. They do a pretty good job of manipulating people.

Most of Bernie's views are actually pretty mainstream, but that's beside the point. The second part is the bigger issue, and as long as that's the case nothing will change. Outside of voting for people like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and AOC until there are enough of them in congress to actually remove money from politics, then we're stuck with corporate totalitarianism. The corporations and billionaires make the rules, and we're expected to follow them.

Hang wiffum for Nomar.

Still not missing bats curiously.

Yeah I know lol.

I luuv Yaz. /Hawk

Have to agree. I can't imagine the Sox bring him back next year.