Jack Parkman

Are they going to wear their 1910s era throwbacks like from the movie?

Yeah, I think you bring back Nova as the long man out of the bullpen and spot starter. He can take pressure off Kopech and they could even skip him a couple times and start Nova in his place.

Dude, I totally agree and understand, because I'm autistic. But I take the approach like some black people to the N word. It's really liberating to take back a word used for hate. Sometimes I use it, but only in a self deprecating way. As someone without an ID, but with autism it creates a whole different can of worms. Especially when you're a super smart person. I could go on forever. That's why I struggled with how to do this. The hardest thing as an autistic adult without an ID is for someone to actually acknowledge that you're autistic without treating you like you have an ID. It's really complicated. You get too much credit for how functional you are and it creates unrealistic expectations from friends and family. I know it's going to take me forever to reach normal milestones of adulthood. I gave them multiple opportunities to cut it out and eventually I said enough. I still saw their racist shit on social media, and I asked if they could keep it in personal messages and they refused. Eventually, enough is enough. What actually prompted me to say enough is enough was their reaction on social media to the El Paso shooting. When your reaction is "how many were illegal" that crosses a line.

I basically told them over Facebook in a PM. It has been eating at my conscience for years and it was very troubling to me. It got to the point where I felt like I was living a lie. The whole thing has become worse in the current political environment. I'm just a bit sad. I'm kinda mourning my loss. It was my choice, but it's still sad. It's going to be hard for a while, but I know that I'll be better off in the end. These were my two closest friends for the past decade.

I didn't feel like this belonged in the relationship thread, so I'll put it here. I just ended my relationship with my two best friends because I was tired of their behavior. I've known these guys for 10+ years. They treated me like family until the end. I said I thought they were awful because they constantly used anti-semitic and racist language in my presence. That's not who I am, and eventually I had enough of them throwing the N word around like candy and using the word "Jewish" to describe someone cheap. I felt that continuing to associate with these people was a poor reflection of my character and I felt like I had to be true to myself. I completely blindsided them with announcing my withdrawal. Am I an asshole or was it the right thing to do? I'm asking because I didn't know how to handle it and think I may have gone about it all wrong.

I talk to other people. Almost everyone I know has dealt with this type of behavior in some way or another. I talk to people about it. This is normal from what I gather, Especially from people under 35. This is the type of thing I expect. I know people who had bosses who picked one employee each year to completely humiliate until they quit. I know people who routinely get ripped off from their sales commissions. One place this person worked they had to get a lawyer in order to get their commission after they left the company. I know people whose kipboss refuses to allow them to schedule a vacation unless it's convenient for them. I've heard countless stories like this. I know a person whose boss routinely doesn't give their employees things necessary for their job, like a work computer or even information about the product they're supposed to sell. They're expected to pay for these things out of pocket. I hear of people who are expected to be on call 24/7 and be ready for work, even if on vacation. From my understanding, these things are common. The most egregious thing is that once you get past a certain salary range they'll make any excuse to fire you or lay you off. I knew a guy with a Master's in electrical engineering who got laid off in 2008 when he was in his late 40s and never got another job.

Giolito already has put up 3.7 fWAR. It isn't out of the question for him to get above 4.5.

You're pointing the entitlement in the wrong direction. I don't think millennials have an entitlement problem, I think HR departments, and the remainder of Corporate America does. It's all projection. They're complaining because they don't want to deal with the consequences of their actions. Maybe create a family environment and stop squeezing employees for every bit of time and money possible. Happy employees are more productive. This is fact. If you're under stress constantly, it doesn't motivate you, it makes it harder to do your job, contrary to popular belief. All of you people who think that can cry me a fucking river until their company brings back dignity at work. Its really hard to take pride and have a good attitude when you feel like meat. Maybe people need to look into the mirror instead of saying "That's just how life works" It doesn't have to be that way. Corporations have nobody to blame but themselves. This is all the result of excessive greed at the top. Take a look in the mirror. Ask yourself who has the entitlement problem. It might be YOU. If you're not acknowledging the challenges younger people have in gaining and maintaining employment, you might have the entitlement problem. If you're not giving your employees all of the tools necessary to do their job at a high level, you might be entitled. If you're not investing in college grads because they're too green, you might be entitled. If your HR dept. has a skills requirement list 20 items long on a job description they might be entitled. I have a wee bit of resentment against previous generations because we had a great economic system in this country and Boomers and Gen Xers let the modern day Robber Barons destroy it. Every generation they're taking more and more rights away and now employees might as well have the relationship of slave to their employer's master. Every time they took benefits away nobody ever put up a fight. These are the consequences of those choices. Just look in the mirror. You took all of the advantages people had and flushed them down the crapper, by being complacent. Now us younger people have to fight just to get back to where we were in the 60s and 70s. It might take two or three generations to undo the damage that has been done. I believe anyone who points the finger at Millennials, has an entitlement problem themselves. They're not entitled, YOU ARE!

I really think there's a complete cultural difference going on right now. You have to realize that most younger people don't take their jobs very seriously, because they believe themselves to be disposable parts. There's this idea that if a company is always looking to find someone to do your job, for less salary/wage than you, and if they find that person you're gone tomorrow. Young people feel zero loyalty to a company. A lot of this Corporate America brought upon themselves. You can't continue to treat your employees like machines and garbage and continue to expect them to behave professionally. Corporate America needs to take some responsibility for this by creating this type of workplace culture. Most younger people view their job as a paycheck now and nothing more. Anything that happens outside of work is more of "real life" now. There are a lot of unrealistic expectations by employers these days. Maybe if your company shows that they appreciate your time, energy and effort, they'll get some semblance of respect. The big thing is nobody expects anything from their job, and they're always looking to go take the next job that pays more, because they feel no loyalty from their company. For god sakes they're not even willing to invest in training a new employee anymore. You're just expected to "sink or swim" People are disconnected because of the physical and emotional toll that takes on your body. Any sense of loyalty to an organization has been culturally destroyed in the workplace. Corporate America only has themselves to blame. Maybe if they quit treating their employees like meat, they'd have what they're looking for. I actually think the bosses and corporate culture creators are in the wrong here. You want me to take you seriously? Take my career seriously. This shouldn't be a 1-way street. This is why people are pissed. There is zero dignity in work anymore. It's really hard to take pride in your work when you're constantly being abused by your employer. Every job I've ever had, except for the one with the QA company, I've felt like a person in an abusive relationship, who can't escape because you have nowhere to go. Maybe CA should think about that. Just my opinion. Holding a job should not feel like living in a totalitarian dictatorship.

The weird thing about Rutherford is the supposed gap between his raw power and game power. I've seen him rated with 55 raw but 35 or 40 game power. It's there, but it just doesn't show up in games. He seems like a guy who would benefit from a swing change to add more loft.

Who knows, he needs more time and garbage time relieving is taken with a grain of salt anyway.

Yeah I'd like to give Madrigal a month in AAA first to see where he's at.

Hopefully we get news tonight that Robert isn't in the Knights' lineup and is being called up. If that happens, I'd imagine Madrigal would be called up at the conclusion of the AAA regular season.

The Sox might have found something in Cordero. He's finding the plate all of the sudden. Edit: ok I take that back.

Yeah, no need to use the bullpen today. Edit: seems like he's done.

Nova's ERA is down to 4.80 now.

Greg would fit in pretty well at WSI to be honest. They really hate rebuilding over there.

I was hoping Eloy broke out of his slump last night, but he's back to looking like ass at the plate again. Dude has to hit to have any sort of value. The talent is apparent, and Moncada gives me hope.

Yup. We were all too quick to bash him.

I'm in favor of bringing Nova back for insurance at this point.

I don't think that they are. I think the truly believe there is no other option.

To be fair, politics affects everyone every day. There has never been a time where you could separate politics from everyday life. It affects your job, your home, your friendships, etc. The more people try to escape, the more the whack jobs take over the system.

Seems to just have been rusty from the injury layoff. Get hot, Eloy.

The answer to your question is not really.

Giving up 10 runs to Detroit is embarrassing.