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11 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:
Santander has been hitting liners left and right. Sisco has looked solid behind the plate and comfortable at the plate. Hays' defense has looked good, his timing is a bit off at the plate still, but he's looking a bit better. He made the last out of the game last night, but it was a 390ft line drive, a loud out.
I thought both Santander and Hays had good AB's there in the 9th, Hays had a couple good takes (for a guy that I heard might not be as selective) and I liked seeing Santander go with the pitch.
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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
And Bentences gets nothing.
Must be nice to have friends in the commissioners office. Sanchez's suspension is a joke too, he was in the middle of everything, should get the same as Cabrera
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Many of the replies here miss the point because some White Americans don't get that being Black in America is deeply problematic because of our complicated history.
So whenever these conversations arise, we get similar responses about:
1) guilt/lack of guilt for slavery
2) what privilege actually means
3) how people should just keep their politics out of the sport
4) why Blacks don't play baseball and why it's not a "problem"
I just want to share something that happens often to me.
When I see a police officer, even though I've never committed a crime, been arrested and am pretty much a productive citizen of the U.S., I become afraid that this could be my last day on Earth.
White men have the privilege of knowing that they can go pretty much anywhere they like, whenever they like and can say anything on their mind.
There are places I cannot go. Things I cannot say. People do not see me as a PERSON, they see me as a symbol of all that's wrong with society.
That's the initial interaction when I deal with Whites. I have to constantly prove all the negative things that I am not before given the benefit of the doubt, and even then I don't truly get the benefit of the doubt because of our society's ingrained belief that Blacks are intellectually inferior and always plotting criminal acts.
Mind you, I come from a military family, I worked hard to put myself through college three times (earning a bachelors and two masters degrees) without familial assistance, I am an award-winning graphic novel writer and I was a writer on Marvel's Agent Carter TV series.
But when I walk down the street, none of that matters because the majority of people I meet will reach incorrect conclusions about my intelligence, work ethic, political beliefs and cultural background solely because of the color of my skin.
However, I've known White men who have achieved little in life but are ALWAYS given the benefit of the doubt in all interactions. I've watched White guys shove officers and live to tell the tale, I've seen White men in dirty clothes walk into nice hotels but I'm stopped at the door and have to prove I have a room there.
I can give you hundreds, perhaps thousands, of these kinds of situations. The bottom line here is that there's a stigma attached to Black people that is deeply embedded in our society that has nothing to do with Black behavior. Even when Black women and men wore their Sunday best 7 days a week, we were hung from trees, unfairly arrested and prosecuted and lived under an umbrella of terror.
Blacks can't protest, Blacks can't buy homes in certain areas, Blacks can't drive in certain areas and it goes on and on. To be a White person and tell a Black American what their experiences are/aren't or how they should react to injustice is the ULTIMATE example of White privilege. It would be like me telling a woman how to live her life or to shut up when discussing her dealings with sexism. How can I - a man- know what sexism feels like? I simply cannot "get" it so I decide to listen carefully so I can learn and contribute to a solution instead of planting a flag in the backyard of misunderstanding and challenge her to prove her suffering.
Sometimes, if you're not a part of an oppressed group, it's a good idea to be quiet and back away from the arrogant narcissism that is the bedrock of White supremacy.
MSK
This post is rife with antecdotal evidence treated as universal truths. All that serves to do is take the conversation back a few steps and pit two sides even more staunchly against each other.
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Has there been any actual discussion about this in the league office? Or is there a way to know. Even if it was under consideration, I would imagine it would take a few years to be implemented.
What I would like to see is some sort of review of umpires over the course of a season. Don't let the umpires that consistently call pitches out of the zone continue to be behind the plate.
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I think the number of NBA and NFL players that could play in the minors is probably pretty substantial.
Fair enough, to some extent athleticism is athleticism.
In Garrett's case, I very much expect him to spend some time in the majors.
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Hendrickson is the only one to play in both the MLB and NBA since Danny Ainge in the early 80s.
I'm sure you could come up with a list of guys who were drafted or signed professional contracts, but it'd be quite small.
In the past 30 years, I can only think of Ainge, Hendrickson, Minor, Jordan, Scottie Burrell. Maybe Gwynn and Lofton. These are off the top of my head.
And to be fair, there's a decent list of people that had the potential. I was an acquaintance of Amir Garrett in college, played D1 basketball at a pretty high level before deciding he had a better chance pitching for the Reds, and he's having a pretty good season this year. Gotta give him a lot of credit for giving up his main sport when he realized he had a better shot at the other one.
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World class athlete Dan? Seriously what has he done to gain "world class status" ? He rides the pine in Portland and allegedly throws a 95 mph fastball. Doesn't seem like criteria to me. Perhaps Dumpster Dan is trying to build his trade value for 7/31.
How many people have ever had the ability to play basketball and baseball professionally? A few hundred at most? Sounds pretty world class to me.
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And 2 of those teams are in last place right now.
Yeah but they're doing it the right way to get there!
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/05/additional-ped-suspensions-expected.html#comments
Crossing fingers this doesn't negatively impact us. Would be awful if Manny or Davis get popped.
Other than Ortiz, is there anyone you really hope is on the list?
Anyone on the Jays.
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The bright side is from what I've watched so far, the yanks and sox aren't that good and the Rays don't hit enough. The jays will come around but I think over the course of the season it will be a 3 team battle (if the sox can somewhat keep it up)
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Getting Harvey through the season healthy would be huge. Things look pretty bleak with SP prospects on the farm.
I'd have to rate them as
Gunkel
Hess
Miranda
Brian Gonzalez
Jason Garcia???
It's not very fun to look at the pitching in the box scores.
Don't forget about Christopher lee. I have high hopes for him. Lefty's that can touch upper 90's don't grow on trees.
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I don't think you meant "fortunate" as "lucky" OFFNY, but I do have to give a whole lot of credit to Duquette for putting together good bullpens over the past few years. Granted 3 of those bullpen pitchers were failed prospects as far as what they were drafted for (Matusz, Britton and Givens), but to turn them into successful players elsewhere deserves credit.
I sort of look at bullpen pitching as the new market inefficiency that OBP was for the A's. With the exception of O'Day, in recent years we have filled our bullpen with relatively cheap guys and I hope we continue to do so down the line.
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Yeah, the chances he adds two more pitches are pretty low. Let him work on his control and let it rip in the pen.
Gotcha, saw that he saw some work as a starter earlier in his career with us, would love to have a lefty that could potentially sit mid 90's as a starter, but I'll never complain about one that sits high 90's as a reliever.
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Yeah, the chances he adds two more pitches are pretty low. Let him work on his control and let it rip in the pen.
Gotcha, saw that he saw some work as a starter earlier in his career with us, would love to have a lefty that could potentially sit mid 90's as a starter, but I'll never complain about one that sits high 90's as a reliever.
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Any chance he gets a few more looks as a starter or is he definitely a bullpen arm?
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ended up with two tickets for 9 a piece in the grandstands behind home. will be wearing my black and orange proudly, and taking a lot of crap for it on the subway ride home after we win!
Who will get a better contract this winter, Markakis or Jones?
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I don’t think that’s an apples to apples comparison. One is mid season with little time to adjust and the other allows him months to get situated.
Story goes he didn’t go to Philly because he doesn’t view himself as a backup, which is fair. Don’t want to discount those reasons he mentioned but I think in the off-season he will reconsider.