Sammy Sofa

Me likee.

For Cubs starters it probably goes: Dempster, Z, Marshall, Harden, Lilly For the Cardinals it's probably this (for the 3 starters that we know): Wainwright, Wellemeyer, Lohse Tomorrow's probably the best day, although I think it will partially depend on the wind. Lou won't want to put Micah out there on a day where the wind is playing tricks on the ball like it has the last 2 games. Definitely not.

Not even close. Chicago being the most segregated major city in America has been a well-established point for quite some time now. That's BS and big load of it. I'd like to see a link or something. I mean it's just completely ridiculous when until very recently the entire South was completely segregated. You can take your pick of the following cities and see less integration Atlanta Charlotte Montgomery Miami Jacksonville Dallas Houston Memphis Nashville Don't give me the crap that none of the above are "major" cities. Have you ever been to Boston or Philly? In Boston and Philly they had to bus in kids from the burbs to integrate the schools systems. NYC isn't terribly integrated either but I would imagine it's better than Chicago. I've never been to LA but I could imagine that LA is less integrated than Chicago. Just Google search "most segregated city Chicago" and look at how many links have Chicago at the top. I'm surprised that you hadn't heard this before. As QMG just pointed out, it's not like the city planners and government have been subtle or discreet about it. You also keep pointing out Southern cities as if they must automatically be more segregated. Southern and Northern racism/segregation were very different things. Ghettos, "black belts," "Bronzevilles" and sundown towns were very much the product of the North as opposed to the South. The South had Jim Crow, but didn't even come close to the degree of purposeful physical seperation (blacks kept out of or driven out of entire towns and cities and the creation of urban ghettos, the latter which basically did not exist in the South before they showed up in the North, primarily in Chicago, Detroit and New York) of whites and blacks that originated in the North in the wake of the first Great Migration due to WW1. Blacks certainly had their own neighborhoods in the South, but interaction between whites and blacks was an every day thing, socially and due to work. Northern cities after the Great Migration attempted to completely seperate whites and blacks in all walks of life, hence the massive and obvious segregation in Chicago that continues to this day.

I'm hoping today's loss plus Aramis back in the lineup puts the Cubs over the top. I'd like to see Hoff get a RF start before Bradley comes back. Which starting pitcher would be best suited for that?

GEOVANNY SOTO.

Well, that was supremely stupid.

Aramis is.

Gotta PH Aramis for Miles and shift Fontenot back to 2nd.

Not even close. Chicago being the most segregated major city in America has been a well-established point for quite some time now.

Go away, Cotts.

Honestly, is anyone really surprised to find race and racism being a sticking point with Chicago sports fans? The sad fact is that Chicago is the most segregated major city in America. That's going to fuel a lot of ignorance.

Thank you, Micah.

It would be nice if Micah did something awesome here.

I'm starting to think maybe Harden *was* tipping his pitches. I like Patton, but Harden getting battered around and then a minor-leaguer shutting them down like that? That seems very weird. Yeah, I'm not sure how Harden was tipping, but I'm thinking he must have been. The Rockies were laying off way too many nasty borderline pitches after getting owned by him. Then they get marched over by Patton?

Nice to see 2 very good 2-inning outings by Patton thus far this year.

I understand that Theriot can be a valuable player, but damn, I HATE him batting at the top of the order.

How are they laying off of these pitches?!?

Ah-doy.

Theriot's fake patience strikes again.

http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/images/300.jpg

Oh God, I want to make love to those pitches.

I don't think the artcles or the players say they were taunted because they were black...just that when they were taunted, many of those attacks came in the forms of racist ones because they were back.

I don't see anything "clearly" about it. It is listed as both April 13 and April 15. Why would he post this note after the Cubs game anyway (7:26 pm)? He says "again", and he references Cubs officials saying 3-5 days, something that was not discussed Monday. So he wrote the article for today, but it was dated for the 13th and posted at the latest as of 3:30 PM yesterday. April 15, 11:00 AM. It doesn't make any sense that he would have posted that on April 13 at 7:26. The most likely explanation is the timestamp is screwed up and it is today. Nah, I think I figured it out. They or he just updated an injury-themed entry by Levine from the 13th to include info about today. Hence the original time stamp and the comment from the 14th.

Yeah, sounds about right to me. Neither the article nor the players seem to be saying that all Cubs fans or racist. There's just a very vocal minority that have no problem going to that well when they don't like a player of color.

I think it's clearly talking about today's game. He has a separate blog about Monday's game and Aramis getting pulled. The date on the right side shows this blog as the 15th. Besides, if you believe the April 13th date, it says it was at 7:26 PM. Why would Levine say at the end: More to follow after Piniella's pregame news conference? It's obvious the date is wrong after that statement because Lou's next pregame conference wouldn't be for almost 2 days from the time the date/time combination says it was posted. Again, look at the date and time for the comment attached to it. That's what threw me off. The article itself was updated for today's info, but was originally posted on the 13th.