javy knows my name

"They'll be fine, they'll still have small gift-giving from your parents half week" remains the best thing ever posted here

It's pizza. As long as I'm not eating the slice next to the pepperoncini, it's tolerable. The only way I'll eat a slice is if it's doused in that pepperoncini

You spelled NIGHTMARES wrong

Again, you're looking at this completely unrealistically. The reason that things like the racist bus company exist and the imbalance of police power is due in no small part to the people who are willfully opposed to these protests. You're talking like the people that are pissed off are people who are missed opportunities, but they're not; they're one of the main parts of what's being protested! They're culpable! They are the bus company. The cops that kill innocent people are the bus company. Ohhhhhhhk I get it now. I disagree. What they're protesting are the conditions that allow for the cops to kill with impunity. You know, the same thing that BLM is about.

Again, so much the "disrespecting the military" narrative is willfully created; it's done intentionally to distract from how the players are protesting for very real, much more complicated issues. To blame that on the protests themselves is completely backwards. Americans LOVE twisting and lying about protests, especially when it comes to issues focused on black Americans, so it requires doing something as attention-grabbing as protests on this level to even just get a fraction of the population actually hearing about or talking about why they're protesting. There's ALWAYS going to be a ton of noise when you're trying to say something that a LOT of people intentionally try to not hear. You've got to keep pushing it for the few that do. Create cracks, no matter how small. It's a ridiculously unrealistic expectation to think someone is going to come up with a protest regarding racial issues that's going to be widely embraced and understood. It's always going to be an uphill battle with a TON of pushback...but that's the absolute last reason to give up. It’s a super easy thing to twist when it’s an offensive/disrespectful gesture to so many. I can’t imagine public perception has changed that much on the subject of police brutality. I just wish that they had used a more ironclad vehicle because they could have made a larger impact. Again, the thing they are protesting is not very controversial — I mean, show Vin Scully the Philando Castille video and he’s on the same side. But when you mix that message with a perceived offensive act, credibility erodes. The anthem protests have become inseparable from the message and that’s a big miss. It's like you're willfully misunderstanding the point of everything

Again, so much the "disrespecting the military" narrative is willfully created; it's done intentionally to distract from how the players are protesting for very real, much more complicated issues. To blame that on the protests themselves is completely backwards. Americans LOVE twisting and lying about protests, especially when it comes to issues focused on black Americans, so it requires doing something as attention-grabbing as protests on this level to even just get a fraction of the population actually hearing about or talking about why they're protesting. There's ALWAYS going to be a ton of noise when you're trying to say something that a LOT of people intentionally try to not hear. You've got to keep pushing it for the few that do. Create cracks, no matter how small. It's a ridiculously unrealistic expectation to think someone is going to come up with a protest regarding racial issues that's going to be widely embraced and understood. It's always going to be an uphill battle with a TON of pushback...but that's the absolute last reason to give up. This reminds me a lot of the people opposed to the OWS protests who said they agreed with the cause, but it was done poorly. "People are just standing around doing nothing/excuse to skip work," "It's random/uncoordinated," "This isn't convincing anyone otherwise," "Why don't you do something that will actually get a bill passed," etc. There are always going to be reasons to ignore/belittle/criticize the protest, no matter what, how, or where it's being protested. If it gets attention, it's successful. If it gets national attention, it's wildly successful. It doesn't need to change minds to work.

IMB is MVP

Oof I am stupid

I'm now 100% sure he's trolling everyone

Shark was public with his comments about some trades the Cubs did in 2012/2013 and the direction of the ballclub. He was irked that one of the pitchers were traded. I think it was Paul Maholm Scott Feldman? I know that stuff, but persona non grata? That seems a little more severe. I'm pretty sure it was the Feldman trade, which obviously turned out great for the Cubs. Um, you're the one who said it

Yeah I was at the game. It was nerve wracking I was at that game too. I felt fairly calm. I figured I was at least getting see the Cubs in a WS game at Wrigley, no matter what happened. I am really glad I didn't go to game 4. Game 4 suuuuuucked

I think Addison's hit/contact tool is coming along, and when it gets here, he's going to be a monster and we'll be very glad we kept him. The difference in defense at SS appears negligible, but the combo of excellent defense at both positions is pretty unmatched. However, much as I love him, I'm moving Javy 100 times out of 100 before Russell

What did it say?

Not interested in using Happ to get rid of Heyward's contract. Unless it's required in order to sign Harper or something else similarly awesome, I'd rather keep Heyward as a 4th outfielder if nothing else. Which is where Heyward would be anyway with that ridiculous outfield

I hear that Girardi works better with vets rather than young players, so that could be part of it. You'd think that would make him a good fit for the Nats. I don't want to see the Nats with competent managing. Dusty's available

Why?

https://www.sbnation.com/2017/10/26/16551210/2017-world-series-dodgers-astros-game-2 I mean, unless "recent memory" means "the last 2 WS games." I agree with you in a vacuum, but this is pretty compelling support for his case:

Well this is fun. Also I think Correa is my favorite non-Cub player

Now he REALLY looks like a racist He should keep it off, so we remember who we're dealing with

Russell has got to be the most untouchable player on this team not named Bryzzo Willy. Not even close. You're right. Let's re-visit after Russell puts up a 6 WAR monster season next year

those 2 would surprise me the least, especially Schwarber Russell has got to be the most untouchable player on this team not named Bryzzo

I'd say you can judge approach right? So, P/PA is about the only tangible metric you can point to, and we've been exceptional there over the last 3 years

Good gracious. Setting aside the terribly unfocused narrative here, he mentions trading 1) Russell at all and 2) Baez OR Russell as if the two were interchangeable, almost ancillary parts of this team. Cameron beings the quality of the Fangraphs staff down a huge amount on his own

I refute you. The word "refute", Mr Einstein,means you bring up facts that contradict whatever the other person posted. Since you didn't give any good reason why Schwarber should have started, you didn't refute me-you just posted condescending BS. You don't get to troll the board and then get mad when people treat you like a troll