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Before I saw the video I was wondering whether he was saying here that he would not comply with orders to appear to court or something. Although doing so would certainly serve his victimization premise. I don't see him fleeing to Russia, a country at war. I could see him exiling himself to Saudi Arabia or Qatar or UAE, where there's an insane amount of luxury he can wallow in.

Yes, I agree it is very low. Ninety-eight million guaranteed dollars is a lot to walk away from. Although, having already banked $70 million, experienced the joy of winning with the Cubs versus the misery of failing with the Tigers, and lost people who were very close to him, including a grandfather just this month and a sister who had spinal bifida a few years ago, I could see Javier Baez putting more weight on the happiness/personal fulfillment side of the scale versus the money side than the average ballplayer might. I guess we'll see in November ...

So do I. I think whatever Detroit were to offer Matt Chapman, a contending team will offer something close enough to beat us. I believe it's going to take more than an extra dollar to win his services.

That's all sounds reasonably within reach.

Agree that no team would offer him more than that now, but would he actually be more miserable on a one-year incentive-laden contract, on a different team, in what's basically his last chance to try to rebuild his career to his liking? I'm not so sure about that. I'd bet if he got wind that Miami would like to sign him to one, he'd be sorely tempted to opt out and take it.

This continues to be a mystery. Here's a story for four hours ago. Here's the best part: they haven't recovered the gun yet. Wait, what? Seriously? Isn't it the story they're telling us that one of the women who was shot brought in the gun herself? (And, in a morbidly comic twist, concealed in her belly fat?) If they have the woman, how can they not have the gun? This feels like someone wants the whole story suppressed and they're trying to BS, or outright lie, their way past it. If we're grasping for reasons why that might be the case, I think it's worth asking ourselves: where's the money here? https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/08/31/white-sox-shooting-chicago I've highlighted the more interesting parts in red(-ish). What we know — and don't — about the White Sox shootings Conflicting accounts about a recent shooting during a White Sox game are leading to wild speculation and confusion in Chicago. Why it matters: The city and police still don't have answers about how two people were shot at Guaranteed Rate Field almost a week ago, stoking concerns about safety at the ballpark. As police investigate, many theories have started surfacing. So we're breaking down what we know — and don't know — about the shooting. What we know: Three women were injured in the left-field bleachers in section 161 during the fourth inning. No weapon was recovered, nor have any arrests been made. The White Sox said their medical personnel didn't initially know the women had suffered gunshot wounds. Over the weekend, they released security video of the shooting, which shows nearby fans appearing not to notice gunshots. The interim police chief said that gunfire likely came from inside the ballpark, countering early reports suggesting the women could have been shot by errant bullets from outside the stadium. Reality check: Chicago police tell Axios they're still investigating all avenues, including whether the bullets came from outside the park. ABC-7 reports that Shotspotter picked up nine gunshots about a mile from the park around the same time last Friday. The injured: A 42-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken to a nearby hospital, police said. A report by officers says the woman suffered two gunshot wounds. A 26-year-old woman was grazed in the stomach, and a 31-year-old woman was nicked by a bullet that ended up in her hoodie, per a police report. They're both CPS teachers who were at the game to celebrate the first week of classes, ABC-7 reports. The brother of the 26-year-old spoke to the Sun-Times on Tuesday. He was also at the game and said they heard a "loud pop" before his sister complained of pain in her abdomen, where she discovered a scrape-like wound. What we don't know: Did a gun get past security? If so, who's at fault? The intrigue: A lawyer for the 42-year-old woman issued a statement this week rejecting theories that his client had smuggled a gun into the stadium, the Tribune reports. A police report noted the woman has a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, per the Tribune. The lawyer says his client had "nothing to do with the shooting." He also said she's a season ticket holder. White Sox officials told ABC-7 they reviewed video of the woman going through security and that it shows that she didn't set off alarms. What they're saying: The White Sox say they make every person go through a metal detector and search all bags. The White Sox tell Axios that Guaranteed Rate Field has a zero-tolerance gun rule in place. Even if you're allowed to carry a weapon for your job, you have to check the gun with security and pick it up after the game. "As more information becomes available, that information will be reported," Mayor Brandon Johnson said this week.

I know, right? Javy is back so far that not only is he vulnerable to the slide a foot off the plate, he might even be vulnerable to the slide that would clip the corner.

I think it's definitely our intention to compete, although I don't expect Harris to go off plan to do so by, for instance, trading from the top of the system to get veterans. I can't see them competing for top free agents like Matt Chapman, but I could definitely see them signing a couple one-year deals from the middle of the FA pool, guys their analysis show are undervalued when it comes to their philosophy of controlling the plate on both sides of the ball. I would not doubt that Lorenzen would come back, especially if we're willing to guarantee two years of starts for him. He loved it here.

I'm not sure Carson Kelly was added for his offense. I wonder whether he was added as a hedge against Dillon Dingler's development. If that's true, then maybe if Dingler can develop over the fall and winter (AFL ball again?) and have a good spring, Kelly gets released; and Dingler doesn't and we can't find a better option in the meantime, Kelly's option gets picked up. Almost two-thirds of plate trips in the second half of this season have gone to players acquired under Avila, so I wouldn't regard it as being quite "Harris's" offense just yet. I don't think it was part of the plan to turn over the entire roster from "Avila's team" to Harris's by now. I think we might in the phase of his plan where they are trying to figure out who they can rescue from Avila's development hell, and who is too far gone to save. Baddoo and Short are probably on the bubble. I do think Maton comes back because his second half numbers weren't bad, actually, a lot better than Vierling, at least at the plate. We'll see what happens when Nick comes back up to Detroit tomorrow.

This is from Wikipedia article on "Platoon System". There are ample attributions, but still, sprinkle as much salt on it as you like. History The advantage to alternating hitters based on handedness was known from the early days of baseball. Bob Ferguson, in 1871, became baseball's first switch hitter, allowing him to bat left-handed against right-handed pitchers, and right-handed against left-handed pitchers.[6] The first recorded platoon took place in 1887, when the Indianapolis Hoosiers briefly paired the right-handed Gid Gardner and left-handed Tom Brown in center field.[7][8] In 1906, the Detroit Tigers alternated Boss Schmidt, Jack Warner, and Freddie Payne at catcher for the entire season.[9] As manager of the Boston Braves, George Stallings employed platoons during the 1914 season, which helped the "Miracle" Braves win the 1914 World Series.[10] No Braves outfielder reached 400 at-bats during the 1914 season.[11] In 1934 and 1935, Detroit Tigers' manager Mickey Cochrane routinely platooned Gee Walker, a right-handed batter, to spell center fielder Jo-Jo White, a left-handed batter. Cochrane, a left-handed batter, also platooned himself behind the plate with Ray Hayworth, a right-handed batter. Also in the 1930s, Bill Terry of the New York Giants platooned center fielders Hank Leiber and Jimmy Ripple.[1] The approach was seldom used in the 1930s,[9] but Casey Stengel, managing the Braves, platooned third basemen Debs Garms and Joe Stripp in 1938.[1] Stengel himself had been platooned as a player by managers John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson.[10][12] Garms won the National League's batting title in 1940 with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a part-time player under Frankie Frisch.[1] Terms for this strategy included "double-batting shift, "switch-around players", and "reversible outfield". Tris Speaker referred to his strategy as the "triple shift", because he employed it at three positions.[13] The term "platoon" was coined in the late 1940s. Stengel, now managing the New York Yankees, became a well known proponent of the platoon system,[14] and won five consecutive World Series championships from 1949 through 1953 using the strategy. Stengel platooned Bobby Brown, Billy Johnson, and Gil McDougald at third base, Joe Collins and Moose Skowron at first base, and Hank Bauer and Gene Woodling in left field.[1] Harold Rosenthal, writing for the New York Herald, referred to Stengel's strategy as a "platoon", after the American football concept, and it came to be known as "two-platooning".[15][16] Following Stengel's success, other teams began implementing their own platoons.[17] In the late 1970s through early 1980s, Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver successfully employed a platoon in left field, using John Lowenstein, Benny Ayala, and Gary Roenicke, using whichever player was performing the best at the time.[18] Weaver also considered other factors, including the opposing pitcher's velocity, and his batters' ability in hitting a fastball.[10] The Orioles continued to platoon at catcher and all three outfield positions in 1983 under Joe Altobelli, as the Orioles won the 1983 World Series,[19] leading other teams to pursue the strategy.[20] "I'd rather be playing every day, but playing every day in the minor leagues is not nearly as pleasant as platooning in the big leagues." – Brian Daubach[3] Platooning decreased in frequency from the late 1980s through the 1990s, as teams expanded their bullpens to nullify platoon advantages for hitters.[7] However, the use of platoons has increased in recent years. As teams increase their analysis of data, they attempt to put batters and pitchers in situations where they are more likely to succeed. Generally, small market teams, which cannot afford to sign the league's best players to market-value contracts, are most likely to employ platoons. Under manager Bob Melvin, the Athletics have employed many platoons,[21] with Josh Reddick calling Melvin the "king of platoons".[22] Joe Maddon began to employ platoons as manager of the Tampa Bay Rays.[23][24] The 2013 World Series champion Boston Red Sox platooned Jonny Gomes and Daniel Nava in left field.[10] After the 2013 season, left-handed relief pitchers Boone Logan and Javier López, both considered left-handed specialists because of their ability to limit the effectiveness of left-handed batters, signed multimillion-dollar contracts as free agents.[25]

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If it’s really only about the money and he doesn’t care at all about being miserable for another four years, Javy will stick around.

I’m old enough to remember that when politicians were exposed as behaving like this—both cheating on residency requirements, and trying to pass ex post facto laws to cover it up—it would be a career-ending scandal. But after hearing that party tell us for the past few decades how corrupt government inherently is and how it must be essentially destroyed, I think they are trying to condition people into accepting that it’s all politics as usual and is totally within bounds for whoever controls the levers of power.

But they are a .300 team when we subtract out their best stretch and they team was on Adderall.

It would be so easy to do so. They’re not eagle-eyeing me the whole time.

Bad teams will definitely have stretches like this.

Are these irrevocable waivers or can they pull him back and try to swing a deal?

Since it now costs nothing more than the minimum, I could see a contender making a claim and kicking his tires for a couple of outings to see whether he could help. His underlying numbers plus his strong first half suggests there might be something still there for some team with a hole in the middle of their pen, like Texas or Houston or Minnesota.

He would if he could!

I think the idea might be something like, Haase had no more future with the team so why keep him around, and we are taking a $165,000 or so flyer on seeing whether Kelly will be good enough to pick up his ‘24 option and have something decent on the big club while Dingler finishes his development next year. So far it looks like it might not gonna work out exactly that way, but he’s got a month to do a 180, plus, depending on what the deadline is for exercising an option is, the org is probably gonna work with him over the winter and perhaps during spring training before they have to decide.

Remember when drug ads were not allowed on TV? That was before 1985. Boy, those were the days, weren’t they?

How the does the metal detector still miss the gun? Does the human body shield metal from detection? Or did somebody working the detector somehow miss it, or blow off the signal? Even the answer raises questions.

That might explain why people didn't panic and stream toward the exits since they didn't see someone pull out a gun, aim, and shoot.

This happened again this past Saturday morning, one of the busiest times of the week. There were maybe a dozen shopping carts waiting to get processed by the single solitary checkout person who, certainly by design, also did not have a bagger working with her. So, if the shopper did not pitch in to bag their own groceries, the clerk had to stop halfway through a customer to bag what she'd rung up so far. So maybe half of us peeled off to go toward the four self-checkouts, which were originally supposed to be for people with limited numbers of items in their baskets. We were doing our full shopping so we had some 35 items, as did everyone else around us. So, every ten items we'd rung up, the light up top would start blinking and the message "Help is on the way" would pop up. Then the employee working that area would have to come over, scan her key credentials, and override the system so we could continue. She had to come do that for us four times. And she had to do the same for every other customer who brought their full week's shopping into the self checkout as well. She was very unhappy. As we were all. This is how little Kroger et al cares about their customers, but I also wonder whether it's part of a larger movement afoot to get rid of all checkout clerks and literally force customers to always check out their own groceries so the clerks can all get fired. It happened with gas station pumpers four or so decades ago. Is it all going to stop with grocery store checkout? I don't know, you tell me ... 😏

They should’of gone to trade school instead. MAGA.