I'm so glad
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I'm so glad
You could've done playdates with them!
I love those two guys being teammates in the WBC.
Plus, they took on great human/former Lugnut Graham Spraker on Team GB.
Bad industry, great game
The World Baseball Classic is the closest we get to the FA Cup for baseball.
They're still omnipresent in the minors, thankfully
See that's what I'm talking about
Oh no, that didn't put geopolitics aside at all, sorry.
I'll have a soft pretzel with mustard.
Further evidence that American Jews are not the same as Israel, regardless of the composition of the roster.
They couldn't just do a Hebrew National hot dog and said, hey, apply condiments as you see fit.
An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.
May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.
Rare!
Gage tossed an immaculate inning last year en route to an 8-IP performance, which is not a thing that happens in the early season Midwest League.
He also had a game where he struck out 13 in 6 2/3 innings of relief, and another game where he was a single away from shortened perfection. He's fun.
Gage Jump, let's go!
Here was my initial count when they first released the rosters.
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It's almost baseball season @milb.com. Time for that first post.
I had a few innings of the ESPN broadcast of the Red Sox/Yankees ST game on, and they've already interviewed both managers, Jasson Dominguez, and began an interview with Roman Anthony (who is in AZ). it's a practice game so who cares but also this is what they do all the time, so
Ding ding ding
Hello, Lansing!
Here's this year's promo schedule:
www.milb.com/lansing/news...
That statue, which was cast back in 1961, was modeled on 1950s Texas Rangers – as in the law enforcement Texas Rangers – Captain Jay Banks. Since it's unveiling 65 years ago it has spent most of its life at Love Field in Dallas. But then in 2020 it was removed and placed in storage. Why? Because Captain Jay Banks was a racist cop who made it his mission to stop schools from integrating. This is an excerpt from the 2020 book, Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson, which describes' Banks' role in efforts to keep schools in Texas racially segregated in defiance of the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education: Then there is the form and face of the statue itself. This dates to 1956, when the NAACP, backed with a court order, attempted to integrate the high school in Mansfield, about 30 miles southwest of Dallas. White residents erupted in fury, so Gov. Allan Shivers dispatched the Rangers. But unlike state police in other Southern racial hotspots, the Rangers in Mansfield did not escort black students past howling mobs of white supremacists. They had been sent instead to keep the black children out of a white school.
The commanding Ranger on the scene was Sgt. E.J. “Jay” Banks. A wire service photo showed him casually leaning against a tree outside Mansfield High. To his left, above the school’s entrance, was a dummy in blackface, hanging from a noose. Nearby a white mob had assembled. Some carried signs that threatened death for anyone attempting to integrate the school. Banks saw no need to remove the effigy or disperse the mob. “They were just ‘salt of the earth’ citizens,” he later wrote. “They were concerned because they were convinced that someone was trying to interfere with their way of life.” Blacks were so intimidated that none attempted to enroll at Mansfield. Several days later, Gov. Shivers ordered Banks and a few other Rangers to Northeast Texas, because African-Americans wished to take classes at all-white Texarkana Junior College, a public institution. Again the Rangers’ job was to stop black students from enrolling. As at Mansfield, a mob of white men gathered outside the school. An 18-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy, both black, arrived by cab and began to walk toward the college. The mob blocked their path. Some surrounded the 17-year-old and kicked him, while others threw gravel. The Rangers watched it happen and did nothing except threaten to arrest the two students. That wire service photo of Banks in front of the school with the Black person hung in effigy can be seen at the top of today's newsletter.
The statue was removed from public view in 2020 in the wake of that book about the Rangers being published. This occurred at the same time that statues of Confederates, Klansmen, racists, and segregationists were removed all over the country following the murder of George Floyd. But now the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, knowing full well the history of the statue, its subject, and its removal, and knowing that multiple municipal institutions decided it was inappropriate for public display, is happy to put that statue up in a public concourse at a major league baseball stadium. When I learned of this yesterday afternoon I contacted Major League Baseball and asked the following questions: Is Major League Baseball aware of the history of the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue and its subject, Jay Banks? Is Major League Baseball aware that Love Field and the City of Dallas removed the statue and put it in storage in 2020 after Banks' involvement in attempting to keep schools segregated in the 1950s came to light? Does Major League Baseball condone one of its Clubs erecting a previously-removed statue of a staunch segregationist at its ballpark?; and Does Major League Baseball have any comment regarding the discomfort that will be felt by Black fans when confronted with the statue of a segregationist at Globe Life Field? I did not receive a response. I'm going to assume that the league's silence on this means that it wholly condones the Rangers putting up the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue despite its sordid and extraordinarily well-reported history.
Yesterday the Texas Rangers erected a statue of a segregationist cop at Globe Life Field. A statue that was removed from public property in 2020 because of its racist history. @mlb.com has refused to comment. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...
The sort of system where the Brewers can post the best record in the National League, while the Reds beat the Mets out for the playoffs?
horrors in Iran , bombing, awfulness
that Iran is being bombed --
that an attempt is being made to destroy, massacre, and exterminate its armed force together with women and children, (and likely plunder their possessions)*
now, tonight, as Purim begins--
is more ugly irony than my heart can take
*Esther 8:11
And then MLB All-star Festivities a month later would be untouched: futures game, celebrity game, derby, midsummer classic, everyone getting four days off.
What if we took the week of June after the College World Series — this year, the week of June 22 — and dedicated that break to Class A All-Star Game Tuesday, A+ Wednesday, AA Thursday, AAA Friday — one ASG per level hosted by one of the best ballparks at the level.
Then, Saturday/Sunday: MLB Draft.
Oh totally!
Something that I appreciate is that they're clearly open to trying new ideas every year: moving around the draft to see what works, doing Spring Breakout, expanding it, etc.
Let me throw this idea at you: Single-A and High-A used to hold ASGs at the midway point of the season: June.
This is where I've landed, too
Sam, what is the internal argument against returning to midseason league All-Star Games?
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It's almost like maybe we should have midseason minor-league All-Star games when the players are in playing form or something.
That's crazy talk. That was No. 2 behind Rojas, No. 4 at lowest behind Pages and the play at the plate.
My first reaction is one of dubiousness, but I'm willing to be sold on this. In theory, prospect all-star lineups playing each other is fun.
I'm curious about how teams will fare in making young pitching decisions for a full high stress tournament. Feels like we'll be seeing mostly MiLB relievers.