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Keith Law had Calabrese ranked number 19 on his big board, Baseball America has him at 67 and Fangraphs at 73.

Fuck me, I bet the under on that. 

he does

You draft the best player in baseball. Worry about the rest later. 

As I’ve said previously, fixing the police is only one side of the coin. Unless there’s a reform in people’s behavior also, this is just setting themselves up for massive problems and a titanic-sized fail.
if it were to happen, I imagine gun sales in Minneapolis will soar.

Yep.
i think defunding the police will lead to class warfare.

It’s crazy how Philly and Baltimore were such pivotal towns during the Revolution and now they are complete shitholes.

If you can prove it's manslaughter, yes.
You haven't given us any of the facts about what occured, however.

Manslaughter is still a crime, isn't it?

I can’t stress good parenting enough. Most of us learn not to play in the streets at an early age. 

What about if they want to pray before or after the game?

I like the red uni's too, but I think this would be a good addition.

Watched part 1 (of 3) of Ken Burns' Prohibition documentary. 
Great show. 

I have read your PM's and responded to most of them. I have slept on this and decided to keep it open for you all. 
While you won't see me in here for the foreseeable future, I know it's a forum you all spend quite a bit of your time in and it's my job to continue to provide this service to you. 
If you have any problems, please reach out to our moderators in this forum. 
Thank you for hearing me out.
Be nice to each other! 
 
-Chuck
 
 

Here are my final thoughts on this before I either shut down this political forum for good or take another long extended break from it like I did 6 years ago. This forum has become toxic. It used to be fun. Now we've resorted to personal attacks, people getting banned & folks leaving. I'd love to just get back to arguing about baseball stuff. We at least didn't hate each other during those discussions & debates. 
If you don't agree with me. That's fine, but I'm wasting my time here. I have better things to do than argue with folks who have pegged myself & others into a corner because of who we voted for, what we believe in or what we stand for.
There’s no middle ground allowed anymore. The media has seen to that. You either worship everything Trump does or he’s the scapegoat for every societal ill. You either support BLM or you’re a racist. You either recognize George Floyd as a martyr or you’re insensitive for pointing out his extensive rap sheet. I’m sure his previous victims are left scratching their heads right now. If you support protesters but call out the rioters and looters “you don’t get it” . If you discuss the innocent lives - both black and white lost in the craziness, you’re missing the point. Find the video of the sweet young lady whose sister was shot and killed by a protester. Bet you don’t see that on main stream media. . Democrats can be racist just listen to Biden and research his policies - but republicans are all racists. Personal responsibility has gone out the window. The accuser of the brethren is quick to call out and point fingers while we fail to keep our own hearts free of bitterness and self righteousness.
I believe Trump has enacted policies consistent with righteousness and freedom most of the time. I don’t like to listen to his speeches because he is often brash. I think racism is sin and it does still exist but I don’t believe blacks are constantly victimized by most whites. I believe there are bad cops, but I believe the vast majority are trying to do a very difficult job in a racially charged world. I believe we are spoon fed information and too lazy to do our own research or thinking. Emotionalism rules clear thought. A short, edited video seems to tell a complete story. Later we find out more info and then we have to backtrack, or ignore the truth. We want to hold everything but ourselves accountable for the outcome of a given situation. It’s not just the current situation dominating our newsfeeds that I’m referring to. It’s a new pattern developing in society.
I have locked this thread but if you wish to keep the .Spin forum open, send me a PM. Otherwise I have intentions to axe it real soon. AngelsWin.com used to be my escape & others to talk about Baseball and other off-topic events in the Hangout forum. When we did talk politics in the past, it was mostly fun banter. That ship has sailed. 
I love y'all equally and would give the shirt off my back to anyone despite our differences but these conversations have become nasty and I'm afraid the great "Community" we once had will crumble to the ground if this continues. 
Have a great day.

The whole idea of hating on China because they whoop our ass in the economy game is lame.  Its like Yankee fans booing Mike Trout because hes hitting dingers over there.
We brought in 2 mask making machines from China this week.  They are from a shitty open source design propped up by the govt which tons were made over there.   It cost us 80k per machine.  We already have engineered a better product at a lower cost per machine with American parts and hope to have ours done next week.  Its damn near June already and I can barely find any competitors.  The cost per mask using US materials is lower than the import cost.   Is it really the Chinese fault when we allow them, and more so the multi-nationals to do this to us?
Itd be nice if even a fraction of the China haters took their blinders off and looked in the mirror.  This political forum is probably a bad habit but its kind of fun.

Man, time flies.  

Also from The Office:
 

I don’t think this is a Trump thread post but it’s great to see some good news. Especially since it was expected to be a really bad. Hopefully this is a sign that our rebound will be quicker than expected 

This is going to piss some people off. No doubt the cop was wrong and deserves to be punished accordingly. the reality is that  floyd was a 20 year criminal with a history of violence and drug addiction. black people are safer without him. lets not forget he robbed a pregnant black woman at gun point. it is time for some perspective and understand he wasnt MLK