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Klawchat 11/16/17
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Keith Law
2:12
Absolutely. I get requests for this every November.
addoeh
2:12
People always bring up Duke lacrosse as a counterpoint to any sexual assault claim.  But in addition to a single accuser who made it up, there was also a DA, Mike Nifong, who made many serious prosecutorial errors that weren't uncovered until later.  If Nifong had done his job, we probably never hear about it.
Keith Law
2:13
Agreed. Or an ethical DA (I think Nifong was disbarred for his actions?) might have uncovered lesser crimes that didn't become a national news story.
Jesse
2:13
Mastodon's Emperor of Sand a candidate for your top 10 albums this year?
Keith Law
2:13
I liked it, doubt it makes my top 10 offhand.
Brian
2:13
Pressure cooker or slow cooker?
Keith Law
2:13
Pressure cooker.
Jim
2:13
How do you come up with your opening statement for Klawchat?
Keith Law
2:13
Tends to be from a song I heard in the last week.
Dennis
2:14
Funner read: Don Quixote or The Count of Monte Cristo?
Keith Law
2:14
Monte Cristo by far. It's a hell of an adventure.
Jason
2:14
What's Pache's ETA?  And assuming the Braves move Inciarte before he's ready, who is the better defensive CF between Pache and Acuna?
Keith Law
2:14
Three years away. Pache might be a 70 defender now.
Bryce Harper
2:14
Keith Hernandez: Hall of Famer?
Keith Law
2:14
Not for me.
Brent
2:14
If you're the White Sox, it's a smart move to trade your intl cash for Vieira? That arm and Cooper, it's not crazy to hope for another Kahnle type, no?
Keith Law
2:15
Sure. I don't mind the trade. But I don't think he's a great prospect. He might not be top 20 in that system now.
Lance
2:16
Were you classmates of Radhika Jones?  Know her?
Keith Law
2:16
Don't know her. I think she was '95.
Ham Bone
2:16
With all the allegations of sexual assault, how is Peyton Manning not brought up again. He is still the face of State Farm and Papa John's.
Keith Law
2:16
Because no one believes women who accuse athletes.
Jackie
2:16
Dwight Evans was much better at baseball  than Jim Rice.  And Dewey didn't snub my autograph request when I was eleven ...
Keith Law
2:16
Evans had a legit HoF case but didn't have any hack writers stumping for him.
Vince
2:16
Mixed feelings about the situation in Zimbabwe.  Mugabe was a tyrant, but military rule is almost never the answer.  Thoughts?
Keith Law
2:17
Same. Mugabe's reign of terror has impoverished the country, though. Unless they fall into anarchy like Somalia, it's hard to fathom anything being worse.
JP
2:17
can Profar still be an above-average regular with a change of scenery?
Keith Law
2:17
I think so. Would love to see him get the chance.
Ty
2:17
Hi Keith!  Shouldn’t baseball make teams at minimum ask teams to bid draft picks for Ohtani?  Seems insane that they are letting a player send $100M-$200M in surplus value to one lucky team.  Obviously, the better solution is to declare him a free agent which would take care of the surplus value question.
Keith Law
2:18
That's an interesting idea. Detroit picks first; what if MLB said hey, you can take him, today, and pay him #1 pick slot, but give up that pick? If they pass, go to the next team. That's crazy and impossible and I kind of love it.
Iowa Cowtipper
2:18
I'm glad that the many sexual assaulters are finally being exposed and agree that most accused are guilty. Still, I'm troubled by the rush to judgement that follows accusations today. I fear a new Macarthyism of sorts.
Keith Law
2:20
The accusations we've seen so far have either been supported by concrete evidence or been exceptionally well sourced by the journalists who've brought them forward. I can think of one recent allegation that didn't fit that - George Takei - and that has, for the moment, failed to gain traction as a result. (Which is not to say it's false.) I'd love to say we're at or approaching some equilibrium, where every assaulter/harasser is called out and faces the consequences of his actions, but there are no false accusations out there. That's an impossible goal, and right now, I don't think we're anywhere close to it.
mike
2:20
being ifa can keep previous bonus, whats stopping them from lying during interviews to get paid twice?
Keith Law
2:23
If a player lies about his age or name or something similar, he won't get to keep the money. IFAs have no incentive to balk at illegal deals, though; in fact, the system probably discourages them from balking at them. But I think the solution is to crack down on teams offering such deals, as Boston did and apparently Atlanta did too.
Steve
2:23
Has the beer industry gone too IPA happy?
Keith Law
2:23
You mean too hoppy?
Kilgore Trout
2:24
If a male engaged in any of this boorish or offensive behavior as a minor,  but later grew up and realized the errors of his ways, should there be consequences?
Keith Law
2:24
Consequences like disqualification from public office? Sure. But that's separate from any judicial process.
Bill
2:24
A lot of people are writing off Gardenhire as an old school manager, but he seems to have embraced the analytics training he got with the Diamondbacks, an idea backed up recently by comments from Torey Lovullo. Old dog/new tricks?
Keith Law
2:25
This will only be borne out by his actions on the job. He can say the right things now, but it's all just words until we see a real change in his style.
2:26
OK, that's all for this week, and with the holiday next week I will not chat again until the 30th. I will do a Periscope video chat while I'm prepping for the big meal, though, so I hope some of you will join me there. Thank you as always for reading and for all of your questions!
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