Just My Imagination

Seven hours from the Game of Games; Taylor Swift back from Japan and no doubt in Las Vegas by now; but I’m thinking baseball. Camps open in just a few more days. What if…what if Yoan Moncada gets off to a slow start for the White Sox, or, more likely, hurts his back before Opening Day? Then what? Danny Mendick was actually given an invite to spring training, so maybe him. Or how about 21-year old Bryan Ramos? The seventh-ranked prospect mostly played at Double-A Birmingham last season, hitting .271 with fourteen homeruns and 48 RBIs. If I’m not mistaken, Ramos showed up in Chicago last month, part of a group of players interacting with kids on the South Side. That would be impressive for someone who only came to the U.S. from Cuba as a seventeen-year old in 2019. Now, if Ramos could just hit his way onto the roster. Or Mendick. It's Super Bowl Sunday. I can dream.