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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Fixed.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Hey, I'm sober! Right now, anyway, but I can't promise anything going forward.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    For sure, but then I suffer 50 mini panic attacks throughout the day as I realize I don't know who anyone is because they're all wearing 42.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Unbelievable. Which one of you jackholes called that again?
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Stu speaking on behalf of Minnesota:
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  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Pitchers who don't use PitchCom are *******s. And we all know what Boston of full of and it's *******s.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Has anyone considered that Buxton may have hit his move goal on Apple Watch and he's just shutting down for the day?
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Nope.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    While some of you seem surprised by the first inning, remember that everything happening is definitely on-brand for Minnesota sports.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    No idea. He wasn't limping noticeably but took himself out of the game immediately.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I should take this moment to tell everyone to watch their step. My ban finger is itchy BECAUSE I WILL EXERT CONTROL OVER THE FEW THINGS I CAN CONTROL RIGHT NOW
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Wait wait, I don't think you're understanding his point. Can I explain it to you?
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    If Russia hadn't invaded Ukraine, Buxton would be on the field right now. DAMN YOU RUSSIA
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I hate baseball.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Just getting out in front of the surge: Baldelli is an idiot why'd he do that thing what a moron blah blah blah word vomit
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I wonder if a simple rule fix eliminates this nonsense: have every team declare ten pitchers before the game and they cannot use anyone else to pitch that day.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    One aspect about the shift too few people talk about is what it has done to second base. Second base used to be populated by athletic not-shortstop-arms like Jorge Polanco. In the past, Polanco would have been an elite second baseman because he's both a capable fielder and has a potent bat. Today? The position is manned by garbage fielders with big bats because defense barely matters there anymore. Why use an athletic guy with a weak bat when he spends 50% of his time standing in short right field, just waiting for a ball to be hit to him? Get rid of the ****ing shift already. It's bad for the game and baseball already has too many bad things about it. The toothpaste is never going to be put back into the tube so just ban the practice if it makes the sport worse, and the shift definitely makes baseball worse.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    And that's fair. I think we can all agree that the pitch clock is a far more pressing issue.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Hey, I finally found another person who gets it. This is 90% of why I believe the shift should be banned. It's a terrible aesthetic on television for exactly the reasons you just pointed out. Someone will absolutely smash a ball either up the middle or between first and second, only to be revealed that - SURPRISE - a fielder is standing in its path. It takes a half second of excitement and turns it into literally the most boring play imaginable. So just get rid of it. Why are people married to something as utterly, completely boring as the shift? If something makes the game worse and eliminating it really doesn't matter because no one enjoys it, GET RID OF IT. Why is this so controversial? I understand pushback on drastically changing the game by moving or changing the mound but baseball fans need to get the **** over themselves already. Stop protesting any change and constantly hiding behind "tradition". Baseball is really bad right now, it's time to start making it better. Don't stand in the way of that happening or your sport is going to become an afterthought, if it isn't already.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree the bunt should be a tool more often utilized against the shift but people drastically underrate just how damned hard it is to hit a 92mph slider. Still, given Max's speed and athleticism, he should spend an entire offseason practicing how to bunt against the shift, even if he only uses it a few times a season. But ultimately, I'd just rather see the shift banned because it brings so little to the game and certainly doesn't make it more fun to watch. Baseball has enough working against it right now, it's time to start removing the least spectator-friendly elements that can be removed. We can't stop batters from refusing to swing or pursuing three true outcomes but we can make pitchers throw with more frequency and fielders to stand in certain places on the field so let's start there. And before anyone comes in and says "you can't ban the shift, it's un-basebally" or whatever, I will simply respond with: Baseball is a spectator sport, meant to entertain. If, after a play, you have said "that was an awesome shift" even once in your life, feel free to argue with me about banning that defensive alignment. If you, like every other human being on the planet, have never uttered that sentence, don't choose this hill to die on.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Perhaps you misunderstood the question. The poster asked about the taxi squad.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    In a perfect world, I agree about Gordon and particularly Celestino (because I care about Gilberto's development) but Larnach has just been not-good for awhile now and I have little faith he'll actually do anything to help the team right now. But hey, I hope I'm wrong.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    To bring back a BYTO classic from a poster who shall not be named here: 11. "Pathetic."
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    As much as I realize it's not a good solution, I play Gordon and Celestino until Larnach stops being atrocious in AAA (obviously, SSSS at play here but given how Trevor played in the second half of last season, I'm slowing things down with him).
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