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  1. Nine of twelve
    He should have no worries for the next week or so. We need him right now whether he's hitting well or not.
  2. Nine of twelve
    We need a true outfielder. Even if Rosario and Kepler both avoid the IL they are banged up enough that they can't be relied on for full time duty. I also wonder if they will be forced to bring Buxton back a bit earlier than they had originally planned.
  3. Nine of twelve
    A. The ball should have a higher air resistance and possibly a decreased hardness. B. The mound should be lowered. C. The strike zone should be enlarged. A. and C. will result in fewer home runs. B. will result in fewer strikeouts. C. will result in fewer walks. Pushing back fences, while probably a good idea for some stadiums, is plain and simply not possible except for very few stadiums. The same is true for increasing the height of outfield walls.
  4. Nine of twelve
    I think it's highly likely that's where he will be next season and beyond, playing 2B regularly.
  5. Nine of twelve
    But this isn't a casino. This is baseball. A manager certainly can affect the outcome of a game, but it's rarely by more than a run a game. It's only in close games where a manager is likely to change a loss to a win or vice versa. I'd have to look at Cincinnati's game-by-game performance, but I suspect it's what I had said before, that they have many lopsided wins. Managing doesn't really matter in those games.
  6. Nine of twelve
    In 2013 I thought our catcher of the future was Josmil Pinto.
  7. Nine of twelve
    This is veering a bit off topic, but since Babe Ruth was the first name mentioned in this thread I'll voice my belief that he is the best baseball player ever. There are four aspects to baseball: pitching, batting, fielding, and baserunning. It can be fairly argued that Ruth was surpassed by others in batting, but not by much if at all. Fielding and baserunning are far less important, and certainly there are others in the best-ever conversation who were better than Ruth. However, consider the most important aspect, pitching. Ruth was not an average pitcher, he was outstanding. Factoring that in, no other player has ever come close to him as an all-around baseball player.
  8. Nine of twelve
    I'll echo what has been said several times. As of this moment Cleveland is the second AL wild card team. It's highly unlikely they would let Hand go.
  9. Nine of twelve
    When there is a small difference between the actual and the pythag I attribute it to the manager, for better or worse. When there's a big difference it's more likely to be just a fluke, being on the winning side of games decided by a large margin and being on the losing side of games decided by a small margin.
  10. Nine of twelve
    Rogers did pitch two innings less than 24 hours previously but he has the best stuff of anyone in the bullpen. I'm guessing Rocco also felt that he was the best one to bring into the game in the middle of an inning. With the off day on Monday there were two days to rest his arm. I'm sure he was not going to have Rogers pitch the ninth inning no matter what happened. When you are the manager there are times when you roll the dice. Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you don't. This case was a don't, but even then with our offense we had a better chance of winning an extra-inning game than the Royals. So I don't fault Rocco for bringing in Rogers.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Montreal was much more of a baseball city than Toronto in the middle of the 20th Century. Most people are aware that the Montreal Royals were the long-time AAA franchise for the Dodgers, and that's where Jackie Robinson played his only minor league baseball. MLB mismanaged the situation with the Expos during the 1990's and early 2000's, leading to their departure. My guess is that Montreal would be a successful franchise, especially if they are in the same division as the Blue Jays. I don't know how MLB and the current ownership in Tampa could get out of the contract there but despite it being a loss for Tampa/St. Pete I think it would be a net gain for baseball in North America to get a team in Montreal.
  12. Nine of twelve
    *Exhales*
  13. Nine of twelve
    Who is this pitcher and what has he done with the real Blake Parker? You would know first hand.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Urrrrk.
  15. Nine of twelve
    I was just thinking the same thing.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Do the people who run the ads for Perkins know that it's not spring any more?
  17. Nine of twelve
    ED-DEEEEEEEE!
  18. Nine of twelve
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. Nine of twelve
    I can't take another 17-inning win. A 10-inning win, on the other hand...
  20. Nine of twelve
    A good feigned bunt turned out to be even better.
  21. Nine of twelve
    A good bunt would not be the worst move here.
  22. Nine of twelve
    *Exhales*
  23. Nine of twelve
    C'mon, Trevor, you can blow him away if you throw strikes.
  24. Nine of twelve
    This is a time when Astudillo needs to take those pitches outside the zone.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Game's not over yet.
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