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  1. Nine of twelve
    Hildenberger was really good, but only very briefly. Once major league batters figured him out he didn't have the ability to adjust to their adjustments. A flash in the pan, albeit a fairly bright flash.
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    I bet they didn't. Prohibition didn't end until December of that year. You can probably get a first-hand report on that from Chief.
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    I think it's fine for MLB to do whatever they want to regarding the ASG. It's just that I choose to disregard the whole thing.
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    The fact that he is unlikely to be voted in as a starter points up that the process by which players are chosen is IMHO highly flawed, to the point where I have no interest in the game at all. The purpose of the ASG in this era is to make money for MLB. That means enticing as many viewers as possible to turn on the TV, which means selecting players based on fan interest (hence each team having at least one representative). The game is no longer what it was originally conceived to be: a real baseball game played by the best players in the world with a normal-sized roster for each team. Further complicating this issue is that the best pitchers would have to be available for the game. Few teams are willing to alter their pitching sequences to accommodate that. That said, I have no doubt that Arraez will be recognized for his performance so far this season with a berth on the roster, and congratulations to him for that.
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    Saying that the manager should consider the home fans when deciding how to manage his lineup can be considered a silly extreme.
  6. Nine of twelve
    So the fans should have a say in who plays and who doesn't? Maybe the fans should be setting the batting order too. And make pitching changes, make defensive substitutions, put in pinch hitters, decide when to send the runners, etc etc etc.
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    He's a household name in my household already.
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    This would fit perfectly in the Fun With Numbers thread!
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    I'll disagree with this. I believe that during the regular season it's the head coach/manager's responsibility to set the team up as well as possible for the playoffs/postseason. That can often mean not going all-out to win a particular game. An example of this would be playing second-line players against a non-division opponent with the goal of resting front-line players for an important upcoming intra-division series.
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    The thought that his knee would have been injured anyway is speculative, but it's probably not an unfair point. The difference between Lewis and the other players you mention is that he is our future shortstop and that's where he should have been playing pretty much full time. Shortstop is the most important defensive position other than catcher and when you have a player who belongs there that's where he should play. Let other players be the ones who move around.
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    LOP and Linus have alluded to this, and I'm going to say it too. This is what can happen when you put a player in a position (both in the fielding sense and in the general sense) with which he is not familiar. This is an especially egregious mistake by Baldelli and by the front office when taking into account the fact that Lewis is one of the most important pieces of the future of this franchise. Even if he had stayed on the MLB roster this year it probably would have only made a difference of one or two wins this season. How many future wins has this injury cost us with decreased performance and decreased longevity when compared with improving his shortstop skills in AAA? More than one or two. Now Lewis and the franchise are paying the price for a very bad mistake, and Baldelli and Falvine owe Lewis and the fans a very big apology.
  12. Nine of twelve
    And at the end of the week, a winning day.
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    I want to thank and congratulate today's game threaders for the good work they did to pull out this victory. I didn't participate because I was here:
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    There is a heckuva a lot more to playing shortstop than fielding ground balls. The decision-making ability, positioning, and teamwork required to play the position well can be acquired only by in-game experience.
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    We had this discussion already on another thread. But I'll say it again: The most important thing regarding Lewis is to advance his development as far as it can be advanced this year before Correa leaves. (Presumably.) That will not happen if he is on the major league roster. To those who say that he has earned a spot on the big club, I don't necessarily disagree. But truly, what he has earned most is for the team to support him by putting him in the situation in which he can become the best player he can be. Keeping him on the major league roster this season may give the team an extra win or two, but playing him at short every day, whether in the majors or at AAA, is what is best for Lewis and for this franchise.
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    Bingo. Sometimes the only way to learn is to learn the hard way.
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    If that's the case, how do you explain that teams were shifting the second baseman to the left side of the infield for Killebrew before there was even a team in Oakland?
  19. Nine of twelve
    It's possible, maybe likely, that it's your attention span that is the issue, not the game.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Last night was the second time recently that Pagan has loaded the bases in the ninth and escaped by the skin of his teeth. This is not acceptable. I realize we don't have a stereotypical closer on our staff, and maybe we don't need one, but right now my choice for save situations in the ninth inning would be not Pagan.
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    I'm not an expert, but I've heard many baseball people say that when a pitch is in the dirt and there are men on base the goal of the catcher is to keep the ball in front of him. Trying to glove it is more likely to result in the ball getting away, allowing runners to advance.
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    I've always thought the design of the glove logo was clever, even if it is kind of '70's.
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    I say they are on pace to win 154 games.
  24. Nine of twelve
    French toast. Waffles too.
  25. Nine of twelve
    I'm so late to the thread that this may not get many views, but I think I have a very significant point. One of the thoughts that I had when I watched last night's game-ending play was this: where the hell was the left fielder? (Austin Meadows.) Watching the replay revealed he was wandering pretty much aimlessly in deep left center field. A major league player should always--ALWAYS--act based on what he can do to contribute to whatever may happen to take place on the field of play. As soon as the ball was struck in the direction of right field he should have been running fast in the general direction of the left side of the infield. Then, as soon as it became apparent that the throw from right field was coming to home plate he should have put himself in position to back up third base. Hasse was obviously culpable for that brain cramp of a throw but had Meadows actually been using his brain instead of letting it idle he probably would have prevented the tying run from scoring and certainly would have prevented the winning run from scoring. Moreover, with Urshela's confounding advance to third base there would probably have been at least one out recorded on the play. It goes to show that errors of omission can be just as damaging as errors of commission.
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