ashbury

Don't fail to miss this one!

Concur. A new manager often brings improvement because, in part, it's just the nature of the job. I nevertheless pegged this as a 101-loss team, just for "fun," and it was the potential of underperformances like you mentioned, plus the merest shell of a formerly capable bullpen, plus the chance of key injuries which we've already seen several of, that led me to expect a roster with not a very high ceiling in the first place to exhibit futility. To instead have this team a game below .500 is an accomplishment. I still expect more downs than ups the remainder of the season, but I'm enjoying the results so far and am happy to give the new manager credit for them. Grade of A at this early juncture because I don't know what else could have been asked of him.

I guess he can have that title, since the cat we had that looked almost identical passed away a few years back.

I see we have a cat posting to the site today.

Nice three innings by the bullpen. I forget, who started this game?

Let's hope an emergency doesn't arise and we see Caratini or Jackson at third base with Lee sliding over.

Yours was good too.

No chance for Nishida that time?

Way to root in the right way. No jinx there. Attababy!

Plus the failed challenge earlier in the game. I will not let this go. Except for the creditable defense, we're in Wallner territory with this guy.

That's the thing. He is not.

Fine his Little League coach for not teaching him the basic rules.

He's out. Man.

Can someone explain what the following Gameday description means? Bell somehow tagged the runner at second, then came back and touched first base?