Ultimately I think a trade, a big one, is needed to break up the imbalance of corner/DH types on this 40-man. But it's not easy. Mauer's no-trade status is one big impediment, and the inference that Plouffe has little trade value is another. Trading Park so soon after signing him seems like bad ju-ju. Sano himself is just not on the table, I imagine. I don't know what I'd do.
Thanks. I always get that and (8R,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-17-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-17-(trideuteriomethyl)-7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16-octahydro-6H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one mixed up.
Cola grew up three towns over from where I live now, and the Boston Globe gave pretty high prominence to the story, though it was basically just the wire service version.
I really don't see the purpose to a rehASHing of ancient history, in fact I wish we could all wASH our hands of it. / edit - oh, and Brian once again demonstrates his encyclopedic knowledge of music
Time zone issue, perhaps? Note that we're today's free game of the day on mlb.tv, although I think local blackout rules still apply to most readers here. <gloat>
Well then it doesn't really count. After watching the video I wonder if the runner would have given himself a better chance just going straight for the plate with his left foot. Even with recent rules protecting fielders, you can still do that, right?
I think it's still a knife-edge situation on the Republican side, with Trump having a narrow (though certainly well defined) path toward securing the necessary delegates in advance of the convention, but Cruz the odds-on favorite after the first ballot. And I should emphasize the word securing, because Cruz seems adept at prying away delegates earmarked for Trump (or anyone else), one by one by one. Trump is Earl Weaver and the recent Baltimore Orioles with pitching and three-run homers; Cruz is John McGraw and the old Baltimore Orioles with inside baseball. It's an interesting compare/contrast scenario that will be studied by historians, perhaps. Sanders basically has no path. Any candidate can cook up a miracle scenario, and right now Sanders has only that to fall back upon. The Democrats don't have enough (or any?) winner-take-all states remaining, and he'd need an aggregate 70% or so of the remaining delegates to pull even, at which point he'd be hoping enough super-delegates would give him a second look. None of that is feasible for him anymore. I think he stays in the race after next week's primaries only if he sees it as giving him a little more say in the final shape of the platform.