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  1. ashbury
    I agree, Kubes and JBart are pretty talentless at pitching.
  2. ashbury
    May's problem is the calf, isn't it, and Mauer's the one with the oblique?
  3. ashbury
    Makes it seem very strange when you watch an otherwise good pitcher quite obviously not have a feel for his arsenal in the first inning, and by the third inning he's cruising. If he threw 75 pitches warming up, it seems very odd that pitches 75-90 were still no good and only by around pitch 100 does he have that feel, even granting that the first 50 or so bullpen pitches were not done in earnest. / PS thanks for the kind words about my son, we enjoy him too.
  4. ashbury
    Concur. I also note that, much like financial advisors tell you to "ladder" timed financial investments such as CDs, currently the pitching staff happens to be set up now so that one contract each year will expire. It's not implausible that when Correia moves on, another 4-year contract will be offered to someone else - especially when you note that to get good pitchers you have to offer the multi-year deals. Nothing's been said, and this flexibility may end up being used to lock up young talent like Meyer when the time comes rather than a free agent, but I still find it an interesting combination at the moment, Correia-> Pelfrey -> Hughes -> Nolasco.
  5. ashbury
    But that's where the dilemma comes in. To use your race car analogy, the team owner doesn't want the car constantly in the shop on race day, only to find out the mechanics were working on the cup holders or cigarette lighter. Needlessly not being available for competition is at least the second to last thing they want. And so you have these two competing aims, of maintaining the perspective to know whether it's a cup holder or an oil pressure problem - and unlike with cars, it's not quite as easy to plug in the computer and find out what code the Check Engine light is trying to tell you. / wait, you've never pulled over due to a Check Engine light only to discover it was for "CHA - Cup Holder Ajar"?
  6. ashbury
    At least it was quick. Good night, all.
  7. ashbury
    I'll trust you on that and give you your pity Like anyway.
  8. ashbury
    Why does any batter ever swing at any pitch from Fernando Rodney?
  9. ashbury
    Agwees: / yes, I'm combining two jokes
  10. ashbury
    We'd give you a nice funeral.
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  12. ashbury
    Even ashb... no, let's not get ridiculous. Even Corpsey McDeaddead score from 1st on that.
  13. ashbury
    Wish it was "miles higher".
  14. ashbury
    I felt the breeze from Arcia's second strike all the way down here. But the double after that was sweet. Too bad the baserunner wasn't among our faster guys.
  15. ashbury
    Yes, what could go wrong?
  16. ashbury
    With Correia on the mound for us? That's just Managing 101.
  17. ashbury
    So, anybody except Johnson it seems.
  18. ashbury
    Whichever is which, with the exception of Arcia they are all lower now.
  19. ashbury
    Who is the oldest pitcher on the 40-man not on the 25-man? <checking....> Kris Johnson.
  20. ashbury
    Trick question, obviously. If the bases are loaded, Iwakuma is facing some different team.
  21. ashbury
    You know, we could have had this Zunino kid, if the Twins had had the courage to draft him. He was right there for the taking.
  22. ashbury
    This just in: he's having a bad season. / OK, recapping from earlier posts, he's going for an MRI on his elbow, word is he's been trying to play through a problem with it
  23. ashbury
    In fairness, with wheels like those bearing down on him, the first baseman had only a split-minute to make the play.
  24. ashbury
    Save it for the Fun With Numbers thread.
  25. ashbury
    Meanwhile, a homer by Zunino doesn't even register on the Uff Da Meter tonight.
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