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  1. ashbury
    Yeah, that glosses over the absolute rocket that was directed right to his own midsection, which luckily he got his glove up in time to make a "look what I got!" catch. Ball went in at 99 MPH, came back at probably 120. Good for him, for making that play, the only out recorded against Betts last night, perhaps the only way an out COULD be recorded on that guy.
  2. ashbury
    The folks at Fenway gave Berrios a nice hand for his play on the slow grounder. I always feel that I'm among baseball fans, and not just home-town rooters, when I'm there. But they do love their Mookie, too.
  3. ashbury
    That is the position I was very afraid the Twins would be in, during their rough patch. Very glad it's not.
  4. ashbury
    Moderator's note: disagree with others' opinions, all you want, but please avoid mocking others for even having a different opinion.
  5. ashbury
    Weather permitting, I'll be watching the game in person on Wednesday. Really looking forward to seeing my Twins!
  6. ashbury
    I want him back. If I'm actually a GM I'd ask my analytics staff to confirm my hypothesis that he's the kind of pitcher who will continue to be effective into his early 30s, so a 3-year commitment doesn't scare me if it's at a reasonable price (somewhere below the QO level, per year). If we can't agree to terms, QO him. Ditto with Big Mike, for what it's worth. You can't go into an off-season with so many question marks in the rotation. I'm on the fence about Gibson - bad luck for him to get seriously ill during a contract year, but baseball's a cruel business and the FO has to be hard-headed about it.
  7. ashbury
    They do have one. Buxton in May.
  8. ashbury
    Hope he's not busted for taking steeroids.
  9. ashbury
    A major league season wears players down, and in particular pares down the weight. When you come into Spring Training on the heels of a serious gastric infection, you stand the chance of not having the needed reserves. I actually think Gibson is showing a lot of character this season, perhaps along the lines of Radke's final season, and probably along the lines of dozens of players every single year.
  10. ashbury
    Bivens. Unimaginable.
  11. ashbury
    Gibson looks emaciated. Gaunt. Maybe skipping a start or two can let him build up some reserves.
  12. ashbury
    My only qualm is, "what if there's a bird strike?" Captain Sully is still back there on the runway.
  13. ashbury
    Those are not common, even for a first place team. Houston's the only team to have done it this year. Three teams (Boston, Pittsburgh, Houston) did it last year. "Just a single one"? Pretty high bar to set.
  14. ashbury
    Conversely, unless he is viewed as someone special, there will be no shortage of guys to cover for him as of Sept 1 and provide equivalent production, if you really want that roster spot for someone fresh.
  15. ashbury
    They can't quite justify using a 737, or even an Embraer regional jet. Here is the equipment they use for the route:
  16. ashbury
    Maybe allow half-measures in this instance, and go with Wally Pipp's Disease. Which, since Byron suffers from migraines, is a little too close to the truth, so never mind.
  17. ashbury
    These two sentences seem to be at odds with one another. Didn't he give up a sharp double in his inning yesterday? It seems like I'm always looking away when he's being lights-out-ey, and when I watch he's laboring. Against a better team than the White Sox I still anticipate run scoring whenever he's in the game.
  18. ashbury
    "Tyler! Stop messing around on the mound! Get into the video room, and watch that tape I gave you of how your brother does it. Yes, I know you're tired of hearing that."
  19. ashbury
    I had no idea about Taylor having a twin. That photo of him with Tyler is hilarious. Tyler has had good numbers in the minors but the Giants have been curiously slow about promoting him to the majors. Doubly odd given that they have a genetic match to go by, who is succeeding at the major league level.
  20. ashbury
    MLB. Mellow Line Backer. I don't think the premise of this article is that the resulting football team would be, you know, actually good. Imagine Buxton taking a hit early in his route - one play, Injured Reserve for the rest of the season. That sort of thing.
  21. ashbury
    Big Mike Pineda is a large, large man. Defensive tackle. He's probably not fast, but once he breaks through and gets a head of steam, no opposing QB will want anything to do with him. CJ Cron is my center. Slower than molasses, but he's big and strong looking. Kyle Gibson is a linebacker. Maybe not quick enough, but his height gives him a good vantage of how the play is developing.
  22. ashbury
    Phew. You dodged one there. I was about to declare a full-scale alert - clear the area of all non-essential personnel. But, we can belay that.
  23. ashbury
    I don't know whether marathon games are more frequent in the post-season than in the regular. I'd be kind of leery of an extremely lean pitching staff that pretty much sells out to every game being decided in 9, or 10 at most.
  24. ashbury
    We already have Cody Stashak. We had Cody Allen for a while. Too bad we didn't trade for Cody Bellinger back when the Dodgers were begging us to take him off their hands in exchange for Brian Dozier.* Perhaps Buffalo Bill Cody is still available as a free agent. * I may be mis-remembering a detail or two.
  25. ashbury
    Also, it's a hanging curve, not a fastball, despite the title to the article. Notice the location of the stitches on the baseball. / i keed, I keed... I'm no Parker Hageman...
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