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  1. ashbury
    I have in the meantime gotten my bifocals fixed. It turned out that Polanco was throwing the ball straight and true to the first baseman the whole time.
  2. ashbury
    As I've said probably too often by now, I based my worry on personal observation at the back fields at spring training a couple years ago. He was scattering or short-hopping routine throws as often as making accurate ones. I was not optimistic he could improve by now - my concern was that his arm strength might have maxed out that that point. I am glad to see he has indeed improved - he's making major league plays, not merely routine ones. (BTW I am sure I, as just some guy on the Internet, am not the "original source" for anything whatsoever.) And conversely, the mistakes Sano makes look correctable with experience, while his ability to come in on a slow roller and fire to first always told me he has all the tools needed to succeed. Improvement comes down to his commitment to work at it, which so far this year looks promising. He may not achieve complete reliability in time before his weight becomes the deciding factor some year, so that's the other worry for me.
  3. ashbury
    Do we know which coach(es) worked with Polanco and Sano on their defense? Teams identify pitching coaches and batting coaches, but seemingly leave defense to whoever has a spare moment during workouts. I know that's not really the case. Molitor was a middle infielder, so has it been him?
  4. ashbury
    This brings Palacios's career low-A OPS to somewhere around .667.
  5. ashbury
    Too Soon.
  6. ashbury
    And whatever you do, don't mention the War!
  7. ashbury
    Lefty on the mound, I presume? The choices are few, with this gargantuan bullpen.
  8. ashbury
    There's been a general uptick in questioning of one another's motives recently. I'd like to ask everyone to dial that aspect back, even if intended humorously.
  9. ashbury
    Can he try three seams and split the difference? (There's a kernel of a serious question in there, but I don't know enough of the fundamentals to ask it correctly.)
  10. ashbury
    No, you are not. You are comfortably numb.
  11. ashbury
    Gordon has the potential to surpass the "Greg Gagne Line", which would mean being more than sufficient for a WS winning team to hold onto (shifting to 2B if need be). Vielma worries me that he'll be more like Chico Escuela with the bat, which would lead to some kind of career given his glove but not be a championship mainstay. I'm rooting for him, though; hitting well enough to play every day at SS would be awesome for the defense.
  12. ashbury
    There's also the 2-1 thing.
  13. ashbury
    With all due respect, the response you got was just about what I expected to see.
  14. ashbury
    "I love the Wild", said Tom puckishly.
  15. ashbury
    Barbara was his mom.
  16. ashbury
  17. ashbury
    "Look at those newborn kittens," said Tom Swift literally.
  18. ashbury
    No, his nose just starts bleeding on its own.
  19. ashbury
    Joe Mama.
  20. ashbury
    Fair, but on that play deep to his right I think you're describing the difference between Gold Glove and regular MLB shortstop, not MLB SS versus AAA. It was a real fine play, I thought.
  21. ashbury
    Okay, maaaaaybe Polanco is a shortstop after all.
  22. ashbury
    Covey's got a lot of movement on his pitches. Too much, at the moment.
  23. ashbury
    "Pretty good recovery by Garcia." "Which one?"
  24. ashbury
    We were more lenient. Our daughter was pleased to learn she could date when she turned 16, until she remembered both her parents work in the computer biz and hexadecimal is our natural number system.
  25. ashbury
    "Oh! That's our Shortstop!"
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