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  1. ashbury
    Certain questions answer themselves. In unison now: "Yes"
  2. ashbury
    At least I remembered to edit the part about going out to dinner with Mrs Chief. That would have been awkward to explain away.
  3. ashbury
    ...and bleeder through the infield... and induced popup three guys still are working on corraling. Hardly a great start. But there's a lot more gray area in this performance than the Gameday readout shows.
  4. ashbury
    Went to an Italian restaurant with Mrs Ash the other night. They had a sign out front, "We Support Legalized Marinara".
  5. ashbury
    Buxton would have had that fly ball by Garcia. (So did Kepler, and only barely crashed into the fence, even.)
  6. ashbury
    And bee-stings are in the hand of the bee-holder. (Say, where IS Chief, anyway? )
  7. ashbury
    Yeah, I know... I guess he's got deceptive speed and I wuz deceeved.
  8. ashbury
    But let's hang it around Gonsalves's neck anyway.
  9. ashbury
    In case I had any lingering hopes for Cave in CF, watching him lumber around the bases had me thinking, corner outfielder. (Ohhh, he wasn't that bad, but I expected him to score even easier than he did. Still getting to know him.)
  10. ashbury
    There was no triple that inning, except in the imagination of the official scorer. Delmonico was loafing as he rounded first base, until he noticed Kepler farting around with the ball at the wall. But I acknowledged that double at the outset - no one's fault except Stephen's, until the runner wound up on third that is. The HBP was a bounced pitch and the batter was over the line of the batter's box. I'm not sure of the legality but it seems like it could have been called dead ball. In any case the inning is shaped by the bounce of the ball on that PA. By the time of the next double, the one past Sano, the inning could have been over with.
  11. ashbury
    I just realized who Busenitz reminds me of: with that scruffy beard, he could sign autographs for Andy Samberg if he wanted to.
  12. ashbury
    You're going to hold a bleeder, a fluke HBP, and a popup no one could get to, against him? He could make his own luck, no question, with some better stuff or at least better execution of what he's throwing. But he could easily have been out of this inning with no runs scored, even with the leadoff double.
  13. ashbury
    Kepler or Cave in CF? No.
  14. ashbury
    Gonsalves got a gift strike call from the plate ump, otherwise he's not gotten any breaks during this second inning. The double was legit, after that it's been bad luck from the pitcher's perspective.
  15. ashbury
    It's not uncommon to let a guy make his major league debut on the road. Although the crowd may be more hostile, it also might be considered less immediate pressure for the young'un. I had the fun of attending Rich Harden's Coliseum debut for the A's back in 2003. He already had two major league starts under his belt at that point. (His changeup was a sight to behold.)
  16. ashbury
    It was toward the end of a much different era. It hadn't been that long before then that promising players would turn down the chance to work toward major league ball because they couldn't afford it. MLB at the time didn't pay that much more than a good regular job, or a job on a farm, so to take the risk while playing away from home was often not sufficiently attractive. This guy was the class of his league for a time, but it was as much him at age 32 saying "nah, I'm fine", as the scouts collectively saying "meh". He probably knew deep down that he was preying on young inexperienced pitchers and would not make contact often enough against guys with major league stuff. He's an interesting side story, nonetheless.
  17. ashbury
    It Ain't Over Until The... oh wait, it looks over. Do not taunt Magic Number Ball.
  18. ashbury
    Here's a pretty good short bio from SABR: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/45655983 It doesn't definitively state why he didn't get more attention from the big leagues, but this statement probably sums up what scouts of the day knew: "small ballparks, prevailing winds that blew balls toward the outfields, tired-armed six-man pitching staffs and a shortage of left-handed hurlers gave all Longhorn League hitters an advantage." Bauman never had this kind of success in a different league level - it was always the C leagues out West.
  19. ashbury
    Now that you've clarified your initial questions, as to which way each of us is rooting for things to work out, from here to season's end... First, I always root for wins, as I enjoy that angle of rooting better than the alternatives. Waving a white flag and bringing up prospects is one thing. Intentional tanking is something I'll nearly always disagree with on principle, as being opposed to the spirit of athletics. Beyond that, though, I think the value of picking a few slots better in next June's draft, or the Rule 5, or also in any waiver claims that may be expedient during the off-season, is exceeded by the value of some players we'll be counting on for next year coming through for us in September to make a .500 or better record come about. If we were to finish at .500 because of guys with expiring contracts, I'd feel differently, but we mostly don't have those now.
  20. ashbury
    Sure. Aim for the stars.
  21. ashbury
    What are you inferring?
  22. ashbury
    It's late August and they're only 5 down at this writing. Of course they could do it. I see very little chance of them catching Boston, though.
  23. ashbury
    That was smooth. Brian on the other hand is chunky.
  24. ashbury
    Do you have someone in mind who has done this?
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