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  1. ashbury
    Waiting patiently now for Chief to chime in with "we were talking about Godel, not Fermat," at which point I can zing him with "you forgot the umlaut in Gödel's name, dummkopf". Oh, the anticipation...
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    If there's a Super Group Heaven, you know that Camille Jordan and the Abelians will be headlining.
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    "Yes. It was my understanding there would be no more posts."
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    I think it was more complicated than that. Glynn's signalling perhaps was momentarily inconsistent, because Sano inexplicably started pulling up while halfway between second and third. If Glynn was windmilling to indicate a dash for home was still possible, then had to switch to a stop sign a millisecond later than he could have, confusion may have entered in, causing a further hesitation on Sano's part and then a belated decision to go for it. As the final outcome proved, the stop sign never was absolutely necessary in terms of being able to make it (maybe, with only 1 out, caution still was advisable), and Sano going all out once past second base would have scored easily. Not good, and you'd like for all concerned to process the emerging information just a little better, but perhaps not simply a willful ignoring of a stop sign. The video unfortunately doesn't show enough of Glynn, but at the 0:53 mark you see the left hand up for Stop and the right arm pointing Home. I'm trying to make sense of that. Blyleven's saying Glynn is pointing to the cutoff man, but maybe that's too complicated a signal for the situation. https://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/mp4/2018/04/05/1906794883/1522886995189/asset_1800K.mp4
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    They seemed happy.
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    All happy nations are alike; each unhappy nation is unhappy in its own way.
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    It's an evergreen topic. Just a few days ago I found the need to take quiet moderator action when someone posted to the effect that #20, #22 and #25 aren't very bright players. If this person wasn't speaking in code, and had reached the same conclusion about 3 players simultaneously, I'm sure he'll be able to get across his point better in some future post. That said, the difference with other players taking less heat than on this play, is that this play was the one-in-a-hundred where not battling his tail off actually blew up on him. If one of these days Dozier fails to reach safely on a routine grounder that the defense unexpectedly has sufficient difficulty with, he'll get the same critique, I'm sure. It's just, such outcomes are really infrequent. But once they do happen, then it's easy to look back at other situations and connect the dots. Zack Granite missed first base at the end of last season. There was plenty of criticism at the time, with people remembering other mistakes the rookie had made. It would be instructive to go back and review the last time Mauer had something like this happen, to see what people at the time said. But I can't think of the last time, and perhaps this Holmesian "dog that didn't bark" is meaningful in itself.
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    Click on Forums at the top of the page. You'll see it.
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    Moderator's note: It's not so much offense, as it's the kind of topic that can derail a thread. Open a thread in the Sports Bar forum if you wish to discuss this tangent.
  11. ashbury
    You came out better than I did. My desk is by a window, but I'm not allowed to look inside.
  12. ashbury
    It creates a bit of a mess in the kitchen, so I'm not willing to make it very often.
  13. ashbury
    Chicken. It's what's for Dinner!
  14. ashbury
    Pirates announcers pointing to Rosario's throw home to nail Polanco as the turning point. Can't really disagree.
  15. ashbury
    When he shuts the door in the 7th and 8th innings of Game 7 of the 2020 WS, you'll be singing a different tune. / I guess?
  16. ashbury
    Great, I had been putting off that chore but if you're coming over then I'll leave it in your capable hands.
  17. ashbury
    Crap, my bad. I just re-looked. Rogers is the pitcher of record.
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    Cervelli at bat with the ski mask and those glasses makes it look like the Pirates have sent their CPA into the game.
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    I am confident that one is unwritten, yes.
  20. ashbury
    It's true, but when the starter doesn't go 5, the rules allow latitude to the scorer. I won't be surprised if it's Hildenberger.
  21. ashbury
    Nice two-inning stint by Hildy!
  22. ashbury
    C'mon, even with Chief not present, you know the answer to this one. Yes.
  23. ashbury
    I'm glad to see the current Pirates pitcher making a comeback:
  24. ashbury
    Kepler goes with the pitch nicely there against the shift.
  25. ashbury
    And here is theirs:
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