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  1. ashbury
    ... off the Empire State Building.
  2. ashbury
    I started to joke, does Byron withhold his services when Kyle Gibson is on the mound? But then I looked at Kyle's game log. There is no shortage of bad games to choose from, but when I sort by the "Game Score" shorthand tool at bb-ref.com, 4 of the 6 worst games this year had someone other than Buxton starting in CF. In Gibby's 2 decent starts, Buxton was there for both. Kyle's not Ervin. But maybe you are onto something there. Then again, Ervin has had only 4 starts that were less than very good. Buxton was there in CF for all 4. Analysis is not easy.
  3. ashbury
    It's very disappointing. Just three years ago, he was on a trajectory toward being a productive major leaguer. I had him just behind Kepler and Polanco as likely to make it.
  4. ashbury
    Approves:
  5. ashbury
    He's had a good June so far, batting .324 with an OPS almost .900.
  6. ashbury
    Indeed, Ben went 3 for 5 in the Kernels' 16-3 laugher over the Clinton LumberKnaves, with his first homer of the season, a two-run opposite-field shot in the 8th. He garnered two singles and also got on base via an error, and nearly scored every time he reached base, except for making it only to third base in the seventh when a Lewin Diaz groundout into a double play snuffed that rally. He did strike out once. The game raised Ben's season batting average.
  7. ashbury
    A better slide would have resulted in a call of safe. He hit the ground a fraction too soon or too hard or something, and was running on fumes when he finally reached the bag. Game of inches. It shouldn't have been close enough that replay would be (apparently) inconclusive like that.
  8. ashbury
    Never visited Philly, I take it?
  9. ashbury
    After a string of five quite good games, Felix might have been due for a bad one, and that's what the host Tennessee Smokies gave him on Saturday, June 17, in front of a record-sized crowd in attendance for Jimmy Buffett night. In six innings he gave up five runs, on nine hits (two of which went out) and one walk. He struck out four. Most of the damage was done in the four-run second inning, during which the home runs were hit consecutively after a walk, and then a couple more singles sandwiching a balk brought another tally home. The additional run came in the fourth inning courtesy of a double and a single. The Lookouts batters picked him up, and he actually got credit for the 7-5 win. Probably the home crowd was lost in Margaritaville while enjoying their cheeseburgers in the paradise that is the Knoxville suburb of Kodak, and didn't take the loss all that hard. His ERA is back up to 3.35.
  10. ashbury
    Slegers had a somewhat higher-level game against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders in an 8-2 win on Thursday night, June 15. On the negative side, he required 94 pitches to cover only 5 full innings, and his first inning was rough with three singles, a run coming in on the second of those. Among the positives was that he limited the opponents to that one run, and only one runner made it as far as second base the rest of his outing. He averaged a strikeout per inning, while walking only two. Contributing to the low scoring number was that none of the six hits was of the extra-base variety. He now has a season ERA of 4.06.
  11. ashbury
    He looked so young back when he was young.
  12. ashbury
    Moderator's note: Observant posters will have figured out that we grant a lot more latitude in these Sports Bar threads than in the baseball areas, but even here there are limits. Don't compound a charged topic with gratuitious profanity, even if disguised (or blanked out by the site software).
  13. ashbury
    The "real" Gibson is 50% Good Kyle and 50% Bad Kyle. This year's Lite version has been mainly 100% of the latter.
  14. ashbury
    And also to those who are not on here. (Thanks for the reminder to call mine.)
  15. ashbury
    Sellers or buyers? Reply hazy try again.Light beer or real beer? A good pale ale, or stout, is always a correct answer.Hot dogs or Brats? In the midwest, brats. In the east, what they call brats are random.Coffee or Tea? Yes. Eggs or Egg Beaters? No.
  16. ashbury
    I thought it was a delovely post.
  17. ashbury
    Elizabethton starts this Thursday, GCL a week from tomorrow. Let's get cracking. I'll take Austin Bizzle, our 40th rounder, just for grins and giggles. I'll probably pick someone else too, after the rush for the top signees. I didn't find the signing deadline, but last year's was July 15. To know who has signed or at least committed, you can check here: http://twinsdaily.com/uploads/monthly_06_2017/ccs-39-0-90959600-1497744829.jpg (I'm assuming that image will be what is updated daily. If not, go back to the article from whence it came: http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/2017-draft-notes-and-rumors-r5728 )
  18. ashbury
    Wasn't that the consensus last night too?
  19. ashbury
    FTFY.
  20. ashbury
    I used to be good at diagnosing computer memory leaks but when using a browser that has so many add-ons I am out of my depth. Nonetheless, when I'm on TD the memory footprint of Firefox itself just keeps growing and growing the longer I am on, and eventually I have to start over. Firefox bug, or something bad in the ads, or maybe something in the TD site software, I haven't a clue.
  21. ashbury
    I like your new avatar and tagline. I played way too many hours of that game.
  22. ashbury
    He can take them out to the spot where Encarnacion's souvenir landed and show them first-hand. / edit - ninja'd by about a bazillion posters. I want a new wifi.
  23. ashbury
    We can go with this one if you like it better:
  24. ashbury
    Molitor to Turley before the game: "You better plan on going 9. Breslow's first up in the bullpen if you need help. Just so you know."
  25. ashbury
    Where? The Internet, if I recall correctly. It's been a while though. Why? Once in a while you need a visual illustration of the word "defenseless".
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