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  1. ashbury
    We're still talking about the GPS, right?
  2. ashbury
    Chief's current whereabouts being unknown at the moment, I'll step in to answer "Yes".
  3. ashbury
    So, we should check in with you again on this tomorrow, to see if you've finally made up your mind?
  4. ashbury
    Crooked underhanded dealings could cover the return, if this loophole could be exploited. Not that C.U.D. don't occur anyway, here and there.
  5. ashbury
    Good solution to the dilemma.
  6. ashbury
    If it was correct, don't you think GM's would exploit such a loophole, to "trade" a player who had no-trade rights and didn't want to go, all the time?
  7. ashbury
    It is also possible to start feeling the hangover effects approximately halfway through the first beer. At least, that has been my particular cross to bear. * though, to be honest, my solution for the past 20 years or so has been to just ignore it and continue
  8. ashbury
    Chief runs the game thread volunteer program, so I can't speak for him, but the person assigned to this date hasn't posted yet, so unless and until a squawk is raised, we can leave this one here for the game.
  9. ashbury
    And this one. As good a comment on the human condition as I can think of..
  10. ashbury
    Might as well just post the entire Far Side collection, but here's one that blew my mind first time I saw it. It's probably hard for young'uns to realize how revolutionary this daily comic panel was in its day. There was Dennis the Menace, and underground comics. Larson brought twisted humor mainstream.
  11. ashbury
    If he starts the 2017 season in the bullpen then we have a topic to discuss.
  12. ashbury
    I tried to warn you guys. My one-inning in-person in-depth scouting report from Pawtucket several weeks ago was essentially "he coughed up a run to blow a save situation. Not A Prospect." But nooooo, you wouldn't listen....
  13. ashbury
    You sell the man short. Gibson has been under-30 in every start he's ever made.
  14. ashbury
    Vielma at age 22 and hitting .292 in AA certainly hasn't ruled himself out with the bat. His floor remains below the fabled Pedro Florimon however. Hopefully the batting coaches can help him learn the additional skills necessary to keep major league pitchers from abusing him. If successful, he could arrive in 2018 or sometime after. If unsuccessful, well, we can always get Florimon back.
  15. ashbury
    I don't think that's the right way to look at Santiago. He wasn't acquired IMO particularly for his talent, which I think we all agree is so-so. He was acquired (or at least that's what I would have done) because you can get out from under his contract if you want to. If we keep him in 2017, then yes, the salary relief versus Nolasco is negligible; but if either we trade him in the coming off-season for a minor prospect, or else simply non-tender him, we have the approximately $9M he would get in arbitration to reapply to other purposes. That is not a choice the team had, with Nolasco. We're paying Nolasco's salary the rest of this year, and $4M of it next year, so it's not as much salary relief as a straight swap would have given. But it's something. Obtaining this flexibility is what costs us Meyer. Busenitz is a throw-in to disguise what's going on for the average fan who follows trades - nobody enjoys trades that are motivated mainly by money. You don't fix a sclerotic roster in a single trade. But with a series of moves that carry out a consistent vision, it can be accomplished over time, probably half a year. By spring training next year we'll have a better idea whether this trade was part of a strategy or just another random move. I'm not a clairvoyant so I don't know if that's what Antony has in mind. OTOH, it might not matter what Antony intends. If we get a new GM, this trade has improved the flexibility for whoever sits in the big chair, and that person might want to thank Antony.
  16. ashbury
    http://funny.trendolizer.com/assets_c/2015/09/1753511-thumb-288xauto-1521947.jpg “How can you think and hit at the same time?”
  17. ashbury
    It's not? That's all Terry Ryan had been selling us these past four years or so.
  18. ashbury
    Royals game alert: Jennings got a double in the 8th. Hope it doesn't jinx the no-no to say that.
  19. ashbury
    Nolasco, to all intents and purposes.
  20. ashbury
    I had the same thought, and dismissed it as just a routine thing for a big leaguer to do - go toward the ball, duh. But, how nice is that, if we can take it for granted?
  21. ashbury
    "You keep using the word Keanu. I do not think it means what you think it means."
  22. ashbury
    He was a very good pitcher with World Series rings so I don't... oh, ISWYDT.
  23. ashbury
    Revisiting this... I'd like to submit it for consideration as Post Of The Game.
  24. ashbury
    KEP-ler! I'm out of things to say.
  25. ashbury
    ISWYDT.
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