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  1. Western SD Fan
    And make sure it's an angry worded letter!
  2. Western SD Fan
    I was watching that game before I realized this one had started. It was satisfying that the Nats got out to a 4-run lead before the fans found their seats.
  3. Western SD Fan
    Scott Diamond came to mind for me after you said that. Diamond had one good year and never could repeat it. He was only in the league for 4 years.
  4. Western SD Fan
    Every time I see that from Keaschall, it drives me nuts. I'm keep waiting for him to air mail that toss.
  5. Western SD Fan
    After I made my list, the one where the parents sell the naming rights on their daughter's HS diploma came up. Probably would have replaced that one with the blood cancer one.
  6. Western SD Fan
    Because I don't think they have come up with a way to inhale the ozempic medication through your CPAP mask yet.
  7. Western SD Fan
    I'm not sure if I should congratulate you or give you sympathy. Your mileage may vary.
  8. Western SD Fan
    Between inning discussion topic! Most annoying commercial (nonpolitical since they are always the most annoying) so far this year! 1. All versions of the CarShield commercials. 2. Securian Financial commercials - the bowling with the blanket 3. The NMDP commercial - rock music blood cancer testing
  9. Western SD Fan
    It is a lesson learned and it's all umpire discretion. You should be intentional about your helmet touches. All of this ABS is a moving target, and some umpires have been getting excoriated for not granting challenges. As @karcherd stated, players are going to have to adjust their habits.
  10. Western SD Fan
    Dangerous challenge when you only have one left.
  11. Western SD Fan
    Apparently this was a 6:40 start and one of us 🙋‍♂️ wasn't paying attention. It looks like in the second inning they are starting to make Burke work a little bit.
  12. Western SD Fan
    Sim's outing was encouraging. Yes, there was some traffic in his 2nd inning of work. He saved the rest of the bullpen with his 2 innings of work and looked reasonably effective.
  13. Western SD Fan
    White Sox defense strikes again! Need to take advantage of this!
  14. Western SD Fan
    After a shaky start, Zebby has officially turned in a quality start. Now who comes in for Zebby. I still think Sim since we are behind and let him close out the game.
  15. Western SD Fan
    I didn't want to mention that. Very important Zebby gets through the 6th inning as well.
  16. Western SD Fan
    When did games start ending in the 8th inning? But they do need to get going and at least make Kay work or get into the CWS bullpen. They are the 25th ranked bullpen but look slightly overworked from their weekend in San Francisco. I pulled this from this link here: Bullpen Usage By Team | RotoWire
  17. Western SD Fan
    They're discussing how the Twins are one of the most improved teams with runners in scoring position. They couldn't find a good reason. My uneducated opinion is, without the 'stars' in the lineup (Correa, Lewis, Buxton at times), there is no big-time player to wait for to get the big hit, everyone needs to contribute in order for the lineup to work.
  18. Western SD Fan
    I can never find the meme when I want it. There's a cat meme where the black cat is calling the demon hotline. The hotline answers "Your demon will be summoned in the order your call was received."
  19. Western SD Fan
    I'd like to say I was smart and thoughtful. I was just listening to Plouffe discuss that Zebby didn't have control of his fastball today. If he was going to stick around today, he needed to adjust to his off-speed offerings.
  20. Western SD Fan
    I think that is the difference between an experienced pitcher and a younger guy. The younger guy has better stuff, but the more experienced pitcher adjusts quicker. We have always heard about how you needed to get pitchers like Mussina or Buerhle in the 1st inning before they made their adjustments. Looks like Zebby needed to get through the lineup before making adjustments. I think he's throwing more off-speed stuff now the second time through the order.
  21. Western SD Fan
    Pierzynski used to do color commentary on FOX. I know he is part of a podcast called Foul Territory.
  22. Western SD Fan
    I agree. I think an IL stint would have been helpful. You could have kept GG up here with regular playing time and still had Martin, Outman, or Kreidler in CF like they are having right now. I look at his runout on the ground ball. If he was healthy, I think he beats out an infield single. He was slowing up as he approached 1st base.
  23. Western SD Fan
    I see they are wearing the same navy uniforms. If it's not broke, don't fix it! Brooks Lee with a HR!
  24. Western SD Fan
    I think if you followed the bullpen chart it would make mostly logical sense on Shelton's bullpen usage. I like that he trusts (or demands) his guys to get more than 3 outs. In previous years when we had a better bullpen, it would basically be 5 and fly for the starters and the bullpen had to go in perfect order for it to work. No chance for failure or we were down to someone like Moran or Alcala trying to get critical outs because no one was left or was out because they had previously pitched the last 3 days in a row. The fact that any of these relievers may pitch anywhere from the 5th to the 9th keeps them all engaged. Shelton admitted with Rojas on Saturday that they typically have a bullpen plan depending on how the game goes. I think this bullpen is being managed better because it has to be in order to be effective. Per Inside the Pen, we are still listed as the 29th pen in MLB. I feel that is skewed from the current reality as Banda and Orze have performed better. They have SWR and his ungodly 7.53 ERA stinking up our numbers and we have finally cut some dead weight off in Topa and Garcia. If I calculate ERA and WHIP from when Topa or Garcia was last used (Topa on Monday), the bullpen has a 0.95 ERA and a 0.73 WHIP. While that is very SSS, I think it shows that putting faith in the young guys in the bullpen has given them the confidence to perform.
  25. Western SD Fan
    One pitch. One out. One save. Adams makes it look easy. Probably helps that he was in the bullpen all day and had the driest hands of the pitching staff.
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