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  1. big dog
    He would not have been out if he had made a decent slide. Man, Danny's scuffling. Watch for his next at-bat, where he might strike out on two pitches.
  2. big dog
    You'd think at a minimum, Boras would have encouraged him to be ready to play. Maybe they were no longer talking after that fiasco.
  3. big dog
    Well, that was quite a half-inning. Very glad it's over.
  4. big dog
    OK, let's plunk a batter here and see what happens. Won't that be fun?
  5. big dog
    Well, this might be the start of the new Josmil Pinto era. Zuke looks hurt, and he usually looks like he could shake off a collision with a pickup truck. edit-- nope, just a line drive to his ankle from about 45 feet away. Just shake it off, no problem. Nothing another 8 innings of squatting won't fix.
  6. big dog
    THE ROYALS MADE AN ERROR!!!! THE ROYALS MADE AN ERROR!!!! ARCIA AND SHAFER HAVE CAUGHT EVERYTHING HIT TO THEM SO FAR!!!! GRAB CANNED FOOD AND THE KIDS AND DRIVE OUT OF TOWN. FAST.
  7. big dog
    Arcia and Shafer have both made catches in the outfield. Encouraging News or Sign of the Apocalypse? Discuss. Santana looked even more clueless than usual during his "at-bat". Update- Shafer now 2 for 2.
  8. big dog
    So are you allowed to pee next to strange women...never mind, I withdraw the question.
  9. big dog
    ...and you didn't even have the experience of being one of several dozen guys all using a long metal trough at the same time. When you are 8 years old that is quite an experience. It does get everybody out the door and back to the game in a timely manner, though, I'll say that.
  10. big dog
    I agree with you, he's not ready yet. Your interesting rhetorical questions deserve a response- I didn't remember how Hrbek/Viola were doing in the minors, so now I do and will share that with anyone interested. Hrbek's age 21 A-ball season before his late-season callup in 1981: 121 game 535 PAs .379 BA 1.076 OPS 27 HRs 111 RBIs (I know, not that meaningful...but still) Herbie finished second in ROY voting in 1982. Viola didn't have nearly the minor league track record Hrbek did, but Herbie came out of high school and Viola had been a very good pitcher in college. Viola had been decent in AA as a 21-yr old, then left Toledo (AAA) after 8 starts with an era of 3.88. Viola was called up in 1982 at age 22. He had two really bad years as a starter his first two years in Minnesota. 1982: 4-10, 5.21 ERA, 82 ERA+ 1983: 7-15, 5.49 ERA, 77 ERA+ I'm not convinced bringing him up that soon was helpful for him. That's a year and a half of bad, bad pitching.
  11. big dog
    Most of my friends are idiots. Of course, I'm an idiot so we get along.
  12. big dog
    You don't know the tie between Jane Austen and Tchaiwhoovsky and you think we don't get Danny Kaye? Ummm...what were we talking about?
  13. big dog
    Pistols at dawn!
  14. big dog
    Who would like Graham to throw a DP ball here? I know I've got my hand up.
  15. big dog
    Glad Arcia caught that ball. He wasn't very strong near the wall last year. To say the least.
  16. big dog
    Hang on, really? I thought that was Three Stooges.
  17. big dog
    Well, that was a double-play inspired by Swan Lake.
  18. big dog
    Go easy, Gibby's got to sniff some stuff.
  19. big dog
    Yes, please. Maybe a pen on someone else's farm?
  20. big dog
    Excellent, it's way easier if you drive like the Blues Brothers. Let me know where to stand with my video camera.
  21. big dog
    The league is reviewing the footage right now. I think we can expect that promo to be overturned. Hey, it's Aaron Thompson! Nice job, Aaron!
  22. big dog
    Yeah, it depends on where you are coming from, definitely. If you aren't coming from ChiTown's neighborhood, it's a lot harder. She apparently lives by all that stuff.
  23. big dog
    Welcome home, Torii! Welcome home, Anthony!
  24. big dog
    Aren't you thinking of t-ball?
  25. big dog
    So it's not just the CIA monitoring this site. Great.
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