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  1. USAFChief
    guys get doubled off third on line drives to first all the time? Again, I disagree. And as pointed out above, it wasn't even a strong throw to third, Olson threw from his backside. Cave just screwed up. It shouldn't have happened. Much like the play recently where Buxton got caught tagging and going to third on a fly ball to center, costing the Twins a run (and ultimately the game), I'm quite positive if you could privately ask the player (in this case Cave, not Kep), he'd say, "yeah, I know. Bad play on my part. Won't happen again."
  2. USAFChief
    I disagree. Even if the contact play is on, which I have zero problem with, that's on a ground ball. If the ball is in the air, your first step is always back towards third. The line drive was caught at first, not third, an entire infield away. There's no way to excuse getting picked off third on a ball caught at first. None. Fundamentals. That, plus the Arraez gaffe, cost the Twins two runners in scoring position. There's been a lot of that. Both of them were inexcusable, IYAM.
  3. USAFChief
    This is what happens when you put Republicans in charge. Child labor laws? pffft
  4. USAFChief
    teh awesome.
  5. USAFChief
    Ray will end up with the Yankees, if traded. I can't imagine why Cincinnati trades Gray.
  6. USAFChief
    True story. Also true: in the years 1883-2016, and 2018, over one thousand teams* dropped 16 of 17 and went on to miss the postseason. *number pulled completely out of my ***
  7. USAFChief
    Good call. May is worse than Parker. My rankings: Avian flu > Parker > May.
  8. USAFChief
    he could have asked him in April not to hot dog every. Single. Catch. Rosario styles everything, and it caught up to him.
  9. USAFChief
    There is no real, actual bullpen help internally. Go get some real, bullpen help, and pay what it costs. Falvine failed over the winter, so now pay the price. I repeat...stop pretending the help is already in the organization. That's insulting, if you ask me.
  10. USAFChief
    No bad luck involved, or at least not enough to matter. Bad play.
  11. USAFChief
    Yes. Happy now?
  12. USAFChief
    huh? One inning last Tuesday??
  13. USAFChief
    One huge and noticeable difference between Baldelli and Molitor, in evidence in both games this series: Molitor routinely left his starter in too long. Then after the damage was done, he'd make his grim faced march out to the mound to remove the guy. Baldelli is much more likely to go get his starter before the game is lost. I'm very confident that both last night and tonight, Molitor would not have removed his starter. Huge props.
  14. USAFChief
    Concur on the Perez "frame." Laugh. Out. Loud.
  15. USAFChief
    Best win of the season so far. Rogers! Side note: Will Smith blew his first save of the season for the Giants tonight...get him while his value has cratered!!1! EDIT: too late. SF scored 4 in the top of the 10th, Smith will get the W, and his value will SKYROCKET!!1
  16. USAFChief
    Hey bird...ask Jim to prompt Falvine to get some GD bullpen help, stat.
  17. USAFChief
    It took a great deal of courage to open this article. I just knew what it was going to be about.
  18. USAFChief
    It's not Coke.
  19. USAFChief
    as a practical matter, I agree. I understood the question to be about eligibility, perhaps I read it wrong.
  20. USAFChief
    they could. There are no minimums to be eligible, only maximums. To be eligible for ROTY, a player can't have accumulated more than 130 ABs or 50 IP, or spent more than 45 days on a 25 man roster outside September, in any previous year(s). If a player meets that criteria, he is eligible for ROTY.
  21. USAFChief
    You're aware, aren't you, that Rogers spent the majority of his minor league career as a (fairly nondescript) starter? And was moved intentionally to a relief role?
  22. USAFChief
    Let's say he doesn't try to tag, and they go up 2-1, and go on to win the game. I have said more than once, it was the wrong decision no matter the result. I'm 99 percent positive Buxton would say the same thing. This play was unusual, for a reason. I don't remember the last time I saw it. And I doubt I will see it again any time soon...because it's simply not done. Both teams were surprised he would do that, and both teams instantly viewed it as a clear, unequivocal clearcut baserunning gaffe. I'm all in favor of aggressive baserunning, particularly from someone like Buxton. I love him turning a single into a double, for example, particularly when there are already 2 outs in an inning. I absolutely hate third base coaches not sending runners when there's any chance they score on a hit to the outfield, again particularly with 2 outs. But this wasn't aggressive, it was dumb. The cost/benefit analysis was done about 2 days after baseball was invented, and it hasn't changed. Nobody does this, and for good reason.
  23. USAFChief
    A 10 percent chance he's thrown out, and a 20 percent chance the ball gets away?? Let's just say we disagree. I have no idea the chance he gets thrown out, but it's a lot more than 10 percent--a lot more, he did get thrown out, remember--and I would estimate the chances the ball gets away far enough for him to score at less than 1 percent. These are major league players.
  24. USAFChief
    Agreed. And I would be willing to bet he never makes that same mistake again.
  25. USAFChief
    Sorry, but IMO it's not even debatable. It was a terribly bad decision, one that simply isn't done. For the record, it didn't take a perfect throw, the play wasn't even particularly close. But that's not important, it would have been the absolute wrong decision even IF he had made it. Consider this: when is the last time this situation came into play? I bet you haven't seen it in ... forever. That's because nobody makes that mistake. It's something that's completely intuitive, and if not, learned early in a player's baseball career. You simply can't get thrown out in any situation like that, so players don't try it....because it might cost a run, and there's little to be gained anyway. This was a Baseball-101 level mistake. And I'm absolutely positive Buxton would say the same thing.
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