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  1. USAFChief
    Yeesh, Mauer.
  2. USAFChief
    http://mlb.mlb.com/assets/images/4/7/4/255970474/cuts/640x0/cut.jpg Of COURSE they'll celebrate, why wouldn't they? Every team would. Here are the DBacks this past weekend after securing a WC spot.
  3. USAFChief
    "Newsrooms are otdered not to mention the details that they otherwise would." How would this work, exactly? Details please. Who so ordered? Written, verbal, what? Everyone, or just the editor in chief? Why do you suppose nobody, anywhere, leaked this conspiracy?
  4. USAFChief
    Thanks for your always fantastic game thread intros, van! As for some ginormous arb deal next year? Dream on.
  5. USAFChief
    He was removed for injury after the half inning.
  6. USAFChief
    He's not an outfielder.
  7. USAFChief
    I'm glad Suzuki isn't behind the plate.
  8. USAFChief
    None of these are full. What the heck?
  9. USAFChief
    The "central highlands."
  10. USAFChief
    Kepler turning back into Paul Oniell would be a handy Sep/Oct development. He hit a couple rockets last night too.
  11. USAFChief
    Heezy is sort of our local medical expert and for what it's worth, he stayed at a full blown Holiday Inn last night.
  12. USAFChief
    Plus what?
  13. USAFChief
    Speaking of which... Only 4 game thread opportunities remain in 2017: Sep 27, 28, 30, You know what to do. Edit: 3 left
  14. USAFChief
    Awesome, SSOO!
  15. USAFChief
    Which has resulted in an .815 OPS. Not bad, but nothing particularly remarkable, except in comparison to his three previous seasons. Assess after 2018.
  16. USAFChief
    Perhaps because Molitor pulled his starter before serious damage...
  17. USAFChief
    I don't think determining who should be pitching is a small thing, I don't think Molitor is very good at it, and I'm certainly not forming my opinion solely on last night.
  18. USAFChief
    We'll have to agree to disagree. The status of the bullpen (*mostly) has nothing to do with when/if Molitor pulls his starter. And it shouldn't. He's got bullpen arms, he needs to use them to best effect, even if they're not good options, or his best options. *In the 2 or 3 instances per year when the bullpen truly IS taxed, I can see asking a starter for an extra out or two past when he should be removed. And it truly ISN'T more than a couple times a year that situation arises.
  19. USAFChief
    I wish just the opposite...who cares if the starter gets a W? It's the team W that goes on the record. I want Molitor gone, but not because he's too quick to pull starters. In fact it's just the opposite...far too often he waits until a fading starter has damaged the game before pulling him. Hopefully last night was a sign of progress for Molitor, and he is more likely to pull a starter a hitter or 2 too early, than a hitter or 2 too late. He did exactly the right thing last night. I hope it wasn't just pitch count driven. I hope he looked at the next couple hitters and said, "if we get beat, it won't be these two hitters off my LH starter."
  20. USAFChief
    There are no "HR procedures" to consider. Falvine could have chosen to make the call, to one of a handful of minor league MANAGERS in their system,. I think not making that call demonstrates a lack of experience and judgement...and lacks class. It's that simple. Feel free to diasagree, obviously. But HIPAA and "HR" are irrelevant at best, and lame corporate gobbledygook at worst.
  21. USAFChief
    there's an intimidation factor that, IMO, traces back to Ron Gardenhire and his quotes before every Yankee series about how perfect his team was going to need to be. Molitor, same way. When your pitching staff treats Greg Bird like Babe Ruth, you are playing scared.
  22. USAFChief
    Concur. I'd give him his last couple starts, but Molitor has to have the sense to remove him at the first sign of any hint of trouble, and he absolutely cannot be sent out to face a batting order the 3rd time, no matter how well things seem to be going. And NO to next year. Geez.
  23. USAFChief
    http://aemstatic-ww2.azureedge.net/content/dam/fr/migrated/galleries/volume-8/issue-5/20-tips-for-safe-apparatus-backing/0513frquickdrills1-web.jpg.scale.medium.jpg repeat from ln's game thread// "backing in...is still in."
  24. USAFChief
    YES
  25. USAFChief
    mod note: let's keep away from personal attacks, and focus our smoldering fury on the real culprit...the damn Yankees.
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