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    I don't understand why the coaching staff thinks Hill is adequate at LT. Why not try O'Niell over there?
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    Linval is ruled out of this game
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    We're certainly in the soft part of the schedule now. My only concerns today: 1. Whoever the Jets decide to line up against Alexander will have a big day. 2. If Linval is out, Crowell could have a good day too. I don't think Darnold is good, so I'm hoping for a couple of INTs today. The Jets are also missing 3 starters in their secondary, so Cousins/Diggs/Thielen should shred their backups.
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    Didn't pay close attention to the game but the big TDs I saw them give up in the first half were filled with fundamental mistakes. Missing tackles and breakdowns in coverage happen far too often. Fleck will have to try out a new DC next season...
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    MLB hasn't needed to write in a rule like that because teams have been operating in good faith for nearly 100 years. If they start a pitcher, they would see how he throws for more than 5 pitches. If you can't see the error and bush league nature of telling someone you're starting a LH pitcher with every intention of taking him out after 1 batter I can't help you. It's a bad precedent, and I'm glad they weren't rewarded for their blatant deceit.
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    Good for Dozier to play in a WS. Happy for him.
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    The Brewers lost me with their decision in game 5 to deceive LA by starting Miley for 1 batter. I'm glad they lost tonight. They don't deserve to go to the WS.
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    This is ugly...
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    BTW, there is no way only one person is winning this jackpot. It'll be split between 4-5 different people.
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    I would go completely off the grid. No one except immediate family and the team of lawyers/financial advisors needed to keep the money safe would know I won. Winning that amount of money is a curse.
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    Blast from the past! Byron Leftwich is the new OC in Arizona.
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    Looks like Arizona just fired their OC Mike McCoy, who couldn't be more unimaginative with the game plan. It didn't come to mind calling plays for David Johnson to run outside the tackles and see if he could break a big run...
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    I disagreed with your thought that we're stuck with him now or need to extend him. If he were on the trade block there will be interest from a few teams to acquire him.
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    His low BABIP has been described here as bad luck. Eventually bad luck becomes the norm when he's had a low BABIP over 2+ seasons. Reminds me of the Nolasco conversations we had a few years ago where his FIP was always a run+ better than his ERA. Eventually we have to conclude this is who he is.
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    This team is definitely not Gritty enough for Gritty.
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    Disagree. He still has 3 years of arbitration control left and now he's established himself as a good starting MLB player averaging 2 WAR a season. There's plenty of value in that...
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    That's true. I don't know how he's going to remain a 2.8 fWAR player if Buxton plays 120+ games in CF. Or if he slides to 1B. That's going to require him putting it all together at the plate.
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    I don't think it's any coincidence his value defensively skyrocketed because of Buxton's absence in CF. Expect to see a decline next season: especially so if he spends a good portion of his time at 1B. His offensive numbers as a whole hasn't changed, even when he's seen success against LH pitching. It's possible he puts it all together and hits RH like 2017 and LH like 2018... I'm not confidently predicting that though. That being said, I would seek a trade off of his career high fWAR season and 3 years of control left. The bat is average, plays above average RF and CF in a pinch. There's value in that and he should generate interest. Who knows, maybe him packaged with prospects could help the Twins acquire a difference maker.
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    It was such a close play where the original call wins. It sucks that it changed the whole outcome of the game. Who knows how that would have played out if the HR was ruled a HR.
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    Alex Cora announced last night that Chris Sale won't be able to make his start tonight for game 5. If Cora was a strategic genius like Craig Counsell he would have kept it quiet, make him dress and pitch to the 1st batter before switching to RH Joe Kelly.
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    Here's another screenshot that shows just how close this play was. The rule itself is also depending on a matter of inches. If the player has his glove over the yellow line into the stands, fans can "interfere" by trying to catch the ball themselves. If the player's glove is still in the field of play, they are not allowed to interfere with the player. If West called it a HR instead, there wasn't conclusive evidence either way. It all boiled down to his initial call.
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    I'm not sure the fan(s) ever reach over the yellow line. It's very close if they did.
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    Joe West screws up again. How did MLB let that call stand?
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    Thank you baseball gods for not rewarding the Brewers this game.
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