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30 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:His name is Gio and he dances on the sand
Just like that baseball twisting to a catcher's hand
And when he shines, he really shows you all he can
Oh Gio, Gio, dance across the grassy landWow! Irish folk songs *and* 80's hits. Does your talent know no bounds? 😀
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55 minutes ago, chw42 said:
Was there a reason why Bummer wasn't available today? He didn't pitch yesterday.
I just assumed this was Tony giving Ruiz an opportunity in a higher leverage situation since he has pitched so well this year. Unfortunately, he did not make the most of his opportunity.
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1 minute ago, Texsox said:
I think we all agree that of the three options the staff picked the worse one.
Seconded.
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4 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:
Actually I'm pretty sure besides using Abreu they could have also pinch run for Hendricks which would have taken him out of the game. Tony wanted him in the game but there was really no reason to keep him in the game . Only Kopech and Hendricks had been used so there were lots of guys available with an off day coming upp the next day.
https://twitter.com/JRFegan/status/1390033735458902021/photo/1
That's not how I read it, but I admit it is possible. I believed that the intent of the "or a pinch runner" was to allow the manager to actually "pinch run" for the pitcher and remove him from the game. That is, there are three options 1. Let the pitcher run; 2. Let the position player immediately before the pitcher run; or 3. Remove the pitcher from the game and replace him with a PR. But, as with so many things in life, wthdik?
Edit: Sorry, I misread your quote. I agree. PR for Hendriks and removing him from the game was an option.
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35 minutes ago, ejm3 said:
So what, we had a well rested bullpen and who said Bummer couldn't have closed the inning out.
Well, this is certainly a valid point and Bummer obviously couldn't have done much worse than Hendriks in B10 (hindsight being 20/20). However, it seems obvious that TLR wanted Hendriks to pitch B10, because if he didn't and failed to realize that he could simply PR for a base runner (Hendriks) who is then taken out of the game, that's a much bigger indictment of TLR than anything having to do with this ridiculous runner-at-2nd rule we've been discussing.
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1 hour ago, Texsox said:
Wouldn't it have been better if someone on the staff said "whose running for Hendriks" Instead of confirming Hendriks was on second?
1 hour ago, Texsox said:Wouldn't it imply the staff knew that the NL rules allowed for pinch running for the pitcher in that situation while allowing the pitcher to stay in the game?
Well, it doesn't allow for PR (a remaining bench player), per se. It allows for the player immediately preceding the pitcher's spot to run instead. My point was just that saying "who's running for Hendriks" might be interpreted by an old NL manager like him to think of actually PR for Hendriks and having someone else pitch B10.
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23 minutes ago, Texsox said:
Wouldn't it have been better if someone on the staff said "whose running for Hendriks" Instead of confirming Hendriks was on second?
Because that might imply that they wanted to replace Hendricks with a PR which would mean he wouldn't pitch the bottom of the 10th.
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1 minute ago, Dick Allen said:
I told you before all the injuries you will be seeing guys play in places they never played under Tony. But Lamb and Vaughn trying LF does at least make some sense.
This speaks volumes about what the FO really thinks of the OF prospects already in the org.
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22 minutes ago, reiks12 said:
Eaton's hurt, surprised hes not on the IL.
Which is why I was surprised they brought up Mendick. You basically have 4 OF (including Eaton) on the roster + Lamb who never played OF before this year.
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Lose Robert, call up Mendick. We have four viable OF with Eaton looking kinda gimpy. Can Mendick play the OF or is there a master plan to put Mercedes in the OF?
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1 hour ago, Chick Mercedes said:
They can, but patching in scrubs like Hamilton and Lamb is not responsible. They need to make a move, and they did before this really.
This org wasn't very deep in OF talent before the season began and has now seen major injuries to Eloy, Engle and Robert. And watching Eaton it looks like he's having issues too. They've basically sustained injuries to their top four OF coming into the season. They can't run Leury/Hamilton out there every day for the next six weeks, especially with a ton of division games coming up. I think the FO will be forced to make a trade.
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1 minute ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
So Vaughn is succeeding because his manager sits him on the bench for bad players? Consistent playing time, from my history and understanding, are the best ways to maintain offensive consistency. Playing less often makes hitting more difficult.
What did I state as a fact? If you want to applaud Tony LaRussa for benching Andrew Vaughn so he could play a guy who is not in the big leagues any longer, by all means go right ahead and applaud that decision making.
I was very much wait-and-see on TLR, but I've actually started to worry about his lineups as well. But today, he's sitting Vaughn against RHP Bieber. Is that optimal or not? I can see an argument for it, even if I'm not enamored with the alternative.
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4 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:
If Gen z supposedly have no critical thinking skills, then you boomers are incapable of just admitting you were wrong lol.
The handling of Vaughn has been atrocious. It's OK to just admit that and move on.
It must be nice to have access to the multiverse where you can see alternate realities where Vaughn has been handled differently and evaluate his success in each universe. That must be what enables you to make such absolute statements. Tell me ... in which universe was he handled optimally? And by whom? You state things as fact when they are clearly just your opinion, but, truth be told, you don't have any idea whether TLR is handling things "right" or not. It's this kind of stuff that comes across as plain arrogance. CIrcumspection is not a bad quality to have.
Just my $0.02.
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11 hours ago, Dominikk85 said:
I read that there is some scepticism in black communities because us pharmaceutical industry didn't always treat black people very well in the past. I'm not from the US though so I don't know the exact background.
9 hours ago, Quin said:The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is the most famous example, but yes.
Just to be clear ...
"... was an ethically abusive study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)".
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Good night.
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The volatility of bullpen arms never ceases to amaze me.
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6 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:
Hal-2000? Kubrick fans?
It was the HAL-9000.
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26 minutes ago, kitekrazy said:
How does one now define cooling off for a guy like Yermin.
When his babip drops below 0.700.
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Any idea what Yermin's BABIP is?
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2 minutes ago, YourWhatHurts said:
^Here now it's more professional
I hope you will consent to allowing me to change my avatar to this.
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10 minutes ago, gusguyman said:
You couldn't find a single picture of Yermin in a Sox hat?
Hey. Cut me some slack. I made this a few years ago. Use your imagination. Imagine he's wearing a Sox hat.
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Do they do promos at spring training games? They need to do a Halfway to Halfway to St. Patrick's Day shirt giveaway.
Jose Abreu leaves game with injury
in Pale Hose Talk
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Hustle is great and all but that ball couldn't have come down more than 10 ft from home plate. If that's not the catcher's play then, apart from a pop-up behind HP, I'm not sure what is.