EloyJenkins

imo this is 100% on the parents. Living in Georgia it's unreal the pressure parents put on their kids for baseball and football especially. My boy is 6 and loves throwing and hitting but has no desire to play ball yet. totally fine. I am not spending every waking minute and hour of free time pushing him to be something he doesn't care to be at this point. If he becomes a natural athlete and starts really picking a lane or two eventually it's his choice and his raw talent would rise anyways (If he even has talent). Youth sports and parental pushing for year round stress on 8-14 year olds especially is GROSS imo. I like your HS theories a lot. Maximum velocity and curveballs for 13-17 year olds is child abuse.

Under the Radar...to the ALCS...

Time to start looking at San Diego or Texas flights. Rumor is they are going to have some playoff fans...

NOPE. extreme confidence. And to be fair...I posted it on that foul tip, I thought it was a K.

32-16 boys. after 8-9...I don't think anyone saw them as the best team in baseball...yet here THEY ARE.

Fry coming back strong could be HUGE. loss of Bummer doesn't sting as much and then Detweiler can be high leverage guy.

honestly I could be okay with that. 2021 Sox are favorites to win it all if they retain him and get a Bauer or Stroman. And keeping James around for another year let's the whole Vaughn, Abreu thing work itself out and then if you really want to trade Yaz and keep James long term...that could be on the table.

McCann has won a starting role the rest of the season - catching Gio and Dunning. Him and Grandal together with everyone else...might just be enough to make them AL favorites.

oh nice...Twins are feeling the frustration of the new King of the Hill. your run is over b****es.

Quality starts is gonna be Dunning's thing the next few years.

MVP is really heating up!

Magic was unhappy about not line driving that one

Yep. still not right yet.

seeing Robert crush something this inning should really help us understand if he is turning a corner.

Yikes. that was a getaway day inning approach.

Dane Needs to work outside more. that is where the bad ump zone is tonight.

FTFY to your original intent...?

Hell yes La Pantera! Finally a good swing without breaking his head off.

James got the Oppo party invite finally!

He has the third highest WAR in AL this season mostly because his Defense while his offense has faltered. NOT overrated.

Kyle's grand slam stealer may have sealed it for him. It's fine. Robert will win an MVP and even potentially world series MVP in his career. Kyle plays for the Mariners. yuck.

If Twins taught us anything last night, its they are slumping getting clutch hits. I am fine with contact as long as Dane isn't walking people. The defense is elite tonight.

yeah, he didn't get the invite to the oppo party...damnit.

ain't no party like an oppo party, cuz an oppo party don't stop!

good swings from everyone so far. Love YoYo and Yaz back to back to get pitch count up before Abreu and Eloy's free swinging.