CentralChamps21

It started when JR bought the team. Every hire was based on personal reasons and not based on competence. Some of them, like Kenny Williams and Ozzie Guillen, did turn out to be good at their jobs, at least for a while, but that was coincidental. It resulted in lightning in a bottle in 2005.

Isn't there an exception for being called up/sent down due to someone on the IL? I was thinking there was.

This team will not be competitive again until someone other than JR owns the team. It's in our best interest that they have as little committed to long term contracts and as much stock in the farm system as possible when that moment arrives. As catastrophic as the TLR hiring was, it might end up leaving more of a blank slate for the new ownership to take over.

I need to go back and verify, but I'm pretty sure I was against trading him when it happened. He should be the DH and Eloy should have been traded for salary relief.

4.7 magnitude earthquake centered just west of Manhattan in New Jersey. No significant damage reported. Precautionary ground stops at the NY area airports.

Time for Northwest Indiana to land its football team.

Absolutely nothing with the weather nor forecast has changed over the past few hours. No reason to wait until 30 minutes before first pitch to call this.

Probably not ready yet after just signing.

I don't understand why today's game hasn't already been called so the teams can get an early jump out of town. Are they going to wait until people show up at the park and pay for parking/food/beer first?

I rewatched the two RBI singles, and it's clear that the Sox strategy for overcoming being bad at hitting is being good at trigonometry.

My grandma lives on the south side of Indy, right in the path of totality. I may head down there, but only if it looks like it won't be too cloudy.

If they were club level seats and included parking close to the stadium, I'd do it for $200.

They pretty much have their own network now. What would be the advantage of severing ties with NBC/Comcast?

I don't see a problem. They need guys to eat innings. If not him, then it's probably a younger guy who's development might get stunted by being brought up too early.

Likely to get in at least 5 today, but I imagine sometime tomorrow they postpone both Tue-Wed.

My mom's side of the family has a few Purdue grads to congrats to them on reaching the Final Four.

I'm a big fan of bunting in runs in tie games in the late innings, but I doubt Eloy has ever bunted.

Just looked up Shewmake's splits from AAA last year. .650 OPS vs LHP. Not terrible for a lefty middle infielder.

Not gonna blame the ump on that one, he was preoccupied with not getting hit.

Finally somebody occupies 2nd base!

Just a 2 game sample size, but Yoan looks much better from the left side than the right. Something I'll be keeping my eye on as the season goes on.

Until Eloy or Vaughn start doing something, I wouldn't pitch to him.

They also have it at one place on the LF concourse.

Saturday seems like a good day for Leasure.

Doesn't that count as a SB?