The Beast

Yep. I want to know whose dumbass call it was to not acquire anyone for replacing Jimenez, or at least why they didn’t get a DH. Playoff teams have actual depth instead of retreads. Can’t wait to see Lamb and Williams out of here and maybe Hamilton too.

Wishful thinking that Vaughn could handle the DH duties and that they could survive without acquiring anyone new to play LF with Jimenez on the shelf. And yes I know Engel is coming back but they still need another bat.

Eh, if Jimenez was playing I think things might be different. I’m not there yet to blame La Russia when they aren’t hitting.

They need Engel and Anderson back badly. I never want to see Williams up here when Engel is back.

J&J is at least 57% effective, although I didn’t see how effective the others were in terms of percentages with the South African variant. First and foremost, thank you for getting the vaccine. As far as your family member and friend reacting, it can happen, but for the most part, the benefits outweigh the risk. As for those who are against getting the vaccine because it won’t protect against variants, at least you will be in line for a booster and they’ll either have to start the process from scratch or risk the impacts of the variants. Whether or not to take the vaccine is a personal choice, but I think those who get it will be on the right side of history for defeating this pandemic than those who don’t get it.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/real-world-israeli-data-shows-south-african-variant-better-at-bypassing-vaccine/ Well, that’s not good but hopefully they are working on boosters. I wonder how the other vaccines hold up.

I’m not sure, but that sounds familiar. Why does something like Mario Scalise sound familiar?

Agreed, what a difference Len makes after not having a classically trained play by play guy for some time.

Bring back Sox N Roll.

Do we know if masks were required in the ballpark in Texas? I guess the issue I have is how difficult contact tracing would be after baseball games and how tough it would be to measure the impact of cases, especially if fans are from out of town. I’ll never understand why people can’t just wear masks for the sake of defeating the pandemic. It’s not like people are being tracked by the government either. It’s not a sign of the devil or anything out there. Even if people are vaccinated they should just wear the mask, especially because I know people who won’t comply and aren’t vaccinated won’t be honest and wear it. I just hope the private sector stands firm and continues to require masks for services, it just makes sense.

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/boxscore/05022002.shtml James Baldwin was the opposing pitcher. Wow there were some bad arms coming out of the farm and ones that they tried relying on didn’t always work.

Lol remember the Parque/Rauch game? So bad...

Psychic.

There we go, I like it, I can call him a jockey without people feeling upset over making fun of his height. He finally did something good. It pays not to suck!

Fair enough. I expect Eaton and Robert to make those plays and can’t expect much out of Vaughn, but he does look out of sorts and I wonder how often he will play there when Engel is back and they jettison Hamilton.

Good thing Moncada threw to him at second to wake his ass up that he has to be better.

He better not. That was fucking bad.

Just oops, we won’t make those mistakes again?

Not an error but it looked like the ball hit off his glove.

Not nearly as worthless as Madrigal and a lot more versatile.

What do you make of all of the dropsies in the outfield - Eaton, Robert and Vaughn - at the start of the season?

Moves like Juan Uribe.

About time there Andrew “single A” Vaughn.

Recognizing that you have already said you were referring to Chicago’s capacity, what do you think about the Texas Rangers stadium’s capacity and their lack of masks? How could we feasibly treat things differently? As BrianAnderson said, people who are vaccinated not wearing masks will lead to people not vaccinated or those who refuse to comply to not wear masks. I am for compromise but I just can’t see people being truthful enough to comply. I wish this wasn’t a red versus blue issue but it seems to be.

I can’t wait for the Vaughn in LF experiment, the dropsies in the outfield and this west coast trip to end. The best thing that can happen is that they come home 4-3 from this trip.