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Is he world class? Our new guy did games in Korea. That's a place in the world. I'm not convinced Jason has ever left the midwest. Jokes aside, who gives a s%*# if the guy who says "ball 1, strike 2" is world class. His job is, as I understand it, to be as un-annoying as possible and root on the home team. He didn't do either of those things particularly well. I don't care if he's good at talking about football on Fox, he was a dud with the Sox. He's a diva to boot, very egotistical. Ya know, the Bulls PBP guy is on a similar national/local deal as Benetti, he just doesn't go out of his way to publicly denigrate the organization he works for. Good riddance, I don't care if JR agrees with me, broken clock is right every so often, etc.

I'm still of the opinion that Hackenberg is going to be the starting catcher on this team. That guy is very good on both sides and still improving but nobody thinks of him as a proper prospect. Which I guess is to say I think this organization has enough catchers. Bart is an OK player but why is SFG DFAing him? Why can't he back up their young guy, Bailey? They couldn't trade him?

I think the players did that. Or maybe you credit Grifol for putting Shewmake in the lineup and keeping him there. The Leone decision was a head-scratcher to me, that situation had Kopech’s name written all over it. I think all I can assess Grifol on so far, from a fan’s perspective, is his bullpen decisions. I think that’s the difference between 1-2 and 0-3 and I wonder how that adds up across 162 games. I missed the end of today’s game so I didn’t watch Kopech pitch but I hope if they’re using him out of the bullpen, it’s in high leverage situations where he can maybe go multiple innings. This guy has incredible stuff and is used to a starter’s workload, give him a 2 or 3 inning close.

if he pitched yesterday we might've won a ball game. this series pisses me off. -3 run differential resulting in 3 losses, this is where the manager is supposed to help by making appropriate personnel decisions.

boy I think I could've hit that one for a home run.

100 million Dominican pesos = $1.6mil USD. That seems fair.

Maldonado's Curse. He only exists in baseball to stand in the way of young, talented catchers getting playing time.

Wow what a slide.

I wonder if we could've traded Vaughn for Eder instead. Burger had a big first series, .545 average, 1.175 OPS, 5 RBIs. (Tim looked OK too). Marlins infield defense is tragic though.

walked a guy, hit a guy, 5 runs later he's out of the game. you love to see it.

you beat me to the edit. "And the rest of us". At least 15,000 of those people got a sweatshirt.

The real loser of this game is Steve Stone.

Vaughn has made two great plays. Gold Glove campaign begins today. if he can't hit he might as well do something.

A lot of really good, out of character bats from Luis. How many pitches has he seen today? Is this his best game as a pro?

I love the idea of subbing out Maldonado right after he bats.

it's a good thing Javy Baez is the worst player in the MLB.

I didn't even realize that guy made the major league roster. why not kopech?

blame Stacey King.

throw more fastballs.

$15 is a steal for something that size at a ballpark. Yeah it's 30 cents worth of ingredients, but, hey "it's such a value" I'm gonna buy it!

it actually worked. are they 13-year-olds?

I haven't seen him run that fast in years

what an AB

"I have a FOID card but I've never owned a firearm" ok sure. Now that we've gotten a look at this woman, at least a shadowy version of her upper half, I'm even less compelled by her version of events. That's a big shadow. She clearly had the means to sneak the gun in. This story is incredible.

Berroa exits the game with a 135 ERA.