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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.

Berroa gives up a home run to his first batter, meatball fastball. two home runs...

Colas doubled off a left-handed pitcher ?

I watched an "interview" of Chris Getz with AJ Pierzynski and friends last night. They asked him about Pedro and he sounded pretty frank that Pedro would be out of a job if he doesn't get good years out of Eloy, Moncada, Vaughn, Robert -- "the core". That the manager's only job is to get the best out of his players (duh) and that will be reflected on how those players perform. At least that's how I interpreted it. Seems like a reasonable barometer anyway. I don't know how much of last season's dumpster fire can be pinned on Grifol. He certainly didn't help. I think he was the wrong hire to begin with but I don't see what it hurts giving him another year, maybe he can actually be good at his job under appropriate working conditions. Beyond potentially being good at his job (I don't believe this), keeping him around another year might signal to his replacement that there's some job security in this manager position. haven't exactly shown a strong track record there recently. probably scares away proper candidates.

Two backward K's for Monty. Both strike 3 calls were very close, very good pitches. I guess you like his patience but he's gotta swing the bat too.

He's got Montgomery out twice but he's not fooling anybody. 7 hits, all singles.

McGreevy getting BABIP'd. Lot of soft contact singles and ground outs. First run scored on Oscar's single that went through the right fielder's legs lol.

Jake Woodford getting the opening day start.

https://youtu.be/yVLyWzIxhrQ?t=346 Benetti on this call is so funny. "bummer he didn't hit a home run...oh wait that's a good thing".

Missed the game, first opening day I've missed in who knows how long. I guess there comes a point in life where you can no longer play hooky to watch baseball. Was Crochet really that dominant? 8 Ks to 0 walks, 6 IP, 87 pitches is just incredible. 87 pitches is most shocking to me. Good for him. Dylan Who? Who Sale? How'd the defense look? On the other side, 3 hits and no walks is pretty fucking pathetic but I guess it was wrong to expect differently. If they can't touch Maeda or Flaherty, there's a serious problem (there wasn't already?).

This seems like the best case scenario for Drohan and the team. Maybe he misses the whole year and can be sent back to AAA. He seems like he has talent but shouldn't be on a major league roster yet.

I think it's telling that the Sun Times got a quote for this story from everybody in the world except Benetti. They called up Dave Sims and got a quote, did Benetti tell 'em to shove it? Probably. I think the most awkward thing for Benetti is returning to Chicago and realizing he has to live in Detroit now instead. Bummer.

https://www.mlb.com/news/kevin-pillar-re-signs-with-white-sox-after-release Pretty fucked up. Pillar seems very candidly pissed off in this interview. I think Grossman takes his spot the moment he looks good in AAA. I think it's hilarious and sad they waived him just to re-sign him for $2mil less. These guys really hate Oscar Colas.

Pillar. Maybe Shewmake. Probably Pillar, I thought he got DFA’d.

cool, I was just going to pirate it like I've done for the last decade. I'm probably still going to do that out of principle.

Really thoughtful and love when athletes do this kind of thing, I just think he should rename his initiative to "Going, Going, Caught at the Warning Track". somehow I'm actually excited for opening day. Excited to see what Crochet can do, mostly. and just happy baseball is back. I'll try not to think about whether or not our players are intentionally throwing games because we already expect nothing out of them.