Jake

I agree with you. I just meant that if it wasn't called interference then he would be out.

Well, if there's no interference, then Miguel really was out. But I don't know why he called him safe first. And obviously there was interference so ump should probably be calling that before he rings up the baserunner.

2nd base ump: safe, out, safe

Wilbur seems underappreciated. Part of me feels like some people look at that fantastic run as not real because he was throwing knuckleballs. I think that makes it even cooler.

Luis Robert 2026 batting statistics: .231/.333/.333, 13.3% BB%, 18.9% K%, .103 ISO, 97 wRC+. I'm reminded of last season when he had a stretch of excellent plate discipline but was unable to pair that with any slugging. Best stretch of hitting came when he started letting loose and chasing a bit

Comments from Sox coaches to James Fegan recently makes me think the Sox intend to give Acuna a reasonably long leash and see some of his issues at the plate as partly due to changes they have made him make. I'm perfectly happy to keep running him out there because he's got a little talent and he's not blocking anyone important.

Not a bad loss in my book. The young slugging core had great games at the dish. Some old guys who suck gave up a bunch of runs. Okay.

Seems to me this AZ lineup is pretty tough on lefties but suddenly it feels like that's all we've got. But maybe they're just tough on everybody

Just find a way to keep Mune around. We deserve good things around here

Put me on record as not really caring at all if Colson gets some innings at 3B

Yeah I mean the amount of time that passed there was plenty for someone in the dugout to tell him what to do

That was by far the longest I've seen an umpire allow a player to wait before challenging

FWIW I'm a big Braden fan but I think he is very much the kind of player you could ruin by rushing him. He's got big whiff rates

I thought it was a balk because it was the third disengagement, not because of any particular movement

You know Teel is dying to geek out over some tape in there

Get Kay out of there

You guys were trading him last inning

I'm not all that confident that Kay lasts the full season. The stuff all looks good but it seems like the hitters don't have that much of a problem with it

Get Bido loose

Kay's 7 xERA on the season rearing its ugly head

Bido seems like dollar store Jairo Iriarte

The position player pitching is to save the pen, yeah. But the position player soft tossing is due to fears of the position player hurting his arm. IIRC Jose Canseco hurt himself pitching many moons ago and finally the teams decided they don't want anyone to exert any effort in that mop-up role. Wasn't that long ago that guys would at least be throwing in the 70+ mph range.

Position player pitching used to be fun because the position player would be taking it at least 80% seriously and try to live out his dream of being a pitcher. I really despise the lob ball stuff as it makes a mockery of the game. Injury risk is massively overplayed and if it's that serious, just forfeit.

I saw a little grin from Mune after that foul ball

Ump kinda screwed Benny here lol