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Nicky Madrigal resents the comparison.

#1 headline at ESPN right now https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34066154/white-sox-manager-tony-la-russa-said-decision-intentionally-walk-trea-turner-1-2-count-tough-call

To:[email protected] Cc:[email protected] Fri, Jun 10 at 7:20 AM Today’s game ?‍♂️ And I actually thought about playing hooky to go. Sure glad I didn’t. Might’ve charged the Sox dugout and got myself arrested. ??

Tray is seemingly the last man standing. Elrockin? Everyday Trea Turner?

Glad I went back to sleep after the 6-4 "Burger inning debacle."

Will take BBWAA HoF voters mumbling about a recall/nullification vote...

Except Grandal and Sheets can't hit. That only leaves Burger Abreu Vaughn Jimenez. Pollock not far from DH based on his defensive struggles this year. Btw Zack Collins is back for TOR and hit his 4th homer, average hovering around .200ish.

Weekend at Bernie's II...starring TLR.

Well, he did it twice because Moncada would have charged that Turner ball...that's really his one exceptional skill defensively, throwing on the run across his body with some giddy up behind it.

They are not going to recover from this setback very easily...this season just feels like it's slowly getting away from them. Knock out Anderson...inexplicably score 4 and you pretty much think the game's in the bag with Cease on the mound and dealing.

Foster seems a little bit worn down from back to back...and short recovery time day game after a night game.

2005? A lot more fun that year.

If they don't pull this game out, it might go down as one of those handful of season tone changing ones like the Naylor game.

We have drug problems on this team too? Or overconsumption of soda? Maybe it's the yoga that is getting in his head too much...

Seems like a Dodgers home game based on the crowd noise on the radio. Yikes. One bad inning facilitated by Burger, misplays. Starting to roll instead of snap off speed stuff. Pitch count way elevated. Third time through the lineup.

Burger has to come in on that one more aggressively with Turner running. Just giving more bases away...could be trailing with another base hit. And the entire game getting away with the Sox.

Cease already nearing 100 pitches...

Could see that coming a mile away.

If the analogy is more about Moncada and less Grandal, sure...but there's just no way to know right now if it's just age or general wear and tear catching up with a mid 30s catcher. There were a lot of questions about his health...Konerko that is...his supposedly debilitating hip condition from his time with the minors.

Brusdar Graterol and Luke Raley in exchange for veteran starter Kenta Maeda and Jair Camargo. Raley I think part of TB anti LGBTQ protest in pen...Maeda if he returns the last 6 weeks of the season off major surgery could still be a big factor for Twins down the stretch.

Abreu and Muncy both have highest EV and barrel percentages of career. Results not quite aligned yet.

Called out Felipe Alou for never coming out of the clubhouse...in SF. Watching his son's games on tv instead. Not being present enough a big red flag.

Pierzynski saying he would be open to managing in the right situation...doesn't seem like he wants to put a lot of time in the minors though. Two keys: Open/honest communication. Put players in the best position to succeed. Characteristics of his best former managers.

Hope he goes to another AL Central team. Don't think they will fall for it, though. Maybe the Royals, but he would need to be a born-again Christian if Dayton Moore's still the shot caller.

That's not the problem with Moncada. If that's the case, Liam Hendriks needs to lose a lot of weight, comparatively.