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Lost in all the Jazz love is the Giants off to the quietest really impressive start in the majors.

https://www.mlb.com/news/the-man-with-the-most-baseball-cards Really cool story...

These Dodgers/Padres games have been nuts in terms of overall quality of play, key hits with RISP, high drama, amazing momentum swings and huge defensive plays. Season series tied up 2-2, with two more to go...including Sunday night with Musgrove/Urias or May. Both series the top starters lined up...the other two were impressive starts by rookie LHP Weathers, an early savior with all the early pitching injuries. Padres run away to take 3-2 lead in the season series. Have now lost 4 of last 5. Nevertheless, 14-6 for LAD, still best record in baseball by one game over SFG (and A’s, who amazingly went from 1-6 to 13-7). Five really interesting CA trams this year. But they’re (Dodgers) kind of in their first tailspin and lost McKinstry and now Knebel, not to mention Bellinger’s cracked fibula. Bauer vs. Snell Saturday.

There are still so many questions across the rotation and majority of the pen...now, should we at least be better than KC, Minnesota and Cleveland? Sure!

Yes, I know...and his unique extension. But at 97-99 they will time you. The one advantage that does stand out quite obviously is locating high in the zone but just so difficult for most even good hitters to lay off. Those seemingly rising pitches just aren’t possible to catch up with.

That margin for error is fine with a three run lead, but you’re going to have to throw offspeed pitches effectively to retire hitters on the best teams in the post-season when it’s tied or a one run lead. We saw it with the White Sox last October, even.

He’s not going to win a Gold Glove...a bit like a mini Franmil Reyes with more fast twitch-ability.

Skowron...

Hendriks hasn’t exactly been Colome bad...but also not sure he’s exactly earning his money, either.

Yermin better not to be hitting 7th tmrw, and Vaughn should be in the line-up, too.

Two off-speed hits at least tonight.

That’s his natural HR stroke, LCF...

Terrible at bat there by Eaton. Oh, well.

Really amped up there, great to see some emotion out of guys other than Yermin and TA. Can we really get to one game over .500, finally?

Tatis just killed Kershaw on 22nd anniversary of dad’s same accomplishment (two homer game) in Dodger Stadium. 116 exit velo. Two grand slams off Chan Ho Park. There was zero reason for Heuer to face a lefty. Either use Crochet or Hendriks.

Get Hendriks in, Jesus.

I guess we’ll hear the usual about Kopech being on a five day schedule...

Would it be possible to get just one clean inning from a reliever?

Looks like that guy might have had his head snapped into the top of the concrete wall...another Ligue situation coming, minus Royals’ coach suffering permanent injuries. Then there was the Fowler lawsuit over the low restraining wall.

Looks like he took a hit from an ILB into the concrete wall out there...

Another play where the Madrigal high contact skill comes in handy...

Mercedes has to get his own Disney+ movie..

No patience for bad 4+ hour games against teams like this...we need to develop a killer instinct.

Hal-2000? Kubrick fans?

Paging non existent Charlotte/Schaumburg bullpen phone...