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Franco isn't much faster than Salvy Perez. Moncada wisely realized he didn't have to bare-hand that one.

Out for son's graduation today....but yeah, normally the case. Soler has lost a LOT of weight, he looks like Alphonso Soriano up there now. Cuban to a Cuban to retire another Cuban (Soler). Brilliant announcing work there, Ryan L.

USD converted into Cuban pesos? Guess Grandal breaks that trend with #24 for Joe Crede Shanked Ball to RF Tribute.

How many more plate appearances does he need before he's qualified for Bottom 5-10 in MLB?

We're pretty fortunate to be missing Duffy and Singer, all things considered (although the other two spots for KC were TBD so that might change.) Definitely no Singer, since he went last night.

It's going to take Madrigal a week to bring up his BattedBall Velocity after that checked swinger.

Pac 12 match-up, Madrigal vs. Bubic.

Between the LiMu Emu and Blue-Emu/Johnny Bench smirking grimaces, I've about had it with that particular species of animal... McCann takes one off the coconut. Bubic has to recover quickly, easy to lose focus in those situations when you're worried about the hitter being okay.

Mix in struggling Rodon innings, you're making the non-existent concessionaires very unhappy not to be in the park for those elongated games.

ACL/MCL surgery has turned Salvador Perez into one of the Flying Molina Brothers...

LOL. That first one to Mondesi was WAY low for a strike. White Sox historically bad defense the last 5 years coming under attack by Royals' announcers. Who'd a thunk it. Comparing to 2013-2016 Royals' teams, that's a pretty tough standard to live up to.

Whit Merrifield is one of the five most criminally underrated players in MLB.

ROBO/AI umps please. Jesus, that was an inconsistent strike zone. Both teams should be pissed, if it's going to be like that all night.

How many will have lifetime or shorter term life-altering complications...? Watch what all the politicians and media personalities do. None of their kids are going to be crowded together in underfunded, unprepared public schools. We’re about to cancel a baseball season out of safety concerns for 900 mostly 1%ers and above...because nobody can follow the rules. Why should K-12 students in outbreak areas be treated any differently? Somehow we expect middle school students to be more responsible than at any time since World War Two and the Great Depression? Why would it be reasonable to conclude that THEY can handle that immense responsibility when their parents and political leaders and scientists cannot agree on 2-3 common rules to follow in order to control the spread?

Owner/leader aligned with interests of billionaires/corporate interests Pretends to be for common people/the fans Won’t put punitive policies or strict regulations in place/consistently blames others and refuses to be accountable for doing “what’s in the best interest of the sport/the greatest good for the greatest number” Where have we seen this scenario play out? Can’t think of any recent or relevant examples to apply.

Sammy Sosa, Luis Robert or an Avenger?

The American League RBI champ hitting 8th...might as well throw George Springer into that lineup for Joc, although Jackie Bradley, Jr., seems even more likely IMO.

Are you related to Tony Gwynn? You’re taking that tobacco habit a bit more seriously than anyone else, considering it’s a product legally sold to those of the age of consent in America, not unlike alcohol. Now you can argue MLB should set a better example for kids, even be role models (see Hollywood and advertising bans on smoking)...but there are many areas where adults certainly SHOULD be better role models and yet we simply argue that we need to protect our freedoms instead of finding common ground on universal values. It can’t be both ways, selective, only when we personally find something distasteful. Aren’t we then essentially legislating morality for others?

Do they have time to do that, a full reset? What’s the minimum number of games they would need to play to get into a post-season? 40, 42, 45? 50? Anything under 40 sounds pretty ridiculous. 54 at least is 1/3rd a season, the magical mark Hawk always referred to as “you have a pretty good idea what you’ve got after 1/3rd of a season, essentially two full months of competition.”

No Magical Madrigal, Javier Baez already has that nickname, albeit en Espanol. The rebuild will be over when Vaughn is added to the line-up, and likely either a corner outfielder or veteran starting pitcher in free agency. Also need to replace Colome.

Those 4 innings are going to be huge if you keep playing games in August and September without any off days, adding another 10-20 IP per week of high leverage/playoff-type games...and multiple doubleheaders per month if not per week. Even with expanded pitching staffs, it's going to take a huge toll on the starters as well as top 3-4 relievers on the back end. Having those guys go multiple innings 2-3 times per week, without having had a full spring training, it's just a recipe for disaster.

It's really going to wreak havoc on the playoff rotations and having so many high stress innings (with doubleheaders and no off days stacked up throughout the dog days of August) for certain teams, especially the last 2-3 weeks before October. How many major arm/elbow injuries are going to have to take place first?

Well, the difference is the plague ships, especially cruise liners....are like ghost ships that are never allowed to come into port for months and months.

He's already on the short list for most exciting/can't miss players in MLB today. Byron Buxton, Javy Baez, Mike Trout, Lu Bob, Yoan Moncada, Acuna, Kolten Wong, Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge... https://www.mlb.com/news/most-exciting-mlb-players-at-every-position

The Dodgers and Astros still played into the 13th inning Wednesday despite that rule, fwiw. Otoh, last night, the Padres scored 6 and Giants 1 in the 10th inning and the game was quickly ended...I mean, we can go back to all day games so kids can actually follow the sport and not have to go to bed after 2-4 innings of a typical ALCS/NLCS/WS game, no artificial turf, no DH, no intra-league play, but baseball simply has to change/adapt/evolve. It's that simple.