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Quite reminiscent of the Columbine kids, Harris and Klebold...

https://heavy.com/news/2018/05/dimitrios-pagourtzis/ checks all the boxes...Nazi insignia/iron cross on trench coat worn at all times despite Texas heat, bullying victim, was once an honor roll student, father supports Loesch/NRA, access to guns at home, social media postings about guns/violence/born to kill, white/middle class background, seems parents were separated?

There was also the attack on the mosque in Quebec City (6 Dead) as well as that incident on the train car that killed two in Portland...

Got it...Sox (and their suffering fans) REALLY needed that one.

If he blows this one, they almost have no choice but to give the job to Rondon...MOST set-up guys are just not cut out to be closers.

It will be an interesting decision for those two teams if Mize falls out of the top spot...

6-7-8 due up for the Rangers.

Leury fails to get revenge on his old team (like Eduardo Escobar vs. the Sox) but we have the lead at least...for the moment.

Who are they warming up, Rondon or Nate Jones? It better NOT be Soria anymore.

Atta boy, Yolmer. Moncada K% now sitting at a more reasonable 35.4%, btw.

That pitch to Moncada was almost exactly down the middle...talk about center cut fastballs. OPS back up to 861.

Rondon and Jones are the only guys with ANY value in the pen right now...Fry might be entering that category if he can keep this up for another month, but then you might want to think about keeping him (seems to act like he actually belongs out there.)

Delmonico, Engel and Avi (the latter two, if they were qualified) all in the Bottom 5% for MLB OF fWAR.

Moncada's baserunning rating is taking a hit in this game...

Another borderline call, this time on the star once known as Rougned Odor who advanced metrics have been hating the last two years...

The ONLY reason I'm not 100% convinced it's Madrigal is because Hostetler has such strong connections to the Atlanta area and Bart COULD be the choice there...but I'm still not convinced.

Let's check where and at what time the home plate umpire has dinner reservations pending...

The umps are jealous of Moncada being handsome, rich and young and a great dancer. Just kidding. I hope, but you never know with that stuff between Brandon Belt and Doug Eddings.

Pitches 3 and 4 to Moncada were inside...definitely the 3rd one in that sequence didn't get the plate. The strikeout pitch in the same general location was the only clear strike of the grouping.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/17/fact-check-trump-wrong-in-blaming-democrats-for-border-separations/ Ask, and thou shall receive. Of course, Trump was completely off base. But what else is new?

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/17/politics/mo-brooks-nasa-climate-change/index.html Mo Brooks solved the rising sea levels problem all by himself...”it’s rocks and erosion.” Amazing intellectual stuff, there.

One can only hope that ALL immigrants seeking entry into the US are treated so favorably and looked out for as Melania was...that they can be granted special status for “having a unique talent” such as being a Slovenian model with multiple cosmetic enhancements possessing a physical look that could not be replicated by domestic American models.

Have never seen Madrigal and India ranked as having the same speed before...what the heck is up with that Bowden?

I know there are a lot more countries around the world THIS WEEK thinking “Israel/innocent peacemakers” than those believing Palestinians are all terrorists. Sure...and did those talking points come from the desk of Oliver North, by the way?

Greg, there’s no consensus position player (or any player, with questions about Mize’s health) that’s a slam dunk/can’t miss guy this year. And Beckham wasn’t even a bad choice where he was drafted. As Dick Allen would point out, his career WAR is actually above the average that MLB teams have gotten out of that spot in the draft since they started tracking such things.