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So much for Byron carrying over his hot ending to last year. They will be 4-0 with Dozier and Buxton both scuffling. Positive sign for MN. And that outfield defense in LF and CF can make up for lots of pitching mistakes.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 08:18 PM) Benetti just needs to focus on talking about baseball and not make 50 corny jokes a game. He's much better announcing football and basketball where he's more serious That and always deferring to Stone and asking him to explain things even non-pitchers should be able to grasp. Feels like he is trying too hard to teach a community college class on baseball for dummies that everyone's auditing.

So much for the theory that fundamentals will change overnight with Renteria. Of course, it doesn't help to start every game with two abysmal defenders. Another tailor-made double play opportunity missed. Given them two extra outs/bases this inning.

"The odds are long, but here we go. Jose Quintana does his usual thing. James Shields suddenly starts pitching like the James Shields of at least 2014. Derek Holland makes 30 starts and has that one big year that's maybe buried deep inside him. Miguel Gonzalez is solid. Carlos Rodon suddenly turns into Steve Carlton, with the best slider in the game. Then Yoan Moncada comes up in June and is an immediate star. Boom. Print your playoff tickets." For Greg's optimism club. Yes, Moncada walks a lot more than expected, to an earlier point.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) Correct I remember a few years back the DRS was atleast bearably bad. Seems Viciedo had more outfield assists from LF than RF, fwiw. The problem is the LF gets considerably more action.

QUOTE (Baron @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:23 PM) Correct I remember a few years back the DRS was atleast bearably bad. Seems Viciedo had more outfield assists from LF than RF, fwiw. The problem is the LF gets considerably more action.

Hopefully Hawk on the road next week will give up the idea Abreu is ever going to be a competent 1b. He is what he is...have to accept it.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:21 PM) Just a thought...i guess more realistically I would rather see May in C.F. with Luery Garcia in right, with Avi at DH. I would rather have the bett3r defense out there than the slim potential upside offensively with the left handed bar in Asche up there. Idk. That's fine, but they're not going to invest 300-350 at bats in Leury to determine he's the last guy on the roster. Just throw those AB's to anyone else, except Hawkins. Engel's not ready, so probably Liriano next. The other problem is four DH's in Avi, Abreu, Davidson and Asche.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:14 PM) Who would YOU rather have as DH? Avi or Abreu? I say DH Avi and try Davidson out in RF...i know he doesn't have the build of an outfielder but it can't be worse than Garcia. You need to give Davidson an opportunity to build some confidence that he belongs in the majors (offensively) before you even consider an in-season position change so dramatic.

At least Holland looks pretty good. He's always had that quiet swagger when he was going well with the Rangers.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 07:04 PM) My entire perspective was that you had no idea. So prove that you have inside info. That's all. The outrage follows similar ISIS-inspired attacks through European cities like London, Berlin and Nice, when vehicles were used as weapons of terror. And they referred to him as a "maniac." There's your proof. https://gma.yahoo.com/sweden-edge-following...-211700440.html

Too bad there wasn't a bet of the Quebec mosque attack...

Moncada now 6/10....all singles, walk and 3 k's. Fulmer has really settled down and pitched well. 5/5/1/1/5. 86 pitches. Not sure if they'll send him out to start the 6th or not.

Fulmer through 3 innings, 57 pitches....1 er, homer by Logan Wolverine Schaefer. Last at bat with Chris Johnson, lots of foul contact, struggled to get a swing and a miss. 2 k's, 1 bb.

You're actually watching the Kanny game? Or Gameday just says infield hit/s?

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/222750644/ml...trout-in-draft/ Worthwhile article to check out. Jared Mitchell gets name-checked for the 10,000th time. Have to feel sorry for those guys taken ahead of him who didn't amount to much. Another interesting note, the White Sox had already seen Hector Santiago fly up their prospect lists after being a pretty low draft pick out of NJ, so they had to at least be aware of him. Laughed a bit at the scout's comparison with Aaron Rowand. We were having a hard enough time finding another Rowand/Crede by then, let alone the best player in the world.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 11:34 AM) Minimal damage https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/850385429144711173 "The damage across the Syrian Al-Shayrat airfield is evident nonetheless. This base operated mainly vs. Da'ish in the Homs desert/Palmyra." Basically, we're helping the terrorist groups by protecting them from air attack. But the international community is galvanized, well...sort of, just not enough to join with the US again.

It all depends on your belief that gender-identification is a conscious choice and not a genetic predisposition. With all the discrimination that still exists in society today...try to imagine a son or daughter deliberately provoking confrontation and "being threatening to others," why would any sane/logical/rational person choose that difficult path? To suffer the stings of a largely prejudiced society (outside of the coastal areas of the US) and force their parents/family/friends to suffer? To get back at God? It's also because very few who share your beliefs are willing to argue them publicly, knowing the argument will at some point devolve into a religion/faith-based one.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) Right now, you call the Royals and trade them Robertson for 2-3 minor leaguers. They are desperate for bullpen help and he might save their season. Other than that, you are not going to get much for any of our guys. Nobody wants Frazier before free agency, ditto Melky and Av and Soto. Nobody wants anybody except Q. But you have a desperate team in the Royals. Robertson might save their season. Three problems. The White Sox would have to eat substantial salary, the relative lack of remaining talent in their farm system to find a match and their rebuilding starting next year when they definitely won't need a super expensive closer and are already stuck with a bad Soria contract. Nate Jones is the one they would want, more likely. Maybe Putnam if he proves to be healthy/effective again.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 7, 2017 -> 10:34 AM) One of your links made my computer go bats*** crazy so I didn't open it. What did it say? What's my bathroom argument? That you're essentially justified in feeling threatened, along with huge but "silent" numbers of fellow Americans who are offended.

The problem is if the Indians run away with things early....there's suddenly a lot of AL Central supply hitting the June/July trade market competing with our dump list, unfortunately. Luis Robert might be the bigger get than the return value of all those veteran guys combined.

Jesse Ventura. I think he means Sanders was projected by a number of hypothetical polls to beat Trump. As far as Gorsuch goes, nothing matters until the next SC nominee under Trump, if it happens. That's when you'll see a true rebalancing of the court. Did Trump consider that weakening that particular airport in Homs will create a power vacuum in that region that will be filled more likely by emboldened terrorist groups (air strength is the main advantage for the Syrian/Russian side) than the anti-Assad rebels? Once again, what is our anti-ISIS plan that we were promised during the campaign, at least in rough outline form? Trump scored some political points...his approval rating will bump back into the low 40's again, but he also just created another terrorist recruitment video along with the civilian/mother and child casualties in Yemen and Mosul.

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=milb Moncada's first AAA hit, single to the left side with SS playing him to pull.

Surely Jared Kushner already has a replacement for Assad already in mind. Drum roll. Tiffany Trump. In all seriousness, that was the easy part. It's anything but Air Force, missile and predator strikes that gets tricky. No Fly or Safe Zones....good luck bringing Russia on board with that now. Even if Russia walked away today (and they're already back in the air with the Syrian Air Force), nobody, not even McMaster or Mattis, has the first clue about what to do after they remove Assad. And removing him without boots on the ground and Russia contesting the air space, a long long quagmire waiting to happen (again).

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/target-boyco...-141019006.html Thought Greg would enjoy seeing his bathroom argument being validated by the Target boycott, which has cost them millions of dollars, and started from a single unauthorized Target corporate blog post (but didn't go through the CEO).