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Well, you see, he earned his playing time. How? No one knows.

God, I hate this rule.

Tbh, at this point I kind of want Jim Boylen to coach a game just for the lols.

It's fair to think of that. I keep seeing shades of Ozzie benching Viciedo for no apparent reason in TLR's handling of Vaughn, even though the situations aren't 1-for-1.

To be fair, there's a massive difference in having Rob Mackowiak play CF, flanked by Scott Podsednik and Jermaine Dye, and Vaughn playing LF where he's surrounded by Luis Robert, Moncada, and Tim Anderson.

So at this point, we're holding out hope for lotto balls, right?

Indians broadcast. "Did the ball hit the runner?" Deadpan response: "Yeah."

The close up of the dugout honestly looked like a horror movie. I was worried that some of our boys were gonna join Eloy up in heaven.

BOOM

Yeah, anyone blaming Yaz for this one is just looking to blame Grandal and not the ump.

This honestly might be the worst umpiring decision I've ever seen. Why the hell isn't Tony arguing until he gets tossed?

If you're ok with everyone, including Liam Hendriks, being uncomfortable reading every single one of your posts.

All four of them would be taken. Easily.

I'll just take us all the way home and say I miss Ray Schalk.

I'm just gonna guess you haven't been following the start of McCann's Mets career.

Roommate got it, no reaction other than a sore arm.

I love how that's lost in Vaughn's struggles to this point. He has a fucking .400 OBP. Just let him get going.

Part of me just wants the Power Broker to be the Power Broker, i.e. the character in the comics, and not necessarily someone we already know. Argument working in favor of her as PB is that we're real late in the game to introduce someone else. Against her as Power Broker is the fact that she's the one who brought the Sam/Bucky/Zemo trio to Nagel, so it wouldn't make real sense for hero to walk Zemo to her guy. If they do have someone we haven't met be Power Broker, he needs to be played by 50 Cent, because the character's name in the comics is Curtis Jackson.

Greg, I say this genuinely: I'm really, really happy that you got your first shot. My neighbor was skeptical of getting a vaccine - she's 59, got trust issues with the government and medical companies, etc. But she's tired of having to test every two weeks for work, her family coming over uninvited (her mom lives with her), and all that. Her employer was organizing vaccinations, but with J&J. She didn't feel comfortable with that, so they're working on getting her Pfizer. It did help her fears in general after she talked to my fiancee and I - I got Pfizer, fiancee got Moderna (second shot in a few weeks), and our roommate got J&J. None of us had side effects. The important thing is that you get one of them and are safe.

To be fair, the Angels also took Randal Grichuk at #24 before Trout and Mitchell looked good (in a small sample size) before his leg exploded Would he have been Mike Trout? Obviously not, but if anyone could have predicted the possible GOAT at #25, he's not going 25. Mitchell very well could have had a Grichuk or better career if his leg didn't explode.

Where have I seen this before? Y'all just cursed Yermin.

On one hand this feels like this: On the other hand, MLB not enforcing this with everyone is a load of shit.

Rival MLB exec: "Huh, I wonder why Preller is calling me about a SS? Surely Tatis isn't sitting out the season."

I think it's less that and more TLR is stuck in the past when young players were way less heralded. You think La Russa is gonna let a dude go from A Ball (nevermind there was a whole season lost to a fucking pandemic) to a position he hasn't played and actually gain rhythm at the plate? Nah, that's not Tony's style. I'd honestly have more confidence in Ricky in bringing Vaughn along in LF. Constructing a lineup in general, no.