Just now, Vulture said:

Dude you have never performed grueling work clearly. I don’t know why you are acting like you have. Getting in planes and checking into hotels could only be considered grueling by someone who hasn’t. Your example of hard work is applying tape

I've done factory work, construction and worked at horse racing tracks shoveling crap. I was making a joke about the hands as that was your comment.

I understand you don't get why the travel, hotel and no rest schedule doesn;t sound tough until you experience it. It's the fact that you get no rest and breaks for 8 months. With real life jobs you actually get sleep and rest and days off. 

4 minutes ago, Vulture said:

I know you disagree , because you don’t even know what grueling is since you’ve never actually experienced it

You would be wrong. I have experienced both worlds can you say the same? But don't listen to someone with experience, believe what you want.

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by ptatc

8 minutes ago, manbearpuig said:

Probably getting the start tomorrow with afternoon game. Weird to play the lefty against the lefty tonight and switch-hitter against righty tomorrow thought but probably doesn't matter much.

Also, I'd move Leury to 9th and then everyone else up a spot.

In the last 7 days, Leury has more hits than Collins-Vaughn-Mendick combined. 

3 minutes ago, SCCWS said:

In the last 7 days, Leury has more hits than Collins-Vaughn-Mendick combined. 

Damn, well there's that.

Edit: looking at their splits, hopefully Leury gets on a lot for Vaughn and his .308 average, .471 OBP against lefties.

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by manbearpuig

10 minutes ago, Vulture said:

I know you disagree , because you don’t even know what grueling is since you’ve never actually experienced it

Grueling means "extremely tiring and demanding.   It does not have to be just physical activity. It can also be mental activity as well. We have seen hospital staff experience it in all different levels of positions this year including clerical workers.  

Just now, SCCWS said:

Grueling means "extremely tiring and demanding.   It does not have to be just physical activity. It can also be mental activity as well. We have seen hospital staff experience it in all different levels of positions this year including clerical workers.  

Good way to explain it. It's a difficult concept to grasp.

6 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

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31 minutes ago, Vulture said:

I know you disagree , because you don’t even know what grueling is since you’ve never actually experienced it

I personally think of you as a way better person than myself because you obviously have done way more grueling work than me, or anyone else here for that matter. Can you email me your name? Also a picture of you doing grueling work. I want to put you on my wall of fame. Maybe build a shrine in your honor.

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by ScooterMcGee

42 minutes ago, Vulture said:

I know you disagree , because you don’t even know what grueling is since you’ve never actually experienced it

Who harmed you?

Sox should rock this lefty.  Easy W tonight.

23 minutes ago, SCCWS said:

Grueling means "extremely tiring and demanding.   It does not have to be just physical activity. It can also be mental activity as well. We have seen hospital staff experience it in all different levels of positions this year including clerical workers.  

Right. Traveling for work is grueling, but on a scale of gruel it would be about a three. As you mention hospital staff work would be an actual example of high level of gruel, not flying around with a sport team checking into hotels and applying tape for a few months

14 minutes ago, ScooterMcGee said:

I personally think of you as a way better person than myself because you obviously have done way more grueling work than me, or anyone else here for that matter. Can you email me your name? Also a picture of you doing grueling work. I want to put you on my wall of fame. Maybe build a shrine in your honor.

Wow. Cool

11 minutes ago, Vulture said:

Right. Traveling for work is grueling, but on a scale of gruel it would be about a three. As you mention hospital staff work would be an actual example of high level of gruel, not flying around with a sport team checking into hotels and applying tape for a few months

I would suggest a check-up. 

Jeeze, sounds like this place really needs some on-field action to talk about. Two hours to first pitch, let's do it.

17 minutes ago, Vulture said:

Wow. Cool

You are making yourself sound exactly how you think others are sounding. And you're coming off as very small-minded. You should probably stop now.

1 hour ago, Vulture said:

Dude you have never performed grueling work clearly. I don’t know why you are acting like you have. Getting in planes and checking into hotels could only be considered grueling by someone who hasn’t. Your example of hard work is applying tape

This is a a pretty lame thing to troll someone one.  You have no idea what life he has lived or the work he has done, yet you are going to speak authoritatively like you do?  Quit personally attacking the man.

Grandal getting lots of off days this year.  Collins against LHP usually no bueno.

Garcia keeps getting Lion’s share of PT.

Nearing a Mendick/Eaton platoon in RF.

 

Abreu and TA7 both 2/6 against Montgomery, Hamilton 0/3.  Not much to go on there.

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by caulfield12

Boy you know what's grueling...reading this thread! Rimshot, please!

26 minutes ago, Vulture said:

Right. Traveling for work is grueling, but on a scale of gruel it would be about a three. As you mention hospital staff work would be an actual example of high level of gruel, not flying around with a sport team checking into hotels and applying tape for a few months

You're wrong. And again the taping thing was a JOKE. Don't know how many times I need to repeat it 

4 minutes ago, daggins said:

Boy you know what's grueling...reading this thread! Rimshot, please!

 

1 hour ago, Vulture said:

Nothing as grueling? Rrrriight. I bet your hands are softer than a baby’s bottom.

Gotta agree with Vulture here. Baseball was fun, even during 100 game summers as a midwest kid who was forced to pile all the games into a short window to get reps.

Doing physical labor everyday in the heat (like a roofer) or how about a mover is substantially harder. The work day for many people in this country is like 10 hours on your feet grinding away for nothing. Baseball players can go out and get hammered every night and you don't lift much during season for the most part. It might be 6-8 hours at a ball park but it's not all spent on your feet or anything of the likes. Calling it the most grueling thing seems a bit crazy. Working in an amazon factory (read Fulfillment) is substantially worse on the mind and the body for example.

Either way, silly argument all around which is why I loved chiming in with my pointless opinion!

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by Look at Ray Ray Run

god damn how is it only fucking 2:22.

14 minutes ago, MiddleCoastBias said:

Jeeze, sounds like this place really needs some on-field action to talk about. Two hours to first pitch, let's do it.

The weekend is here, and I'm going to gruelingly open a beer right now, smoke some good stuff, and relax with the wife out of town for the weekend! Wish me luck!

1 minute ago, chitownsportsfan said:

god damn how is it only fucking 2:22.

If you lived here it would be 4:23....you make choices and you live with them. 

But yes it feels like 3 days since they have played a game if that is your point.

Edited May 21, 20214 yr by wegner

1 minute ago, wegner said:

If you lived here it would be 4:23....you make choices and you live with them. 

But yes it feels like 3 days since they have played a game if that is your point.

I just cracked a beer I forgot I had in the work fridge, fuck it.