Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 29m29 minutes ago

Bryce Harper is being kept out of lineup today for his role in Papelbon fight, #Nats manager Matt Williams announces

 

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#Nats suspend Jonathan Papelbon four games for fighting with Bryce Harper

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Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 2h2 hours ago

 

The #Mariners are expected to offer their GM job to Jerry Dipoto, per @JimBowden_ESPN

Horrible collision in Cards game. Piscotty looks seriously injured.

Why does it feel like the Cardinals suck at injuries? It seems like at least two significant injuries a season find their way onto that roster (one to the rotation). That was brutal to watch.

Edited September 29, 201510 yr by Swingandalongonetoleft

“You’ve played 63 innings this year,” said former big leaguer Mark DeRosa this morning on MLB Central, referring to Papelbon. “You’re toe-stepping a guy who’s played in 1,262 innings, who’s hitting .336 with 41 homers, is gonna be the National League MVP, and you’re questioning whether or not he goes to the post every day. That’s tired, OK? No reliever should tell a position player anything about hustle.” It’s certainly possible that Bryce Harper needs to run a little bit harder on pop-ups and other presumed outs. But he needs to hear that message from his manager, not from a dyspeptic clubhouse cancer whose big mouth writes checks that his on-field performance can’t cash.

 

 

Wow nice job derosa. Finally someone says it like it is. Not that they were both at fault crap tippy towing in the middle.

Looking at the radar in the east, there could be a handful of doubleheaders tomorrow.

Looking at the radar in the east, there could be a handful of doubleheaders tomorrow.

This weekend is shaping up to be messy as well.

Horrible collision in Cards game. Piscotty looks seriously injured.

 

St. Louis CardinalsVerified account ‏@Cardinals 55m55 minutes ago

Stephen Piscotty was released from the hospital today after spending the night for observation.

Padres were hit for an illegal international workout.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2573570...rnational-draft

Kershaw vs Bumgarner tonight with the division still technically up for grabs. Over under at 5.5, which is rare as can be.

Ortiz's stats the last two seasons:

 

2014: 142G, 518AB, 35HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

2015: 142G, 518AB, 36HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

Edited September 30, 201510 yr by OmarComing25

Kershaw vs Bumgarner tonight with the division still technically up for grabs. Over under at 5.5, which is rare as can be.

 

1 hit, 13 K complete game shutout by Kershaw to win the NL West. Best in the business.

 

https://vine.co/v/eQOOBZW0uHI

Ortiz's stats the last two seasons:

 

2014: 142G, 518AB, 35HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

2015: 142G, 518AB, 36HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

 

The wonders of PEDs.

Ortiz's stats the last two seasons:

 

2014: 142G, 518AB, 35HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

2015: 142G, 518AB, 36HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP

 

Why couldn't we get this out of LaRoche?

Why couldn't we get this out of LaRoche?

 

Or Cabrera?

Or Cabrera?

Melky Cabrera? You thought he would be a 35 HR hitter?

Melky Cabrera? You thought he would be a 35 HR hitter?

 

My thoughts exactly. I expected Cabrera to have high RBIs but not homeruns.

My thoughts exactly. I expected Cabrera to have high RBIs but not homeruns.

Same here. I expected 80-90 RBIs from him, and he's given 76. Not bad.

The mainstream media is really counting Kershaw out of the Cy Young conversation?

The mainstream media is really counting Kershaw out of the Cy Young conversation?

 

Heard Chris Singleton say Arrieta does more in bigger games. I guess Kershaw doing it to clinch the division was an unimportant game.

Heard Chris Singleton say Arrieta does more in bigger games. I guess Kershaw doing it to clinch the division was an unimportant game.

Arrieta has 20 wins and despite everything we know about the win stat, I feel like that's still going to be the magic number for him.

In my opinion the Blue Jays have the best argument for best team in baseball this year, I'm tired of people just assuming that best record = best team.

Atlanta Braves ‏@Braves 13m13 minutes ago

 

#Braves President of Baseball Operations John Hart announced today that John Coppolella has been named as the club’s General Manager

I've heard a lot of talk about unbalanced schedules lately, but I see two issues that remain even if we were to "balance" them out like they were before the divisions.

 

1. Teams like Oakland and Seattle are going to get boned with all the extra mileage they would have to endure, which is already a big disadvantage they have to deal with.

2. Even if you face the same teams as everyone else, it's highly unlikely you're going to face the same set of pitchers as everyone else, some teams are going to luck out and miss more aces, while an unlucky team will face them more often. This is a problem unique to baseball.

 

Obviously there's nothing you can do about #2, but this means that even with 100% balanced schedules some teams are still going to get a raw deal compared to a balanced schedule system in other sports.