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But how did he look at the plate? Did they let him take some swings?

Wow, I had forgotten all about Wilson Ramos.

Clemens is already 26 years old and has a .806 OPS in over 500 PAs at AAA. What are they waiting for? Is it about learning other defensive positions?

The Oakland A’s can’t wait to get away from that crud hole stadium that they have.

All of the fault lies with the Yankees intentionally walking Cabrera.

When was the thread of 1,000 runs at the old place? Was that 2008? That season was pretty disappointing right out of the gate.

I couldn’t really understand this, either. I mean, they’ve got, what, 25 uninjured pitchers on the 40, some with options, and they’re dicking around a bullpen game? I suppose it probably doesn’t matter with the impotent offense, but it’s still confusing.

Some of us aren’t sure how Hinch exuded power over the whole organization last season, but that’s what some folks kept blathering about.

Even the fly outs before the bloop gaffe were kind of ugly. Damn near crouched down to a knee on one of them. This roster is awful right now. They need to dump CastroW down to Toledo and pull up Clemens (ideally) or Short and just deal with CastroH as the backup SS. Schoop kind sit behind Clemens, or Clemens can move around 2B/LF/DH. Unfortunately, there aren't other moves to make. Candelario is showing signs of coming around. The OF is going to be Meadows and Grossman in the corners with a CF of Baddoo/Hill. Baez's bat might not be what we wanted, but damnit if isn't glorious to have that glove at SS. Cabrera is going to be the DH. Torkelson just needs to grind through and find it. They could try swapping Cameron for Baddoo (please, no more CastroH in CF, no more CastroW in Detroit's OF), they could try Short instead of Clemens. But that's essentially it. The position players are simply underperforming or didn't have room to underperform to begin with. And, yeah, the CastroW in OF crap..... Look, the offense is struggling, the pitching is holding it together and at least giving the team a shot. Let's not add another obstacle to a win by putting a horsebleep glove out there if it can be avoided.

Those are just counting stats. I need something more substantial like WAR.

Somebody else can.

I'm pro life. But I also acknowledge that issues like rape/incest/health of mother & child don't fit so nicely into that view. And I cannot quite figure out how this seems to be a one size fits all for some folks. You know, you look at the generalities of the two major parties in the country in their general ideologies. One side is firmly against abortions but damn straight you better be able to holster a killing toy on your person if you so choose. The other side just flips on both, and then you've got the irony of folks that were given the chance of life promoting ending life before the fetus gets a shot at it (exceptions noted above). I have a really hard time squaring this away.

What? Correa is injured? Sacre bleu, who could'of predicted this as a probability?

I've been to the baseball and rock & roll hall of fames. Personally, I look at both as more of a museum rather than a career defining achievement. Of course there are enshrined members as part of the museum, but I guess I just find that aspect to be more subjective and not quite as interesting to me. Heck, what defines rock & roll to begin with? Why are Eminem and Dolly Parton being inducted into a Rock & Roll hall of fame when you wouldn't find their albums in the rock & roll section of a music shop? I visited the baseball hall and was able to see a display of Whitaker & Trammell memorabilia. Jerseys, hats, gloves, cleats, photos. It was great, it made me happy to see. This was way before Trammell's induction as a player and, in my opinion, they really should have been inducted as a duo. But the powers that be don't agree with me on that. C'est la vie, I can't help it that they're wrong. (And to be honest, the room with all of the baseball plaques was quite boring compared to all of the other displays on hand anyway.)

Do you mean actuals bats or ball players that know how to use said bats?

The SOs are a bit worrisome to me. But he's only 23 and he's a C, so there's time for him to determine his fate.

Nope. The Motor City Kitties will be lining up in victory formation in the bottom of the 9th tonight. Book it.

Exposed by a special chair?

OK, no overall roster limit, but an active roster limit of 28 for games at AAA & AA. I guess I didn't realize that had changed last season.

I don't want to blame only Soto for the loss. Its tough for pitchers to have margin for error of about a run given the ineptitude of the offense. But its past time to realize that Soto isn't a high leverage pitcher.

I like looking at baseball reference’s end of year projected records. Over the course of their 1,000 computer simulations, the Reds aren’t projected to be the worst team in baseball. Heck, the Pirates are 3 games below them in the division according to their guessing games.

I like the irony of this clip in the "catch-all" thread.

I don't know how players from different eras can be reasonably compared to each other. So much of the game has evolved over time. What hasn't changed? Free throws have kind of remained the same, but that's about it.