Jim Cowan

Baddoo has been cold for a couple of weeks

He's not too bad

I just watched the game, Torkelson made 4 really solid plays and Baez' sliding stop and throw was awesome. Last year's team gives up 7 runs, maybe 8.

Dinner tastes better when you birdie the last hole.

Sweet comeback, especially because it was against the Cheeze Dix. That's a 2 game swing in the standings!

I could live with that

I agree. It's like the "leadoff hitter" who usually only leads off once per game. After the first time through the order, position in the batting order does not matter much. Higher in the order means more PA's of course.

"getting away with using Hutchison" should be a stat.

I am wondering if Putin is still a nuclear threat. 40 days ago, he was. But if the order to launch were to be given today, would it be carried out?

Watching video from Trostyanets now, and I had not heard this before - indignity to human remains. Fighting-age men with their hands tied behind their backs, executed gangland-style, pants pulled down, with human excrement on their remains. Putin did not do that. Individual Russians did that. I find myself more and more thinking that it is time for NATO to step up its game.

Just re-watched Zelenskyy's remarks to the UN from a couple of days ago, so impressive. Calling them out for being so ineffective, suggesting that the Security Council be dissolved. He is the strongest leader on the planet right now, and it isn't even close. Some people have commented on the similarities to Churchill, and there certainly are some - he is that uniquely gifted person who was in the position at a time when the world needed it most. But the differences are stark - Churchill had craved such a role for his entire life, Zelenskyy would never have asked for it. I'm watching Kira Rudik right now, she is a member of the legislature in Ukraine. She is on a panel on a France 24 current events program, and is forcefully demanding more weapons especially surface to air. Another very, very passionate advocate for Ukraine.

I could see this coming, Paredes' career just falling off a cliff.

Those would not be filling.

Yes and I think that it was assumed that most of the racists lived in that section of the country, which is clearly not the case.

MVP: Robinson

Even kindly old Judy Woodruff was getting tough on your UN ambassador a few nights ago, asking what significance there would be to removing Russia from the human rights council.

Trump legitimized it. Before he came along I think that we all assumed that these fuckheads made up about 15% of the population. Now we know that it is 35%, and they are openly proud of it.

Does she have to be your cousin?

If you had asked me yesterday what Paredes' trade value was, I would have said "bag of baseballs".

"Patriot" is one of those words that has been ruined, like "heritage" which is now a dog-whistle word.

Absolutely right. It's ludicrous to say that there isn't enough pitching, both managers are incompetent if they couldn't allocate their supplies properly to meet their commitments. It is a callous disregard for customers and their families.

Yep, both years.

People don't have to be embarrassed about being stupid now, they can actually be proud of it.

I am one of the resident Canadians here, but I will tell you my favourite NJ association. Richard Jenne doing stand-up, pretending to be on the stage at a political convention, announcing the delegates, their home state, and their state motto: "from New Jersey, the 'what the fuck are you lookin' at?' state..."

Avila and his staff consistently improve the team every off-season, they do a good job at the draft, at Rule 5, at free agency, and at trades. I don't see why this deal would surprise anyone except the "should of got more for JD" types.