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In all seriousness, I think framing is more gaming than cheating, since there’s no rule against it, there’s an expectation catchers are going to do it, and umpires are presumably on guard against the most egregious attempts. OTOH, Gaylord Perry doctoring the ball? Charming or not, that’s definitely cheating. There is a rule against that, the expectation is that pitchers won’t try to break the rule, and umpires shouldn’t have to be super vigilant against it.

Yes, and also, a good player development function is essential, because good raw talent doesn’t generally develop itself.

The young women who identify with “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” ain’t quite so young anymore. 😉

Exactly.

You might be the first fan I have ever heard slag Bill Veeck.

Sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying about Judge’s WAR. But it feels as though an 11.5 even at FG by end of year is within reach.

Fangraphs has Judge at 9.3 WAR. They must be dinging him pretty hard for his suboptimal defense. That said, FG also shows WAR for splits, which Reference does not. Just in the last 30 days, Aaron Judge has 3.1 WAR, which works out to 18.5 or so WAR for an entire season. Which … dayum.

Everyone under 50 looks 29 to me.

I think we’re all getting drunk on multiple nights from now until January 20.

If you believe in the magic of calendar splits, “McStinky” is .314/.364/.510 in 55 plate appearances in August. He will be playing for his career for the rest of his young life, and I think he will have earned another season with someone, if not us.

You sure it wasn’t, “jack a bomb, Keith!”? 😃

I was surprised how Vierling in right fielder insisted on the replay for the diving catch try early on. I thought the replay showed a clear change of trajectory from hitting the ground, and how could a major leaguer not sense that? My friend did not they said the called “stands” over being “confirmed”. But on the scoreboard video it looked really obvious.

My friends and I noticed several lackluster efforts last night.

Greetings from beautiful Chicago, Illinois!

At the risk of not overthinking, I’m going to play my best players at playoff time.

Your most clutch players—that is, the players you can count on most in clutch situations—are almost always your best players.

I regularly see CWS as the three-letter designation for the team, much as DET is for the Tigers, although I've seen CHW in usage as well.

lol "WS". What, does your internet provider charge you by the letter? 😉

This will probably end up as Exhibit A of how the mainstream media blocks free speech.

I'm pretty sure Trump is talking about taking away guns only from black and brown people.

Maybe it’s Western Samoa? I assumed his personal preference abbreviation of FB means “fastball” and not Facebook.

Also, war. Also, continental land theft efforts.

And a quisling, because when the race war the Trumpian neo-Nazis want so desperately finally comes, they definitely won’t be auditing this guy’s Trumpian bona fides before deciding his fate on sight.

And girls in puberty aged 16 to 19 experiencing the same thing.