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Joey Wentz, nine pitches, three hits, one run. Yikes! EDIT: Joey Wentz, ten pitches, four hits, two runs. Yikes!!

Ray Oyler was not that bad.

Another 103mph scorcher from TORK!, another out. Sigh.

Here is a tidbit I just learned about Miggy that truly delights me: he will retire as the last major leaguer to have played regular season games in Montreal.

If "greatest" is defined as including military service, I'm inclined to agree.

I believe that was also the routine that launched his career in the first place.

If you’re one of those folks who’s been wondering how the game of baseball is played, Hitchcock’s got you covered.

The average start in the AL, among a mix of veterans and neophytes, is yielding an average of 2.8 runs in 5.3 innings, so, pretty close. As an assessment of Faedo’s outing yesterday, it’s fair to say he was right around the average start—so, not at all awful. The perception of ongoing effectiveness exists in the averages, though. Three runs in five innings is not much worse in an isolated case, but as an ongoing average, it’s definitely subpar.

As long as Schoop hits LHP—he’s 11-for-32 against that—he has enough actual value to keep running him out there, hoping for some return in July. But if he dries up against southpaws, there’s no remaining reason to keep him around.

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FWIW, Jonathan Schoop is 9-for-30, .300/.364/.400, 107 OPS+, against LHP.

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Flip side, if you are at a function where the other person is present (e.g., family holiday or work function), it is your job to make nice with them, if not exactly be friendly with them, out of respect for everybody else in the room. That doesn’t mean you have to seek them out for conversation, but you do need to avoid provoking them. And if they start in on their nonsense, then, if you can’t comfortably remove yourself from their presence, you just need to ignore them and concentrate on something or someone else.

Right. If you try to ignore certain topics and they keep throwing it back in your face even after you ask them not to, that demonstrates a basic level of disrespect on their part, and you can’t base any kind of healthy relationship on such lack of respect.

They might be preparing for a post-Schoop world by figuring out whether Ibanez could handle second semi-permanently going forward.

Multiple years was not on the table. I wanted him back for a single year.

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Two of the American fascists’ favorite words when it comes to elections is “at large”.

It’s the redirection toward the grubby serfs, grubby unions, and their supposed grubby Democratic patrons that allows the greedflation to proliferate under the radar.

Month of May: Still outrunning that pythag.

When it comes to considering reliable options off the bench, yes, but it’s even worse in high-leverage situations, because at least a missing player can’t end the rally getting overwhelmed at the plate or grounding into an easy double play.

Theoretically, I would agree, but just not right now. Carpenter is still hurt and Malloy is probably not ready to throw into the fire. And even when Carpenter does come back, the easy switch is optioning Short.

Cabrera, unfortunately, is a given. But even if we could magically wish him into the cornfield, we don’t have anyone in the system to replace him that’s much, if any, more reliable than he. The cupboard was left bare, and it’s gonna take time to stock it back up to a point where we have the luxury of having to make hard choices among good options.

Had it in the bag the whole time. 😁