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Scoreless into the 18th is literally something I have never seen before.

Matt Boyd getting some trigger time in the 16th now! As a starter he should be able to go four innings or more if need be.

Raise your hand if you said after the Guardians 1-0 15-inning win over the Rays that there would be a game later during this postseason that would be scoreless into the 16th. Now put your hand down, you liar.

But see, that’s really the point: he didn’t need to be memorable at all. That’s what makes him the perfect candidate for the most Al Avila position player ever!

He’s got to be mentally ill. No one in their right mind insists on this.

It might be less about who will vote for him than it is about who will count his votes.

How do we know that any given porn actress any politician hooks up with is a porn star? As in top-of-the-game star, like, on the level of Ginger Lynn or Nina Hartley? Maybe this Nicole Sage is just a second-rate barely-anybody in that game who’s actually benefitting more from being with him than he with her? I always wondered that about Stormy Daniels, too …

The perfect candidate for the most Al Avila position player brought in during his tenure would be a guy no one ever heard of before he came here, signed by Al at just beyond prospect age, and has tools that tantalize just often enough to fool him to believing good production is right around the corner. The candidate has homer pop but strikes out a ton and can’t take a walk; has an iron glove that balls just clank off of and a wild arm he can’t control; looks like he should fit in at any position but can’t actually play any of them; gets way more reps on the field in the hope he will prove out the signing than any other organization would ever dare give him; and once he leaves, never steps into a major league stadium ever again without having to buy a ticket. Ladies and gentleman, I present to you: Ronny Rodriguez.

Which will make him the ideal Republican candidate in 2024.

Interesting tidbit by Costas in the broadcast, let’s see if i remember it accurately: today was the fourth time Judge struck out four times in a playoff game. As with this time, the first three times also came against the Cleveland ballclub. Judge went 1-for-20 with SIXTEEN strikeouts in that series. You know what’s gonna happen, though, right? Go on, guess … 😁

You’re still a child. Learn the software and get the job. 😉

This is new routine I saw this morning, apparently from Gateway Pundit: It was all a setup. From Ray Epps – to opening the magnetic doors from the inside – to the dozens of fed operatives in the crowd – to Ginger Gun – to firing flash bombs and gas canisters on unsuspecting grandmas and seniors – to the mass arrests of hundreds of innocent Trump supporters who were waved into the US Capitol. Now we have the proof that it was all a setup and the entire thing was filmed by a pre-staged camera crew.

He appears to be a plus behind the plate with no stick to speak of—but he does take a crap-ton of walks.

I was lucky to have bought my car when I did. I closed the deal in March 2021, just as the vaxes were coming out but overall supply chain issues were accelerating. The only thing my car ended up missing was the adjustable lumbar for the passenger seat. I got $250 off for that. Also was lucky that I bought my car when prices were highly negotiable. You may remember that car sales tanked the prior year and dealers were forced to actually deal. I was able to knock more than $10K off the MSRP. Had I waited just one more month, I'd've been paying some amount over MSRP.

This looks not unlike James Whitmore circa Shawshank.

Nico is a four-win guy over there this year. Cubs may think they have the solution.

That’s a fair assessment. OTOH, Yankees.

Yankees could use a shortstop.

He really helped his case by staying on the field for almost 140 games and delivering five-plus wins.

I don't remember the thing with Trammell. I must have blocked it out of my memory as a traumatic event. Ivan played for the Marlins in 2003 on a 1/10 deal and won a ring with them. That offseason he told them he would be glad to keep playing for them for $10 million as long as they gave him the same contract length they'd given Mike Lowell which was four years— thus, 4/40. The Marlins let him walk, and the floor for Ivan's next deal was established. When one of the worst teams in baseball history were the only organization to offer him his 4/40, he basically had no choice but to take it. And that's how I remember us getting Ivan Rodriguez.

Jeimer was the one I was the most unsure about, but I do think he will stay, although the popular buzz out there is that he will go.

The main thing I remember about the Pudge signing was that he went on record going into the offseason that he would not sign for less than four years and $40 million. The Tigers were the only organization to offer him that much, and of course exactly that. It worked out pretty well, for a couple years, anyway.

Literal cleanup from literal lunatic in the aisle. I don't know whether she'll be able to jump-start an entire career off this, but we will definitely be seeing more of her in the next couple of weeks, anyway.

Peace in our time ...