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I wish they kept him through this year, but he's getting to age where shortstops go over the cliff defensively as well as offensively.

Ok, just looked it up. No ghost runners in the playoffs

The game is tied in the 8th inning. Are they still doing the stupid free runner in extra innings for the playoffs?

DD: "We are always exploring ways to improve our ball club, but we are are happy with our ballclub and we don't expect to make any more moves." Two days later" DD makes big free agent signing.

You can never ever have too much pitching.

Avila sounds like a simpleton next to Hinch. Is he in charge anymore?

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That would be the best solution (of all the ones that would have any chance of happening). Take the top three teams in each division. Give the division winners a first round bye. No wildcards. If you aren't good enough to finish in the top three, then you don't deserve it.

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I don't like the Giants because they won three World Series without ever being a great team making them pretty much everything I dislike about playoffs. It would be appropriate if they lost this year when they actually did have a great year.

I played for the Cubs, Tigers, Giants and Indians. The Giants manager was a dbag, but it was only one year. Everything else was good.

I hate expanding the playoffs, but having the top two teams in each division is more appealing to me than eight wildcards.

They won't shorten the season because then they'll lose money on attendance and milking as much money out of the game as they can is the whole point of expanded playoffs.

If they sign both Correa and Verlander, their goal would be to make the playoffs in 2022. Is that likely? Maybe not, but I think it's reasonably attainable especially if they expand to 14 teams as expected. .

I used to like watching every World Series. It had a mystique which is doesn't have now, at least for me. It could be because I was young and I thought it was important. It could be because before interleague play, the two World Series opponents had never faced each other before and never even faced their opponent's opponents. It could be because there are so many playoffs series now that the World Series just seems like another playoff series rather than something that determines a definitive champion.

I would enjoy watching the Red Sox fail.

I'll have the playoffs on in the background while I do something else, but I don't really have a rooting interest. I am not going to sit down for a full game getting excited about any particular team.

I hope they get Barnhart, so we can call him "Pooch".

Yes, if they want a real shortstop they are probably going to have to spend a large amount of money over a large number of years. If they don't want to spend money, they'll end up with someone like Goodrum. A lot of fans are talking about Kreidler and he had a nice year (other than the strikeouts) but he isn't someone you want to plan around.

He can hit .280 no problem. If he wants to be a really important player, he'll need to draw walks (which will never happen) or hit for power

Butternut squash is my favorite vegetable.

This is exactly what they need and number three only needs to be a stop gap defense first catcher. The question is whether they will be willing to spend enough to get both (1) and (2).

He won't hit enough to be a reguIar, but I think the power is for real. He can probably be a decent backup catcher for a couple of years.

Shannon has been around baseball for a really long time. He almost died from kidney failure about 50 years ago.