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Every hit on a breaking ball. Stupid pitch calling.

I don't like the approach. At least the 1st time throw use your FB more until they start getting around on it. You're doing a hitter a favor telling him he doesn't have to look for velo right out of the gate.

can anyone on this team play this game?

Yes - I think the pandemic did a lot to normalize something people have wanted to do anyway. The other factors are the increase in cremations and families scattered across the country. If an interment isn't driving the schedule a family can work out a date that more people are able to meet.

the slacker who asked for a day off for a funeral in two weeks used to be the butt of dumb employee jokes as no-one had notice that far ahead of a funeral, but that is something that has changed. In recent years I've been to a lot of funeral/memorial services weeks and months after a death.

this is why it's so important to prevent Trump from getting back into office and institutionalizing the stuff he was too dumb to the first time. Maduro never could have stayed in power if Chavez had not been popular enough to create the systmem where his successor would not have to be popular.

I guess it's a big ask mid-saeson, but it would make sense that if he can't control the sinker he should throw a 4 seamer - it's the more natural pitch to use with a curve anyway and maybe he could spot it well enough solve his problem.

maybe Baddoo sensing the presssure. 4 for his last 11 with two HR.

Bigbie 2/4 today. He now has almost the same number of AB in AA as in A, and his average is higher, HRs are higher, OBP is higher, Ks are lower. Not much else you can ask a guy to do. I would think that should be a ticket to the next level.

Agree, and didn't have the arm either. McKinstry's not much better quickness wise but at least he can get the ball over there in good shape when he fields it - most of the time.

four was probably too many. I thought the earlier players game with Jones, Monroe and Petry actually went better than the average Monroe/Shepherd game, though that's a pretty low bar.

Poor guy. Mid 20's is when things like schizophrenia can begin to manifest. Sounds like whatever this is, it's serious enough they can't get a handle on it which is not good.

I think more to provide some PR that they are not suppressing service time while still leaving owners free to suppress service time for 90% of players.

If he is re-elected he will quash all the federal prosecutions and no-one will/can stop him. And he'll sit in DC and dare Georgia to send someone there to arrest him on any state charges.

Who knows. To me, it seems like the only possible outcome in the end is a 30-36 team super league under a whole new constitution and *everybody* else ends up dropping virtually to non-revenue status. Looking at it globally, I think it's inescapable that high cost/high revenue programs will only be able to exist in the same kinds of markets that pro-sports teams today do, and that is a pretty limited number of markets around the country. Certainly nothing like the current number of FCS teams. I can see maybe a few exceptions of teams with no local market but national brands like ND, Penn State and LSU, but not enough to keep anything like the current system alive. But again, Congress is the wild card. They could - at any time - end NIL, make college athletes non-employees, recreate the system any way they like.

Apparently UCal did not want to see the two schools in different conferences but UCLA was in such dire need of more $$ they had no choice but the let UCLA make the initial move. Now they are going to have to find a away to split to differenct conferences for revenue vs non-revenue sports. Track and swim programs (etc) can't afford to fly cross county for meets, not to mention a lot those athletes really are students and don't need the extra time committment. But what will probably happen instead is that more non-revenue sports will end up being downgraded to club status.

Cal, Stanford, W State and OR State left holding the bag. UCal regents find themselves in a funny position, one foot on each side the outcome.

Turnbull with a so-so outing at Toledo 3.1 IP, 3H 2ER 2BB 2K. He left the game after hitting a batter with 1 out in the 4th and that man came around to score, so 1 ER while he was on the mound.

I think it should be a relief from the down beat of this season to see if they have anything in P Meadows, but to be honest. even best case I'm doubting he's going to be a player whose clock setting is going to be a big deal. Of course I hope I'm wrong about that!

I love the comments that the SS woudn't allow him to be incarcerated. If it did ever come to it, they have zero authority to prevent it. They can guard him standing outside his cell as well as anywhere. In fact the government would save a ton of money if he made it that simple for them! 🤣

I don't think there is much question he hasn't been unlucky when he's been hit this season, he hasn't been able to throw stikes. The episodes when his blreaking ball command has just disappeared have been almost painful to watch.

Nice catch. The kick is smaller than Denny's and Jackson 'sits down' a little lower but there is definitely an echo there.

yes - I don't know what else he's been doing beside selling property but you'd think he's been doing Radio for years.

the rest of this season is going to turn in a musical chairs of who is worse: Olson, Faedo, Manning or Wentz.

too bad JHM can't play 3rd.