IdahoBert

There’s an interesting article on the resurgence of the use of bunts not just for sacrifices, but for base hits in MLB and the Rays of all people are leading all baseball with bunts. The article asks the question if the disparagement of bunting common for many years is making a comeback for sound strategic and statistical reasons. I would provide a link but mlb.com doesn’t support posting something directly to Safari for some reason and I’m not interested in going directly into Chrome or anything. And if you can’t look it up yourself, you’re pretty remedial.

I’m assuming the plane flight to Kansas City is not going to be very jovial but what do I know? You have to have ice water in your veins too do this 162 times a year and more if you’re actually good and get to the playoffs.

A really disappointing series. Saying much more than that though is waste of words.

Thanks. That’s good of you and that’s how I got it cheap last year but I don’t think they’re offering me that deal this time, to me at least. I had to re-up for $139.99 and what they’re telling me right now is that I’m not eligible for these kind of discounts this time and I think they’ve gotten better at closing the loopholes. But you never know…

Don’t suck Tork!

Enough, but the unibrow and the Albanian accent is just too much for me…

Yeah, but that’s sort of like it’s 2 AM and she’s the only woman left in a dive bar and I’m 24 and she’s 62…

I see the Jack struck out the side again in the top of the fifth. 10 K’s total. In five innings. Pitch count 96 so he’s done. This team is kind of unwatchable right now. And literally for me, because my MLB.TV account expired today and I’m not motivated to spend $139.99 this very moment to watch these guys. Maybe I’ll feel differently in a month.

Sonny Gray is so afraid of Zach McKinstry. He pitched him like he was Ted Williams or something. Nothing even close to the strike zone. They used to do this stuff to Brandon Inge too.

Now it’s five strikeouts in a row. Is there any indication that the body snatchers have got a hold of him? Is there a weird button in the back of his neck or something?

So Jack has struck out four guys in a row. I was hoping that he would hit Story in the back like Framber did, but I’m not allowed to have what I want this world.

So, Jack just struck out the side in the first inning on 11 pitches…

Is it just protocol to suspend and fine the manager in a situation like this? Did AJ go out to the mound just before that pitch and tell Framber to “clothesline that bastard?” I stopped watching by that point.

Maybe they should let Kevin pitch a couple innings.

I was expecting this would happen…

And our club is responsible for 20% of Boston’s measly 15 wins, a team that fired its Manager, and most of its coaching staff and sits in last place in the East…

Only three teams in the American League are above .500. This is embarrassing.

McGonigle SS Vierling CF Keith 3B Greene, R LF Dingler C Carpenter RF McKinstry 2B Torkelson 1B Jung, Ja DH

I like your style.

The entire Central AL is now officially -.500. We are tied with Cleveland as the best of the worst. And the White Sox are the hounds of hell nipping at our feet.

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. Omar Khayyám

Tork is back to sucking again.

Will we go to pitching chaos for three out of five starting spots?