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  1. jad
    Let's hope that's still what they're saying tomorrow.
  2. jad
    Well, this is a silly argument, and you're changing the facts as you go. You said 5-6", which I thought was ridiculous; you now say it was a foot (I erredin accepting what you said the first time as what you meant). And I'm guessing (you apparently know, but I don't) that Hanley would not have started to swing at a pitch a foot inside that "would" have hit him square in the ribs. Maybe it "would" have, but that "would" not be supported at all by the video replay, which you may as well claim now is likely doctored and not real evidence.
  3. jad
    Old pitchers always talk about how much better they were in the past. Drysdale was especially eloquent about pitching inside (well, of course, he hit a lot of guys and threw behind them and got into brawls and all that ...). I am curious, though, about the notion that MLB pitchers never "miss location" by 5-6". That entails first knowing what "location" is. You may be in the pitcher's mind; I'm not. Do you mean where the catcher holds the glove? I see pitchers miss that by over half a foot on almost every at bat. And how do you explain the extraordinary phenomena of walks in the majors?
  4. jad
    What was wrong with the pitch? It was inside. I hate that he got hurt (maybe badly), but that was a great pitch and H almost swung at it.
  5. jad
    I despise Price and hope there's a way to get him out of a RS uniform. I also didn't see the game or get a detailed explanation for what happened. But what little I heard (persistent numbness in the fingertips) is certainly something I have experienced more than once while playing various sports in cold weather and I don't think it reflects on either my toughness or character. With more than small reluctance, I am willing to give this piece of crap a grudging pass on this.
  6. jad
    If only I got paid for the number of times I missed a joke, I'd be freaking Croesus! I too am amazed at that slide, although I suppose cleats aren't quite as lethal now as they were in my day and can't actually slice your leg off. I loved his childish tantrum at home plate! Slamming the bat down, and posturing theatrically to ensure that everyone got there in time to break up a fight which never got going.
  7. jad
    Cora needs to go. He loses the opener, and now his team is starting a losing streak with no end in sight. And letting Aaron Freaking Boone beat you? I mean who does that!!!
  8. jad
    No. I feel exactly the same way--it's never never safe to bring Gene Stephens in at left.
  9. jad
    Oh well. Keep throwing those high fastballs, since no one else can hit them. (well ...almost no one else)
  10. jad
    Doubtless he will. Alas, just not today apparently.
  11. jad
    No. They're waling. (in all senses).
  12. jad
    Seems like they have no choice, since the first one or two they see look right in the strike zone. It's the last one that's out of the zone. Fantastic pitching!
  13. jad
    Glad I have the Yankees announcers instead, who seem a lot better than anything you're talking about on ESPN.
  14. jad
    Love Hanley, even though he likely should have been out at third.
  15. jad
    It was only partially the strike zone. Any major league hitter has got to be able to hit his pitch#1--right down the middle.
  16. jad
    A "small crack" is a euphemism for a "non-displaced fracture." In the ankle, wouldn't 6-8 weeks be a better guess than 10-14 days? (Had he been able to walk off the field under his own power, I might be more optimistic.)
  17. jad
    I already follow one team where playing time is not determined by in-game performance (the CLippers and their nepotistic coach and former GM--Austin Rivers' dad). I don't want to have to find myself a a fan of another.
  18. jad
    If I were a young player, I would likely consider that the possible gains are worth the risk.
  19. jad
    Exactly. Good point.
  20. jad
    I'm with you on most of this (except the 'nicest people' part--I don't find golfers alas any different from the general population). Also, although my marathon days are well past, I recall that frustrating though it may be, I never felt like ripping my equipment off and hurling it into a tree.
  21. jad
    Add me. I've always loved Hanley (w/ the exception of his absurd days in LF). He (like his namesake Manny) make hitting look like the most natural thing in the world (well, let's not get carried away--Hanley does that SOME of the time). They also make baseball look like a fun game to play.
  22. jad
    I think this year it's the Hanley flash.
  23. jad
    Yeah. I guess every now and then I forget that the internet is as full of acid-witted badasses as it is.
  24. jad
    Not as slow as ... Bour was it?... trying to score from first and hitting the wall about half way between 3rd and home.
  25. jad
    Odd time for a guy throwing 97-98 to drop a breaking ball into the middle of the plate.
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