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No, I basically said I didn’t like him having to warm up again after after a 90 minute delay when he ready to come into the game earlier.
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I don’t often criticize Cora, but that was a mistake. Hicks threw 1 2/3 innings yesterday and then warmed up completely today for original bottom of the 9th. Asking any pitcher to warm up again after that kind of delay is stupid.
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That #9 Twins hitter started that whole thing with a fantastic 2 strike emergency swing to foul off a very good pitch, then singled. Sox hitters could take a note from that. I remember reading Eddie Murray used to take one round of BP practicing his emergency swings.
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Called that one; Hicks blows it.
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I would not bring Hicks in. He warmed up completely once, a 90 minute delay isn’t going to be good.
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Game is supposed to restart at 11:05 pm Central (12:05 am Eastern).
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I don’t think he’s giving up on Campbell, but they extended him before he had ever played a major league game. He had only played 137 minor league games (not even equivalent to a full minor league season). That does seem a tad premature. To be fair, they also tried to extend Mayer and Anthony, but they turned the offer down.
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That works if you aren’t pursuing a playoff spot. Not as simple if you are.
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Definitely not missing a whole lotta bats, like none.
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Maybe they weren’t lying about that shoulder.
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Story didn’t deliver, but at least he hit the ball. There’s always a chance if you put it in play. Duran was especially disappointing since not only was there no one out, but he had a 3-0 count.
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A few pitched through it and came out no worse for wear. We remember those guys. We don’t remember that most didn’t get through it and disappeared, never to be heard from again. When Bruce Sutter had to retire after he blew his arm out, people kept telling him how sorry they were for him. He responded with one of the classiest statements I’ve ever heard, something along the line of “Don’t feel sorry for me; I had 12 years. Feel sorry for the kid in A ball who just blew his arm out and will never get the chance I got”
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Maybe we could add a year to Hill’s age every time he’s mentioned (kinda like that one first baseman we were talking about several weeks ago kept shrinking an inch every time his name was posted here).
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We can do better. 2 boxes (double the prize).
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My only hesitancy is that for some reason, the Stankees seem to have an elixir that enables guys to excel there for a brief time before turning into pumpkins once they leave the Bronx. I’m just envisioning him having one hit later in the year that kills us. We seemingly got away with Narvaez, do we dare tempt fate twice in 9 months?
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Yep. Just last night (and I mean like 11 pm), the forecast was for a 20% chance of light rain overnight, which here in western Illinois is a standard summer forecast. We got the whole 20%. Rain gauge said 3.3 inches this morning.
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I tend to agree with you re. the second paragraph. The only thing I would say is they may have some idea of a guys pro potential by looking at how he did against the guys who were drafted. How he did against the non draftees is irrelevant. Obviously this works better at the college level, especially major conferences , where the better teams will have a few draftees, Not exactly the same since facing a couple guys with pro potential is a lot different than facing a whole lineup of actual pros High school draft choices are even more of a crapshoot. Unfirtunately, it always comes down to measurables and analytics. A Bill Lee would have trouble getting a looksee today.
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My 1970 Little League team? We went 20-0. But to your overall point, exactly. The winningest MLB teams ever still lost 40+ games. No team is perfect
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I’d go with the 1915 staff of Rube Foster, Dutch Leonard, Ernie Shore, and some scrub named Ruth. They also had Smoky Joe Wood start a bunch of games as well. Now, for people I’ve actually seen, 1978 had Eckersley, Jenkins, Tiant and Lee.
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I’m guessing he and Whitlock will split the duties at least for a few days. They are going to be careful with Chapman. Fortunately or unfortunately, any talk of dealing him is now done.
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Some guys can’t handle the bright lights, some guys need and relish them. Would a guy like Ortiz have done what he did had he remained in Minnesota? Or moved on to KC?
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Not exactly the 6-4-3 DP we ordered but okay.
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Chapman not looking good today. Velocity down, lots of splitters.
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Why is Buehler still in there? Why?
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Need to figure out a way to split Buehler and Fitts in the rotation. The potential for lots of BP innings is too high back to back.
