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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 1, 2019 - 07:53pm PT
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Major League Baseball
Pitchers and catchers report around Feb. 12th...
Once again, my early predictions, hopes, and dreams:
Cubs - Boston World Series
Dodgers win the West again
Nats will stink again
Yanks will be there all year
Angels will still stink and Trout will finally want traded
Oakland will be at the bottom
Bartolo Colon will not retire and have a .500 season
Ichiro will be back on the field
Orioles will get beaten like a drum and lose 120 games
If it is Boston and LA in the World Series I’m going to the game but will start a go fund me for beer and food. Ed and the Skulpin will be going with me, so maybe an early go fund me to make it all happen.
Realmuto will go to the Dodgers
Harper will go to the Dodgers
That chump Machado will go to the Yanks on a short term deal, not the 10 years he is looking for.
Kershaw is done and will only have a few innings this year due to injury
If Harper does not go to the Dodgers, he will be a Cub. Dodgers will use the $$$ for some A list pitching.
Josh Donaldson will have a big year
Seattle will really really stink
Phillies and Atlanta will struggle mightily and not make the playoffs
As usual I’m open to some wagers...
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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I'm there but my daughter Stephanie will want to go, and if she does she's a dangerous sh#t talker...
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rottingjohnny
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Sands Motel , Las Vegas
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Not sure if he's a pitcher or catcher but Reilly is on a cruise with other men...
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2019 - 07:59pm PT
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No worries Ed. Go Fund Me in the works...
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little Z
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late Xmas present - Kikuchi goes to the Mariners. Only question now is what will his nickname be, Kiku? or Kuchi? or maybe Kuchi-kuchi?
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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RJ, you know I’m all about small ball.
I wouldn’t bet agin Beantown.
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apogee
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The Dodgers passed the point in the curve of their optimal potential to win it all...even if they’d somehow managed to make it happen in ‘17 or ‘18, it would have been more about happenstance than actual cohesive skill as a team. Boston last year was a far better example of a skilled and honed team.
Since the D’s are likely to be in a period of re-structure, I’d be surprised if they became contenders.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2019 - 08:12am PT
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Giants are a dream Tad... it will be a painful visual all year with ‘dem guys. Always worth a watch though to see Crawford and Buster play. Wait for July and the Dodgers picking up Madbum in a trade...
Got damn... kinda sad to see Puig go. Special kinda critter he was. I bet he makes Votto nuts this year.
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Reilly
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Yeah, I was kinda sad to see the manchild leave. Pretty sure he ain’t gonna dig Cincinatti
and I rather suspect that will affect his play, not to mention inhibit his discipline regimen.
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labrat
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Bye bye Puig. Enjoy the humidity and heat. Hottest baseball I've ever experienced was a Reds game. Chapman still tossed it a 100 mph....
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donini
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Ouray, Colorado
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Angels will surprise and make the playoffs.
No matter where they go...Machado will have a higher OPS and WAR than Harper.
Houston will win the WS.
A’s will not suck.
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ron gomez
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This is all Fake News of course. I’m always hoping for the Cubbies, but would like to see a small market sneaker to get in the Series to mix it up a bit. I would like to see 5 billion go into building new outfield walls.
Peace
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ms55401
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minneapolis, mn
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Yankees signed Tulowitzki to a one-year deal.
It's possible I have played more major league games this decade than Tulo.
I just checked the stats. He has in fact played more games this decade than me.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 2, 2019 - 06:28pm PT
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Hey Donini... got any $$$ for them Angels? You a betting man?
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Isn’t Tulowitzki like 40 or sumpin’?
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Russ Walling
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from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2019 - 08:01am PT
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Tulo at league minimum is good to have around. He could play 3 or 4 games at short, a couple at 3rd and keep the dugout cleaned up. Probably wont get hurt pushing a broom so you might have him for the whole season, a first!
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donini
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Ouray, Colorado
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Here’s my bet Russ. A bottle of premium red that in 2019 the combined record of the Angels/A’s is better than the combined record of the Dodgers/Giants.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jim, is that “premium red” as defined by popular acclaim in JTree or LaLaLand?
In any event that’s a pretty safe bet.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Reilly....a red that puts you back more than an ice screw but less than a camalot.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Fair enough - batter than a ‘14 Montepulciano but not quite an ‘08 Chateauneuf du Pape?
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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That was 2018...Russ thinks that both the Angels and A’s will tank in 2019.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2019 - 11:16am PT
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Here’s my bet Russ. A bottle of premium red that in 2019 the combined record of the Angels/A’s is better than the combined record of the Dodgers/Giants.
I’ll do it for a +6. Regular season up to 163 games. No playoff record in the mix.
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donini
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Ouray, Colorado
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I am a lifelong AL fan...I’ll add Cleveland to my mix and give you Milwaukee, that preety much evens out the two groups based in 2018 records.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 3, 2019 - 12:22pm PT
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Nah... Cleveland and the BrewCrew would be too painful to monitor all season...
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 10, 2019 - 08:55am PT
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Dodger catcher Yasmani Grandal goes to the BrewCrew.... making room for Realmuto to the Dodgers?
Nats get 2nd baseman Brian Dozier from the Dodgers
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 10, 2019 - 09:00am PT
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I bet the Nats thought he was a real sleeper, huh?
I’ll go to my corner.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 11, 2019 - 11:12am PT
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Russell Martin back to the Dodgers!
Makes Realmuto trade less urgent...
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 11, 2019 - 12:29pm PT
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He’s still alive?
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Gregory Crouch
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Jan 11, 2019 - 12:43pm PT
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Russ, where do you get off running your mouth?
My A's finished two games better than your Cubs last season.
You'd have finished in third place in the AL West.
I wish you a whole season of watching Addison Russell.
Donini's gonna wipe the floor with you.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 15, 2019 - 07:43am PT
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RIP Mel Stottlemyre 77. Mel remains (😳) the last pitcher to hit an inside-the-park grand slam.
Surely Yogi coined an oxymoron for that?
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Jan 15, 2019 - 08:15am PT
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Where are the A's playing this year? I've lost track...
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Russ Walling
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from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 22, 2019 - 03:39pm PT
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 22, 2019 - 03:52pm PT
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Schilling didn’t make it? 🙄
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ms55401
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minneapolis, mn
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Jan 22, 2019 - 04:11pm PT
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Edgar Martinez, first DH in the HoF? Eddie Murray is in the Hall right
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 23, 2019 - 07:51am PT
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Since it's prediction time, here's mine (same prediction since 1964 for those keeping score):
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ms55401
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minneapolis, mn
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Jan 23, 2019 - 05:12pm PT
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Kris Bryant talking smack about St. Louis, which is funny, because it's indisputably the best baseball town in the major leagues, and Wrigley is poser-bandwagon-yuppie ville
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jan 24, 2019 - 08:14am PT
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Ichiro is back with the Mariners at 45!
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 24, 2019 - 01:01pm PT
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Los Dodgers get AJ Pollock... less room for Harper now and makes Joc Pederson a little more out the door in trade bait
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Dave Davis
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Seattle, WA
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Jan 24, 2019 - 11:03pm PT
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Maybe the Mariners should sign Edgar Martinez again as long as they’re going for Ichiro. Futility seems to be the theme of the Seattle organization. Anyway, Edgar deserved a place in the HOF. He played on the best teams the Mariners ever had, but nevertheless always came up a bit short (the team that is). As far as the DH in the HOF goes, I believe Paul Moitor spent a fair amount of his career as a DH and you know David Ortiz will be there in the not too distant future.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 25, 2019 - 09:09am PT
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^^^^
The Mariners just picked up that nutcase Hunter Strickland.... Good luck with that. His neck must be feeling better from all those whiplash hits he gives up late
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2019 - 12:05pm PT
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Frank Robinson, dead at 83
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 7, 2019 - 12:15pm PT
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JT Realmuto just went to the Phillies... Sorry Dodgers
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Who let the dogs out?
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EdwardT
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Retired
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Feb 11, 2019 - 06:38am PT
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See the young man in this picture? He was 18 years old when it was taken at the train station in Mobile, Alabama, in 1952. There is $1.50 in his pocket. In that bag by his foot are two changes of clothes. (And if his mama was anything like most other mamas in the South, probably some sandwiches and other snacks.) He was on his way to Indiana to take a job.
He was going to play baseball for the Indy Clowns of the Negro Leagues. Apparently, he was pretty good at it. A couple of years later, he was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers. He played for the Brewers for 2 seasons, then moved across town to the Braves, and later followed them to Atlanta. Eventually, he was the last Negro League player to be on a major league roster.
He still hangs around the baseball world. At the moment, he's the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. Even though the team has changed stadiums (twice) since then, his retired number, 44, still hangs on the outfield wall of the old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium near where he belted a homer to break Babe Ruth's all-time record (which he held for 33 years).
Happy 85th birthday to "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2019 - 08:00am PT
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He’s still the homer record holder in my mind. Such a class act.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 11, 2019 - 08:24am PT
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Happy bday to the Home Run King! (Sorry Barry, you ain’t it)
Fun fact: Oakland A’s hang around kid and batboy MC Hammer got his nickname “hammer” because the players thought he looked like Hank Aaron
...you can’t touch this
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Feb 11, 2019 - 08:41pm PT
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^^^^wow, the batboys got numbers! don't think that happens anymore
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Feb 11, 2019 - 08:44pm PT
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Aaron was a terrific fielder, also.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 11, 2019 - 10:54pm PT
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From the 2 Degrees of Separation Dept:
Stanley Burrell, aka MC Hammer:
“In the Oakland Coliseum parking lot the young Burrell would sell stray baseballs and dance accompanied by a beatboxer. Oakland A's team owner Charles O. Finley saw the 11-year-old doing splits and hired him as a clubhouse assistant and batboy as a result of his energy and flair.[1][15] Burrell served as a "batboy" with the team from 1973 to 1980.” - Wiki
Charlie O was a good friend of me mum. Don’t think she ever met MC Hammer though.
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donini
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Ouray, Colorado
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Feb 12, 2019 - 03:21am PT
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Come on Angels!
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ms55401
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minneapolis, mn
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Feb 20, 2019 - 04:54pm PT
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So the recipient of the 2019 Free Agent Winner's Curse turns out to be San Diego. This totally smacks of A-Rod to Texas. Too bad for the Padres and their fans, who deserve better.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 20, 2019 - 05:07pm PT
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300 million samolians for that tatted up crankloon? A fool and his money is soon parted.
I got a fifty that says he’s outta da game or in da slam before that contract is fulfilled.
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Dave Davis
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Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2019 - 11:00pm PT
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Hey trivia buffs, Hank Aaron didn’t start with the Brewers as they didn’t exist until 1970. He was with the Braves when they were still in Boston I believe and he was the only player to play for them in all three cities that had the franchise. My favorite all time player, the guy was so consistent, year after year.
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Dave Davis
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Seattle, WA
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Feb 20, 2019 - 11:10pm PT
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Okay I’ll correct myself. Aaron was in the Boston Braves farm system, but didn’t make it to the bigs until they moved to Milwaukee.
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little Z
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Mar 17, 2019 - 06:28am PT
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hey, there's a baseball game on the radio this morning. A's vs the Nippon Ham Fighters.
Khris Davis is having a good game
edit: one can't find this thread easily by doing a ST search because the title is too short. Had to scroll back about 20 pages to find it. Let's keep it current.
re-edit: thanks for the search tip Russ
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2019 - 08:08am PT
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If you type in Major League Baseball for the search it will come right up...
Padres.... bad move grabbing that chump Machado
Kershaw will NOT have a good season...
Puigs English is getting better all time, but when he wants to scorch the Dodgers he does it in his native tongue. Good for him... dodgers kinda treated him like sh#t.
Cubs poised to win it all...again
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 17, 2019 - 09:49am PT
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Will Bryce Harper ever run out a groundball again?
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2019 - 08:46am PT
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Angels and Mike Trout looking at a 12 year extension for 430 million smackaroos
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apogee
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Mar 19, 2019 - 09:17am PT
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Half a billion for Trout?
That guy's good, but jeebus cripes.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2019 - 09:45am PT
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Did Elon Musk buy the Angels over the winter?
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 19, 2019 - 09:50am PT
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Trout might actually be worth it. Watching him play ball in person is a once-in-a-life-time treat. He plays hard, at bat, in the field and on the bases.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2019 - 10:52am PT
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Well, Gare, he is in my Top Five All-Time* but that is crazy money.
But since he might be the nicest and most deserving I won’t begrudge him.
not in order:
Cobb
Gehrig
Mickey
Clemente
Mike
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 19, 2019 - 05:01pm PT
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^^ No Mays? Where's the Hammer?
And Tris Speaker, the dude was a monster.
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2019 - 08:00pm PT
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Was Tris better than Lou? Tough call, Lou gets the sympathy vote. Willie better than Roberto?
Maybe a tougher call. I saw The Mick play, pretty amazing. Saw Willie too and he mighta
been better but I’d say they’re a toss up. Unquestionably Top Ten, agreed?
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 19, 2019 - 08:11pm PT
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If the Babe ain’t in the top 5 there is no justice in the world...
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 19, 2019 - 08:35pm PT
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The Babe is his own Top Ten. Dood musta had the hand/eye coordination to grab a fly
by the balls as it flew by, huh?
Yeah, pitchers are another list. Sadly, Clemens would deserve the Top Ten without the juice.
With it, I’m not sympathetic.
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Mar 19, 2019 - 08:44pm PT
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1) Babe Ruth
2) Willie Mays
3) Barry Bonds
4) Ted Williams
5) Hank Aaron
it's on the internet, so it must be true
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Mar 19, 2019 - 10:28pm PT
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Was Tris better than Lou?
Tough call, but there's never been another outfielder like Speaker. He had 139 double plays in his career. 2nd place has 86. Speaker had six unassisted DPs in his career. His .345 BA is sixth all-time. He has the record for career doubles. 3514 hits. His glove was where "triples go to die." The dude was a monster, reading his baseball reference page will blow your mind.
Willie better than Roberto?
Yeah. So was Aaron. Clemente died too young, though.
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Gunkie
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Valles Marineris
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Mar 20, 2019 - 08:21am PT
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Phillies signed Bryce Harper for a cool $330 million over 13 years. Too bad he doesn't pitch.
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donini
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Ouray, Colorado
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Mar 20, 2019 - 11:55am PT
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Harper is no bargain, his hype exceeds his production. Notice he avoided the AL where his numbers would have taken an additional hit.
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2019 - 08:12am PT
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Opening Day!!!!!!!!
Get some!!!!
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10b4me
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Lida Junction
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Mar 28, 2019 - 08:48am PT
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thanks Obama.
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Mar 28, 2019 - 08:56am PT
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next week, Boston at Oakland, four day series...
Donini, we're planning to be at IC at the end of the month, what's your schedule?
sent you email earlier this month...
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Batrock
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Burbank
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Mar 28, 2019 - 10:59am PT
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Dodger spring training last week against the White Sox
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StahlBro
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San Diego, CA
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Mar 28, 2019 - 12:57pm PT
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Manny makes his Padres debut today against the Giants
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2019 - 02:08pm PT
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Baez of the Cubs is on pace for 162 homers this year!!! GO CUBS!
Edit: update: now on pace for 324 homers on the year
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2019 - 03:54pm PT
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Dodgers 162-0
Giants 0-162
Could happen looking at the projections from todays action
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2019 - 04:31pm PT
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Allergic to sunflower seeds! I used to run a mouthful of coffee beans... nowadays I sometimes do pistacios but have to spit the shells into the outfield... damn shells are big enough to cause a bad hop in the infield
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Gregory Crouch
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Walnut Creek, California
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Mar 29, 2019 - 07:34pm PT
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They're playing baseball again tonight! How awesome is that?
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Mar 29, 2019 - 07:58pm PT
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awesome!!
and good weather for a trip to The Valley!
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ms55401
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minneapolis, mn
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Mar 30, 2019 - 04:29pm PT
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Mariners 3-1 and rightfully in first place of the AL West
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little Z
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un cafetal en Naranjo
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Mar 31, 2019 - 04:06am PT
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that would be the 4-1 Mariners.
If they go on to win the World Series, Ichiro will get a ring as he was a part of the 2019 club.
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zBrown
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Couldn't shoot free throws though.
Still he's number one!
Right down the road apiece at Sweetwater Dam
Then again I have made mistakes before
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Gary
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Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Just back from Anaheim Stadium. The Angels can't suck enough so far this year. Matt Harvey looked awful. Mike Trout is something else entirely. Nice catch in center. Also made a strong throw from center for an out at the plate. And a homerun, even though they really weren't pitching to him.
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ron gomez
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Cubs bullpin, should be renamed...bullschit! They need to understand their job is to END an inning not PROLONG it. Pulling Dharvish(sp) after 70 pitches only to have bullpin load bases, then clear them with a double. Had to turn the game off and cuss Russ!
Peace
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Russ Walling
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 5, 2019 - 07:58am PT
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^^^^
Hahaha.... Boston too... rough start
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Reilly
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The Other Monrovia- CA
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Had to turn the game off and cuss Russ!
What did Russ have to do with it? 😳
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Gregory Crouch
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Walnut Creek, California
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The Red Sox recent visit to Oakland proves that although they are defending champs, they are slow learners... Athletics CF Ramon Laureano and his thunderbolt of a right arm hosed down THREE Red Sox baserunners in one series, including Mookie Betts at third base in the last game of the series with nobody out in the 9th inning of a game the Sox were behind by 4 runs. That's just plain dumb.
The Mookie failed to absorb the hard lesson of his teammate Xander Bogaerts.
Laureano had thrown out Bogaerts at third base in the ninth inning of the second game of the four gamer. (A perfect one-hopper into Matt Chapman's glove.) At least the circumstances we're quite so horrible, one out in the 9th with the Rox facing a 1-0 deficit.
But still. Bogaerts himself should have known better, because Laureano had chopped him down at the plate in the second inning of the opener with a 270-foot perfecto.
Which I would say is the best throw I've seen Laureano make except that it isn't—the 300-odd footer from the left centerfield fence back to first base to complete a double play he made last year holds that distinction.
Robbie Grossman gunned out another Sox baserunner trying to get a legs double.
Four critical outs on the base paths in one series. I can't remember another set in which outfield assists decisively affected the outcome of so many games.
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ron gomez
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I love the Cubs as Russ does! Old joke with me and the old rubber arm....that at least still puts on the cleats and gets his glove dirty. Madden will get the pin in proper order. Ya gotta take the good with bad if ya root for the Cubs.
Peace
Crouch, Bo Jackson made heck of a throw to gun a guy at home back a bit ago. Harold had already touched third, rounding hard for home, Bo picks the ball up in the left field corner and guns a strike to the catcher. Clemente was another you’d be crazy to test.
https://youtu.be/eB9wi_zvMdM
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Greg, don’t see a lotta ballers coming outta CalTech.
I ascribe it to arrogance and lack of discipline.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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The Red Sox recent visit to Oakland proves that although they are defending champs, they are slow learners...
naw, they just don't play well in the Coliseum and especially night games there... but they have had a very slow start, opening on the road (and still on the road until next Tuesday) hasn't been good for them. The A's fielders had to be perfect on those throws, and they were... good on them.
I did see the Tuesday game, and they had opportunities in the last four innings to get the runner on third to score in a 1 run game... they didn't.
Still hoping that there is an A's BoSox playoff series in the future...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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That Bo Jackson throw was pretty great, no doubt.
Here's Laureano's from last year. Make sure you watch long enough to see the view from the left centerfield camera. (starting at 24 seconds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQ-FdByhdo
So good to have the games back.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Bogaerts himself should have known better...
that play was reviewed (a long review) and not enough evidence to overturn the call on the field...
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Ed, safe or out by hairsbreadth replay review doesn't change the fact of the throw, so yes, he should have known better. The call at third wasn't controversial.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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"...doesn't change the fact of the throw..." absolutely an excellent throw safe or out
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Jordan Hicks throws like fire!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Cubs are in first place!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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guess who the best team in MLB is -- Yankees? Astros? Russ's Cubbies?
NFW. Get real.
TWINS.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Uh, rong, Twinkies are 23-12, Los Dodgers are 25-12,
Twinkies are in an even weaker division.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Twins: 23-12 (.657 winning percentage)
Dodgers: 25-14 (.641 winning percentage)
.657 > .641
right? no? yes? hard to tell. So hard. We should argue whether .657 > .641. Maybe hold a vote.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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May 10, 2019 - 02:55pm PT
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Albert Pujols gets 2000 RBIs and it barely makes a blip in the news.
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Topic Author's Reply - May 10, 2019 - 03:52pm PT
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^^^^^ juicer....
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 10, 2019 - 08:57pm PT
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the BoSox now have a winning record... yay!
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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May 11, 2019 - 08:00pm PT
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^^^^^ juicer....
I know you are, but what is he?
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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May 13, 2019 - 05:38pm PT
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I just witnessed a macho, manly man (well, Kole Calhoun) bunt to get a hit against a ridiculously lopsided shift. This is the first time I have ever seen a hitter with decent power play the shift instead of (usually) hitting into the shift.
It's about time. I have no quarrel with the shift at all. But for the past couple years while "the shift" has been in vogue, it has been infuriating to see sluggers (real or self-imagined) not adapt. This is a turn for the better, and I hope this continues. Good for you, Kole Calhoun.
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