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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:38:55 AM

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Schilling and Kruk are terrible commentators. Super critical of the umpiring and then silent when a replay shows that the ump was correct.

Pretty ugly there last night.
Every pitch was contested for awhile.
Cringe-worthy stuff once everyone gets on an umps case for a bad night.
He really couldn't do anything right for anyone after awhile.

Agree on those two. It felt like we were invited into their man cave to watch two dudes watching a game.
Theres relaxed ... then theres ... "I don't really want to be here"
They are trying too hard to be the "cool guy announcing team".

KC crowd was terrible. Ump gave KC batter a huge break on what should have been strike 3 and then the crowd complains when the guy is rung up on a close pitch.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:40:39 AM

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Glad you felt that way too.
KC has already reached "irritating" status to me.
Feeling very entitled already.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:43:30 AM

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Glad you felt that way too.
KC has already reached "irritating" status to me.
Feeling very entitled already.

Yes, you nailed it.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:47:52 AM

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Angels deserved to lose ... Street afraid to challenge Butera.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:49:51 AM

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Its got to be painful for Angels fans to watch Street.
Simply doesn't have enough stuff, or zip.
Trouts catch was the only reason KC didn't end it in the ninth.

As you say... he couldn't even get the ball past Butera. (actually a very good at-bat for DruBaby)

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 9:54:27 AM

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Its got to be painful for Angels fans to watch Street.
Simply doesn't have enough stuff, or zip.
Trouts catch was the only reason KC didn't end it in the ninth.

As you say... he couldn't even get the ball past Butera. (actually a very good at-bat for DruBaby)

Another aging overpaid guy.

Twins cannot fall into that trap w/Perkins. After this deal, let him go. Don't re-negotiate it,Don't up the $$$$ any more.

If he doesn't like it? too bad.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 10:11:33 AM

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Amen brother

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 10:22:12 AM

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Perkins > Street

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:06:58 PM

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Buster Posey's great season

1. Buster Posey to be two-thirds of the way to one of the greatest seasons ever from a catcher with barely a mention of just how great it's been is almost as incredible as what he has done.

First consider Posey's offensive line: .327/.385/.495. In history, only 11 other catchers who played 75 percent of their games behind the plate put up such a line. Posey was the last to do it in his 2012 MVP season. Mauer did it twice, as did Bubbles Hargrave and Hall of Famers Gabby Hartnett, Bill Dickey and Mickey Cochrane. Only Mike Piazza reached the thresholds three times.
While his bat is as good as ever, Posey's ability to stifle runners is newfound and damn near unfair. In 2012, runners stole a major league-high 87 bases off him and were caught 30.4 percent of the time. This season, in 44 attempts, Posey has thrown out 20 runners – a big league-best 45.5 percent caught stealing. Combine that with his annually tremendous framing skills – Posey has saved an estimated 16 runs turning balls into strikes at a higher rate than all but three other regular catchers, according to statcorner.com – and not only is he the top offensive catcher in baseball, one could argue he's the preeminent on defense, too.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:34:09 PM

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Busters ALREADY had one hell of a career.
And he's just gotten better.
Dudes a rock star.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:39:41 PM

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Busters ALREADY had one hell of a career.
And he's just gotten better.
Dudes a rock star.

Aw shucks

He's better than Joe mauer.

Can't be

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:40:25 PM

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Buster has the power Mauer SHOULD be displaying.And should have been for a long time, outside the contract drive year.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:41:12 PM

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Busters ALREADY had one hell of a career.
And he's just gotten better.
Dudes a rock star.

Aw shucks

He's better than Joe mauer.

Can't be

One Dustin and I disagree on a lot.
I have a hard time putting hardly ANYONE ahead of Buster.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 12:47:11 PM

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Busters ALREADY had one hell of a career.
And he's just gotten better.
Dudes a rock star.

Aw shucks

He's better than Joe mauer.

Can't be

One Dustin and I disagree on a lot.
I have a hard time putting hardly ANYONE ahead of Buster.

Buster has game

Average and Power

joe had it for oneyear.

The dome fans were on when he batted. Can be the only explanation I can think of for all those HRs.

Eh, not really.

He probably was juicing that year.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 2:16:03 PM

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First year Triple-A player gets paid $2,150 per month. The minimum salary in 2015 for a #MLB player is $2,773 per in season day. #SportsBiz

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 4:44:24 PM

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10. Buster Posey and his San Francisco Giants, the quietest band of marauders in the game. Between hitting and fielding, no team matches the Giants this season, something of a surprise considering their championships came on the backs of superior pitching.

These Giants are deep and strong and seem to do just about everything right, and nobody exemplifies that better than Posey. Always a conscientious hitter, his evolution this year into someone who knows exactly what he wants is evident. Posey swings and misses on just 5.6 percent of pitches, one of the lowest rates in baseball, and has taken pains to find the proper pitch more than ever this year.

Posey is now offering at 71.4 percent of pitches in the strike zone, far higher than any of his past seasons, and making contact with a career-best 92.6 percent of them. The result: 41 walks and 39 strikeouts. Of the 154 players who qualify for the batting title, only Posey, Michael Brantley and Andrelton Simmons have more walks than strikeouts.

This is a player at the apex of his game, and perhaps he gets taken for granted because he is so unassuming, so matter of fact, so damn good at what he does. Not that Posey minds. Let Harper soak in that adulation. He deserves every bit of it. Only 20 players have put up the slash line Harper is this season, and the last 13 such seasons came from 1993-2008, the highest run-scoring environment in more than four decades.

Posey will swing his stick and frame his pitches and throw out batters and do his best to run and live his baseball life where he's most comfortable: under the radar and always primed to grab one more ring.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 4:47:42 PM

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Francona and Farrell, friends first

Indians skipper Terry Francona is accompanying Red Sox manager John Farrell to Farrell's first chemo session Tuesday as he battles Stage 1 lymphoma. "That's what friends do," said Francona of his former teammate.

Titos always seemed like a really solid dude.
He has that whole ugly Red Sox scar on him, but for the rest of his life he's been saint-like.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 4:53:17 PM

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■Oct. 6: AL wild-card game
■Oct. 7: NL wild-card game
■Oct. 16: ALCS begins
■Oct. 17: NLCS begins
■Oct. 27: World Series begins

This years post-season important dates just announced.
Hope Target Field is available.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/17/2015 5:13:08 PM

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10. Buster Posey and his San Francisco Giants, the quietest band of marauders in the game. Between hitting and fielding, no team matches the Giants this season, something of a surprise considering their championships came on the backs of superior pitching.

These Giants are deep and strong and seem to do just about everything right, and nobody exemplifies that better than Posey. Always a conscientious hitter, his evolution this year into someone who knows exactly what he wants is evident. Posey swings and misses on just 5.6 percent of pitches, one of the lowest rates in baseball, and has taken pains to find the proper pitch more than ever this year.

Posey is now offering at 71.4 percent of pitches in the strike zone, far higher than any of his past seasons, and making contact with a career-best 92.6 percent of them. The result: 41 walks and 39 strikeouts. Of the 154 players who qualify for the batting title, only Posey, Michael Brantley and Andrelton Simmons have more walks than strikeouts.

This is a player at the apex of his game, and perhaps he gets taken for granted because he is so unassuming, so matter of fact, so damn good at what he does. Not that Posey minds. Let Harper soak in that adulation. He deserves every bit of it. Only 20 players have put up the slash line Harper is this season, and the last 13 such seasons came from 1993-2008, the highest run-scoring environment in more than four decades.

Posey will swing his stick and frame his pitches and throw out batters and do his best to run and live his baseball life where he's most comfortable: under the radar and always primed to grab one more ring.

Dude is a man.
Great return from an ugly injury a couple years ago.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/18/2015 9:17:54 AM

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Incredible.
Guy is 12-2 ... with god-awful numbers.
Thank you, run support!

Earning a win Sunday against the New York Yankees wasn't enough for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison to keep his spot in the starting rotation – at least for the next little while.

The Blue Jays optioned Hutchison to Triple-A Buffalo on Monday and will go with a four-man rotation for their upcoming eight-game road swing that begins Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

With an off day Thursday and then another one next Monday, the schedule allows Toronto's other starters to work on regular rest. It's the latest bold move by the Blue Jays as they continue to look for any edge they can find in what's shaping up to be a compelling race between Toronto and New York for the American League East title, with Baltimore lurking not too far behind.

For Hutchison, the demotion will be disappointing coming just a day after an encouraging outing on the mound. The 24-year-old right-hander went 6 2/3 innings and gave up one run in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Yankees to improve to 12-2 on the season.

However, his record isn't entirely indicative of how he's been pitching. Hutchison has a 5.06 ERA overall and a 9.00 ERA on the road. The inflated win total is more so a product of the ridiculous run support he's received – Toronto averages 6.7 runs per game when Hutchison pitches – than anything he's done himself.

It won't be too long before Hutchison is back in the big leagues. He'll likely make his next start for the Blue Jays at home on Aug. 29, the next time Toronto needs a fifth starter. For now though, he's off to Triple-A where he'll have the opportunity to stay in a starter's routine.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/18/2015 9:28:27 AM

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Incredible.
Guy is 12-2 ... with god-awful numbers.
Thank you, run support!

Earning a win Sunday against the New York Yankees wasn't enough for Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison to keep his spot in the starting rotation – at least for the next little while.

The Blue Jays optioned Hutchison to Triple-A Buffalo on Monday and will go with a four-man rotation for their upcoming eight-game road swing that begins Tuesday night in Philadelphia.

With an off day Thursday and then another one next Monday, the schedule allows Toronto's other starters to work on regular rest. It's the latest bold move by the Blue Jays as they continue to look for any edge they can find in what's shaping up to be a compelling race between Toronto and New York for the American League East title, with Baltimore lurking not too far behind.

For Hutchison, the demotion will be disappointing coming just a day after an encouraging outing on the mound. The 24-year-old right-hander went 6 2/3 innings and gave up one run in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Yankees to improve to 12-2 on the season.

However, his record isn't entirely indicative of how he's been pitching. Hutchison has a 5.06 ERA overall and a 9.00 ERA on the road. The inflated win total is more so a product of the ridiculous run support he's received – Toronto averages 6.7 runs per game when Hutchison pitches – than anything he's done himself.

It won't be too long before Hutchison is back in the big leagues. He'll likely make his next start for the Blue Jays at home on Aug. 29, the next time Toronto needs a fifth starter. For now though, he's off to Triple-A where he'll have the opportunity to stay in a starter's routine.

Look at that start with Duffey. He was bombed and the Twins hammered Hutch. Yet they/he won

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/18/2015 9:30:40 AM

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First year Triple-A player gets paid $2,150 per month. The minimum salary in 2015 for a #MLB player is $2,773 per in season day. #SportsBiz

Not too difficult to see why some guys will turn to PED's.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/18/2015 9:51:22 PM

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Dombrowski in

Cherington out

Nerds lose in Boston

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/19/2015 6:19:53 AM

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Dang outta shape players

Hunter Pence Headed To DL With Oblique Strain

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 8/19/2015 11:14:08 AM

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Royals now 26 games over .500. Holy.

Two great first pitches last night
Zach Johnson for the Cubs
Jordan Spieth for the Rangers.
Nice to see the quality of their choices improving.

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