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Mr Trout starts making his money IMMEDIATELY last night.
What a stud.
That's how you spend money. Proactively make the best players in the game comfy and they will produce for you.

Ummm, the Twins made Joe Mauer "comfortable" and look what we get in return. 

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Daily part of MLB unfortunately ...

New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell has a partially torn ligament in his pitching elbow and might need surgery, the team announced Tuesday.
The Mets said Parnell received a platelet-rich plasma injection in his elbow Tuesday and will rest for approximately two weeks before undergoing further evaluation, when the determination will be made whether he will have surgery.
Veteran right-hander Jose Valverde likely will serve as the Mets' closer with Parnell sidelined.
Parnell was diagnosed Tuesday morning after complaining of tightness in his right forearm following Monday's season-opening loss to the Washington Nationals. Parnell blew a save opportunity in the 10-inning loss, squandering a one-run lead in the ninth inning.
Parnell's appearance Monday was his first outing since July 30. His velocity sagged throughout spring training as he attempted to bounce back from a herniated disk.

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/02/ben-revere-homerless-streak-record-phillies/?eref=sihp


Ben Revere didn’t hit a home run Tuesday night. That’s nothing new: Ben Revere hasn’t hit a home run since May 30, 2011, when he was with Triple-A Rochester, and he has never hit one in the major leagues. Still, Revere’s failure to hit a round-tripper Tuesday night made the record books, as he’s now reached 1,410 career plate appearances without one. Since 1947, no hitter (pitchers excluded) has stepped to the plate that many times in his career without hitting a single homer.

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/02/ben-revere-homerless-streak-record-phillies/?eref=sihp


Ben Revere didn’t hit a home run Tuesday night. That’s nothing new: Ben Revere hasn’t hit a home run since May 30, 2011, when he was with Triple-A Rochester, and he has never hit one in the major leagues. Still, Revere’s failure to hit a round-tripper Tuesday night made the record books, as he’s now reached 1,410 career plate appearances without one. Since 1947, no hitter (pitchers excluded) has stepped to the plate that many times in his career without hitting a single homer.

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/02/ben-revere-homerless-streak-record-phillies/?eref=sihp


Ben Revere didn’t hit a home run Tuesday night. That’s nothing new: Ben Revere hasn’t hit a home run since May 30, 2011, when he was with Triple-A Rochester, and he has never hit one in the major leagues. Still, Revere’s failure to hit a round-tripper Tuesday night made the record books, as he’s now reached 1,410 career plate appearances without one. Since 1947, no hitter (pitchers excluded) has stepped to the plate that many times in his career without hitting a single homer.

That's amazing
And funny as hell
The perfect Twin
How embarassing

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/02/ben-revere-homerless-streak-record-phillies/?eref=sihp


Ben Revere didn’t hit a home run Tuesday night. That’s nothing new: Ben Revere hasn’t hit a home run since May 30, 2011, when he was with Triple-A Rochester, and he has never hit one in the major leagues. Still, Revere’s failure to hit a round-tripper Tuesday night made the record books, as he’s now reached 1,410 career plate appearances without one. Since 1947, no hitter (pitchers excluded) has stepped to the plate that many times in his career without hitting a single homer.

That's amazing
And funny as hell
The perfect Twin
How embarassing

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MLB can take instant replay and shove it up their collective asses.

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While Perkins deflects the blame, this guy gets it ...

Garza (0-1) made his first start for Milwaukee after signing a $50 million, four-year contract as a free agent. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked none, throwing 65 of 90 pitches for strikes.
"It's one mistake and that's it. It's the big leagues," Garza said. "You've got to pay for things like that, especially with the heater to the four-hole hitter."

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/02/ben-revere-homerless-streak-record-phillies/?eref=sihp


Ben Revere didn’t hit a home run Tuesday night. That’s nothing new: Ben Revere hasn’t hit a home run since May 30, 2011, when he was with Triple-A Rochester, and he has never hit one in the major leagues. Still, Revere’s failure to hit a round-tripper Tuesday night made the record books, as he’s now reached 1,410 career plate appearances without one. Since 1947, no hitter (pitchers excluded) has stepped to the plate that many times in his career without hitting a single homer.

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While Perkins deflects the blame, this guy gets it ...

Garza (0-1) made his first start for Milwaukee after signing a $50 million, four-year contract as a free agent. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked none, throwing 65 of 90 pitches for strikes.
"It's one mistake and that's it. It's the big leagues," Garza said. "You've got to pay for things like that, especially with the heater to the four-hole hitter."

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While Perkins deflects the blame, this guy gets it ...

Garza (0-1) made his first start for Milwaukee after signing a $50 million, four-year contract as a free agent. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked none, throwing 65 of 90 pitches for strikes.
"It's one mistake and that's it. It's the big leagues," Garza said. "You've got to pay for things like that, especially with the heater to the four-hole hitter."

So wish we would have brought him back. Uggh.

On another note, you guys don't like replay? I love it. It's inevitable. We all have DVR's, HDTV with big screen TV's now, etc. The umps/refs in our sports don't have the same benefit. And especially for games (football/baseball) that take 3 hours but have long breaks in the action, I don't mind 2 extra minutes to make sure the call's right. Hell, I hope we have robotic/electronic umps for all balls/strikes soon (that will come in time). Get the calls right.

The one issue I do have, in all sports: it should be 1 separate guy making those calls from the press box with access to all the video, rather than this drawn out "show" with a guy huddled in a booth or on the phone. Or heck, have 1 "hub" guy for all sports, and don't disclose his name or location. They could call it the "control room" or something and have fun with it.

But get the calls right. I'm comfortable with my game taking 182 minutes instead of 180 to make sure the right outcome is reached.