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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/6/2014 7:57:56 AM

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Tanaka with seven good ones in his debut.
Money well spent.
And if not? They'll blow it off and move on.
It's called owning a professional sports team in 2014.
You get what you pay for.

Or you can be so mortified of making a mistake, you never take risks. I swear the Joe Mays contract permanently changed the way Ryan did things. And of course Bill Smith's Nishi contract probably did more of the same to the organization's mentality towards taking risks. It's so nonsensical. You win some. You lose some. And it's OK. That's the way it goes.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/6/2014 8:12:56 AM

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Tanaka with seven good ones in his debut.
Money well spent.
And if not? They'll blow it off and move on.
It's called owning a professional sports team in 2014.
You get what you pay for.

Or you can be so mortified of making a mistake, you never take risks. I swear the Joe Mays contract permanently changed the way Ryan did things. And of course Bill Smith's Nishi contract probably did more of the same to the organization's mentality towards taking risks. It's so nonsensical. You win some. You lose some. And it's OK. That's the way it goes.

It's called having TV money.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/6/2014 9:47:04 PM

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WOW! Announcers just said the Dodgers have already sold over 3 million tickets for this season. That's amazing.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/6/2014 10:16:11 PM

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I think Mauer got more than was alotted. But he's special.

Not saying the Mets player shouldn't have been there for the birth on Monday, but to miss Wednesday's game too? I've always thought the rules should be slightly different for millionaire athletes who only work six months a year. With great money comes great responsibility. Athletes grumble when they have to play on Christmas or other holidays. With great money comes great responsibility.

As I recall, Mauer got about double the normal number of days for paternity leave. Honestly, I enjoyed the time off he had from the Twins. It was refreshing not having him in the lineup.

He got the same 3 days. Then he was put on the restricted (unpaid leave) list for 3 more games.

Mark's point is Mauer took 6 days off when most guys only take 3. Why did that happen? I can't remember. Were there problems? I think there may have been. Seems like that was part of the reason.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 6:10:08 AM

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WOW! Announcers just said the Dodgers have already sold over 3 million tickets for this season. That's amazing.

However, there were many, many empty seats almost everywhere the eye could see on the broadcast!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 9:08:55 AM

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Isn't this what the Twins staff was supposed to deliver? Whoops, grabbed the wrong guys again.

) -- Strong outings are becoming a habit for Yovani Gallardo and the rest of Milwaukee's rotation.
In the Brewers' six games this season, no starter has allowed more than three runs.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2014/04/06/51246/index.html?eref=sihp#recap#ixzz2yD3DeeK0

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 9:19:03 AM

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Isn't this what the Twins staff was supposed to deliver? Whoops, grabbed the wrong guys again.

) -- Strong outings are becoming a habit for Yovani Gallardo and the rest of Milwaukee's rotation.
In the Brewers' six games this season, no starter has allowed more than three runs.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/gameflash/2014/04/06/51246/index.html?eref=sihp#recap#ixzz2yD3DeeK0

Yes you sure did.
I have watched three of the Brewers games on MLB.tv, and as usual, Gomez is out of control, especially when running the bases. In the Brewers favor, Gomez has also been hitting the ball with authority, and for average....guess if you can put up with his shenanigans, if your manager's heart can take it.

He did look very good when I watched them, and the team pitching is probably the best in the league so far.

Kazmir has the Twins under his thumb for sometime now, so will be hard scoring runs off him today, especially if we don't have a full line up. (Willingham and Arcia)

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 9:21:53 AM

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Presley hit a solo HR for Houston Sunday, hitting .200

Where did he hit in MN? Leadoff

Where does he hit in Houston?

EIGHTH

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 1:58:15 PM

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http://tracking.si.com/2014/04/07/mlb-executive-games-should-be-seven-innings/?eref=sihp

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/7/2014 2:52:59 PM

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http://tracking.si.com/2014/04/07/mlb-executive-games-should-be-seven-innings/?eref=sihp

They definitely need to speed up the games, but that sure is a ridiculous way to do it. I still think the best thing to do is limit pitching changes. This specialization and micro-managing crap from the 6th inning on has been death to the game. Back in the day they generally finished the game with one or two pitchers. It also helped the strikezone wasn't the size of a mailbox. It also helped that pitching inside was actually allowed. Now you got dogs standing on top of the plate and staring out at the mound if the pitch is six inches inside.

But back to my main point.............any relief pitcher entering the game should have to face atleast three batters. Gardenhire would pop a blood vessel. All the more reason to make this rule!

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 9:35:37 AM

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Forty years ago today, Braves’ outfielder Henry Aaron passed Babe Ruth as baseball’s all-time home run leader when he hit his 715th off Dodger hurler Al Downing. Ron Fimrite described the scene in the 4.15.74 issue of SI:

“Downing’s momentous mistake was a high fastball into Aaron’s considerable strike zone. Aaron’s whip of a bat lashed out at it and snapped it in a high arc toward the 385-foot sign in left center field. Dodger centerfielder Jimmy Wynn and leftfielder Bill Buckner gave futile chase, Buckner going all the way to the six-foot fence for it. But the ball dropped over the fence in the midst of a clutch of Braves’ relief pitchers who scrambled out of the bullpen in pursuit. Buckner started to go over the fence after the ball himself, but gave up after he realized he was outnumbered. It was finally retrieved by reliever Tom House, who, even as Aaron triumphantly rounded the bases, ran hysterically toward home plate holding the ball aloft. It was, after all, one more ball than Babe Ruth ever hit over a fence, and House is a man with a sense of history.
House arrived in time to join a riotous spectacle at the plate. Aaron, his normally placid features exploding in a smile, was hoisted by his teammates as Downing and the Dodger infielders moved politely to one side. Aaron shook hands with his father, Herbert, and embraced his mother, Estella. He graciously accepted encomiums from his boss, Braves Board Chairman Bill Bartholomay, and Monte Irvin, representing Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who was unaccountably in Cleveland this eventful night. Kuhn is no favorite of Atlanta fans, and when his name was mentioned by Irvin, the largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Atlanta booed lustily.”

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 10:27:31 AM

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http://tracking.si.com/2014/04/07/mlb-executive-games-should-be-seven-innings/?eref=sihp

They definitely need to speed up the games, but that sure is a ridiculous way to do it. I still think the best thing to do is limit pitching changes. This specialization and micro-managing crap from the 6th inning on has been death to the game. Back in the day they generally finished the game with one or two pitchers. It also helped the strikezone wasn't the size of a mailbox. It also helped that pitching inside was actually allowed. Now you got dogs standing on top of the plate and staring out at the mound if the pitch is six inches inside.

But back to my main point.............any relief pitcher entering the game should have to face atleast three batters. Gardenhire would pop a blood vessel. All the more reason to make this rule!

I vote for a 20 second pitch clock.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 10:35:27 AM

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http://tracking.si.com/2014/04/07/mlb-executive-games-should-be-seven-innings/?eref=sihp

They definitely need to speed up the games, but that sure is a ridiculous way to do it. I still think the best thing to do is limit pitching changes. This specialization and micro-managing crap from the 6th inning on has been death to the game. Back in the day they generally finished the game with one or two pitchers. It also helped the strikezone wasn't the size of a mailbox. It also helped that pitching inside was actually allowed. Now you got dogs standing on top of the plate and staring out at the mound if the pitch is six inches inside.

But back to my main point.............any relief pitcher entering the game should have to face atleast three batters. Gardenhire would pop a blood vessel. All the more reason to make this rule!

I vote for a 20 second pitch clock.

That would help for sure. And pitchers would adjust quickly if the penalties were stiff and enforced.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 10:36:21 AM

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http://tracking.si.com/2014/04/07/mlb-executive-games-should-be-seven-innings/?eref=sihp

They definitely need to speed up the games, but that sure is a ridiculous way to do it. I still think the best thing to do is limit pitching changes. This specialization and micro-managing crap from the 6th inning on has been death to the game. Back in the day they generally finished the game with one or two pitchers. It also helped the strikezone wasn't the size of a mailbox. It also helped that pitching inside was actually allowed. Now you got dogs standing on top of the plate and staring out at the mound if the pitch is six inches inside.

But back to my main point.............any relief pitcher entering the game should have to face atleast three batters. Gardenhire would pop a blood vessel. All the more reason to make this rule!

I vote for a 20 second pitch clock.

That would help for sure. And pitchers would adjust quickly if the penalties were stiff and enforced.

Completely agree. Would absolutely help the flow of games.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 11:42:35 AM

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Presley hit a solo HR for Houston Sunday, hitting .200

Where did he hit in MN? Leadoff

Where does he hit in Houston?

EIGHTH

Bingo
It's like the Punto argument
Yeah, he's been a part of good teams.
A small, well-used part.
Here, he was looked at as an everyday star. Nope. Never was, never should have been.
Best used like he was yesterday by the team that kicked our ass ... Sparingly.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/8/2014 11:55:31 AM

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Orioles pitcher Johan Santana impressed during a simulated game Monday, according to the Baltimore Sun.

Manager Buck Showalter said he was impressed with the reports on Santana's game. Santana allegedly showing good velocity during the start. Santana is still trying to come back from shoulder surgery.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 6:54:29 AM

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The injury that drove Rays starter Matt Moore from his start yesterday involves his UCL, reports Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (Twitter links). Moore, 24, will see Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion, as was reported earlier today.

UCL tears are commonly associated with the Tommy John procedure, of course, as that is the surgical option in the event of a tear. As Passan notes, pitchers can occastionally attempt to rehab and pitch through a tear if it is minor enough, though in that situation any delay would push back the timetable in the event that surgery is ultimately necessary.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 5:58:40 PM

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David Ortiz just wins another game late in Boston with a long pressure-filled at-bat, with a three run homer.
Sigh.
AJ got on ahead of him to keep the inning going. Sigh.
I wish we played meaningful baseball here. Sigh.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 5:59:45 PM

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Josh Hamilton out 6-8 weeks with a thumb issue
Poor dude seemed like he had it going again.
Hate all these injuries.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 6:04:13 PM

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David Ortiz just wins another game late in Boston with a long pressure-filled at-bat, with a three run homer.
Sigh.
AJ got on ahead of him to keep the inning going. Sigh.
I wish we played meaningful baseball here. Sigh.

I think Ortiz has more than 20 walk off hits as a Red Sox.

Pretty amazing if you ask me.

I saw some of the Red Sox the other night before the NCAA championship game. I can't believe I'm saying this but I kind of like that team. AJ, Gomes, Napoli, ect.....those are the kinds of players I would like to see on this team. Those guys don't ho-hum it

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 6:13:35 PM

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AJ got on with a huge crappy little doink, and he yapped the whole time .... Giving it to every Ranger that could hear him ... He's old and he's still got FIRE that burns in him. And he's already got a ring. Many Red Sox have rings. And they still play with FIRE in their bellies.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/9/2014 6:18:51 PM

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Hamilton may not have to have surgery.
They will know more tomm I guess.
Will still be out awhile tho.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/10/2014 8:56:45 AM

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Hamilton may not have to have surgery.
They will know more tomm I guess.
Will still be out awhile tho.

He deserves surgery for going full Punto...what an idiot.

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/11/2014 12:49:37 PM

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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/morneau-settles-1st-rockies-223222134--mlb.html

''This is a good place to be,'' said Morneau, who turns 33 next month. ''I'm getting a lot more comfortable, kind of getting to know everyone's sense of humor - who you can have some fun with, who you can mess with.''

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RE: MLB General Information PT 4 - 4/11/2014 2:07:36 PM

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http://mlb.si.com/2014/04/11/carlos-gomez-milwaukee-brewers-hot-start/?eref=sihp

Sigh

Since going 2-for-10 in the Brewers’ opening series against the Braves, Gomez is 14-for-31 with six extra base hits and 25 total bases. In that span, he has a four-hit game, two three-hit games and two two-hit games to his credit en route to a batting line — .390/.432/.732 — that could come straight from a video game. He won’t sustain those numbers, but on the heels of a season in which he led the National League in Baseball-Reference.com’s version of Wins Above Replacement (8.9) by hitting .284/.338/.506 with 24 homers, 40 steals and a whopping 38 Defensive Runs Saved, it’s a reminder of just how dramatically he has turned his career around.

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