JoeC

Well that was quick.

Someone else alluded to this in another thread, but probably to treat Cease's warm-up yesterday as part of his off-day routine. Likely less disruptive to his rhythm. Also gives Cease a start against a tougher team.

...does this mean that the admins will promote some of us less experienced posters from High A to AA, too, in a corresponding move?

Either way, I do agree that this is a good idea. It's nice to see someone in the organization doing something in line with my mantra - "what if the way we've always done it is wrong?"

I half wonder how much of this is already being done across the board in organizations like Tampa Bay, Dodgers, etc.

Exactly.….well, you would assume on a normal team, at least.

0 runs today.

I’m 38, and I am forever a Bob’s Red Mill guy. Change my mind.

Being able to get a head start and relax at your destination is a lot more preferable than sitting around idly in uncertainty for a few hours to delay your travels. speaking as someone who travels a lot for a living….

I've done more obscure travel with less notice on a tighter crunch many times. He'll make it no problem.

Opening credits for the Holy Grail - White Sox edition?

They are, but Weird Al still seeks permission from the artists. he famously was refused by Prince, for example.

Mostly true. Coolio’s reps at the record company mistakenly told Weird Al that it was OK, so Weird Al did it. Coolio was upset when he found out, though Weird Al pays him royalties for the song.

At what point is a training staff going to be held accountable?

...and now Eloy hurts himself on a fucking swing.

....the first 1.5 of which would be spent NOT on the IL.

Luckily it bounced off his shoulder first.

Sheets in now. Love that we get to give up the DH.

Holy shit. There's an entire, complete, coherent sentence from TLR that I agree with.

I'll take it a step further. I miss Robin Ventura. There. I said it.

THAT is efficiency. Another way to spin the stats is to look at wins per analytics staffer. How's THAT for advanced analytics! Turned that around on you all....

Why not Vaughn - Pollock - Engel (+ Eloy DH)? Rhetorical question.

Why? That would encourage people to watch.

#MenechinoMagic

No, you can't tell a player's future by a short stretch, but if you see a player's performance dip at the same time as his velocity dips... that is more troubling and indicates to me that there's something more than just "noise" happening.