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why is apple tv doing an alaska airlines commercial while pitches are being thrown?

I guess this is a matter of debate, but Luis Robert is to me the obvious #2 hitter. I don't know why every team doesn't put their best hitter there and Robert has speed in addition to power. Perfect #2 hitter. Like, how many wasted at bats are there now over the course of the season with black holes Anderson and Benintendi taking those extra at bats? Unfortunately there's no one to lead off. Nobody gets on base on this team or walks. Sadly Benintendi is the best for the spot, I'd say Vaughn but at least he can ostensibly drive in runs.

even worse, 0 for his last 15. it obviously worked lol

I think Bummer is equally confused.

There was no logic to this hire except he's Cuban-American and the front office/probably Reinsdorf thought he would make the Cuban players play better. This is a conspiracy theory but I can't think of any other reason

I thought Carroll was a left fielder but I guess he's played enough innings at CF. Because yeah he's having an incredible season!

I really don't buy this logic that 100 is some magic number that cannot be crossed or else risk your arm falling off your body. Is there actually any connection between this pitch count versus, say 120, and a reduced risk of injury?

did anyone really expect any other outcome?

wrong thread.

he's way better than Kiermaier (who's no slouch). Fan vote is stupid and wrong in every sport. Off topic but I'm thinking about stupid sports awards, next season we'll see some very strange award choices in the NBA. New CBA has added a minimum for required games played in order to be eligible for end of season awards (mvp, all-nba, etc) to help curb 'load management.' except the teams and players don't care so maybe Zach Lavine will be MVP next year and joined on the first team by Pat Williams.

it's funny because we pick him apart because he has a lot more potential....but he's still statistically the best center fielder in the league right now.

WTF. the last time this happened I was at the game and we didn't score the rest of the game (vs Orioles)

Guess he was DFA'd to make room for nobody, and nobody wanted him.

he barely even made contact and it's gone...it left the bat and i'm thinking it's a bloop single...

play burger every day

yasmani line drive doesn't have the same ring to it

don't they pretty much tell bullpen pitchers "do whatever, just don't walk guys" i don't think we got the memo

my god

one would think "well he can't play defense, stick him at first base, at least he can hit" that's half the roster and none of the guys can hit

kinda funny how different espn's point of view on social issues is depending on the sport. i wonder if the NBA gets a 10 minute lecture about the flag

Good one. I like CJR (Columbia Journalism Review) for similar reasons. Unfortunately it's not profitable to do this kind of journalism (or at least it isn't profitable if the medium is PPC advertising) anymore. All that space on the page where there's words could be filled with advertisements instead so all journalists really have to do is write something moderately polarizing and their job is done. People will click on it because they're outraged or because it supports their worldview I want something like this for sports though and that was supposed to be The Athletic. Oh well.

"the numbers show that andrew vaughn is a good hitter" - espn no they don't

I have an Athletic subscription because I subscribe to the NY Times and it's a really really bad publication. It used to be heralded as 'smart', longform investigative sports journalism, but it's fallen into the same trap as as pretty much every other 'journalistic outlet' on the internet: repost things you read on twitter, repeat the things your 'sources' (agents with ulterior motives) tell you, focus exclusively on spectacle and drama because storylines are more important than the sport itself. I don't think that described Fegan so he had to go. Either that or having a White Sox specific page wasn't profitable enough and his $60k a year salary was too much to stomach. Maybe he can go work for the Reinsdorf propaganda outlet Stadium, some Bulls guy (Rob Schaefer) was recently fired by NBCSN and now works for the Bulls...kinda sad, he was really good, now he has to be a yesman.

Of course fans can say and do what they want (within reason) and it shouldn't be any other way, but it creates bad vibes for other fans and it's usually alcohol fueled. And Reinsdorf clearly doesn't give a s%*#. Should be more like Europe, use that energy and go beat up the other team's fans instead.

I can't be the only one thinking he should be pitching longer stretches in AAA. Maybe his body can't handle it.