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QUOTE (scs787 @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 03:21 PM) Wonder if the logic behind batting Beckham ahead of Abreu is to get him more good pitches to hit. That's about the only thing that makes sense to me. I think it might have more to do with wanting Alexei to bat with men on, not wanting to invite LOOGY matchups with Conor later in games, and a big vote of no confidence for the rest of the lineup (Flowers, ADA, Viciedo)

I'm guessing he has few resources, if any, besides himself and Mayo over there and therefore it's easy to overlook a far from top-tier guy like Ravelo. You try knowing 30 different systems 50-deep.

I have nothing against Paul George, it's just not THAT big of a deal. If he had torn his ACL, there wouldn't be nearly so much fretting about it despite it being a more serious injury. They're acting like the dude died. This happens to soccer players all the time. PG will be fine and unless they want to go Rose level with the recovery, he should be back before the season ends. And yes, it will be a bad thing if this kills international basketball. It drives interest around the world and a game like last night was a lot of fun to watch. Of the four major sports, basketball is by far the least likely for players to get season ending injuries. That's why Paul George is the first guy to have an injury of real note while playing for Team USA

Castro and Flowers would be a decent complementary tandem given their platoon splits

Abreu would seem to have a good toolset for long hitting streaks. If we assume his May was an anomaly, he's fairly adept at making contact. He also does not take very many walks and swings at a lot of pitches. He has shown a proficiency for being pretty successful on balls he puts in play. He bats highly in the order. Not prohibitively slow, though he would be better served to be able to get some infield hits.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 2, 2014 -> 09:41 AM) Espn saying he's out season. Maybe I'm downplaying this but that seems premature. That allows for the heroic early comeback narrative

Is Paul George really in need of everyone's prayers? He got a bad injury, apparently some people get squeamish to look at it, but he's going to be okay. He's not dead. It's dubious to say his career is really threatened by this. He'll be back and pretty much the same guy.

ZachOsterman @ZachOsterman · 2h Didn't see the Paul George injury. But Derrick Rose crying in the ensuing huddle is a pretty bad sign.

GAS

QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:54 PM) Marcus isnt lighting it up in AAA right now. But really there is no point watching this anymore. He's had some flukey BABIP stuff going on down there. He had ~1.000 OPS in the last month and good looking BB/K ratios. He's ready.

As a former non-big league sinker baller, I've seen this movie before. It involves lots and lots of choppers until the game is over

Another f***ing chopper costs us

Right now we're witnessing 100% unadulterated luck. Let's just hope the Twinks don't start doing things that don't require luck - like hit a homer

Damn with these close plays

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:42 PM) It actually looks like the big issue is going to be where that hoop is in relation to the court. Someone's getting fired. Yeah, that's an interesting factor. My girlfriend: "I know what happened. Derrick looked at him."

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:37 PM) unlike you i can seperate process from outcome. If I got to the slots tonight and hit a million it doesn't make playing the slots a good idea tmr. The process is as a manager you don't take your one remaining bench player that can play defense and sub him for the DH in a 1-run game

Never pinch run Dayan!!!!!!

I hope international basketball isn't nuked because some assholes in the NBA don't want their guys to take the tiny risk of injury to play it.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:15 PM) 4.54 in AAA with a .302 batting average against isn't doing "well", in my opinion. They had to try and make him a LOOGY, as righties were destroying him. Come on now. The guy was leading the IL in strikeouts when he was called up and had 2.1 BB/9. He was pitching really well. QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:27 PM) Why is Viciedo pinch-running when Leury Garcia is available? What the heck is going on? Just randomly pushing buttons on a computer in the dugout? Can't sub your one defensive sub for the DH when the run doesn't even matter

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 1, 2014 -> 10:07 PM) This bullpen is absolutely awful. Surkamp isn't even close to throwing a strike with his offspeed pitch. He belongs in the Paulino group for absolutely ridiculous expectations on here coming into the season. He's a starter. He was doing well as a starter. We decided to make him a reliever. It was dumb and we're paying for it

Chris learning the hard way that 98mph down the middle doesn't work

Saladino is a good defensive player. He's very much competent at SS and probably well above average at 2B. He's also not slow. Is he a base stealing specialist? No. But don't assume a player is useless as a pinch runner just because he doesn't have 80 speed.

Is this the one I'm already in?

I have a feeling that golf is going to become an actual country club sport like polo where there just aren't many people playing it and it becomes more clearly a sport for rich people. I wonder if any high schools are cutting it - I know mine always made the kids pay all the expenses so they'd never cut it so long as there is a course nearby

Israel is indubitably committing war crimes. What an awful situation over there, all perpetuated by US policy.