MiddleCoastBias

This is so frustrating to watch. I get that Grandal is dealing with whatever injuries, but there are times he grounds into a double-play and he's barely in frame when the second out is recorded. I'm cynically expecting him to get thrown out at first by a RFer this year. And he's definitely not the only culprit (but is the biggest offender).

I always thought he looked like a dummy when he was running but I couldn't put my finger on it. Definitely the running upright thing, that makes a lot of sense now.

Didn't hear what he said, but I expect this is off-season "coach speak" and won't read too much into it. He could see Eloy there once or twice that first week and say "cool, I've seen enough."

For me it was this game. I was at the game and in line at concessions on the concourse, and I *heard* the impact of the pitch. Like, we all know the sound of the crack of the bat, and this was very much not that. Everyone rushed out to see what was going to happen because everyone there knew tensions were high all game, place was a powder keg. Tl;dr Joe Kelly lights a match when he needs to.

Also feel like there's some desperation there on SF's part to get someone locked up. They had Judge, then didn't. They lost Rodon. Correa was there, then he wasn't. The dollars might be a "hey we CAN'T miss on this guy with so few options left" move.

It's gotta be BS - why are the stats for the players using 2020 numbers? 5.7 WAR and 37 saves from 3 seasons ago seems like these are old photo/trade props that were photoshopped together.

This write-up on Santos sounds eerily similar to ReyLo's scouting report. Whatever we've done has worked in Lopez, so worth a shot on Santos.

I like this plan, but also fear Jerry will stop after the "Hendriks for Gleyber" part and just pocket the savings instead.

I'd be happy for him. With the amount of s%*# we give Leury, it would be like that health inspector character in Ocean's 13 that they abuse all movie but then make him win the jackpot on the slots at the end.

I mostly just want this trade to happen with the Mets for the music and intros. Imagine Liam coming out to the didgeridoo before Diaz and his trumpet intro. Make it happen.

And Benintendi spelled two different ways in the same paragraph, both of them wrong. I applaud the hustle.

Man, shows how much I know. When did that happen?

I did not know that. Guess Dayton Moore is probably on the phone to bring him to KC as we speak.

I got the sense that the team was definitely ok when he left and they weren't too excited about his "Mr. 3000" cockiness. I think it's best to move on from some personalities like that and get a refresh in the clubhouse

STD: Soxually transmitted dysfunction

That's an interesting thought. And I know you've already acknowledged it will never happen but can you imagine the litigation on media rights if another team were to try to enter the market? Wasn't it San Diego and LAD that have been fighting over media rights for basically all of southern California? Now that has me thinking of how difficult it will be to move a team *anywhere* (aside from Montreal, maybe) that won't face a major fight on media rights with all of the exclusive TV deals now.

We still get to enjoy Luis Roberts, though!

I don't view this as money spent that will make any actual change, but just as a visual protest. Everyone says "don't renew your season tickets or give this franchise your money, and then they'll see how frustrated we are!". Well, how about spending $15 to *actually* show them how frustrated we are.

No actual information, and Jake is a bit of a clown, but might be interesting to see if anything comes of this https://twitter.com/TalkinJake/status/1602346558405722114?s=20&t=luLVf7fBKJGSygaBDM9bZw

Hahn et al blaming the players for the toxic culture ->

Yeah but they were also interested our castoff Kimbrel, so they can't win 'em all

I've been in Boston over ten years and had to live through multiple World Series and Stanley Cup parades here. My friends etc still ask why I'm not a Boston sports fan yet and it's like... it doesn't work that way.

With evidence that MLB tried to prevent players from helping anyone gather baseball that could be analyzed, this definitely sounds intentional and nefarious. https://twitter.com/NoahAFrank/status/1600329918935506944?t=80TdUs_Yw0-LVXvCms17IA&s=19

Are there any you're able to share? I recall stuff about Keuchel (he was pretty vocal about placing blame in the media) and some mentions of cliques in the clubhouse, but nothing overtly about individual players.

They should've done this live. Doesn't the NBA do the pull live?