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I thought I saw a tiny glimpse of that hold done by Japanese pitchers in Suárez’s delivery.

What a beautiful DP!

Looks like they’ll leave him in now and just use the game as a down day.

I know, I know, there’s plenty to focus on. I just think it would make my game experience miserable if I couldn't just let it all slide, I don’t know how you get any enjoyment from watching because he grates on you so much. I’m just glad it’s not Melanie doing PBP bc I get really upset listening to her approach, even if I do enjoy her pre- and post-game hosting as well as things she’s done on MLB Network.

I had forgotten all about those UK fans. That was so great.

It must be awful to be so bothered by everything he says.

Wow. This is kinda brutal.

That article in The Athletic, linked in his main forum thread, was pretty interesting about what they're working on with him. That leg kick was mentioned.

If you’re talking about the RF, it’s not O’Hearn, it’s Kjerstad tonight. I don’t think your arguments are off but they’re about the wrong guy.

In my experience it isn’t the traffic in LA but the 24/7 presence and 100s of miles of traffic in LA. A lot like Cedric Mullins, you can’t escape it.

They hit. It's really insane how good they've been at getting the right guys and developing them into what we've now got.

I agree with Will Clark, Chris Young, even Albert Pujols (but for different reasons than he stated). He needs to stay up. Every pitcher he's seen has said, "I'm not going to be the one you beat" and has pitched him like he was, well, Juan Soto for lack of a better comparison in this instance. So many pitches that have painted the corners inside, outside, up, down. He's really gotten a baptism by fire. So after 100+ plate appearances, reevaluate. I think he will have had something click in the next week and all of this hand-wringing will become history. If he's still struggling and then sent down, will he miss seeing ML pitching? Perhaps. But it's been noted that the Os farm system tries to indoctrinate good pitch selection habits before they're brought up. If he didn't have enough time to get that, it could be the one thing he'd gain that the ML just moves too fast for.

Interesting comparison to Bregman. I recall seeing him in BP at OPACY one night and he had a tablet with him that he'd check after every BP turn. We didn't have anything like that at the time and I was fascinated by it, but more relevant was the fact that he continued, after that initial struggle, to minutely monitor his swing every chance he got in an attempt to constantly improve.

Confess to letting out a small gasp when I saw the name as your handle, then thought nah, some new poster giving you tribute by taking the name I do keep this book handy for reference, in the scaled-down “shrine” room. The project sounds awesome!

Gunnar doing Gunnar things!