Jagwar

TL/DR I understand the motivation and catalyst for this move, and I truly align with those who think the Negro League players endured an injustice. But I struggle with the idea of equating the quality of play and stats achieved in one league with another. How can you possibly equate Josh Gibson's stats to someone like a Ruth/Dimaggio/Williams? Completely different quality of pitching and hitting. The contrarian in me would ask... what kind of stats would Ruth/Dimaggio/Williams have achieved playing in the Negro League? And why stop at the Negro League? Why not aggregate all of the stats of all international leagues? Wouldn't that suggest that Ichiro should be the actual all time hits leader? Again, I'm just being a contrarian here. I have no clue what the right path is.

We should start a Top 10 Rejected Camden Yard Renovations list.

Maybe @Roy Firestone is a Mayo insider

I'm pretty sure some players already use them?

Please O's, get something going. @Roy Firestone is starting to use all CAPS

To quote Hilary Duff, that was so yesterday!

Remember when Cowser was good?

Gunnar really didn't take the best route to the ball either.

I agree. If he can show a little more control he is going to be a real PITA

Fantastic play

Strap in. One of these teams will have double digit runs tonight.

Tricky play. My first thought was to blame Cowser, but it really was a perfectly placed dink

Thank you God for Walltimore

This has all the makings of a 13-11 slugfest

Probably a DP?

Which actually makes my point IMO. Sometimes pitchers make bad pitches. Now... watch GRod totally crap the bed the rest of the game.

I guess @Pushmonkey can turn the game back on?

It happens. The O's spanked Ragans earlier in the year. Or maybe it's just a pitcher being a little out of whack in the first inning. How many first inning HRs has Burnes given up this year? (the answer is 4)

Or maybe sometimes good pitchers don't execute?

I'll bet you a nickel you'll be back

Grissom is so thin he only has one side

I suppose the logic would be Oakland looking for multiple controllable players to improve their ML roster and their farm system. The more teams bidding for Miller the better for OAK.

CBS Sports suggests 5 names Atlanta could pursue. Tommy Pham - CWS Taylor Ward - LAA Brent Rooker - OAK Bryan De La Cruz - MIA Jesse Winker - WAS

And... it's not just about prospects IMO. Oakland just may demand pieces from ML rosters as well

If/when the conversation starts between the O's and A's about Miller, I'd be shocked if the A's said "it starts with Norby and Stowers". They are going to want Holliday, Basallo and Mayo. Geez, I wouldn't be surprised if they start the conversation with ML pieces like Cowser and Westburg.