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If what Flaherty says is true and there's not more to it, then good for the organization and for him. Sure, you'd hope that your trade acquisition isn't skipping starts or getting blown up, but at least there's been a potential problem and they are trying to address it. That beats throwing him out there knowing to expect poor results. That contrasts nicely with the Rizzo situation, less so the Mountcastle vertigo. Maybe they learned something. How many times over the years have the Orioles pushed a starter out there just because, even though we all knew what would (probably) happen? If they identified this early, great.

I tend to watch on TV but found myself listening to a few radio broadcasts recently. I've become acutely aware of when Melanie is doing the radio PBP because without fail, there will be some obviously needed piece of information that isn't being provided. Often this is something like the ball/strike result of the last pitch, or perhaps whether a runner made it to second or third. It's really unacceptable for a major league organization to have this be an ongoing problem, IMO. I don't place all of the blame on Melanie, as it seems obvious to me that there would be some producer listening in who would notice these things, then coach her on them. I don't really care for her otherwise, but she's no worse than Rob Long for me in the studio or Garceau on TV. I can live with that. I'd still rather listen to her than Bordick.

He's great. The anti-Bordick.

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