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Ball don’t lie.

Flaherty scratched from start.

If Texas is selling go get playoff warrior Eovaldi!

Yes, please.

Sooner or later.

Joey Ortiz, a 4th rounder, is a candidate for rookie of the year. Darell Hernaiz, a 5th rounder, drafted out of HS has made his MLB debut at the age of 22.

I just rewatched the highlight. He was further from the bag than I had remembered. I guess he had a chance, but it would have been a very difficult play to make off balance. If you have an iPhone you can screen shot and save to photos. Bottom left of message box there is a button next to paper clip icon where you can load photos from you save photos on your photo. Screen shots are typically not too big of a file to upload.

The Eflin trade points to that being a legit possibility. But yea, remains to be seen.

He had no chance at throwing out the runner at first.

He plays textbook high level defense.

He’s frustrating, but I’m a fan. Flare & personality…

I’ve been reading Dollar Sign on the Muscle by Kevin Kerrane. It’s about the history of scouting. It’s interesting to see the scouting/drafting philosophies of the greatest player developers of all time and how they’ve remained fairly consistent and eerily similar to what our current FO is doing. Here are some excerpts: ”When Rickey himself had worked for the Browns, from 1913 to 1917 he experimented briefly with the idea of the farm system—-direct control of MiLB teams by the MLB parent organization, creating a production line of talent. The farm system was a strategy for saving money: instead of bidding against other major league teams for players, Rickey wanted to grow his own” “Of course, everybody put a premium on pitching, and pitchers usually constituted half the names on each scouts draft list. But the weakest teams consciously tried to pull themselves up from nowhere by drafting pitchers with every key pick and by searching always for the overpowering prospect —alleged to be the next Koufax—-who might single handedly propel a bad team into the first division” “Rickeys fundamental principle “quality out of quantity,” had direct implications for scouting. Since the Cardinals would be signing droves of amateurs instead of buying a few polished minor leaguers, Barrett and Rickey needed to project players further into the future. Scouting would now require a clear analysis of a youngster’s total athletic talents, his “tools”. For running speed: Rickey called it the only common denominator of offense and defense, and he believed it to be the single best indicator of major-league potential. The least important tool was fielding: “we can teach the to field” ”You should start with a kid that can run and throw above average. If he doesn’t hit, you can always use him on defense or a pinch runner. But if he’s that good an athlete, and if your ballclub can afford to be patient, he’ll usually hit —not with power maybe, but he’ll learn to hit.” ”Rickey was a fanatic about speed, and I guess I am too. And you can see for yourself: the Pirates are built on speed, the cardinals are built on speed, the Dodgers are built on speed —-and they win.” ”Another fundamental question dividing scouting organizations was, “where are you looking?” Economy minded clubs looked mainly in the college ranks, because college players were cheaper to sign and, if successful, provided a quicker return on investment. Traditionalists clubs focused on high school players and accepted higher bonuses and longer training as the costs of ultimate success.”

Similar to the White Sox game ending play. I’m convinced that was on purpose too.

Google “chuck knoblauch keith olbermann“

This. He will mature.

All members of Keith Olberman’s family have been notified not to sit anywhere near 1st base.

Sometimes it’s best to take a little more time, plant, and throw a laser. Sometimes it’s best to get rid of it ASAP. He still figuring things out. It will come with experience. He just tuned 23.

He made a super heads up play flopping on the base runners interference play. Smart to go for the fake as he had no chance. The high hopper he missed he played well. Tough play and even if he gloves it likely doesn’t get the runner. The ball lodged in fence was just bad luck. Shouldn’t have been an error. And you try and make that play all day with a 3 run lead. The overthrow was an ill-advised throw, should have put it in his pocket. The pop up to CF was a brilliant play. The play early in game throwing “on the roll” was incredible. All in all, nothing to see. He’s just turned 23 and figuring up what he can & can’t do. He’s also figuring out when to go all end or eat it. To say he has the “yips” is laughable.

Or one of the SD guys..,

Wow! Did not think Adley would score

I guess the book on Tony is pound him in?

Manny. Foul ball caromed off screen.

Os are 4-7 since he got beamed. He, for sure, doesn’t look the same.

I wish we had one of those. What’s it like? Looks fun.