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It's nice when the old memory doesn't fail you.

I think it would have been good for his growth as a player to play in the majors last September. Elias evidently thought service time manipulation was more important. I'm questioning why he wouldn't feel the same way this year given how close we are to the end of the season. I've never seen the logic of gaming the service time of a RH 1b/LF/DH guy on the fringe of the top 100 prospect lists.

And you think a couple of weeks in minor league camp is the difference? I don't.

If Elias thought it was worthwhile to manipulate it this year why not do it again? We are in an almost identical situation, playing time wise, as last year when he decided against calling him up. Why wouldn't he just push it back another couple of months?

Because all improvement stops when you get to the majors.

And 21 innings in the majors. He's a bullpen arm, you can call a kid up from A ball and tell him to throw two pitches for strikes.

Hence the green. I didn't think green text would solve things but I was asked to do it... If Hyde prioritized service time manipulation over development last year why wouldn't he do the same this year? We are two weeks away from what would normally be Septembr callups. I was referencing that with my comments.

Was no compelling reason to do it last year.

But if they wait until next may they get another additional year. If it made sense to not promote Mountcastle last September than the same logic could hold true in 2020.

By request.

Once again, no one accused him of an overdose. That is just something you are making up. Secondly, yea, gatekeeping. To suggest that folks can only relate to things they have personally experienced is ridiculous.

If I remember correctly, and I could be wrong, their was a story about him in which someone asked if he wanted a shrimp cocktail and he replied "I don't drink.". He wasn't joking.

I didn't see that he was so he probably isn't. Stuff like that tends to get mentioned.

I don't know. You don't know. Notice I said "If"? What we do know is he wasn't doing what he was supposed to as a stipulation of his employment. Where did Davis get his drugs? Do we know how he sourced them? Did he have an active prescription but not a TUE? I don't know. I don't think we should assume either way.

Why bring them up for a month and a half when you can wait until next year and get a whole year of control?

Pretty sure you aren't qualified to question him if you don't have ADHD yourself Drungo. #Gatekeeping

I don't think it is reasonable at all to dismiss someone's views on a topic for such a reason. Do you think the only way to be knowledgeable about a topic is to experience it yourself? Is a female incapable of understanding prostate cancer?

We don't know how much and how often he was taking the medication. Is it OK with you if he was exceeding the proper dosage? You will agree that it is important that the proper medication is taken in the proper manner? Not only for the sake of competitive balance but for the player's safety.

How come you didn't answer my question?

That's pretty insulting.

Because his doctor thought he should be on a different medication than the one he was taking without an exemption when he was twice found in violation of the rules. How come you didn't answer my question?

I don't get the mindset of those folks that think that taking amphetamines somehow doesn't count as cheating. Just don't understand it. It's a restricted substance.

No I don't. He has to apply for an exemption because he's taking a performance enhancing drug. How is it absurd that substances like that must be approved? I think it is telling that he is not currently taking Adderall. If that is the proper medication for his disorder why is he prescribed something else? We don't know how much and how often he was taking the medication. Is it OK with you if he was exceeding the proper dosage?

But everyone is a Davis fan, that hardly counts.

Nice, how I have a target for my ire other than just Dwight Smith.