AlbNYfan

Keep it up boys.....so good to be in middle school again.

I don't know, Tuesday's Prime TV game is Boston -NY. It MUST be an important game.

Indeed, April does count. Ask the Rays, 13-0 start.

Impactful?? Gibson's last start, he throws a strike well within the shown zone, called a ball. Gibson adjusts..I assume he thinking I'm not getting that call. Next pitch grooves one HR. (first run of the game)...Home plate umpires can really f'up a pitcher's mind. I guess a batter's too, but a starting pitcher is looking to throw 100 pitches.

I'm looking more (or hoping for) a Dennis Martinez outcome. Get comfortable in the pen, pitching at the MLB level and then move to a starter.

Be sure not to enjoy this year. Let's speculate on next year...

In case you don't remember, there is a little thing called HIPAA....unless a player says "Go ahead and tell the World of my medical conditions" he has and should have the right to privacy. Even Vegas and betting does not have the right..and they are smart enough to adjust their odds accordingly despite not knowing exactly the problem.

Unless it's Mountcastle.

Define moment....last 30 games, BA .382, OBP .444, SLG .618. I am sure many here are VERY disappointed that he has had some recent success and prefer a slumping RM.

Young and for the most part have some speed...As much as most complain about RM...he hustles down the line and beats out throws or make plays closer than they should be...even AR has turned routine singles into doubles. They push the envelope quite a bit...sometimes get caught, but not often. They play smart, hard baseball for nine innings every night.

A lot of that depends on the player's willingness to move around and maintain a positive attitude. That, I'm sure is difficult for some players that have been set at one "star" position for a while. They have to be reminded there is no "I" in team. To some degree their agents are going to sell that as a $$$$ maker for the client. They might have to create a 10th Gold Glove for rover.

I am not sure whether the O's could beat either team, but, the O's have played 83 games against teams with teams greater than .500 (47-36). The Braves 65 (40-25) and the Dodgers 62 (only 32-30). The O's can play with anybody. And, maybe it's not measurable, they out hustle every team I've seen. They bust it down 1st base, take the extra base..they are exciting to watch.

IMO a bit of a brain fart by Seattle....who steals 3rd with a left hander at bat?? Either the pitcher ignored Mullins or the SS wasn't holding him. I imagine the SS was behind the bag with a leftie at the plate.

Let's hope we can get another 80 pages on KB...and maybe repeat the RF year old interview. Let's keep on speculating. I care about the product on the field..KB is ok, but he doesn't win games. And when you get tired of this go back to RM, he's always good for a few negative pages.

Probably my last comment on this. I would be really disappointed if Ben McDonald and Jim Palmer put up with this if the "statement" was the reason. Both are seemingly secure and I would hope they would protest in some manner (not show up??) if this was the case. They are cowards IMO if they infer it's ok to be suspended if that was the case. Professionalism includes standing up for a colleague that is getting screwed.

Laughingstock team with huge payroll, in last place by 12.5 games behind the Orioles blast that team over play-by play controversy. It is hard for me to believe there isn't more to this story (I could be very wrong here). If JA truly did base his suspension on that comment alone then, something wrong with the man. People in any business do not survive very long with that kind of trigger finger.

The biggest problem this team has is that they're currently in 1st place and yet many complain as if they are on a path to 100 loses. Perhaps the biggest problem is the Angelos might pull an Irsay (or a Modell) and leave this "tiny" city to a more glamorous location with growth potential. The Nats would be happy. Quit crabbing like little babies and enjoy the product.

Not a big fan, overrated IMO. I believe (could be way off here) that he was influential in the Davis extension (maybe not the amount, but the desire to have him). I never found him terribly creative in his game approach. Dedicated to his vets..Davis, Jones, Manny (who wouldn't be). And sometimes overfocused on the minutia of the game like, time to the plate, which I believe (again maybe wrong) caused problems with Arrieta.

There's a possibility he never thought of vertigo or knew of it. It could have just built up gradually. "I can just play and work through it mentally", until it got so bad he knew something was not right. Vertigo is, from my understanding is not an easily diagnosed problem and is general term rather than a specific malady.

Seeing it's an absurd thread, Irvin, he'll be well rested.

I can't figure out what happened to the Blue Jays. They always seemed to be a loose bunch, green jacket, joking around. This year they just seem flat, bored. Why the change??

It was a terrible performance....and painful to watch (and painful to the Jays). 3 runs on no hits. On the bright side, you don't win many games when you only score 1 run. Hays (Mr. Doubleplay of late) batting cleanup two days in a row in front of Gunnar is a puzzle to me.

Off his bat?? He is having trouble seeing the ball when at bat too. Sorry, I am not in a big fan of on the job training during a pennant race. He may end up being a decent ML player, but work on it next year. I never thought I'd say this, but I'd rather have McKenna out there than Cowser.

Shhhh...quiet, you might get banned by saying something nice about Mountcastle (or Frazier or Mateo).

I was watching the FOX network.