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Ruiz with a gift walk, let's hope Hays brought his Florida bats with him.

NYC cameras must have picked up something else because nothing on MASN made me think he got him.

Quality starts for Bundy and Gausman. A scoreless inning for Darren O'Day. Hanser Alberto came in as a defensive substitution for KC and it looked like he had an infield hit but the Rangers challenged and he was ruled out at first to go 0-1. Jose Iglesias went 0-4 but had a clutch play in the field to prevent a leadoff hit in the eighth. Mike Yaz went 0-5 with 3 Ks. I have nothing against him but it would be pretty nice not to have any more threads on the main board moaning about him.

Usually Sully does the In Memoriam video at the All-Star Break but it's out for Opening Day this year.

I'm actually fine with this. I hate waiting another 24 hours for Opening Day, but I hate that day off between Opening Day and Game 2 even more. Now we get seven straight days of baseball.

I'm surprised that Devo wasn't already in, honestly. Shows how much I'm paying attention.

I thought it was a little up and in. I'm glad he laid off it, actually.

Regarding the rule about the infielders' feet having to be on the infield dirt, is there any rule about how far back the infield dirt goes? Could the Rays theoretically just make the infield dirt extend 150 feet into the outfield so that they can shift all they want?

Kind of a bitter irony he would say that on the same day that Jose Iglesias goes viral for an incredible play he made in the field.

Does Chris Davis make more than the rest of the roster combined yet?

If you create a precedent for 16 teams making the playoffs, it will depress salaries in the long run. Some extra players may get playoff bonuses, yes, but ultimately expanded playoffs is a lifeline for owners like Cleveland's, who can slash costs, ship out Lindor for making too much money, and still turn around and say to the fanbase, "What are you complaining about? We went 79-83! We're putting a playoff-caliber team on the field!"

Boston just acquired Garrett Richards. His career has been plagued by injuries but when he's healthy he's very good.

Well, now we know why Jim Hunter became redundant.

Huh? Is today opposite day? Listen to Hunter's call of the Orioles clinching the division in '14. It is about as underwhelming as it gets for the franchise's biggest moment in nearly 20 years. Compare that to Thorne's call of Andino's single in 2011. Thorne screwed up a bunch of facts in that call, as you point out he tended to do, but "reserved" it is not.

92/100. Missed the obscure Browns, Jay Gibbons, Luke Scott, Don Baylor, and it never occurred to me to guess Paul Blair. Surprising absences: Harold Baines, Javy Lopez, and Jeff Conine. It's a bummer that Wieters never cracked 25, either.

Losing 5 HOFers in the span of two months is kind of amazing mathematically and I would venture to guess is unprecedented.

Also, unless the regular season is dramatically shortened, the World Series is going to be all in November, necessitating another horrible idea: the neutral-site World Series.

Shocker, the owners are going after cash in their pockets now and looking to make the 16-team format permanent. The only hope is that the players' union sees how this totally takes away the incentive for teams to sign high-end free agents and draws a line here.

Since taking a 6-3 lead on Mets on Wednesday night, the Orioles have scored two runs in 28 innings.

Ump is horrible. Mountcastle should be standing in there with a 2-1 count.

A little lackadaisical by Mountcastle.

Moot point now, but no. It has to be nine innings.

It would be pretty funny if Cole threw seven no-hit innings and was denied history because of the 2020 doubleheader rules.

So maybe Cobb should have warmed up more? This could still be a close game if those first twenty pitches had happened in the bullpen.

Would have been cool with a Hanser trying a bunt there.