Sanity Check

....or he could pull up lame again with a hamstring pull, which we don't need if he's hitting. Let's be happy that he's making good decisions. The extra base vs. reducing the chance of an injury? I'll take the latter. Never make the last out at third base. He could have also been taking into account who was batting. (I didn't see the game, so this is just a guess)

Either some people on here have never played ball competitively, or they need to get real. No outfielder should have called Holliday off UNLESS they knew for sure they had a decent chance to catch it. I don't think Mullins or Santander were sure they could catch it, so they don't call for it. That's just how it works. Now, Holliday did call it early most likely because he thought he had a beat on it, but yes, he probably called it too early. The only other reason a player calls a ball early without being sure they can catch it is because they don't want to get plowed over by an oncoming outfielder. I doubt that was the case here, I honestly think Holliday thought he would catch, but it drifter further away from him, and neither outfielder knew for sure that they could get to it....and at that point, why call off Holliday (who had called it) only to not catch it themselves? Whoever said it was a no man's land ball is spot on.

I really don't think there's a discussion about that.

We are also facing some really good starting pitchers who would also overmatch the guys in Norfolk that so many want on the team now. BUT, I'd rather see Holliday and some others being overmatched rather than Urias, Kemp, Hays and Mateo. I looked at the Yankees starting lineup averages for this year so far, they are not good either, except for Soto and one or two others. Not to get worried about this now, because everything evens out, but has anyone looked at how lights out the Boston starters have been this year? The same guys that shoved the bats up our butts to end last year's regular season? They could be better than advertised. We have our work cut out for us.

Will you marry me? I can change

And I guess that means we are not a good team.

Cowser is getting "Stowered".

Mounty didn't make the scoop on Mateo's throw in the first game this year, so maybe he doesn't make this one either. I think people maybe underestimate how difficult the longer scoops are, not knowing exactly how high the bounce will go. Short-hop scoops are much easier to execute. I wonder if there are stats on what % of bounced throws, on dirt surfaces, end up getting scooped cleanly, and furthermore, %'s for the various distance that the ball bounced before the base.

Okay, you got me.

....and how dare Elias not trade him and get something valuable back, right? We live in a land of delusion around here sometimes.....not you, but others who feel like we should be able to always get something good for someone who's just okay, only to find out no one wants to claim them.

I love cause and effect...... Cause - a very slow day Effect - a thread like this

Bob was never happy.

He's blocked at AAA too.

Norby was in right field last night and was 4 for 6. Either we find a spot for his bat - maybe the RH DH - or he's becoming more valuable as a trade piece. Personally, I'd like to see him on the O's and not somewhere else. He's been solid at AAA.

Oh, it was very convenient to fit the narrative. I don't recall them throwing the ball around like that in the Spring Training games I saw. I doubt that Elias and Co. expected these guys would just suck at their respective positions like they did a couple of times yesterday. BUT, I didn't see the games, so I can't form an opinion on how easy any of the throws were, whether they were hurried, or the run, etc. The only guy at a fairly new position, in my opinion, was Kjerstad. If anyone did see those plays, and they were clearly easy throws with no excuse for not making them, then I'll agree the guys need work. Sometimes, guys make errors trying to make plays that they maybe shouldn't have tried to make, but that's what most athletes do.