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Good point. But run - not run hard - instead of simply jogging, makes sense, doesn't it?

Yes, three separate things. You are not going to injure yourself by simply running hard without straining. And the few times per game doing that should not significantly tire out an elite athlete during the course of a season. Maybe the solution is a compromise by running somewhere between "jogging" and "hard run" on all such plays. We know there have been baseball managers who've fined players for lack of hustle on such plays. But I agree that tiredness towards the end of a long season is a real problem. You might want to hear HOFer Willie Stargell explain how he overcame his perennial September physical tiredness: tinyurl (dot) com/Stargell1

Yes, I did say "run hard" not "run 100%" as some seem to be implying I said. You are not going to injure yourself by simply running hard without straining. Maybe the solution is a compromise by running somewhere between "casual trot" and "hard run" on all such plays.

I love Trey and I love his Inside-The-Park-HR. But tell me, why do players, like Trey in this instance, nonchalantly trot off to first base when they hit a ball that looks like it will most likely be caught? There is always the chance - maybe one in two hundred - that the fielder will not catch it. Trey barely made it to home safely; had he run hard from the beginning he could have made it easily. These players make millions; how many more millions do they need to incentivize them to always run hard? Or am I missing something here?

Good idea.

Os are third best in MLB against >.500 teams. Mets are first, Yankees second. 21 wins for Os, 23 for Yanks, 25 for Mets. Os have played more games against >.500 teams than any other MLB team, so far.

Brandon Hyde said yesterday: "We're trying to stay positive." Here are the words to the song “Heart” from the Damn Yankees musical. Man, if that song doesn’t lift your spirits, I don’t know what will: