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I believe I saw Friday earlier. Hyde encouraged:

That'd be about a 26% increase in attendance over last year, with average per game attendance of 30k/game. That'd be outstanding and back in line with what we saw from 2013-2015. Based on the last two series, I don't think it's a stretch to see that as a possibility, but I personally wouldn't call it the low bar for expectations just yet.

I once saw Jordan Westburg lift a burning car off of a trapped mother and child with his bare hands. He crushed the car down into a small ball and then launched it into orbit with a flick of his wrist.

Bowie manager Roberto Mercado said after the game that Bradish came away from the outing feeling like he was ready to continue his rehab progression. And beyond the way he commanded his entire arsenal, the strongest indicator of where Bradish is might have come from the obscenities he occasionally shouted. While the fear was Bradish’s post-pitch four-letter words were related to his elbow, it was instead in frustration after he didn’t execute a pitch. Bradish had high expectations for himself, and that’s usually the territory of healthy pitchers, not injured ones.

I acknowledged my age preventing me from watching Brooks play. I liked Cal just fine growing up, certainly wouldn't say I was a fanboy or opposed to him in any way. I just looked at your opinion and thought it was over the top to such an extent that it came across as unhinged. Also, the quote you attribute to Cal doesn't seem to match what has been posted elsewhere in this thread.

Assuming this is in response to the interview I posted? He's just saying the entire MLB is bigger, faster, stronger, and as such Beltre can do things defensively (physically) that Brooks couldn't do. I think we see that across most sports, and I guess I don't see that as being that controversial.

Good grief. I'm too young to have seen Brooks play, and I don't follow Beltre enough to comment, but for the life of me I can't see this type of rant being needed for the man just expressing his opinion in a commentary role. I just dug up a quick interview he did on it after the fact and it seems to be a reasonable position. Maybe it's not correct, but it seems like it's just his honest opinion. I don't know why he "owes" it to us to tell us differently if this is what he believes.

It's also TV. Not the end of the world if they're speaking during a pitch sequence on the television broadcast IMO.

It's a $7.5m team option for 2025. I'm not sure the O's will pick it up. Agreed that Kjerstad is blocked by Santander more than by O'Hearn though, and that O'Hearn and Kjerstad could coexist on the same roster in 2025. Quite a lot will change between now and then, I'm sure.

IIRC, during one of Elias' spring training game interviews, he was asked about this and he replied that yes, they do follow-up imaging, and it was trending positively.

Just down 2-3 shots before the first inning like Gary would, and see where the night would take you.

Congratulations @Moose Milligan

Ben’s a gem. He can take the occasional comment that might go too far or might be too deep in the weeds and still play it off, even if he’s smiling through an eye roll. Dude has hardly any ego at all as far as I can tell. But give me Kevin’s shtick any day of the week. He’s genuinely having fun and if he misses on 1/5 or 1/10 of his swings as a broadcaster, that’s fine by me. I much prefer a little bit of a playful edge, and the reason I think it works so well is he, Ben and Palmer all seem to genuinely enjoy each other.

Feel like we’re pretty fortunate to have pulled out a 9-6 record given some of the challenges these teams have thrown at us. Going 7-0 in starts by Burnes and Grayson is obviously a huge part of it.

If he didn't carry the cost of someone under control until 2030, I think he'd be an awesome add. I think they'll look for someone performing in July who's set to hit free agency in order to avoid the high prospect cost.

Don't forget the manager with the cartoon villain military man jaw.

SO close.

Os fans to Tony after JH goes 0-11

Just trying to help Jackson settle and fit in.

I had originally written “a bit better” but corrected it to “a tiny bit better” right before posting