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Looks like the sprinkler has been revived, at least by Cowser. Maybe the motorcycle was bad luck?

Hyde lost that game. Baumann should never be in there for high leverage situations, especially when Cano is available (and Coulombe for that matter). Baumann should only be used when absolutely necessary or for mop up duty.

I have family in Sacramento so I look forward to attending some of these games, hopefully when the O's are there. Wish me luck

Looks like maybe they could start at 7:00 or so? Not sure how that works with KC's travel.

Assuming both of these remaining games are postponed, what's the most likely way to make them up? KC is not scheduled to come back to Baltimore this year.

I guess I'm in the minority but I prefer a close game (walkoff even better). That tense thrill is the whole reason to watch sports IMO. And I always hated the bandwagon teams (Yankees, Lakers etc) that stacked the lineup and had a lot of laughers as a result.

McKenna and Nevin DFAed

Maybe they presented a one-time offer, to make Montgomery make a quick decision? I dunno, just trying to make it make sense.

Maybe the D-Backs purposefully got this done in a hurry, before the O's sale was official. Any chance Elias just had to wait for that before adding payroll?

Can't wait for this to really blow up so i can watch all the updates on TV, between commercials for DraftKings and FanDuel. Kevin Hart will make out like a bandit.

So they're going for the extra year? When can Holliday come up?

So Angelos is Pepsi, Rubenstein is Coke, sounds about right.

Irvin is seemingly locked into a starter role (barring a trade or FA signing)... maybe he's still tinkering rather than trying to win per se.

I hope they don't have a "one rookie in the infield" limitation, it would be very arbitrary. They should go with the best options available, regardless of tenure.

I agree, but I hope they can keep the feel of watching games on MASN (with homer announcers, Orioles legends etc.). I have watched games for other teams on their channels and IMO none of them were as enjoyable.

Teheran is... not good.

Toronto signed Joey Votto to a minor league contract

I'm thinking he will have some pretty lucrative endorsement deals over there, maybe enough to make up the difference or at least come close enough.

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You know when an abused animal gets adopted by a new loving family, and it takes a while for the animal to trust the new people, no matter how good they are? We're in that phase.

I have done it with mixed results (live in NC which is somehow in the market, screw you MLB). It seems like they have ways of sniffing out the VPN. Last year it worked well for the first couple months but later in the season many times I could not get it to work, didn't matter which server I picked, settings, etc. That said, you can do it on the Firestick, you just need to make sure the VPN you pick has an app that can be used on Firestick (I used Private Internet Access VPN, maybe a different one would work better). Personally I am going to just pay for DirecTV Stream during the season, I'm done messing with VPNs.

Didn't Ed-Rod veto the Dodgers trade because he wanted his family to stay in Michigan?

https://tenor.com/view/its-happening-gif-11730504

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39060457/eduardo-rodriguez-diamondbacks-reach-4-year-deal Seems like a great deal for Arizona, I wonder what Elias' offer was.

True, but this what Boras is good at (convincing players to go to FA, and getting max contracts). Presumably these players knew that when they signed with him. I would love to be proven wrong of course.