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I don't think you're a troll.

I just think you're an extremely unpleasant person to be around, including in cyberspace.

He thinks that other people agree with him and like him for "telling it like it is". You know like a sports radio jock. He is young and I usually cut him some slack. I like him except for when he does these things.

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I know you are not really a troll and that you do like the team. Not the Yankees. Like some other folks I see around here sometimes.

I go to far sometimes i gotta work on that but i LOVE this team.

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One of the best games I have seen Chen pitch. His change up was as good as it has ever been.

"The last time I faced them, I used a lot of fastballs and sliders, so this time I decided to use some more changeups, and fortunately it worked pretty well," Chen said through his interpreter. "So that's one of the reasons I could get control of this game."

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_15_balmlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=bal&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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"The last time I faced them, I used a lot of fastballs and sliders, so this time I decided to use some more changeups, and fortunately it worked pretty well," Chen said through his interpreter. "So that's one of the reasons I could get control of this game."

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_08_15_balmlb_clemlb_1&mode=recap_away&c_id=bal&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Jim Palmer commented on that at one point in the broadcast as to how he would like to see Chen use his change up more often.

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Chen has been pretty rock steady for us for the last three years. He seems to be holding his velocity better late into the season than he did the last two years. This could be his best year for us so far when it's all said and done.

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Already a career high in wins, a quarter run below his career average ERA, and the number that really jumps out at me is 1.6 BB/9 vs. 2.6 and 2.7 in 2012-13. He is really attacking the zone, not trying to nibble. I should say he is in line for a career year.

Last night was classic Chen. Even the pitch that got hit out the guy really had to reach for. Looked like a high fly off the bat but kept carrying, similar to Nick's ball but just a little further.

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