Red Mosquito

Balki wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Would any of you in here have any objection to me just deleting Balki's posts in this thread?

This would be setting a dangerous precedent. My posts are on topic, relevant, and informative. Are you willing to offer this service in thread's of mine where I don't care for a certain person and/or their replies?

Calm down

Balki banned from MLB thread!

philpritchard wrote:Balki banned from MLB thread!

Lincecum released by Texas!

Mets lose to the hapless Orioles!

Venters gets his first career start for the Rays vs the Nats!

Balki wrote:Venters gets his first career start for the Rays vs the Nats!

If Johnny Venters is starting a game for the Rays....... Tampa probably should not have a baseball team.

Love JV, but you're basically a step above pulling people from the stands to play. Just move the team.


American sports need relegation.

Electromatic wrote:

Balki wrote:Venters gets his first career start for the Rays vs the Nats!

If Johnny Venters is starting a game for the Rays....... Tampa probably should not have a baseball team.

Love JV, but you're basically a step above pulling people from the stands to play. Just move the team.


American sports need relegation.

Venters started in the same way that Sergio Romo has been starting this year: they're using him as a reliever but having him pitch an inning at the start of the game instead of at the end.

They weren't actually desperate enough to make him a real starter... it's just a new strategy they're trying. We're probably going to see more and more of it in the coming years.

philpritchard wrote:

Electromatic wrote:

Balki wrote:Venters gets his first career start for the Rays vs the Nats!

If Johnny Venters is starting a game for the Rays....... Tampa probably should not have a baseball team.

Love JV, but you're basically a step above pulling people from the stands to play. Just move the team.


American sports need relegation.

Venters started in the same way that Sergio Romo has been starting this year: they're using him as a reliever but having him pitch an inning at the start of the game instead of at the end.

They weren't actually desperate enough to make him a real starter... it's just a new strategy they're trying. We're probably going to see more and more of it in the coming years.

It's not a terrible strategy, but it only makes sense if you don't have really good starters. If you have Max Scherzer he's starting and hopefully going 8 or 9 innings. When you start with an opener you're conceding that the "starter" in the game isn't going to go 8 or 9.

Not that you need this explained.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

philpritchard wrote:

Electromatic wrote:

Balki wrote:Venters gets his first career start for the Rays vs the Nats!

If Johnny Venters is starting a game for the Rays....... Tampa probably should not have a baseball team.

Love JV, but you're basically a step above pulling people from the stands to play. Just move the team.


American sports need relegation.

Venters started in the same way that Sergio Romo has been starting this year: they're using him as a reliever but having him pitch an inning at the start of the game instead of at the end.

They weren't actually desperate enough to make him a real starter... it's just a new strategy they're trying. We're probably going to see more and more of it in the coming years.

It's not a terrible strategy, but it only makes sense if you don't have really good starters. If you have Max Scherzer he's starting and hopefully going 8 or 9 innings. When you start with an opener you're conceding that the "starter" in the game isn't going to go 8 or 9.

Not that you need this explained.

I understand

I forget who / what team I heard toying with the notion, but basically if youre going to have starters only going 5-6 innings nightly, why not go to a 4 man rotation giving you an extra arm in the bullpen. If youre only going 5-6 innings / 80+ pitches you shouldn't need the full rest.

Lol, that play looked like half the kids on my nephew’s T-ball team.

Ohtani exits the game early with a finger blaster!

Finger blaster?

PHATJ wrote:Finger blaster?

....blister, folks

Balki wrote:

PHATJ wrote:Finger blaster?

....blister, folks

Finger blaster is my new favorite injury of all time.

PHATJ wrote:

Balki wrote:

PHATJ wrote:Finger blaster?

....blister, folks

Finger blaster is my new favorite injury of all time.

"Sam Horn to the 15 day DL with a finger blaster injury"

Royals send Jay to D-Backs!

Balki wrote:Royals send Jay to D-Backs!

for two minor leaguers!