Red Mosquito

doug rr wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I'm sure the Giants will still somehow manage to only win 74 games.

they'll win a few more than that...they can take care of the rangers coming in to town but going to San Diego is going to be tough

Yeah but the 102 other games have me more worried

Giants walk off on a Little League home run!

Pretty wild season so far for the G-men.

I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

doug rr wrote:I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

Exactly why you shouldn't move.

I love baseball

doug rr wrote:I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

Are you leaving the country because of Drumpf?

Bammer wrote:

doug rr wrote:I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

Are you leaving the country because of Drumpf?

no..it was always planned to retire there..but now it just feels better

doug rr wrote:

Bammer wrote:

doug rr wrote:I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

Are you leaving the country because of Drumpf?

no..it was always planned to retire there..but now it just feels better

aren't you gonna have egg on your face when ken oberkfell is leading us in 3 years

Chris_H_2 wrote:

doug rr wrote:

Bammer wrote:

doug rr wrote:I'm probably going to jinx this but my wife and I have been to about 15 mariners games in the last year and a half..we have yet to see them lose at home..we have 1 more game next week before we move to Vancouver...

Are you leaving the country because of Drumpf?

no..it was always planned to retire there..but now it just feels better

aren't you gonna have egg on your face when ken oberkfell is leading us in 3 years

one of my all time favorite cardinals...

Alex Bergman’s April has been insane:

.331/.401/.570
6 HR
11 2B
23 RBI

Has another HR tonight not included in those stats.

Include it.

Anyone want to go to a Pirates game with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..

Simple Torture wrote:Anyone want to go to a Pirates game with meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..

I'll go and we'll split 21 beers

Simple Torture wrote:Alex Bergman’s April has been insane:

.331/.401/.570
6 HR
11 2B
23 RBI

Has another HR tonight not included in those stats.

it's too bad the cubs are such a small-market team that couldn't afford him

I'm calling it..the mariners have the AL west

Here’s the angle on today’s news that we were all waiting for: the Pope is a White Sox fan, originally from the south suburbs.

great article

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ne/682729/

doug rr wrote:great article

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ne/682729/

Gimme your user and password.

Buby wrote:

doug rr wrote:great article

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ne/682729/

Gimme your user and password.

Go to archive.is

Anyway, yes it is a great article. I have a young ball player who is interested in pitching and I would love it if this kind of mentality would spread just for the sake of health, longevity, and a more diverse way to earn respect as a young player. Also, kind of like my thinking with the whole torpedo bat hubbub--seems like the most valuable thing a pitcher could do these days is pitch to soft contact which would be much more about varying speed and location than ripping your arm apart.

Also, I had a real American Idol-type lightbulb moment when the article mentioned it being cheaper to burn through anonymous relievers than develop lasting talent. Whenever the machine takes over, it just needs fresh meat to keep making a product. American Idol would churn through singers and get astronomically more from them than the singers received. Baseball seems to have caught on to the same game and that's really too bad. It's a creepy, predatory vibe.