Sciosciapath

Do you consider me a power poster, Chuck.  Or am I more of a tweener. (in between)

Might as well invite Tommy Field.

Let's sign a LF with the money you raise

You're a idoit ... he's not Mexican anyways.

I'm the idiot. Says the guy with 2nd grade grammar/spelling.

Okay.

Glad he went to Colorado.

All of us ranting/raving/fighting and clamoring for a 30 year old mexican OF with a .700 OPS just seemed ridiculous.

Can we move on now

How do I establish myself as a powerhouse poster? One of the guys thats like, oh yea, Sciosciapath, tdawg, AO, InsidePitch, Chuck etc

Is it like a longevity thing or do I need to hit an inside the park grand slam at fan fest? Or do I just have to be really loud

Oh he's done that, he loves talking about what he's doing on the MLB channel.

He strikes me as a "I love to hear the sound of my own voice" type of guy. An attention seeker of sorts, a non drunk AO in a suit, or a skinnier less passive aggressive Stradling

I am glad that Heyward went to the Cubs.  If the Angels signed him, Eppler would still need to find a right handed batter that plays left field to mamximize Scioscia's brilliance.

I could totally see Craig Gentry starting in place of Heyward vs. LHP lmao

Dipoto showing the world he's a baseball genius.  Maybe he'll go on a few baseball talk shows to explain his thought process on the move.

Who is "one ex Dodger" in that article? Dan Haren? Matt Kemp?

I like you C0.  A cool mariners fan.

This is a question related to GMs and why they make trades.  Obviously they want to improve their ballclub.  But it seems like guys like Dipoto like the attention that comes with always being in the headlines and doing all these little random moves like swapping minor league pitchers.  Then after they make the trade they will get on MLB network and fire up that hot Stove or High Heat with Russo to talk about the trade.  Does Dipoto and other GMs like the attention that comes with making a trade? Do they want to try to show everyone how smart they are?

Can we discuss this a bit. I'd like to hear from the heavy hitters and contrarians too (Straddling, notti____)

Does this truly exist? Is there some magical potion because Jonny Gomes puts a whoopie cushion on someone's chair in the clubhouse? How do we know these guys exist and to what extent they really contribute? None of us walk have access to a clubhouse.

Sure theres bad environments like WAS last year. But Jonny Gomes dancing around to Miley Cyrus isn't making Matt Williams manage his bullpen better. Talent trumps all.

If this clubhouse guy crap exists, what it worth?

Albert is very good in the clubhouse. For this very reason, I will never complain about his contract.

Aybar is great in the clubhouse. He'll be missed

Couldn't you get Jonny Gomes and save yourself $200M?

Whatever happened to the interest in Alex Avila, I think he's a left handed bat and we some of those. Did he sign with someone?

Alex Avila is one concussion away from eating through a straw, dude

I guess I don't follow them close enough but who batted 8th, who are you referring to?

Alex Gordon

Scioscia on a diet? That's the best thing posted on this site in years.

The "seefood" diet. Sosh sees it...you get the rest..

What do you enjoy more, stradling

eating or arguing

Halos gonna go against defensive metrics, troll the world, and put Chris Davis at 3B.

Remember this one?

When I started watching sports 40 something years ago there were certain things you didn't do because there was a consequence for it. You didn't run certain routes over the middle, you didn't go weak for a layup, you didn't crowd the plate, and you didn't stay planted at 2nd base because you knew the runner couldn't go back to his dugout if he let you do a pirouette and turn a pretty double play. I'm not saying it was right or wrong, just the reality of the game. I personally hate overreacting to every incident. I'd prefer to let each play stand on it's own merit and let the players decide what can and can't be tolerated in the game.

I don't want to get old . I'm hanging onto my 20s for deer life.

Back to the slide. An underrated part of the play was the crappy flip to 2nd by Murphy. Hung Tejada out to dry and "pulled him" out of range of the neighborhood play. A better, more crisp flip and Tejada isn't set up to be bulldozed like that, and they possibly turn the DP.

Kneed to head

According to MLB at bat they are pinch hitting for Donaldson

He got hurt trying to break up a double play

HR Churinos