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Scioscia studied up between innings.

Why does Josh Donaldson have to be good at baseball.

I like how Howie just laid there for a bit. I guess when you play with Aybar that long he rubs off on you.

Hey lets try running on Reddick next time just to mix it up a bit.

Well they managed soul-crushing disappointment in the span of a half inning.

wow the stadium actually looks semi-full.

Not quite sure I understand this. Shoemaker is pitching well and we need to manage the workload on Richards and Skaggs since neither has ever thrown 200 innings.

They also called Grichuk back a day ago.

lol "bullpen didn't pitch a complete game shutout against the best team in the AL, they suck"

Tarnished silver lining... LeBlanc hasn't been great, but can we really be mad about 4 ER in 6.1 IP against one of the best offenses in baseball from a swingman? This turd is squarely on Richards.

It's criminal that they're debating which .900+ OPS guy to send down with a 42 year old that plays shit defense hitting .153 on the roster. I know the Ibanez posts are getting pretty broken-record at this point, but holy hell.

Small glimmer of hope...

Uh Skaggs has a 1.142 WHIP and 3.97 ERA. He's been great as a back end starter.

7:40pm - first inning ends. *confetti drops from ceiling*

Well, LeBlanc is stretched out as a starter, so we have to hope he makes it through 5+

lol at another 4 pitch walk. You've got to be kidding me.

Solid start, Richards.

Hope the ump plans on giving Richards the same strikezone as Pomeranz.

it's not gloating over him having one exceptional night that's out of the norm, though. You're implying he's a bad baserunner but he's not, he's well above average. He has a 16.6 UBR for his career, and his 3.2 last year was 21st in all of baseball. Because he makes slides like this: http://m.mlb.com/video/v33106065/kclaa-aybar-beats-throw-home-on-cowgills-single/?query=aybar and heads up plays like this: http://m.mlb.com/video/v32977363/tblaa-green-drills-rbi-single-to-wall-in-left/?query=aybar Every player makes an occasional mistake on the basepaths. It sounds like when you see them from Aybar it's just feeding your confirmation bias.

Kole heating up, Trout heating up, Hamilton taking BP again....

Now you're just trolling.

A lot of really good quotes from C.J. and Brandon McCarthy in Kurkjian's article. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/10964445/mlb-baseball-confusing-contradictory-unwritten-rules