Broad Street

Don’t F*ck a drug lords wife and you probably won’t get shot. 

It looks dumb as hell, but hey it worked I guess. 

Personally, I don’t like it. I think it looks stupid and shouldn’t be legal. But hey, as long as it’s legal and working, whatevs. 

I voted for Chris Davis. I think it would be hilarious to see him in the All Star Game. Maybe then they’d get rid of the stupid fan voting. 

Well this was a roller coaster read from start to finish. I have to say “I told you so.”

Also, I can’t believe people actually thought Puello wouldn’t be DFA’d when Upton came back. Just like Tovar will when Simmons gets activated. 

6 hours ago, WeaverFever said:

Seriously wondering how the Marlins are doing in that trade? Did they get anything in return? I feel compassion for that fan base. 

As of right now? They got nothing. Jester is worse than DiPoto and that’s saying something. 

2 hours ago, m0nkey said:

Christian Yelich leads the majors with 26 home runs and leads the NL with 16 steals.  Last player to lead a league in both as far as I can tell is Ty Cobb, who led the league with 9 home runs and 76 steals.

And yet all you hear about lately is Bellinger. Steady ol Yelich just keeps plugging along like the damn energizer bunny. 

Loved Byrnes as a player

13 minutes ago, DMVol said:

Yankees get Encarnacion.....

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/06/yankees-acquire-edwin-encarnacion.html

They couldn’t have done that 3 weeks ago?

Smith is about to be 31 and seems to be a career AAAA player. Did he magically turn a corner or is it a mirage?

Sample size?

I noticed Trout didn’t get up to celebrate Ohtanis cycle. He must hate him. Drama on the horizon. 

/s

People! Listen! Goodwin isn’t going anywhere! He’s the only other guy besides Trout who can play CF!!!! Get it through your skulls!

46 minutes ago, eligrba said:

LaStella-much better than expected

Fletcher-seems to be getting better offensively/his defense is surprising

Regifo-looks like he can play at the major league level

Cozart, Pujols, Cahill, Harvey, Skaggs, Lucroy (defense)-how bad can it get? 

Why is Fletchers defense surprising? I thought that was the one “for sure” thing about him, but they weren’t sure how his bat would play. 

Im going a different route. I never thought Bour  would play as bad as he did. I was seriously rooting for the guy (I still want him to do well) and totally wasn’t expecting the terrible play. 

Can Suarez be called up so quickly though?

Traded to the Reds

In before “The Piece!”

I would nut want that to happen to me. I’m surprised they had the balls to release that, I would have just called it a groin injury. In all seriousness I hope he heals soon, he’s a good player and I hate seeing good players hurt. 

Testicle. 

24 minutes ago, Tank said:

yeah, i get that. i think he's taking a huge risk that teams will want him for a long term contract, especially after sitting out for 3 months. he'd better have an amazing 3 months the rest of this season if he wants to cash in next year.

i don't think i'd want to go through this a second straight year. i'd have lobbied for a longer contract with the braves, who are a good young team.

Maybe he’s hoping he can show them enough that they’ll offer him an extension and he’ll take it to avoid Free Agency

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Cole 

Nat  King, or Hamels? Or Garret? Or Bob? Wait, that was Dole. My bad

3 minutes ago, SoPas Angel said:

That sums up what I can't stand about him. I've never seen a bigger pansy when ahead 0-2 to a batter. 

There comes a time where you need to stop trying to outsmart the hitter and trust your stuff

3 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

Tyler Skaggs is opposed to pitching well 

Fixed

So if you could have Harvey or Kuechel, at the same price, who would you rather have?

I think you can look at the Jay Bruce trade as a guide for what we could expect the minimum package to look for Calhoun. 

If you like history about the Pacific Theatre, check out Flyboys. It’s the same guy who wrote Flags of our Fathers, it’s really good. 

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, and many people aren’t aware of the key battle that started the whole thing. The battle for Pegasus Bridge started a little after midnight 75 years ago today and had the first casualties of the day. A small group of British cammandos in gliders surprised the Germans and took the bridge. Without any air, artillery, or tank support, they managed to hold this key bridge against the German counterattack, taking out a couple of tanks until the British paratroopers managed to make it to them. Had they not taken this bridge, D-Day would have gone down as a colossal failure with extreme casualties. 

The book, Pegasus Bridge, was a fantastic read, and anyone who wants to learn more about WW2 history should read it.

Here’s a link to give you a cool history lesson 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Deadstick