Junkballer

Ever been a father of a newborn? Dude needs rest.

I followed the Cards after moving to St. Louis in '75. Stole 56 bases as a 36 year old, a year after stealing 118 bases. When he was on first, you focused on him no matter who was on the mound or plate as you felt like he could take a base in any situation. In light of advanced stats he wasn't among the best LF'ers but there is no stat for excitement created.

I agree.

Can it pitch?

Fail Army Channel already exists.

I hope Eppler is prepared for the deluge.

Both games will be 7 innings. https://apnews.com/b5191a2c456db653ac847ee1801ccfb0#:~:text=Big league doubleheaders will now,situation told The Associated Press.

Not from a big sports family but started playing/watching baseball while growing up in OC, so Angels first. Then around age 10, moved to St. Louis and followed the Cards. Great baseball town and loved this guy: Moved back to LA/SGV and while I don't really follow the Cards anymore, they are my favorite NL team.

A soldier, battling demons from his covert past, is sent up-river through the heart of darkness to confront a man who battled those same demons and lost.

The same reason I watch an episode of Dr. Pimple Popper to the end.

Obviously no pre-nup. Or balls for that matter.

As much as I like and respect Mike Trout, what's good for the team always comes first. Not to say that there will never be a good reason to trade him, however, your post doesn't include a single one. Remember, he freely chose to sign a contract and his eyes were wide open in regard to the owner, GM and what their track records are. Mike Trout isn't owed what you think he's owed. That being said, I'm frustrated as hell too.

Thersty

Since I have total control, blow up team payroll on the scale of the Dodgers circa 2014-15. The Dogs were able to unload bad contracts while actually improving their farm by being committed to making trades that didn't send any prospects of value. This kept them at payroll far above the next highest (Yankees) and in 2015, almost 90m above the 3rd highest (RSox) and allowed them to reshape the team while positioning themselves for their recent success. --Unload bad contracts (Upton/Pujols) by any means necessary that does not include prospects, but may include outright buyout. -Refuse to be outbid for Bauer, and pick up another top of the rotation arm to go along with our only other one, Bundy (may it continue). Heaney is 4, Canning 5. -Like some others have said, become the MLB leader in scouting both domestically and internationally. Create an unmatched Dominican training complex and hire staff with integrity. After a few years, the farm should start to bring payroll down and we can come under the Tax threshold. Obviously this will cost a ton for a while but what use is having total control if you can't spend the hell out of Arte's money?

Bunting to break up a no-hitter is another one. A bunt hit is still a hit and if they're down they need men on base. It aint over till its over.

I'd go a little further: I think pressure needs to be introduced to the game. Perhaps some rules can be relaxed for playoffs but the pastoral pace of the current game is for a different era. -Pitch clock, and batter clock. If it affects certain pitchers, the manager can pull them earlier. Batter needs to be ready to step in and hit within timeframe or take a strike. -Prohibit all mound visits. If the battery has signals crossed, so be it. They are paid to do their homework and they can consult when the side is retired. The manager can visit the mound to change pitchers. Some leeway needed for checking for injury but there needs to be some type of deterrent to abuse of the leeway. Most mound visits are about controlling momentum, which is an excitement dampener, and not legitimately about communication; and even if so, professionals should be forced to have those issues locked down before the game starts. -Limit throws to keep runner in check to a certain number per game for each team and stepping off the rubber counts as a throw. This will open up the running game and force teams to save those throws for later innings or suffer the consequences. When they have made their allotted throws it's on the catcher to throw them out. -Time can be called by any umpire only, or limit time calls to 3/game.

Someone from AW told them that being clutch is a myth.

He'd fit in with our bullpen just fine though.

Any major decision about permanently taking pitching off the table will likely need his assent because of agreements made in initial negotiations and I don't see that happening this season or next. He is going to continue to try to get back to being a starter and we will be along for the ride. Too much upside to throw in the towel this early.

Maddux wasn't a power pitcher though. If I recall correctly, in his best years his fastball was in the high 80s. He was all about control. Ohtani needs his fastball velocity to set up his splitter, slider and curve.

Fixed

When hockey went to the shootout, hard core fans almost universally disliked it and casual fans (the majority) liked it. After time, many who disliked have become neutral or even embraced it and the shootout is far more of an inorganic mechanism than the free runner. Over time, the free runner will seem less of a spectacle. It does have some qualities in that it creates instant tension and favors small ball. If anything it gives small ball too much of a platform. One successful bunt and a long fly ball gives you a guaranteed run. I prefer giving teams a 4th out vs. 3, or, starting a man on 1st, but do tend to agree with needing to do something curtail extra innings.

Well, Pujols said he doesn't like to DH, so, "Sorry AP, we made new plans based on your own feedback; one day at 1b, two days of rest".

I agree to all this, except, not by Joe Kelly. He wasn't even a Dodger when they played the Astros in 2017, he was on the Red Sox and possibly knew that they were cheating as well. He looks like a two faced b*tch trying to ingratiate himself with teammates and "buying in" to a history he was no part of.