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  1. Frayed Knot
    I also tend to be wary about blaming coaches. That doesn't mean you don't evaluate and make changes if necessary but dumping on coaches is the equivalent of going after the low hanging fruit. We're rarely emotionally attached to coaches so that makes them an easy target to cite as the source of whatever problems the team is having.
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    One out and a runner on with Rays fans pleading 'Help Me, Aranda'
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    Or a three run double ... I'm cool either way. Not often you see two 3-RBI doubles in the same game. (and, once again, Gary steals my stuff)
  4. Frayed Knot
    Morabito needs another HBP
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    They apparently now have an approved plan for a new stadium that both won't be a low budget suck like this one always has been, but is also in Tampa, rather than St Pete, which is where Little Havana and all the non-senior citizen action is. https://newballpark.raysbaseball.com https://newballpark.raysbaseball.com Although, reading the fine print, there are still some hurdles to clear.
  6. Frayed Knot
    If Tampa's ousted starter wants to grab an early beer, I've got a suggestion:
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    So just to add a cautionary tale to the whole concept of a salary cap, the NBA today suspended LA Clippers owner Steve (Microsoft) Balmer $30 million, suspended him for a year, suspended the GM for six months, and took away the team's next Five 1st round draft picks as a result of a scheme which invented a no-show (but not no-pay) job given to star player Kawhi Leonard which was, in fact, a scheme to circumvent the salary cap. This was likely not the first time this has happened in capped sports -- and certainly not in supposed 'amateur' sports such as college football/basketball nd their theoretical salary cap of $0 -- but it took outside reporting (Pablo Torre) to expose it and close to a year-long internal investigation before the NBA finally acted.
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    A Tuesday night matchup saw SFG's Logan Webb facing off against PIT's Paul Skenes. The result with those two aces going: Pirates 13 - Giants 12 of course. Webb: 2 innings, 9 runs on 9 hits + 2 BBs Skenes wasn't quite as bad, but still got hung with: 5 R on 8 H / 3 BBs over 4.2 Innings SF scored five in the 8th to tie it (Luke Weaver was part of the problem) but the Pirates won it on a 2-out, bottom of the 9th throwing error
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    Sunday: two NYM runs on three hits in the first inning: one run / two hits for the rest of the game Tuesday: one run on three hits in the 1st: one R / two H over the next eight innings Let's try to NOT duplicate this trend again today ... mmm-Kay?
  10. Frayed Knot
    So Jefferies had TWO rookie seasons -- even got RoY points for two different seasons -- a breakout month-plus which was great for him but still not enough to ruin his rookie stats for the next year. So does that second rookie year count as to this quiz? If so, 1989 would be the year to count for him.
  11. Frayed Knot
    Yes, the fact that he's 12 (assuming he is 12) makes any agreement not just unofficial but unenforceable. So if he jumps on an offer of $5 mil that some other team makes on the eve of his 16th birthday (assuming all rules then are as they are now) taking it might make him a liar and a scoundrel in the eyes of the Tigers ... but it'll also make him a million dollars richer.
  12. Frayed Knot
    If solo HRs and bases loaded walks don't sum up our offense not sure what else do. And the last three of the last four NYM outs have been infield pop-outs - twice with bases loaded.
  13. Frayed Knot
    Dylan Winton Ross: 6' 5" / 215. 13th round draft pick in 2022 out of U of Georgia (how 'bout them dawgs!) 26 y/o Today!!!! from Statesboro, Georgia (hope he doesn't give us the blues).
  14. Frayed Knot
    More runners on via free passes in this game [four BBs, one HBP] than by hit [three]
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    Still no more hits ... but bases loaded one out thx to a trio of BBs Gotta PH Vientos for Morabito here. And they do ... of course that increases the odds of a GiDP
  16. Frayed Knot
    So does the offense. Three of the first four Mets in the game got hits ... and not a single hit since. This kind of thing hasn't happened since way back on ... Sunday. That was when Lindor and Soto started the game with b-2-b HRs followed by a Bichette single. Over their next 32 batters they managed one run on two hits.
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    Morabito is HBP'ing .154 (2 HBPs in 13 PAs) so that partially offsets the fact that he's hitting .000
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    Maybe he'll get an actual hit this time around. I blame his problems during the earlier stint on not being allowed to wear #8
  19. Frayed Knot
    The tide of public opinion and very much turned on Moreno in recent years to the point where 'Sell the Team!' has been openly vocal in the stadium itself. Last year's remark (maybe the year before) from Moreno didn't help: this was the one where he said that 'for Angels fans, winning wasn't their top priority', that they were mostly interested in a good ballpark and food in front of some light entertainment (or words to that effect) as if an LAA game was just another act from DisneyLand, 'Disney on Spikes' maybe.
  20. Frayed Knot
    I like that there's a single set limit. Not so sure they had to go from virtually unlimited (up to 15) directly down to two in one fell swoop and wouldn't mind seeing that raised to four or five. Much beyond that it starts to change the way the game is played just as it's getting down to the final important weeks. Also good that it's more uniform among all teams.
  21. Frayed Knot
    Ashie mentioned this in the non-baseball forum but I'll double up on it here since it involves MLB: Stan Kroenke (Kroenke Sports and Entertainment - 'KSE') reached an agreement to purchase controlling interest in the LA Angels, thus ending the mostly unsuccessful reign of current owner Arte Moreno. After winning the WS in 2002 and then reaching post-season five times in the 2004 - 2009 stretch, the Angels have only once reached the playoffs (swept 3 - 0 in the first round of 2014) and are already assured (they're 53 - 85) of 2026 being their eleventh straight losing season. The sale is of course pending all the legal hurdles and approval from MLB but is expected to be finalized by early 2027. KSE/Kroenke is, most notably, the owner of the LA Rams, but also has interest in the NBA's Denver Nuggets, NHL's Colorado Avalanche, MLS's Colorado Rapids, and Arsenal in the English Premier (soccer) League.
  22. Frayed Knot
    So start a new one.
  23. Frayed Knot
    Backslidin' away / Backslidin' away Y'know the minute you think you're rising the more you're backslidin' away So after making the first significant signs of progress during the first half of August, the second half just dragged 'em back down to the levels they've been at for most of the season.
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    Peralta is 1 - 2 w/a 5.60 ERA / 1.14 WHIP / 20 K vs 6 BB over 27.1 innings in five starts since being dealt to Tampa Bay, although is coming off his best outing there: a 6 inning / no run / 2 hit stint vs Detroit.
  25. Frayed Knot
    Three Double Cheeseburgers ... with pickles!!
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