Edgy MD

Amos Rusie --- there's a guy with an undiagnosed torn url.

Turner batting fifth. What gets into a manager's hormones when he falls in love with his backup infielder?

Atchy, too. Get Wheeler and our rotation next year can be four partial tears and one complete rebuild in the case of Mejia. How did we get through 100 years of baseball before Tommy John ever went under the knife? I've got to assume all the Ed Walshes who won a bunch of games but were near useless after 30 were living with undiagnosed UCL ruptures. I have my opinion, but what do I know? The folks who decide may make the wrong decision, but they'll do it with a hell of a lot more information and experience than I've got.

Nephew and stepson. Doesn't meet the high Elias standard.

Hairstons: Jerry Sr., amazingly enough (for a guy who played outfield for 14 years with little power), didn't steal at all. Had two in 1984 and five for his career. Son Jerry, Jr. reached 29 for the O's in 2009 and Scott racked up 11 for two teams in 2009. Jerry's brother John played one game in his career and stold bupkis, and paterfamilias did most of his stealing in the negro leagues before logging four stealless games with the White Sox in 1951. Alous: Moises Alou had some speed when he was healthy, but that was almost never. His top number was 17. His father Felipe got between 10 and 12 six times, so he pretty much found his level. Uncle Jesus never had more than 8. Uncle Mateo was the fastest in the family, usually logging more than 15, but never more than 23. Cousins Mel Rojas and Jose Sosa are still looking for their first steal between them. Bufords: Damon peaked at 18, Don at 19. Nice guess. While I was typing this, a new guess comes out of Left Field. Or the former Left Field. The Poviches are incorrect (unless you count the grand theft that is Maury's career and marriage). The Willses, however, is the last group we are looking for. Maury, of course, stole a then-record 104. Bump, who I have to think twice to remember is Maury's son (I'm guessing he was bi-racial), stole 52 bases at 25 and kept piling up 30+ seasons before stealing 35 at 29 in 128 games and then disappearing to Japan and never playing big league ball again. Did an injury precipitate this or did he just play himself out of the country? Bump's WAR by Age: 24: 5.4 25: 3.5 26: 3.3 27: 2.2 28: 1.1 29: 0.9 Preston and Mookie Wilson were the guys I'm thinking of that almost kinda oughta qualify as an answer for this quiz. Alas, the Elias guys did not include them, but I probably woulda. Preston stole 36 in 2000. Mookie stole everything.

The Bondses. Yes. The Youngs. Yes, as of now. The Griffs. No. Senior did it once, but Junior never did. (I would've guessed the other way.) Los Cruces. Si. Fielders and Boones are obviously nos. As are the Hundleys and the Berras. Let's get them off the table right now. Sandy Alomar, Sr. and Roberto are number four. Good guess, that one, as Sandy wasn't much on offense, but he managed 35 steals in 1970 and 39 more in 1971. One more pair out there. The daddyo spent his entire big league career in the National League, the son mostly in the AL.

By the way, they sorta kinda left one duo out.

From tonight's game notes, who are the only five father/son combinations to both steal 30 bases in a season? Please opt out if you already caught the report.

Coulda really used some Vic Black this evening.

Matsuzaka's funny. Gets his strikeuts, but not too much for getting regular contact outs. Kinda guy that makes you want to start HoJo at short.

Byrdie batting cleanup for Pittsburgh tonight.

Lefties don't faze Ike.

And he splits the outfielders like a pro!

Not the ideal model of success for ya? Well, he's in the last year of his contract, so letting him throw 140 pitches isn't out of the question. I hear he's done it before.

Great. Angel behind the plate.

Don't want to keep digging a hole, Daisuke. That's not naisuke.

It didn't take long to name that player to be named.

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Domonic Smiff, promoted from the Gulf Coast Mets to Kingsport for the Appy League Playoffs. Spazz, you're on your way!

there were quotes from Mets brass back in July about how all they could get is a team's 10-15th best prospect at that time, and that it was insufficient. I'm still looking for this. I instead found this: ="The New York Post"]Outside executives have said the best the Mets could hope for on Byrd is an interested team�s 10th-15th-best prospect because the sport still eyes Byrd with suspicion since he was terrible last year, failed a PED test and has revived in his age-35 season out of nowhere.

Added bonus: Adds a new branch to the Tim Bogar trade tree. Herrera --- along with d'Arnaud, Syndergaard, and Builcerra --- all have trace amounts of Bogar in their DNA.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Actually Mookie Dilson was the No. 9 or 10 prospect for the Pirates (not 19), depending on the list, and keep in mind the Pirates farm is considered top 5 by those same listmakers. That I didn't miss.

I missed those quotes.

Alderson said explicitly that he liked what he was offered now more than what was being dangled at the deadline. So maybe he's a liar, but it's not like he's unaware of the benefits of dealing at the deadline. It's just the way it played out for him, he believes he found more benefit to holding out. Maybe not, but for what it's worth, the fact that Buck and Byrd went to the Pirates means most of the league passed on the them as waiver claims, and so we can conclude had little or no interest in them on the trade market.

Neither Buck nor Byrd see action last nght as the Pirates fall to Milwaukee and lose ground in the Central. Stupid Clint Hurdle.