Lefty Specialist

And a pair of banjo hits and the Marlins are in bizness. But bizness is closed for the holiday.

Back to 5 1/2 up with Peterson, his gas can and pack of matches set to go tomorrow.

Lute Barnes.

Some days are diamonds, and other days are a pile of dog excrement.

Ryan from a 'gee we would have been better' standpoint. Seaver from a 'did you have to rip my heart out and stomp on it?' perspective.

I'd expect that Trevor will be keeping warm in the bullpen from the early innings on. Even if Peterson pitches decently, he probably won't give you length.

Gelbs neglects to mention that Michael Milken is a criminal that destroyed the savings of thousands of innocent people while he got rich enough to pal around with Steve Cohen.

We need a Mike Glavine card.

Whew, Carlos Gomez. Best trade they never made.

Well, alrighty then!

Nice crush job by Pete. Now shut 'em down, Edwin.

Not crazy about Diaz in a second inning. Had to work hard there.

Took until the 8th inning for the obligatory Jeter reference.

Edgy MD wrote: Well, I've tried to promote alternatives above that promote safety, effectiveness, and fair competition. Apart from, you know, sliding in feet-first, there are awesome and affordable gloves from the mountain biking world that provide copious armoring for your phalanges and your metacarpals. Adapting the designs for baseball usage could probably provide more safety for James McCann's hamates as well. https://content.motosport.com/images/items/large/TRO/TRO017H/X001.jpg> [fimg=282]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QEuJOuNFL._AC_UL1080_.jpg[/fimg] Augmenting the rubber with plastic (or similarly durable and lightweight) shielding would protect your hands from all sorts of trauma while still allowing you to claw madly at the base and at the clay to arrest your slide. It would make you a more effective baserunner and frankly make you more efficient in hand-to-hand group combat if somebody tries to assault your Capitol. Sartorially, it's not a contest. Do you want to get with somebody wearing fearsome gauntlets of power like these or some oversliding jackass wearing hot water bottles at the end of his arms? Put real claws on those puppies and you're all set. No more sliding off the base.

Starting to werry a bit. Was kind of hoping they could stitch things together until at least Scherzer got back. But Bassitt, Carrasco and Walker are not exactly meeting the moment.

Didn't stay up for this one and glad I didn't.

=ashie62 post_id=95301 time=1654686462 user_id=90] Alonso hand x-rays are negative. Not out of the woods quite yet.

Hm. This game just has the feeling it's going to go sideways.

Brraaaiiinnnsss!!!!!!!!!! http://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/2011/Topps-Heritage/282/Aaron-Harang.jpg?id=f44e899e-a2e8-49cb-be7c-16aef669724b&size=original>

Good to see Plummer getting a little work.

One of those managers was Terry Collins. Yeah, I though Maddon was untouchable. He's been stroked, though.

Fernando Martinez. No list is complete without him.

I'm sure that there was a conversation in MLB's executive offices that went something like this: "How can we generate more interest in the game?" "I know! Let's do really ugly alternate uniforms!" "Make it so!"

Boy, those last few innings were playoff-intensity baseball.

Lefty Specialist wrote: Not a lot of confidence in Medina here. Well, what the hell do I know. Yes, a split here is a win in my book.