LWFS

Gary sure likes saying "Churve," doesn't he?

See, now, what you did that inning, Look-kay-zee? Do more'a that, and less'a the udder thing.

Diaz's fastball is moving just as fast as Jake's, but it's just... scarier, somehow, isn't it? Quickbooks.

It reminds me of a lot of the defenses of MeTooers like Louis CK, whose offenses weren't straight-outta-HR-training-videos quidproquo-age. "He shouldn't lose his CAREER over this," and disbelieving/aggrieved "You're going to take away EVERYTHING for this," and other such. Not a one of these loyal friends/defenders-of-the-faith seemed to ever spare a thought-- not an out-loud one, anyway-- for the many, many women and vulnerable others who never got to BEGIN their careers because of creeps like this. THOSE lost careers don't keep the Sandys of the world up at night, apparently. A little too abstract, maybe.

In an interview, Alderson chastised The Athletic for what he felt was an unfair characterization of how the organization handled allegations of wrongdoing. He also felt some stories spotlighted employees who were tasked with gathering information but were not decision-makers. “Let me try to make a point as strongly as I can, OK? Not every instance involving men, women in the workplace is a capital offense, OK? Every time something happens, it doesn't mean somebody has to be fired,” Alderson said. “There are a lot of intermediate steps that can be taken and we've done that in a variety of different cases. And have included capital punishment as a consequence in some cases, but not every case rises to the level of execution. And that's what honestly I think is happening with these articles (in The Athletic). People are getting executed, including women, by the way, for reasons that are unjustifiable.” Absent any other context, and if you squint REALLY hard, you could see that maybe Sandy is doing that thing here where he's passionately protecting the organizaton against outsiders who would harm it, and that maybe he doesn't feel this way. Maybe he's just saying these things, and internally, he's doing the right ones. Maybe. His actions re: hiring/discipline since rejoining the team make it almost impossible to hold that position. "Capital offense." "People getting executed." The more you read, the more it begins to feel like he was a minute/a Scotch away from yelping "facts over feelings" and "CRY MORE" into the phone. Sandy doesn't really seem to get it.

Edgy MD wrote: Macky Sasser had big ol' jaw, a dangerous lefty stick, a disarming name, and a relatable challenge. Shortlisted for closest to my heart, all-time. "The Hobies" has a definite ring to it.

Edgy MD wrote: Now THAT'S an entrance song. It REALLY is. Fanfare!

WELL

BOOOOO BENCH SLUMPIN' NIMMO

LOUP, THERE IT-- oh, I can't do this

Not usually a big fan of those mid-inning phoners, but Pelf's was finger-lickin' good. [bow tie spins; vamps offstage] Jean F. Segura, meanwhile.

And now... Mike Pelfrey is on the phone, for some reason?

Anti-Matzer inning from Davey Boy, that. (Following Dom's near-make double/"error")

Honestly... no more malevolent-- or amoral-- than most front-running investment managers, say. The only difference is, he was screwing his clients instead of the ones on whom they were theoretically getting over. Y'know, us.

OH, yeah, I forgot this was a babygame.

Edgy MD wrote: =LWFS post_id=60810 time=1618367547 user_id=84] What in the Luis Rojas is this shit? If you were going to pull the pitcher in the top of the 7th, why didn't you hit for the pitcher in the BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH The notion is that running the bases stiffens you up. I dunno.

What in the Luis Rojas is this shit? If you were going to pull the pitcher in the top of the 7th, why didn't you hit for the pitcher in the BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH

Um, WHAT

Edgy MD wrote: Only six innings left in this one. Walker got a little squeezed there. Walker is getting squeezed all day, every day. And he's still got 7 Ks through 3. But it's getting us MUCH closer to the irregulars making an appearance.

[sigh]

Diaz can't do it. So... let's bring in Familia? With runners on?

Put it in the [fake, hollow, Ikea shelf] books

See, THIS would be a spot where a bunt actually would be for winners.

Yeah, tell me again how Nimmo does nothing but three-true outcomes stuff

It's like I've been saying since he joined the organization: you CANNOT stop Luis Guillorme in late-and-close situations