Vic Sage

i absolutely refuse to get sucked in! lgm

never mind the posts, Pete. You've been swinging at the low-and-away shit since the All-Star break. Maybe you're trying a little TOO hard. So Lets just focus on that, shall we? Leave the sales to the sales dept... you go do baseball better.

Too bad. He had reestablished his value as a big league hitter. I think they'd like to have him come back by late September, if possible. If we're in the running for a wc, he'll be very useful. If we're not, it will important to showcase his health to the other teams, in preparation for the off-season.

I'm ok with it. offense (Ramos, theoretically) over defense (lagares, altherr). They've already put Nido in the lineup; they can't add these 2 automatic outs too, while keeping Ramos on the bench.

Oh wait, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD. never mind.

did they do something together besides TITANIC?

i no longer watch the last inning of games, unless we're losing. If we're ahead in the 8th or 9th, and the bullpen is coming in, i change the channel. The satisfaction of seeing them complete a victory is greatly outweighed by the torture of seeing them collapse.

They're going to try it in the Atlantic League: https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-will-experiment-with-stealing-first-base-in-atlantic-league-165213306.html?src=rsshttps://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-will-experiment-with-stealing-first-base-in-atlantic-league-165213306.html?src=rss This seems like an interesting way to counterbalance the diminishment of speed's impact on the game, returning the excitement of baserunning that has gotten lost in the age of analytics. I'm not advocating it, but it's... interesting.

so i went to this game with my brother-in-law. He's a MFY fan but he bought tickets as a belated birthday present for me, because he loves SEINFELD. Lets re-read that: HE loves Seinfeld. I could give a shit about Seinfeld. But i don't want to be rude, and its a free ticket, so wtf. i drive, and we go early to eat dinner. I get my favorite spot (under the highway, on the right, right outside the leftfield lots) which gets me onto the Northbound 678 after the game really quick and easy. We go to Foxwoods and things start to turn sour when we can't find a seat (we end up sitting with a disputatious trailerpark duo) and then i have to wait 1/2 hour for a foot-long with fake cheese and even faker bacon, and a Dole Whip float, which tasted even worse. But we get to our seats and... whaddyaknow, they're the third row off the field, on the left field line (sec 125). we're behind that annoying (but necessary) extended netting, but I don't think i've ever sat any closer (well, once, behind home, in the early 80s, which i bought off a desperate scalper for pennies on the dollar). It was a super-hot day, but it's become a comfortable evening, and i'm in a good seat, and i got a bobblehead, and deGrom is starting, so everything is looking up... until deGrom's 1st pitch, which exits the yard with alacrity. But he settles down and pitches a 1 hitter into the late innings, with a 2-1 lead. Meanwhille, i get close on a few foul balls, but no cigar (i've been trying to catch a foul ball for 50 years now... i'll let you know if i ever get one. Actually, you'll know i got one because Hell will have frozen over). I consider punching a big, drunk, fat Phillies fan (i know, redundant) who has grabbed a foul ball out of the hands of a dad, trying to get it for his kid, but he looks like a brawler and is surrounded by fellow travelers, so i let it go (i haven't actually punched anyone since middle school, so to say i "considered it" is overstating the case). But Mr. Met comes by, and he throws t-shirts into the crowd... and i leapt a full 3 inches off the ground and snagged one. Its a good shirt, too.! So its 2-1 and i say to b-i-law "we need more; a 2-1 lead for our pen is like being behind." sure enough, its 2-2, going into the 9th and i say "lets go". I know what's coming. I don't want to see it. Instead, i get to listen on the radio as Diaz, Famila and the rest of the Manson family spooge all over the field for yet another bullpen loss. Still, i'm able to zip right out of the lot and onto the highway. No traffic, and i'm home in 20 minutes; the 9th inning is still going. I thank b-i-law; he wants to make plans for another social activity but i'm tired of trying to make conversation with him all night and don't relish the thought of trying to do it again, so i beg off and go to bed. My wife, hearing me come in, sleepily asks "did they win?" I give her a kiss on the head, climb into bed, and mumble "what do you think?". "I hate baseball", i say, as my eyes close. She chuckles and rolls over. I drift off, numb once more.

the one of that group with the highest upside is probably Kilome, and he's been out for the year with Tommy John (or something else equally serious)

25-man roster (+ IR), tiered by disposability: bad long-term contracts (trade if possible, but not likely): Cano Familia *Cespedes UFAs or 1-year contracts, with little to some value (trade): Wheeler Frazier Vargas Ramos Wilson *Lowrie UFAs or minor-league options, with little to no value (trade or keep): Hechavarria Avilan Lagares Nido Guillorme Font *Dw.Smith 2+ years team control, with little to some value (trade for value, or keep) Rosario Dm.Smith Davis Syndergaard Matz Diaz Lugo Gsellman *Nimmo 2+ years team control, with great value (keep) Alonzo McNeil Conforto DeGrom * dl list

oh i agree the move is good, as a way to avoid using Matz right now. But in terms of him being more effective in the pen, i don't see it.

There is zero value in trying to grill Van Wagenen in the stands during a baseball game besides feeding your own rage. why zero value? Sometimes rage needs to be fed.

Yes, we really need to get Nido's bat in the line-up 40% of the time.* *note: Grandal is an all-star with 18 hrs and nearly .900 ops

section 508? is that section actually in the park or on a plane passing overhead?

i always had high hopes for him and I was upset when we traded him for Bruce. I was wrong of course, but upset. Sorry to see him go... again.

how effective can he be, considering his first inning is always his worst?

good audition by wheeler for the inevitable sell-off.

serious sucking up. there was a (very bad) word for slaves on a plantation who were pliant enough to work in the slave owner's house.

was there a game today?

There is already a movie about this team: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjU3MTU0NDI4Nl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTE0NDMyMw@@._V1_.jpg>

=Fman99 post_id=14225 time=1561556692 user_id=86] =seawolf17 post_id=14220 time=1561554341 user_id=91] Fuck Adam Eaton. The main reason that MILBers continue to be exploited is that many of them are Latino and the MLB players' union doesn't give a flying fig and neither do the white MLB team owners.

i think he played with The Doors.

deGrom is the best bat in the 2nd half of that lineup

i like to beat the rush and give up before the season starts. I'm rarely wrong in doing so.