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« Reply #690 on: October 05, 2014, 10:21:49 pm »
sign someone already.

Delmon Young.  There you go.

Apparently the O's are no longer shopping for a closer and will take care of it in house.  They are now searching for a veteran starter...this is comical.

Laughing all the way to the ALCS!

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« Reply #691 on: October 05, 2014, 10:39:57 pm »
Angels just look terrible.....its like a lineup with too many "formerly a great hitter"... Hamilton and Freese in particular just don't look right...

KC's centerfielder made some nice plays there...

Its hard to root against the Royals at this point....

Scioscia (sic)....does he micromanage the game? he seems to be giving signals out all the time?

What is up with the wild card teams???? They're going to knock off the two top seeds....


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« Reply #692 on: October 05, 2014, 11:22:13 pm »
My old man is insisting that Arte is making lineup calls.  I think it's the GM.  Either way,  we both think Mike was way to happy to yank CJ Wilson.

I'm already in California with the girl!  What other solutions do you have?!
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Re: The MLB Thread
« Reply #693 on: October 06, 2014, 06:50:45 am »
So how many people had Kansas City vs. Baltimore as their preseason ALCS picks?

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« Reply #694 on: October 06, 2014, 09:24:32 am »
So how many people had Kansas City vs. Baltimore as their preseason ALCS picks?

I'm sure Hutch did.

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« Reply #695 on: October 06, 2014, 12:16:31 pm »
Its hard to root against the Royals at this point....

I woke up this morning much happier it happened at the hands of the Royals than if it had happened by the O's.

Scioscia (sic)....does he micromanage the game? he seems to be giving signals out all the time?

He calls every pitch and play on defense and has all of his life.
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« Reply #696 on: October 06, 2014, 01:03:13 pm »
So I guess the Halo's will exercise the option on Huston Street, but probably let Sean Burnett go (that's a bit of a sad story).

The only free agent worth keeping is Jason Grilli - MacDonald, Thatcher and Buck are expendable.

Garret Richards is the only arb eligible player that will cost a little bit of money.  Considering it was a leg injury, now might be a good time to lock him up long term with the money the team gets back with the Vernon Wells deal finally expiring.  Yes, he made $18.5m this season.

That puts payroll at about $160m giving Dipoto about $20m to find a real third baseman, even though both Beckham and Freese are signed for 2 more years.  Maybe add a lefty to the pen?

Anybody want to take Hamilton off our hands?  Surprisingly, the Angels only have for free agent signings on the roster - everyone else came up through the system or was acquired via trade.  Unfortunately, three of them cost a fortune and underperform: Pujols, Hamilton and Wilson.  I like the Joe Smith deal still.
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Re: The MLB Thread
« Reply #697 on: October 06, 2014, 01:53:50 pm »
Must be nice to commit $160M and still have $20M to spend.


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« Reply #699 on: October 06, 2014, 02:00:18 pm »
Must be nice to commit $160M and still have $20M to spend.

What's nice is having all that and the team still has made money for the owner the last 8 years counting...

What the hell?

It's a strange one.  Either you believe that nobody seems to know what happened or they aren't releasing details because they have a suspect who might flee....
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Re: The MLB Thread
« Reply #700 on: October 06, 2014, 07:22:50 pm »
Bullpens in foul territory are a really bad idea.  I'm surprised a new-ish park like AT&T has them.

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« Reply #701 on: October 07, 2014, 02:41:32 pm »
No Puig in the lineup today for the Dodgers. 

It's the right thing to do, but I'm surprised Mattingly had the guts to do it.
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« Reply #702 on: October 07, 2014, 06:53:34 pm »
Its hard to root against the Royals at this point....

I woke up this morning much happier it happened at the hands of the Royals than if it had happened by the O's.

Explain, please.

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« Reply #703 on: October 07, 2014, 07:48:31 pm »
No Puig in the lineup today for the Dodgers. 

It's the right thing to do, but I'm surprised Mattingly had the guts to do it.
ethier plays instead, gets picked off third in a huge spot, dodgers flaming out early once again

odds donnie keeps his job?

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Re: The MLB Thread
« Reply #704 on: October 07, 2014, 08:15:45 pm »
How's that highest payroll thing workin' out for ya?