I saw no credit for time served, because I think he was still paid for the games last season. Basically done until 2024 unless he wins appeal.

Yeah I was saying he will appeal and get time served if he wins. It would not shock me if there is a behind the scenes deal where that is what happens. MLB looks tough but loses the appeal…

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Kris Bryant: no home runs, a -0.3 WAR, and now on the IL with a back.

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Mets combined no hitter tonight.

One guy caught them all - James McCann.

likely unauthorized usage of the MLB logo on the ball gag and spreader bar.

feast or famine with the phillies. the cubs' last combined no-hitter, it sent the club into a tailspin. will this propel the mets to rip off 12 wins out of 14 games? they've assembled a very good staff - and this is without degrom, matz and syndergaard. jeez, who's pitching for the mets tomorrow? seaver? ryan? koosman?

taijuan walker. they've still got scherzer, bassitt, carrasco, and taijuan in that rotation even without degrom. they're pretty good there.

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the mets started carrasco today and i was ready for the phillies. i took the cardinals against him earlier this week and tonight, the phillies came through. thanks, schwarber. i did not play the cardinals today, will see if arenado is serving a 1 or 2 game suspension..if it was only 1 game (today), i'm definitely taking the cards tomorrow.

good day, only 2 Ls, i'm ashamed to admit i played 1 unit on the cubs (+50). what a pathetic group. was able to watch a few early plays at work, got disgusted and wrote 'L' on the paper. another dog i played was pittsburgh (+50), who finally won at home. my other loser (2 units) was the under in the rays/twins - too many late runs.

won the white sox (2 units), under miami/seattle (2 units), colorado (2 units) along with the phillies +30 (2 units) and pitt (1 unit).

i took colorado (-50) and they were held by a rookie red in his first ever mlb start. starting to accept i was way off on a. acquino and votto may have fallen off the proverbial cliff at 38, i think. slow with the bat on fastballs, when ahead in the count. took the rockies today after losing the reds yesterday..and the rockies made me sweat it out.

the red sox are another club not hitting. i don't think j.d. martinez was in the lineup today (was injured last week). if he's ok, will probably play the bosox tomorrow after losing to the orioles.

played favorites - 2 units on the cards (2-1), 2 units on the red sox (-50) and 2 units on tampa (-30). we'll see how it goes...if i get 2 out of 3, will play a bit on the phillies tonight, prob getting +60/+70 against max and the mets tonight. up over 12 units for the week going into today.

Oof! Twins with a five spot in.the first. Over is high but got the Reds Rockies over 10 runs.

it happens. buxton leads off the game with a grounder, the rays ss shits his pants and throws the ball away. 5 runs ensue. rays aren't hitting anyways.

my guy had the rockies/reds over/under at 10 1/2. sounds like a good play.

Spiegel was his usual Mr baseball today. Said Sox hitting will be ok because of their high barreling, exit velo rankings. We should disregard their low batting slash line rankings. Then said relievers inflated era is misleading. That attention should be paid more to hard hit balls than era. Would you rather have a reliever with an era of 0.00 or 9.00 Spiegel? ERA is a yardstick of getting the job done and if a guy is trending positive. Spiegel failed to mention relievers era benefits from inherited & and manfred's man not counting against their era.

hard to believe.

He was doin good when we saw him couple weeks ago or some shit.

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so apparently Rick Kranitz is the Braves pitching coach.

Had no idea he was in the league.

Wasnt he the Cubs bullpen coach years ago or some shit?

Anyway, dude got ejected today.

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Ten runs after five innings. Got a run in the eighth to cash that bet. Reds pitching has been amazingly bad. Team ERA of over 6.

I really thought Detroit would contend for a playoff spot this year

reds didn't help you out at all with their spotty hitting. didn't replace castellanos, suarez and winker...let sonny gray go. i thought they might be tough at home, the club is a train wreck.

i did end up playing the phillies last night at +55, 2 units. i felt the phillies' bats hung in there against a scherzer who seemed to have excellent stuff. twice, schwarber put the phillies in front, and twice, zac eflin shit his pants the very next half inning struggling against the lower part of the mets' lineup. this loser gave up the lead twice. next time that scrub pitches on the road, take the home side and the over. wow, i'd have no patience as a manager. i'd have told him after the game he's long relief/spot starter. i felt he really let his club down.

still had a good week, finished the week over 8 units.

spiegel replayed the interview from his afternoon show with joe west. it wasn't bad, but mlb radio interview with west was much, much better. talking about doug harvey and dave kingman was the first player to insult him...etc. i would have asked west about the jay howell cheating with the pine tar during the 88 playoffs. spiegel did bring up the andre dawson incident with the bats.

Spiegel saying ignore stats, then trotting out data stats was great radio. He took a lot of heat from mocking texters, and had a meltdown after the break defending himself. He's decent with a knowledgeable guest. But, when he talks baseball by himself, or takes calls he really struggles talking baseball.

What did MLB find out that couldn't be used to prosecute him? Don't they have to release it if they're essentially handing out a 3 year suspension?

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

maybe i'm just much older than spiegel and spiegel doesn't care about joe west's early years - the years i bought baseball cards and knew all the line-ups and all the NL umpires. of course, doug harvey was God back then...the white hair...he was only missing a staff to call balls and strikes. west told mlb radio that during his early days - dave kingman called him names and insulted him and west said he followed kingman up the first base line yelling back at him - threatening to toss him. doug harvey calmed west down and told him to never let a player ruin his day umpiring. i think joe ignored that advice the older he got. i also believe that joe west was the home plate ump and doug harvey was in the field and harvey was the one who had the balls to toss jay howell for the pine tar in his glove. this during the 1988 NLCS. the angle back then was that davey johnson and the mets knew exactly what howell was up to and waited until the right moment (advantageous to the mets) to ask west to search for foreign substance/file/sandpaper. they got him...and i don't believe spiegel brought that up.

decent day today. 2 unit winners on the cardinals (-65) and the white sox (-45). lost a 2 unit play with toronto (pick), won a 1 unit play with the under in the astros/mariners. won in basketball, so a +4.6 unit day.

Doug Harvey had a teacup strike zone. Pitchers had to pitch accordingly. I was amazed watching how bad he was calling balls & strikes, and be so revered.

I think the thing with Harvey was that he was consistent with his zone. There was going to be a lot of offense, but it was even for both sides.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2022/5/4/2 ... R-1EXCSWKM

Crazy ejection of Mad Bum this afternoon.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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the phillies have their own bartman...look at this dork mucking up the catch and denying castellanos a HR. the dork then laughs it off, as castellanos is sent back to 2nd base in a 0-0 game. the phillies lost 2-1 in 10 after 0-0 during the first 9 innings.

you fucking dork..lost the ball, cost your team a HR that would have won the game and your team lost in 10. hope you had free tickets.

That umpire - the younger one - that called it a HR has had nothing but issues since his debut. He was the one that David Ross absolutely destroyed about his strike zone and told him has to be better. Guy is always in the middle of some fuck up.

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

Mediocre white guy or an esteemed POC?

not sure his nationality, or even his name. just recognize the face. id lean towards not exactly Caucasian

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.

Listened again - Eric Backus (sp). Damn, dude is only like, 32/33 years old, if he was 30 back when he debuted. think it was a 2 years ago

heres the david ross ejection - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZULRzjnaVqc

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.