Give the shorter umps the pillow. Especially if you are trying to recruit women.

lol yeah that was an odd train of thought by ARod

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Best thing Ive seen all year .

https://youtu.be/Eqto63A82yE

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the phillies self-destruct once again. at home, a 7-0 lead, a 7-1 lead going into the top of the 9th...3 little outs and trim one game off of the mets' division lead.

right. i mean, you can't make this stuff up. the 4th highest payroll in baseball, i believe they are $75-$80 million over the mlb average and a consequence is having ex-cub RP norwood on the roster to further weaken an already weak bullpen. i have no idea what is the conventional wisdom of girardi's handling of pitchers - but after last night and tonight, i definitely have an opinion.

hmm..wheeler and nola? 8 innings, please. they drank milk as kids, they'll be ok.

the mets? this club is something else. they won a world series with lightweight ss bud harrelson's .200 average batting 3rd.

caught most of this morning's mlb radio interview with girardi and my take is that he's a content person under contract and knows he likely has one more job left in his career - if the phillies can him. heard him tell us that "these things happen" and "i didn't get much sleep last night" and "my players are fighters..."...blah. next time, let your dominant starter go one more inning and then you use your best reliever for the last inning.

harper and castellanos went deep back to back for a 7-0 lead and the next time castellanos was up, the mets threw inside and hit him on his wrist. out of the game. the mets, who whine and bitch about inside pitches, took your current best hitter out of this game - and maybe more games....and then further punked you with the 7 run 9th. the mets know harper will charge the mound, while castellanos is a doubles guy, not a fighter. no retaliation from the phillies. lame, lame and more lameness.

the phillies need 3 consecutive rain-outs to regroup.

Six games rained out yesterday.

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The Mets had never come back from 6 down in the 9th in their team history of 60 years. That's embarrassing.

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i'm sure atlanta wishes the rain had spread all the way down to georgia. i think they picked the correct opponent's starting pitcher to have a bullpen day - just didn't work out for them. today they go against burnes, and they need to start winning games before the mets start pulling away. same for the phillies, but after wheeler and nola, they have a truckload of garbage. eflin and suarez have moments at home, not so good on the road. i thought the east would be a good race, still can be.

not taking the phillies today, i will take atlanta at home against burnes...basically a pick. the braves have a worse home record than the phillies. need to turn it up. acuna homered yesterday..these guys need to get going.

yeah...i believe that girardi thought the game over and he'd get norwood some work. his team has found ways to lose low scoring games and to lose high scoring games. he was up 7-1, girardi should have managed the game as if it were 3-1. get a few more wins under your belt and then wheel norwood out to throw HRs to lindor.

total collapse.

great game today, fried vs. burnes. renfroe answered an acuna homer and great atlanta defense..the brewers nearly pulled it out in the top of the 9th against kenley jansen. game ended on a strikeout-throw out at 2nd on a steal attempt. could propel the braves...tomorrow charlie morton pitches for the braves and he is due a good start. morton vs. tough-luck ashby.

Interesting story on Joel Horlen.

https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/2022 ... tification

red sox as a team, are in a deep hitting slump. ex cardinal wacha today against keuchel. i'm betting the worm will turn today and i think the red sox are a good play today. if so, they better have a big lead late, because their bullpen is terrible.

wacha scratched, houck starting for the red sox. white sox lefty at fenway, have to stay with boston.

a lot of walk-off action that helped me. padres shut out all game, 3 run HR in the bottom of the ninth. mariners rookie kirby with an excellent debut, but the mariners couldn't score for him. losing 1-0 in the bottom of the 9th, the mariners get a HR to level and win in the 10th. won the braves and lost the over in the sox. decided to take the over instead of boston when wacha was scratched.

the 2 lucky walk-offs still don't make up for the phillie fiasco from thursday. 4 unit play and the phillies were -150.

got out of the jail the last 2 days and finished the week +1.2 units.

Pussification of the game…the Sox telecast showed the longest current games streak:

Whit Merrifield 501
Matt Olson 169

Those are the only two players over 162.

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Hanley & Zander talked about how Ozzie Guillen gave Sunday games away starting the bench. I think about Ron Santo as a young player apparently not yet treated properly for diabetes having double vision, but playing through it. Now, It's all about praising everybody, culture, and tone. Funny when Sutcliffe praised "availability" for JHK as a strong suit of his. Yep, always on the iL, or like now, resting the slightest of tweaks.

Regular players sit 50% of the game. Wonder what the longest game played streak is for overworked DH's who sit 95% of the game?

how crappy the red sox have become - can't hit at home, dodgy starting pitching and a terrible bullpen. red sox have their own j-hey in jackie bradley jr. same position in the outfield, lauded for his defense....but, brutal, brutal at bats. story not hitting and the dodgers knew who to get rid of in the betts trade, verdugo has done nothing for the bosox.

Baseball over prepares on game day.

Kimbrel getting saves for LA the last 2 days gave up 2 and 1 runs though. era and whip going up. Took 10 pitches to k the final out today. Sweating like a pig in cool LA day.

losing 2 out of 3 at home to the cubs couldn't have done anything for the confidence of the recent offensive juggernaut diamondback club. go right into chavez ravine after the dodgers nearly got swept by the phillies.

you knew they'd be raw meat for the lions.

diamondbacks going back to scoring 2.1 runs a game and blowing leads when they are miraculously in front 2-1 late. the rockies are another club who score 8 runs at home and lose every home game. hideous pitching.

see, Harrison was a steal

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In their last 10 games, of the bottom overall 11 teams, only 2 have a losing %.

i see that bryant is back for the rockies. i like colorado today, they finally broke their hoodoo against the giants and marquez (career 3-1 vs mets) is starting game 1. i think i'm giving more weight to waiting for the mets to lose 7 out of 10 and after losing mad max, this would be a good time to start.

bosox and story smashing the ball around...i believe bogaerts is day to day and verdugo (who caused bogaerts' injury) looks like he might start hitting. took boston in the first 2 against seattle, likely take them again today.

i'm thinking of a small play on the sox and diamondbacks today. keuchel was the only pitcher to handcuff the yankees last week..can he do it again? unlikely, but, i like the contrarian play. if playing against the cubs, only suzuki and contreras scare me - i believe bumgarner can handle them today.

if harper is back for the phillies, will play the phillies today. definitely looking at the halos and joe to end their losing streak tonight.

josh donaldson has always been a cocky fuck...is he racist? i'll wait for monday morning and i'll let bernstein tell me if donaldson is or isn't.

the phillies find more ways to self-destruct. up 4-1 early, at home...it was 50-50 they'd still lose. mookie betts a one-man wrecking crew. first 3 RBIs for dodgers and then threw out a man at the plate in the bottom of the 7th when it was 4-4. phillies then predictably lose 7-4. nola was good, except he could not handle betts. the phillies just can't go from strength to strength.

i think the braves are poised to make a move - their bullpen blew their last game in milwaukee, but they have grinded out a few wins in miami. not sure snitker is handling that staff optimally - while his bullpen has been shaky. i'm thinking there was a reason the dodgers didn't keep jansen. anyways, the other contreras with a bonehead baserunning mistake - then hit 2 HRs to atone. just like his brother, some demonstrative celebrating on his HRs.

Baez OPS is now .552. Whoever signed him was going to deeply regret it.

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he looks 10-15 lbs. heavier than he was with the cubs. opposite of rizzo who has lost considerable weight.

hmmm...contreras hit 2 HRs yesterday, not starting today. d'arnaud catching, ozuna, duvall, demeritte in the OF, acuna DHing. alcantara is tough..is he that tough? took the braves for the sweep...same for the bosox.

took the orioles (+70 at home) today, the rays not playing franco, lowe...how long can kluber keep going and winning with a 4+era?