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1 hour ago, shoregirl said:

Hamstrings (and groins) are dumb

Harper is the third Phillie to miss time with a hamstring this season and on the same night it was announced he was the top voter getter in the NL and was the starting 1st baseman. 

Does look like we might have dodged a bullet it did not look good for Harp last night when it happened.

And if I had a nickel for each time I said groins(boys) are dumb in my 20's.....

19 hours ago, Jane Tuesday said:

Do that many people really buy All-Star jerseys? They'd still have an ASG cap and logo to put on all kinds of other merchandise. 

I guess I'm cheap but no damned way I'm paying that much money for what's essentially a shirt from a one-time event.

I guess I'm going to have to settle for being the cheapest, but I wouldn't spend a penny on a jersey, period.  Let alone one for the all star game and ones that sort of look anything but pretty.

To each their own, but I'd rather stick with a nice shirt and/or hat that promotes a team or event.  Even the colors without the logo is fine for me

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20 minutes ago, ebk57 said:

No matter how many runs the As score, it only counts as one loss.

I keep telling myself this.  It's not helping.

It helps me.  Plus, if you're going to lose, let the other team get their full allotment of runs in one game.  Now they won't get any tomorrow.

Don't try to tell me my theory isn't based on logic.  It's my theory, my logic, my rationalization.

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21 hours ago, Johannah said:

It helps me.  Plus, if you're going to lose, let the other team get their full allotment of runs in one game.  Now they won't get any tomorrow.

Don't try to tell me my theory isn't based on logic.  It's my theory, my logic, my rationalization.

Well, the poor A's scored a week's worth of runs yesterday, so they won't score any more until mid week. Have beating a pathetic, bottom feeding team trying to make the best out of an otherwise shitty situation. 😢

16 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

Well, the poor A's scored a week's worth of runs yesterday, so they won't score any more until mid week. Have beating a pathetic, bottom feeding team trying to make the best out of an otherwise shitty situation. 😢

So....  One team is not supposed to try to beat another team if they are having a rough season?

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your last sentence.  

And it wasn't that long ago that the Orioles were that "bottom feeding" team.

The A's are having more than one tough year. Their owner, heir to the Gap/Old Navy fortunes, is refusing to pay for anything (including decent players), so the team is barely afloat. They're moving to a bandbox in Sacramento after this season and won't even have a city on their uniforms. Vegas is stalling regarding building a stadium the owner refused to kick in for, so they might not even have a forever home. It's just a mess. It's tough watching a proud franchise implode.

So yeah, I wish that people would have a heart. ❤️ The players are caught in the middle, and with little talent, are doing their best, which isn't very good, unfortunately. 

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3 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

The A's are having more than one tough year. Their owner, heir to the Gap/Old Navy fortunes, is refusing to pay for anything (including decent players), so the team is barely afloat. They're moving to a bandbox in Sacramento after this season and won't even have a city on their uniforms. Vegas is stalling regarding building a stadium the owner refused to kick in for, so they might not even have a forever home. It's just a mess. It's tough watching a proud franchise implode.

So yeah, I wish that people would have a heart. ❤️ The players are caught in the middle, and with little talent, are doing their best, which isn't very good, unfortunately. 

Sounds a little like the Orioles' woes before the new ownership.  Now we are hopeful for owners that actually care about the team.  I hope things turn around for your team and fanbase.

However, I'm not sure how my statement was derogatory.  I meant it as a general statement:  that a loss, no matter the score, is still just one loss, and that I generally hope that when the opposing team, no matter who they are, has used up their "allotted" runs (even though I know there is no such thing).

I feel bad for any struggling team and their fans, but that doesn't mean I want my team to lose to them, just like other fans wanted their team to beat the Orioles when they were struggling, and that is understandable.

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Answer: Richer teams did that approach too and became more efficient.

Some richer teams overdid that approach/took the wrong lessons but that's another story.

In some periods since the movie, A's have been decent/outpunching their weight, but not now. They were in the playoffs as recently as 2018-2020 for three straight seasons.

A's are currently owned by a cartoon villain who wants another city to build him a stadium, is willing to crash the team to achieve it. Will end up with the team playing in a minor league stadium in Sacramento for a while. Please correct if I have anything wrong.

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55 minutes ago, Fukui San said:

Answer: Richer teams did that approach too and became more efficient.

Some richer teams overdid that approach/took the wrong lessons but that's another story.

In some periods since the movie, A's have been decent/outpunching their weight, but not now. They were in the playoffs as recently as 2018-2020 for three straight seasons.

A's are currently owned by a cartoon villain who wants another city to build him a stadium, is willing to crash the team to achieve it. Will end up with the team playing in a minor league stadium in Sacramento for a while. Please correct if I have anything wrong.

You got it right. A pathetic tale. 

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OK...here's another question:
I watch games on TV.  The TV shows a little box which is supposed to define the strike zone. The left and rights sides appear to be accurate. But the top line seems to be drawn low.
I thought the strike zone was from the knees up to the letters. But the top line seems to be quite a bit lower than the letters.
Is this just the camera angle, or is the strike zone really that small?

12 hours ago, grommit2 said:

OK...here's another question:
I watch games on TV.  The TV shows a little box which is supposed to define the strike zone. The left and rights sides appear to be accurate. But the top line seems to be drawn low.
I thought the strike zone was from the knees up to the letters. But the top line seems to be quite a bit lower than the letters.
Is this just the camera angle, or is the strike zone really that small?

"The official strike zone is the area over home plate from the midpoint between a batter's shoulders and the top of the uniform pants -- when the batter is in his stance and prepared to swing at a pitched ball -- and a point just below the kneecap. In order to get a strike call, part of the ball must cross over part of home plate while in the aforementioned area."

So the official top of the zone is probably a bit above the "belly".

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Can I interest anyone in a 35 year old utility former all-star?? Because one just became available 

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He is only hitting .199 and has generally not been very good but also wasn't playing everyday both because he wasnt playing well and others were playing to well to sit them even when Trea Turner went down

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