James R. Riffel

Author of A Coach at Heart and Under False Pretenses. Former journalist, flight sim geek, softball player, connoisseur of fine guitarists, cookievore.

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@OfKiev5101 @CBKReport Just came on to say this!

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@DevineGospel Only position player a contender will take from the #Padres is Ty France, and only if they have an injury issue at 1B or 3B. They'll come for Adam and Morejon. Gotta keep Miller

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@GregTibbitts @DevineGospel You don't get better by trading the best closer in the game, IMO. Losing Morejon would be a bummer because he's only been paying off his investment in the past year. No one is taking Cronenworth

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@eternallara99 @DevineGospel In AJ's defense, and I think he should have been fired years ago, the Cronenworth deal apparently came from Seidler

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This bill is a good start. More work needs to be done before any votes

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A letter of support sent to lawmakers from members/contributors of the "Saving College Sports" movement. It includes university presidents, board members/donors.

Trustees from SEC schools LSU & OU and Big Ten's Penn State signed.

Notable inclusion: LSU president Wade Rousse.

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Just finished reading the scariest horror story ever. It will keep you up at night, and all the next day. It's called the California Primary Election Ballot. Shudder! 😨

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@SportsOnTheMesa Late seeing this but let's see how well Elzie recovers from his injury/surgery

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On my author blog: A Breakdown of the Save College Sports Act, introduced in the US Senate this week https://t.co/Ps00IbAtzw via @jamesrriffel

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@slmandel They sold their souls, got what they deserved

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@Brett_McMurphy But do they have enough senators to prevent passage?

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@GregHoadley @Boomskie There was no reason whatsoever to pick up Chris James. The Padres got kind of lucky in the ensuing shuffle over the next couple of years. Then, the fire sale. 🙄

And back at ya!

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Don't look now, but the Snakes are only one game behind the #Padres

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Final.

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@GregHoadley @Boomskie And aside from one outlier World Series season, he did it on mediocre to bad Phillies teams. My argument is hindsight-foresight

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@Boomskie @GregHoadley Kruk and Chris James were trades of disappointments. It made no sense to add in Randy Ready unless you simply want to get rid of someone

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@GregHoadley @Boomskie 87 for sure. But can't say much for 88 and 89 was not good.

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@GregHoadley @Boomskie In fairness to Trader Jack, Kruk had one good year for the #Padres. The guy they got stunk but was part of the trade for Joe Carter, who was at least productive. He was flipped for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez, two good players

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@USDbaseball @BrycenMautz Whoops! Rain out. Hope he gets in a game soon

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This #Artemis2 recovery is like watching golf. You care about the people but keep waiting for something to happen.

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The two teams I root for lost their season openers at home by a combined score of 15-2. 🤨

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Final.

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@BlazerPhil @CoachDoty You're on the money with 2. The regular season needs to mean something too