[ BenS ]

“On a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam...”

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@courtney883 Strange is indeed one word to describe it. :) Just re-seed. Or get rid of divisions and seed accordingly. Or play a more balanced inside your division schedule. Or like, 8 other things besides choosing teams like grade school recess.

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@courtney883 Disappointing outcome, for sure. But this is perplexing. One thing to make 'by the book' decisions, but not in a vacuum. At first it felt like over managing. Now it feels like a lack of. Color me confused. New day tomorrow.

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@courtney883 Of course, Venable has been great and no strategy will be perfect. Everything is easy from an armchair and w/ hindsight. But too many 2 AB's pulled in the 5th. i.e. let Doyle play a full game. Grichuk / Peters, etc. Pinch hit late, fine. Again, just whiteboarding here lol

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@courtney883 All-timer salad bar!

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@courtney883 Seems fair. Sorta felt like the vibe we all thought going into the deadline, ya? Kinda like seeing some spending tbh, no matter the grade.

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@courtney883 Has he even played 162 in the show yet? Still so young and going to have growing pains. As usual, multiple things are true; still young and needs refining, still has crazy power and the defense at SS/3B plays anytime. Good teammate.

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@KenWo4LiFe Two things can be true. New to 1B sure, but not new to the game of baseball. Made a really good play on the ball and then a terrible one not even glancing at the runner at 3rd. The kid is a rookie and a talented one. He'll learn and be better. But no way around it this was bad.

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@PatMcAfeeShow Keep it rolling, babee

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@stoolpresidente Dude

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@SoxOn35th Could be the difference

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@RickGlassman Let me interject you ject you

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@SWiltfong247 Was also there, old pal. Zbikowski running that punt back for a TD was as wild I'd ever seen ND stadium get

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@Insidetheirish My list:

Zibby
Tony Rice
Jaylon Smith
Kyle Rudolph

The truth (for the Irish):

Tony Rice
Jaylon Smith
Zibby
Rudolph

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@SoxOn35th n't good.

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@JRFegan Thrown out at 3rd for the 1st out and a wild pitch with the bases jacked are the difference thus far and the type of baseball plays that the Sox continue to be on the wrong side of. Let's see if they can get past it here in the 9th...

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@ckamka Outstanding

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@CodifyBaseball Who needs the WBC, this is thrilling

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@Jomboy_ For me, it’s about appreciating baseball for the nuance of the game. The cadence. The players being calculated and intelligent. This feels forced, abrupt. Trying to understand how people who love baseball want to limit this. IMO, it hurts the game and certainly the players

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@TalkinBaseball_ Imagine thinking putting Manny Machado in an 0-1 hole to start an AB will make baseball more popular. Figure it out @MLB.