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sampleSizeOfOne
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apologies to ol' Billy Boy)   Shall i compare thee to a baseball game? I might as well despite your sullen glare,  The lineups have each player's place and name And if you wai

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Yup.   Too lazy to write things in advance...   That okay?

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Bremer and Hawkins were talking about catchers framing. Dick thought Jeffers stole a strike because of how he receives the ball. Hawkins just shakes his head and dismisses that idea. He states that th

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Bremer and Hawkins were talking about catchers framing. Dick thought Jeffers stole a strike because of how he receives the ball. Hawkins just shakes his head and dismisses that idea. He states that the umpire is focused on the ball and where the strike zone is as the ball is thrown. It was a short conversation because Dick and LaTroy don't agree on some topics.

A while ago (decades) I umpired about a hundred games, Legion ball level. I never paid much attention to the catcher and certainly didn't look to see where he caught the ball except as a function of whether the ball was caught on foul tips. When calling balls and strikes I stood directly behind the plate and focused on the ball in relation to the strike zone. Sometimes when a catcher set up way outside it was a little odd to be behind the plate without the catcher in front of me. There is a ton on trust from umpires that the catcher will do their job. Long way of saying that while I cannot relate at all to the speed of the MLB game and what it is like to umpire at that level, I too find the concept of framing to be bogus. It is a symbol of poor umpiring to pay attention to where the catcher holds the ball.

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Just now, RpR said:

It looks like the bloom is off of Celestino's rose.

The BA looks rosy, but he hasn;t demonstrated any power and he has a bunch of soft-contact hits. He can't and won't sustain the BABiP, but if he keeps the Ks down and continues to use the whole field, he should continue to get a fair amount of hits.

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2 minutes ago, Danchat said:

Wow, Bundy is having a good game? What is this madness?

Looks like he's going to surpass Chief's bet-line of 2.5 starts after the Yankees outing.

Its AZ and their 2 and 1/2 A lineup

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14 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Neither are prime; shall we try for 11?

There are plenty of fine prime numbers to choose from. Four Twins in the lineup right now are wearing them.  Larnach (13), Kirilloff (19), Bundy (37), and Celestino (67).  I'd be happy with any of those as long as Bundy doesn't turn back into a pumpkin in the next few minutes.  (Celestino's 67 would work even if he does.)  

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1 minute ago, stringer bell said:

Kirilloff doesn't show much emotion on the field.

I noticed in @Tom Froemming's videos has was more animated in St Paul. Of course it's hard not to smile when you're crushing like that.

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