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I think it is more a when that an if. In half of the country the cases are increasing.

The senseless death of George Floyd made it clear how hostile our environment is for african americans. And made think a big chunk of our people on how to change this. One way is to remove statues that recognize people that did blatant racist acts. I don't know what Mr. Grifith felt in his heart but what he said was blatantly racist. So, we must recognize that his statue could bother african americans. The fact that we didn't care until now speaks of how insensitive we were until now. Well,now we know. Get rid of it.

The curves of new infections are still going up. Until the new infections start to go down, it is anybody's guess

I guess all depends on the numbers, and not precisely baseball numbers. More like, number of new cases per day, number of people recovered, number of deaths, etc. Baseball is going to take a back seat for a while.

Yes it would suck. But I take it against ending up in a ventilator, or worse.

Right now, looking at results, Dobnak is lapping the field in the competition for 5th starter, isn't he?

No more undefeated, or feated, or whatever.

Undefeated!

Wow!! Come to think that batting Polanco 8th is not absurd, gives an idea of the depth of this line up

You know, now I am getting paranoid about the games in Yankee stadium last year that the Yankees seemed to be on every pitch

I think, as most expression of regret in situations like this, we can just ignore them. They say what the PR person tell them to say.

What sounds weird, and somehow fishy, was that the Red Sox didn't say: "We saw the medicals, and no, we don't want this player". They said we want him, but we want something else too. That is what it makes sound the medicals as an excuse.

If you are going to list these guys, how come you forget about Bartolo the eternal?☺

I would like that someone that knows more baseball than me (not a very high standard) could explain me what Boyd has over Thorpe, other than the MLB experience. Both are lefties that don't throw very hard for today's standard, and strike out they share of people. Regarding to results, as someone else said, Boyd had half a good year, not much more than that. My fear is that doing that trade, we would be getting more or less the same pitcher, only more expensive and we would lose Larnach.

I am afraid they can.

Why not going 4 yrs. front-loaded?

Maybe that is why they are trying to copy the Twins

Hmm! Is it my anxiety or this is not looking good? Out of Wheeler, Hamels to the Braves. At this rate it is going to be Berrios, Odorizzi, and the kids.

I totally share the kids feelings and fears. And I am over 60.

I guess with Rosario's defense is the same than with his hitting: He is so out of the Gauss bell, that is very difficult to judge. Sometimes he swings at pitches that he shouldn't swings... and a few times he hit them for home runs. Defending, sometimes he attempts throws that he shouldn't. And in one of those he nabs a guy that nobody else can. Of course, sometimes he throws the ball to nowhere.

I don't think we should take an Oh,no! approach because he was caught using PEDs. To begin, 2 of our cornerstone players right now, Cruz and Polanco, had PED-related suspensions. And nobody cares. Second, of course the suspension will be a factor on the negotiation of the contract. Third, even when many people is assuming that he took the diuretic to mask something, MLB specifically reduced the suspension because they found no evidence that he was trying to mask anything. So, an extension for Pineda could be a good move for next year.

Related to this: Any new on Marwin? That guy was plugging so many holes... If he can come back would be huge.

Actually, a diuretic could be included in some pills that promise you to lose weight fast, and it works because you lose water. It is the worst way to lose weight, because you get dehydrated, but works in the short term (Example: a fighter trying to give the right weight before a fight.

Besides, a non call could work if the reason is a perceived lack of effort or unwillingness to pay attention to coaching. I don't know if this is the case with Romero. Apparently he just have poor control. Hopefully for the good of the team and himself they could find a fix