David HK

The Gearrin pickup was worth it just so we could see that clip of him twisting Manny Machado around like a pretzel. I was gonna make a snide remark about Manny's haircut, too, but that was my own haircut circa 1989. I have the same one now, but sort of in reverse...

Just checked out the box score- seems like the Gopher kids were playing a little tight against the pros- walks, wild pitches, errors... That Raabe kid at 2B has a familiar name, doesn't he?

The Tigers lineup, or the "Fire?" (I had to look that up).

I saw this headline, and thought the same thing- I remember that I had liked Palacios in those days, but wow, he's really fallen off a cliff. Not even among the TB top 50. Right now that trade looks like robbery... I'm glad this was posted- maybe I can stop throwing up in my mouth a little whenever I think about Matt Capps.

They need to get Rubbermaid Co. on the horn right now. I sense an even better marketing idea than the Snapper Mow-Em-Down Inning!

I can't help but feel we missed out on this guy. Time will tell, but if he'd have taken a minors deal, I'd have jumped on it.

Heh... excellent article right here: https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/2/13/21136476/jim-crane-houston-astros-sign-stealing-apology

Uh-oh... ya think teams around the league will be puttin' on the foil?

No clean hands, and no clean hearts, either. The Asstros have really set themselves up to be Evil Empire, Jr. From the despicable Brandon Taubman espisode, and the way they handled it, to the current day, where they're STILL not handling it, the organization has carved a path to being the next franchise that everybody roots against. Thanks, RBS, for this primer on so many public "apologies" that sports figures, celebs, and others use. There are few things that p*ss me off more than these lukewarm non-apologies that follow this same pattern over and over again. (My all-time favorite: "It's not who I am...") Moreover, the people who use them don't seem to realize that their words don't just dissipate in the air after they're said, they live on forever in the digital ether. They can never escape their mealy-mouthed, limp, stale mutterings, and the reflections on their character. It's also a primer that any parent can use as a fine example of how NOT to stand up and be an honorable man or a woman in this world. Now, I'm going to get busy planning my next vacation to Greely. You know, just in case.

Oh, for God's sake. What, does Manfred have a 9yr old nephew in charge of things now? The whole concept is utterly ridiculous. What's the point of 162 games if everybody and their barely-above-.500 brother gets into the playoffs? Or maybe MLB is trying to head off the development of a new X-MLB league, with all their newfangled no-fair-catch rules and stuff. For God's sake, what a stupid idea.

Am I a mean person? It's just that the less I hear of Bert, the better I like it. One of my all-time fave Twins, but his broadcasting schtick was getting really, really old...

You know, I was thinking of this classic scene ever since the BoSox started getting caned by their fans, then stepped into the flaming bag on their own doorstep-- To wit-- A view from inside the Boston Front Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3GBlVjUd0

And now, the sports report for the future, April 24, 2020: 7:10 PM-- The weekend series between the Twins and Boston Red Sox gets underway. 7:11 PM-- Boston leadoff hitter takes his place at 1st base after being drilled in the seat of the pants by a fastball from Twins starter Bustah Gatorade. Ahhh, sweet fantasy.....

Well put, even when translated from the original Canadian.

Cheers for the info. I did not know all of those particulars. Glad to find that out. But it doesn't change my opinion that they're still using this as a face-saving scramble.

What specifically they didn't like about the medical report was that their fans were caning them over the deal. They claimed to find something they didn't like in order to save face, and maybe their clown-shoe-wearing jobs.

Couldn't happen to a nicer club. Except maybe the Yankees.

He.... sent... his appetizer back.... again?!? Where is he? Lemme at that guy!

Oh, hey, wait a minute... Didn't Balazovic have that painful hangnail that one time? Might nix that deal, too...

I'm thinking this might be the way it all works out. I'd miss not getting Maeda, but I'd be fine getting Bustah Gatorade back. But can you just imagine how enthused Maeda would be to be heading to Boston, after they pulled this crap a week before ST?

"...review of the records..." Pffft. They had all the info they needed already. They're using the TJ surgery history now to hold this trade hostage, because the Red Sox mgt. is getting royally caned by their fans. They let go a budding superstar for a couple of barely-tasted-mlb players their base had never heard of, and now they want to reneg out of sheer embarrassment. You absolutely cannot tell me, with the millions of $ at stake, that they didn't already know everything that was already available. "A review of the records..." Fer cryin' out loud, are they trying to pretend they just got the info? That things were being hidden away to try to hookwink them? What a pantload. They hoodwinked themselves. I already loathe this organization with an abiding passion, as well as their entitled fan base. Makes me wish the Curse of the Bambino was still in effect.

Maybe this is our revenge for them mucking around with Graterol.

And reading the clippings and scouting reports at the time, ALL these guys sounded like the next Verlander or Cole or Strasburg...

Me too. Maeda wasn't even on my radar. And I HATE losing Brusdar! Who's going to top the rotation in the Kiriloff/Royce/Larnach/Rooker team?

I hope we can do this. Walker is a dice-roll, for sure, but the potential... We can't assume Odo isn't gone after this year, and who can possibly know what Hill and Homer will give us? Give him a deal like Pineda's first one, perhaps, and see what happens.