Squirrel

Are we? Have you seen our bullpen? I think that's generous

lol ... 'wow, did you see where that landed?' 'Austin'

Well ... I was a math major before I switched to music ... it still comes in handy. (And in case you are wondering, linear alegra did me in ... hated it!)

I'm starting to count the years (sort of) left before retirement ... I'll let you know when I start to count the months instead

Game thread plus the game itself playing on my computer at work isn't really conducive to getting actual work done ... just sayin'

I think there is a way ... not sure you have this option, but I do ... click on the ellipse in the upper right hand corner of the post you are interested in ... does it give you the option to 'share'? If so, click on 'Share' and you should see a link you can copy and paste ... I'm not sure if that will come up as just a link when you paste it into the body of your article or if it will give you the text. ( Otherwise you can go the route of [ quote ] [ / quote ] and put the copy/pasted bit you wanted in between.)

Noticed that you pop into the game threads when you are writing the post-game wraps ... I like that ... who knows what 'fodder' here might inspire a line or two there (Seriously ... it's always nice when contributing writers contribute in the forums, too ... )

You writing the post-game wrap today?

I wasn't asking the question ... I was just wondering how long it would take for someone to post the question, because every time Cave's name appears, someone asks it. We all know the answer, but someone still has to post the rhetorical question

I don't know ... I don't pray to saints, but you could try

Lol @ the answer above, but I think you are looking for St. Jude

I saw the lineups and I thought to myself, 'Who will be the first poster to say "Why is Cave playing, again????"' Glad I didn't have to scroll very far for that ...

I pretty much agree with this ... tweaking if there is movement. But if Oakland moves to LV, they will likely just stay in that league and division. And wherever the Rays move, most likely keeps them in the east, unless they move to Portland, OR. I think, in terms of location and trying to create a group that has natural rivalries, the AL West division is the worst, but nothing really you can do about it. All the other divisions, in both leagues, work fairly well in terms of keeping teams close, but the AL West ... it's just 'Okay, the rest of you are here.' As I said, nothing you can do about it because Seattle is way up there, LAA is way over there, with OAK in between, and the two Texas teams are way down there, two time zones over. If they did do a realignment, and I think they could and maybe would, once a decision is made about the universal DH, maybe some of that could be alleviated, except for Seattle is still way up there, kind of by itself. If they don't/won't/can't address the disparity of wealth between teams, and location didn't matter, I'd like to see divisions created based on budget size and spending capabilities. Let the Dodgers and the Yankees be in the same division. But of course, it would be ridiculous because location does matter ... but this is a 'suspend reality' discussion.

Yeah ... noticed the pop up on this, again, when I scroll down ... it's not so bad on my full screen computer, but on the phone it's not good. But I know Brock's working on it

If you aren’t going to the universal DH this realignment probably won’t work. But yes, you can still have two leagues - 3 divisions in each as it is now except that one league will be the eastern half, the other league the western half. I mean, football has the nfc and the afc … not a football fan so have no idea what the differences are there

The lure of frosty malts brought me in, the game kept me in.

I said this to you in a thread, but the Twins are in the same time zone as Chicago and Milwaukee. Cubs and Sox are already heated rivals. It would make things even worse if they were in the same division. I'd make it 6 divisions, though ... and you can still have 12 teams in the playoffs ... 2 from each division. 6 division as I'd do it: NE - Boston, NYY, NYM, Phila, Balt; SE - WashDC, Atl, Mia, Rays, Reds; MW-east - Cleveland, T'ronto, Pitts, Detroit, ChiSox (although that makes the ChiSox the only team in the central time zone); MW-west - Milwaukee, Cubs, MN, StL, KC; SW - Houston, TX, CO, AZ, SD; West - LAA, LAD, SF, Oak, Sea

That would give me horrible heartburn at this time of night. But then, this whole game did that, so what the hell

Then you are paying too close of attention

'bummer that Twins are in a different time zone' ... from whom? Chicago, Milwaukee and Minnesota are in the same time zone ...

You just noticing that now?

Kepler's on 1st with a strike out

Why? Because an rookie pitcher gave up a home run? pffft ... it's 3-2 ... hardly anything to be huffy about ... correction, the score is now tied

I’m going to use this post to remind everyone that if you don’t like the topic or want to change it to what you want, post in another thread. If you want a thread that says ‘Reasons for pessimism’, start one. Don’t rain on someone’s parade because you don’t like the topic or have nothing to be optimistic about. Thanks.

Um ... watching baseball while drinking scotch ... oh wait, no ... that's you ... For me, good or bad, it's always been about the game, and it's unexpected moments. While I may not see that every game, I see it often enough to keep me coming back. Also ... the minor leagues and what's happening there. With the infusion of new players, I'm anxious to see what they do. While I would like to see a few more call ups to try out a few people and see what they have at the majors, it's unrealistic to think that we are all of a sudden going to start fielding a team of prospects, so ... it's more reason to pay attention to the minor leagues