Squirrel

Well, I think the Bringer of Jollity is important to a game

Well, or you could take an hour nap and come back to the same score as if you missed nothing

I didn't tune in until now ... what Holst?

And if not, we know he's a jinx and he can never return

We didn't dump Tyler Wells ... it's really an important distinction. I was actually more disappointed to lose him than Baddoo.

I don't really care how a bp is set up and who pitches when. I see value in being flexible and using certain pitchers in certain ways in certain situations. If it's to 'close', it's to close; if it's to piggy back in long relief, great; or using analytics to decide the best matchups between our pitchers and their batter. I really don't care. Traditional or new method, the bottom line for me, which is in the title of the article ... middle relief ACES. That's what you need. It's why the Royals were so good in '14, '15 ... because they had a shut 'em down, close it up bp, not because the bp had tradition roles. It matters the arms they had to rely on once the starter was done, whether that was 4, 5, 6, 7 innings or whatever. Reliable bp arms ... that's the secret, that will always be the secret, no matter the method you set up within your organization. Relief aces are not a dime a dozen and cannot be done by reclamation alone. And you will need to pay for it. Maybe not as much as a costly starting pitching ace, but ... relief aces will cost. My frustration with this year isn't using analytics and matchups, I'm good with that. It's not having reliable choices that has cost us, not when we use how.

It totally was ... so you must have one for breakfast every morning to keep the streak going!

My comment still stands ...

Let's just enjoy the win for a few minutes before pouring cold water on everything

ahh ... okay ... I did not get that ... thanks for the explanation

? What?

I'm going to take this as you trying to give a counter jinx ... this time ... and it worked ... this time

omg ... give me Rolaids

There you go ... there's another ...

PoLO !!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Because he's inconsistent and streaky

Correa did his job and got a run in

Well ... not my cup o' tea ... or with my cup o' tea, either ... home made or bust

I don't play golf so I have no idea what this means ... heh

Closing in ... chip, chip, chip

Okay ... humming a tune right now... 'ABC ... easy as 1, 2, 3 ... '

With the nice assist by Urshela

Honestly ... the crowd is just as bad ... I've learned to kind of ignore Bremer, but when I hear the crowd get excited from the other room, and I rush in to see, and it's nothing more than stand fly out, I think ... like announcer, like home crowd