Squirrel

Don’t disagree, but when you have a mic and are supposed to fill the air, I think you end up with your foot in mouth on occasion … hazards of the job

Can o’ corn … sounds like Hawk <shudders with the memories>

For you lay persons … dress rehearsal

Knowing opera arias isn’t about being classy … it’s just good sense!

You talking’ to me? ?

I know ..l just tweaking a few people here ?

Well, I’ve never seen Space Balls … but Mel Brooks, yes?

Ah, okay … not a computer person, as you know But, heard the dress of Un Ballo in maschera’ today

Ooou … that would’ve been a great catch, but also could have been a bad injury

Wow, and damn. Correa should have been batting 4th so someone was on base to get more runs

I don’t know. I’m unfamiliar with the reference

Darn … good swing, but good catch

Is that a jinx? You know the recipe …

What’s this mean? Who’s garbage here?

Yeah, me too ... it's why whenever someone says we need to trade for a starter, I counter ... no ... BP arms (plural); GOOD BP arms (plural). We might not always like Rocco's usage, but he doesn't have a lot to work with, imo.

That was not the issue in this game, though. Six innings for Ryan was fine.

I like that, might have to use that as my new mantra.

A talented underperforming team … inconsistent bats that too often do not come through when needed. Not sure that’s a spreadsheet problem. And a not talented enough bullpen, imo. I’d call that a FO blame more than a spreadsheet problem, for not stocking the bp with the necessary arms. You have a starter who went 6, he used Pagan and Duran correctly, imo … and we lost. But this time I don’t think it was Rocco and the spreadsheets. I’m not a Rocco fan, but I’m not a dislike, either, I’m meh on him, but this loss is not on Rocco and his spreadsheets, imo

Guess there’s no reason to watch anymore. Season done.

Sept. 1st

Which is why they rested him. Not that I wish anyone ill but I kind of hope he’s not ready

I've had two shoulder impingements one in the late 1990s, a 2nd around 2005 or 6 or so. One from lifting heavy boxes at work, the other from playing softball. And both were debilitating to the point that I couldn't raise my arm up beyond a certain point without pain. I couldn't even lift a pitcher of water off the counter. And I certainly couldn't do any heavy lifting, and I couldn't play tennis or softball. Granted, it didn't take long to recover ... a couple weeks ... but it's not some new or fancy terminology and has been around for a while. I guess maybe only those who have had this would understand, but, for my course of treatment ... anti-inflammatories and rest ... followed by some rehab. It was a couple of weeks. It's a legit thing and not really all that fancy. And it is a bigger deal than just 'he has an ache throw some ice on it, he has an owie.' If not dealt with properly it could cause bigger problems, such as rotator cuff issues ... you want someone to go out for that because you think he could/should play through it with some ice on the owie? It also could be an indicator that something more serious is going on, but, I doubt it. But, rest is a big part of the treatment. IL-ing someone with an impingement is the right thing to do. They won't be available to play for 10days-2 weeks.

What would your list be and who would you be willing to give up to get either of the two starters you mentioned? I think more teams will be ‘in’ on these two and they will go to whoever is willing to give up the most. What’s a reasonable cost is likely not going to get it done. It’s why I think we should focus on relief pitching. And I honestly don’t think Montas is ‘all that’. It will certainly take more to get him than is worth it, imo.

Thanks … fixed it for you ? … it will take some time to get used to

That's why I said offense consistency is a problem, but for right now we are talking about adding a starting pitcher ... yeah, it all relates into one another, but anyway ... I'm not for adding any starters that I don't think that is the problem