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Which wild card front office do you most believe in?  

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  1. 1. Which wild card front office do you most believe in?

    • Houston Astros (led by Jeff Luhnow)
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    • New York Yankees (led by Brian Cashman)
      4
    • Chicago Cubs (led by Theo & Jed)
      68
    • Pittsburgh Pirates (led by Neal Huntington)
      15

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ElNik2013 FCL Blue Jays

ElNik2013

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No doubt in my mind Miller threw at Bautista today for his antics after hitting the homer yesterday.

 

It's all part of the game, like hard slides like the one on Travis by Debabyjeesus.

ElNik2013 FCL Blue Jays

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No, the foot was not on top of the bag when he received the throw. Originally his heel was a bit on top, but it raised up and was off the bag, with only the front part of the foot still touching the side, when he received the throw, as he was reaching for it. Essentially, he was exactly like a 1st baseman, if the 1st baseman was fielding a throw slightly offline up the basepath toward home plate. Regardless, it was all on the far side of the bag, which should mean he's safe from hard contact from a guy sliding, even a guy sliding "hard," who might just nudge him on his way slightly over the bag.

 

 

First basemen don't set their foot on top of the bag, they touch it with the side of their foot.

 

 

Anyway, we all agree Lawrie's a douchebag, but he's actually looking pretty classy compared with the Royalz

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Nelson Cruz is on fire. Wow. He's completely carrying the Mariners right now.

 

The Mariners haven't had a heart of the order like like Cruz/Cano/Seager in a long time. It's weird.

Dylan All-Star

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Nelson Cruz is on fire. Wow. He's completely carrying the Mariners right now.

 

Cruz was the big bat that has been missing from the mariners for a very long time. I was hoping they'd sign him last year. He's been unreal

Laika Cooperstown

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The Mariners haven't had a heart of the order like like Cruz/Cano/Seager in a long time. It's weird.

 

Like a decade. I think they had Ichiro/Beltre/Ibanez/Sexson at the same time.

 

Man Richie Sexson was awesome in his prime.

RealAccountant Dunedin Blue Jays

RealAccountant

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Like a decade. I think they had Ichiro/Beltre/Ibanez/Sexson at the same time.

 

Man Richie Sexson was awesome in his prime.

 

Did the Mariners ever have AROD and Griffey in the same lineup?

Laika Cooperstown

Laika

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Did the Mariners ever have AROD and Griffey in the same lineup?

 

look it up, meat.

ElNik2013 FCL Blue Jays

ElNik2013

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You didn't read what I wrote .. or perhaps watch the video. He initially had, perhaps, the back of his foot - the heel - on the bag. Which, itself, even if he ended up that way, would be perfectly fine, and would have made ZERO difference in the outcome of this, or the fault of the play. However, as I stated, once he went to receive the throw, his heel was no longer on the bag, and he was positioned just as a first baseman who was fielding an errant throw up the baseline, would be positioned. His foot was only touching the side of the bag.

 

I'm not sure how the Royals don't look classy here. Nor do I see how they're alleged lack of class compares to what Lawrie did. I mean, I don't think they look classy here, just that class is not really to be expected, and they didn't do anything out of the ordinary. They retaliated. And in a "benign" manner - they just hit him. Lawrie intentionally did a very dangerous dirty thing. And one of their players was injured as a result. They plunked him. Were they supposed to accept the apology of a guy who just intentionally did something to put their guy in harm's way, and which did? "I'm sorry I hurt you by doing something a reasonable person would know had a high likelihood of hurting you and was completely uncalled for." "Oh, thanks for apologizing. We're all cool." I would have told him to go shove it, too ... and get a tattoo on his forehead stating "I'm a sorry individual" if he really meant it.

 

 

Lol, his foot is clearly on top of the bag, I paused the video in that exact moment. Regardless, runners slide hard into 2b all the time and to say that YOU KNOW Lawrie was trying to injure Escobar is ridiculous. Go watch the slide by Dejesus on Travis last week against the Jays. s*** happens. And Lawrie took the retaliation and went to 1B.

 

I can understand the Royals throwing at Lawrie once, but twice is classless IMO. Not only that, but the 2nd time was around Lawrie's head.

Hard slide, retaliation ensued, should've ended there.

 

Anyway...

TheHurl Toronto Blue Jays

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Christ, in 1997 Mariners had Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey jr, Jay Buhner, and Edgar Martinez in the same lineup. They atleast won the division that year

 

RH Batters used to kill that park. Makes what Randy Johnson did in 97 that much more impressive. 5.50 ERA/4.75 FIP from the Pen probably hurt them a bit that year. 2001 Mariners is probably the third best team of my lifetime (98 Yanks, 86 Mets ahead) and easily the greatest team to not win it.

MagicMike College Ball

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Loved the Lawrie interview following the A's game

 

Lawrie is full of s***. What a phony.

 

You can tell he's lying when his giant nostrils start flaring.

Governator Vancouver Canadians

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Lawrie was playing how Lawrie plays, over aggressive not to mention his mind can't change thoughts in split second intervals. Afterward, he knew he'd get plunked that's why he just took his bag like a big boy. Royals came out of this looking like classless school kids.
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Kevin Barker was just on 590 and I'm pretty sure I heard him say (paraphrasing) that although Miguel Castro throws hard his stuff is as straight as an arrow and he falls behind a lot.

 

Reminder...he gets paid for this in depth analysis.

MagicMike College Ball

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Lawrie was playing how Lawrie plays, over aggressive not to mention his mind can't change thoughts in split second intervals. Afterward, he knew he'd get plunked that's why he just took his bag like a big boy. Royals came out of this looking like classless school kids.

 

His slide wasn't just overaggressive, it was senseless. There was nothing to be gained by it. He was going to be safe and there was no way they were throwing to first on the play. So it was plain stupid. Don't blame the Royals at all for their reaction. Though I don't agree with throwing at anyone's head.

Governator Vancouver Canadians

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His slide wasn't just overaggressive, it was senseless. There was nothing to be gained by it. He was going to be safe and there was no way they were throwing to first on the play. So it was plain stupid. Don't blame the Royals at all for their reaction. Though I don't agree with throwing at anyone's head.

 

 

I didn't say he was just overaggressive, you didn't finish reading that sentence. His plan was obviously to break up the slide, he doesn't change his thought process regardless of the outcome in front of him. It's hard to when you have red bull flowing through your veins. If he meant to hurt him 100% he would not have patted him on the back afterward either. He f***ed up, got plunked for it with a 99mph fastball which was intended to hurt Lawrie and I'm sure it left a nice bruise. After that you both move on with both sides even. Royals fail at that logic.

Laika Cooperstown

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Kevin Barker was just on 590 and I'm pretty sure I heard him say (paraphrasing) that although Miguel Castro throws hard his stuff is as straight as an arrow and he falls behind a lot.

 

Reminder...he gets paid for this in depth analysis.

 

lol

Laika Cooperstown

Laika

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My Cup Runneth Over - DeSclafani, Graveman, and Wojciechowski all starting for other MLB teams today.

 

Meanwhile, as Sanchez and Norris struggle, the Blue Jays have to be concerned about their current lack of SP depth.

baubau FCL Blue Jays

baubau

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my god Blair and Barker on the same radio show creates a terrible vortex of stupidity

 

Seriously...

 

Any of you peeps here from BreakingBlue ever think about doing a podcast? I would totally subscribe to that.

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