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For the first time in 12 games, the Buffalo Bisons scored more than four runs.

 

In fact, they doubled that Saturday evening, taking a second game in a row from the Syracuse Chiefs with an 8-2 win at Coca-Cola Field.

 

The Herd got on the board early facing an unfamiliar foe in Joe Ross. After Dalton Pompey walked and Ryan Goins singled, Jesus Montero drove in his team-leading 53rd RBI. Goins crossed home a batter later on a groundout, giving starter Scott Diamond some run support to work with.

 

Buffalo went up 3-0 in the fourth as Matt Dominguez kept a ball just fair down the left-field line for a double, then came around to score on a two-base hit from A.J. Jimenez.

 

The Chiefs came within one in the sixth as a single and an error put two runners in scoring position with none out. Matt Dermody did his best to limit the damage as Syracuse scored twice on back-to-back groundball outs.

 

The Bisons then put the game out of reach as they batted around in the bottom of the seventh.

 

The Herd loaded the bases and, with two out, a passed ball brought plated an insurance marker before Domonic Brown came through with a two-run liner to right-center field.

 

"Brown's was the big hit," said manager Gary Allenson postgame.

 

"A two-out, two-run single there - that gave us some breathing room."

 

Brown finished the night with a pair of singles and four runs batted in.

 

On his 30th birthday, Diamond fired five full frames of shutout ball on just three days rest. The native of Guelph, Ontario fanned five Chiefs without issuing a walk, using just 68 pitches to qualify for his seventh win of the year.

 

"If anything it made it a little easier because I didn't have as much time to think about how to approach the Chiefs," said Diamond of his irregular start.

 

"I think because I got to watch Hutchison throw and Copeland yesterday, I was able to take a little bit from their game plan and put it into my own."

 

Buffalo capped the scoring with two more runs in the bottom of the eighth. A.J. Jimenez reached on an error and was driven in a few batters later by Chris Colabello, who came around to score on Brown's second single of the night.

 

In his second rehab start for the Chiefs, Ross made it through 4.2 innings before reaching his predetermined pitch count. The 23-year-old struck out four batters and was charged with all three runs scored against him.

 

Ben Rowen, Aaron Loup and Dustin Antolin shutout the final three innings to secure the win for the Herd.

 

BISONS NOTES:

Domonic Brown went 2-for-5, extending his hitting streak to 15 games…Aaron Loup struck out four batters and is yet to give up a run after 11 appearances with the Bisons…Buffalo has won seven of its last eight contests with Syracuse…The Herd is back to .500 once more, at 54-54.


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Richmond, VA - Emilio Guerrero drilled his first Fisher Cats home run of the season in the top of the tenth inning as New Hampshire rallied for a 3-1 win Saturday night over the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

 

On the pitching side, five relievers combined to hold the Flying Squirrels to six hits and just one run over 10 innings. Murphy Smith picked up his fourth win of the year with a scoreless ninth inning. Chris Smith earned his seventh save with two strikeouts in a perfect 10th inning. John Anderson, Jason Berken and John Stilson combined for eight innings, giving up just six hits and a run.

 

Richmond took a 1-0 lead in the fourth with a sacrifice fly from Tyler Horan. The Flying Squirrels would hold that lead behind Andrew Suarez, who went six innings and held the Fisher Cats to just four hits without a run. New Hampshire finally broke through in the ninth when Rodolfo Martinez yielded four straight hits, including an RBI single from Ryan Lavarnway that tied the game, forcing extra innings.

 

After Guerrero's leadoff homer in the 10th, Christian Lopes singled. He would move around to third base after a sacrifice bunt and a groundout. Lopes would then score as Jose Casilla threw a wild pitch to the backstop while striking out Shane Opitz, giving the Fisher Cats an insurance run.

 

The four-game series with the Flying Squirrels wraps up tomorrow afternoon from The Diamond. Connor Greene is set to make his second start of the road trip. The 21-year old tossed a seven-inning, complete game shutout in his last start Tuesday night as part of a doubleheader. It was the first complete game shutout by a New Hampshire pitcher since last July. Lefty Matt Gage will oppose Greene with first pitch scheduled for 12:05 PM


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DUNEDIN, FL - The Dunedin Blue Jays (22-14) used six runs in the fifth inning to bolster them in a 9-3 win over the Jupiter Hammerheads (21-15) on Saturday night. RHP Sean Reid-Foley (W, 6-1) allowed just one hit over 6.2 innings while fanning nine.

 

While Reid-Foley was taking care of business on his end, the Jays jumped out to a lead in the second on a 2B Jorge Flores single. Two frames later, RF Jonathan Davis took LHP Michael Mader (L, 6-6) deep to left. The solo shot put Dunedin up 2-0.

 

The Jays ambushed Jupiter in the fifth with a six spot. Dunedin used two walks, four singles and two errors without an extra base hit in the inning to plate their runs. The errors came on the same play, a fielder's choice with the bases loaded off the bat of LF D.J. Davis. The dribbler towards first was fielded by the new pitcher LHP James Buckalew, who threw errantly to home. That scored the runner from third and also brought 1B L.B. Dantzler in from second. C Michael De La Cruz provided the exclamation point in the stanza with a two-out single scoring two more.

 

Up 8-0, Reid-Foley exited in the seventh after 99 pitches with one of his four walks of the night on first. RHP Brad Allen allowed a double to 3B Avery Romero which scored Reid-Foley's only charged run. Allen gave up a two-run blast to DH Brad Haynal, making it an 8-3 game.

 

CF Anthony Alford belted his fifth home run of the year to right field in the eighth, providing the 9-3 final.

 

With a 2-0 series lead, Dunedin's RHP Francisco Rios duels in the third game of the four game set with LHP Scott Squier. First pitch is at 5:00 PM Sunday night.


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Carlos Belen atoned for a base-running blunder with a game-winning RBI triple in the bottom of the 15th inning, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps (14-21, 50-55) won a marathon against the Lansing Lugnuts (18-17, 54-51), 4-3, on Saturday night at Parkview Field.

 

The game lasted four hours and 32 minutes. It was the most innings the Lugnuts had played since a 6-5 15-inning win at Great Lakes on July 9th, 2015.

 

With one out in the bottom of the 15th, Austin Allen lined a single to right field off Lansing reliever Daniel Young (Loss, 0-1). Belen followed with an opposite-field drive to the wall in right-center, with Allen sliding into home safely ahead of a relay throw.

 

The moment erased the stigma of the bottom of the 13th inning, in which Belen rounded third base too far on a Tyler Selesky single and was thrown out by second baseman John La Prise.

 

Before Belen's game-winning triple, Lansing's bullpen had strung together nine scoreless innings in relief of starter Angel Perdomo. The 6-foot-7 All-Star gave up three runs (two earned) on seven hits, striking out five in five innings. He was followed to the mound by Dan Lietz, who delivered five stirring innings, striking out five batters while scattering three hits and a walk. Andrew Case handled the 11th and 12th innings before turning the ball over to Young in the 13th.

 

Fort Wayne countered with eight scoreless innings succeeding starter Emmanuel Ramirez's seven five-hit, three-run, three-strikeout frames. Corey Kimber dealt 3 1/3 innings, and Jose Castillo (Win, 1-1) impressed with nine strikeouts in the final 4 2/3.

 

The Lugnuts' first two runs were supplied by the combination of Andrew Guillotte and John La Prise.

 

Guillotte led off the first inning with a triple, scoring on a La Prise grounder for a 1-0 lead.

 

After Fort Wayne tied the game on a Nick Vilter RBI double, the Lugnuts' duo grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third inning. Guillotte knocked a one-out double and came in via a La Prise RBI single to left-center.

 

But Vilter supplied sacrifice flies in the third and fifth innings, pushing the TinCaps ahead, 3-2.

 

Connor Panas crushed his 11th home run of the year, a 417-foot shot to right, tying the game at 3-3 and setting up a slew of innings to come.

 

The second game of the four-game series features a matchup of top prospects, pitting Lansing left-hander Ryan Borucki (7-3, 2.86) against TinCaps right-hander Anderson Espinoza (0-1, 7.04). First pitch is at 1:05 p.m. on Sunday.

 

The next home game at Cooley Law School Stadium is a Winning Wednesday on August 3rd, opening a seven-game homestand. For more information or to purchase your tickets, call 517-485-4500 or visit lansinglugnuts.com.


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BBBBs guy Nash Knight hit a chopper to 3B in the bottom of the 9th in his NWL debut, that was bobbled by the 3B and allowed Rodrigo Orozco to score for the walkoff victory. Knight hit .402/.473/.588 in 97 Bluefield plate appearances this season before his promotion to Vancouver.


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Pictures and tweets via @jaysfromaway who was at the game. Good follow on twitter!

 

Blue Jays from Away ‏@JaysFromAway 5h5 hours ago

Bluefield up 5-2 now after Levi Scott doubles down the left field line, to score a couple, taking advantage of an error by Greeneville

 

Blue Jays from Away ‏@JaysFromAway 4h4 hours ago

Yes, folks. They play "OK, Blue Jays" in the 7th inning stretch in Bluefield

 

Blue Jays from Away ‏@JaysFromAway 4h4 hours ago

Things have turned around here in Bluefield. Jose Nova and Connor Eller have combined to give up 6 runs in the top of the 8th

 

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Jose Espada

 

 

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Reggie Pruitt

 

 


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Kings 3 Stars of the Night

 

1) Anthony Alford: Alford went 3/4 with a double, home run and a walk.

 

2) Sean Reid-Foley: SRF pitched 6.1 innings giving up only 1 hit while striking out 9.

 

3) Meliton Reyes: Reyes pitched 6 innings giving up only 1 hit while striking out 7, with 7 groundball outs.

 

 

Kings Platinum Arencibia

 

1) Juan Kelly: Kelly went 0/5 with 3 strikeouts.


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It takes like 5 minutes. But thanks!

 

5 minutes that brings content here, but also 5 minutes that if you don't do them no one else will, so thanks :P

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5 minutes that brings content here, but also 5 minutes that if you don't do them no one else will, so thanks :P

 

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Can't show appreciation for posters that don't post junk on here anymore??

Spanky just s*** posts now I wouldn't worry about him. I appreciated your appreciation.

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Chris Colabello is starting to get his hitting average well above the .200 level with some power.

 

Ryan Goins has a batting average over .300. Perhaps Goins has changed his hitting approach back to last year's approach and is hitting more balls to the opposite field? (does anyone watch AAA games so they can answer this question?)

 

In any case, I don't expect Colabello or Goins to be back with the Blue Jays before September, which is best for both players and the Blue Jays.

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Goins and Colabello hitting the ball well is a bad news.

 

No, it is good news. However, I can't see the Blue Jays needing either player unless there is an injury.

 

If Goins will sit on the bench for 95% of the time with the Blue Jays then it is better for Goins to get regular playing time with Buffalo so he can work on his swing.

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No, it is good news. However, I can't see the Blue Jays needing either player unless there is an injury.

 

If Goins will sit on the bench for 95% of the time with the Blue Jays then it is better for Goins to get regular playing time with Buffalo so he can work on his swing.

 

You're not all there, man. Thank God you're old.

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BBBBs guy Nash Knight hit a chopper to 3B in the bottom of the 9th in his NWL debut, that was bobbled by the 3B and allowed Rodrigo Orozco to score for the walkoff victory. Knight hit .402/.473/.588 in 97 Bluefield plate appearances this season before his promotion to Vancouver.

 

LOL, Thanks King!!! Not sure the Bromance is as strong as yours for what was his name King Kalfus?

 

But also glad the organization noticed he was Raking and moved him up to more age appropriate age level so now your out of excuses !!!

 

Recognize, Bitches!!! Lol

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BBBBs guy Nash Knight hit a chopper to 3B in the bottom of the 9th in his NWL debut, that was bobbled by the 3B and allowed Rodrigo Orozco to score for the walkoff victory. Knight hit .402/.473/.588 in 97 Bluefield plate appearances this season before his promotion to Vancouver.

 

LOL, Thanks King!!! Not sure the Bromance is as strong as yours for what was his name King Kalfus?

 

But also glad the organization noticed he was Raking and moved him up to more age appropriate age level so now your out of excuses !!!

 

Recognize, Bitches!!! Lol

 

Heh, except for a 24 year old to be relevant his level would need to be AAA, not short season A ball.

 

However, I agree that he needed to be moved up, obviously he wasn't being challenged in rookie ball and there's nothing wrong with moving a guy up, even if he really isn't anywhere on the prospect radar

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BBBBs guy Nash Knight hit a chopper to 3B in the bottom of the 9th in his NWL debut, that was bobbled by the 3B and allowed Rodrigo Orozco to score for the walkoff victory. Knight hit .402/.473/.588 in 97 Bluefield plate appearances this season before his promotion to Vancouver.

 

LOL, Thanks King!!! Not sure the Bromance is as strong as yours for what was his name King Kalfus?

 

But also glad the organization noticed he was Raking and moved him up to more age appropriate age level so now your out of excuses !!!

 

Recognize, Bitches!!! Lol

 

I recognize that he's old.

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Heh, except for a 24 year old to be relevant his level would need to be AAA, not short season A ball.

 

However, I agree that he needed to be moved up, obviously he wasn't being challenged in rookie ball and there's nothing wrong with moving a guy up, even if he really isn't anywhere on the prospect radar

 

Sure if AAA was full of 24 year olds then, maybe I buy that logic.

 

So you must also think anyone over 24 in Triple AAA has also Failed too, no Doubt.

 

 

And if they is a Natural progression for a player each year to the majors, then using your rule of thumb anyone older then 23 has to be in AA or is to old, 22 in A ball or has failed, and 21 in Vancouver or a fail as well. Ok that's cool

 

Guess Batz, EE and Donalson would have never made the Majors not on your watch anyways!!!

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I recognize that he's old.

 

Comparative to what ??? What is the age appropriate age by or for levels in your estimate and eyes!

 

Please do tell, Enlighten us!

 

Looking Forward to this Answer.

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Sure if AAA was full of 24 year olds then, maybe I buy that logic.

 

So you must also think anyone over 24 in Triple AAA has also Failed too, no Doubt.

 

 

And if they is a Natural progression for a player each year to the majors, then using your rule of thumb anyone older then 23 has to be in AA or is to old, 22 in A ball or has failed, and 21 in Vancouver or a fail as well. Ok that's cool

 

Guess Batz, EE and Donalson would have never made the Majors not on your watch anyways!!!

 

No, just saying for a player to be a "relevant prospect" with a better than decent shot at becoming a useful regular major league player, age vs level is extremely important. A 24 year old who wasn't drafted and is only in Short season A ball in his eecond season is looking at something like 100,000 to 1 odds of ever even getting to see a major league stadium without buying a ticket, let alone playing as a regular player.

 

And as with any generalization, there are outliers like Bautista that come along once in every 10,000 players.

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Comparative to what ??? What is the age appropriate age by or for levels in your estimate and eyes!

 

Please do tell, Enlighten us!

 

Looking Forward to this Answer.

 

Quite simple really.

 

For full season ball, Low A (Lansing level) age 21 is borderline about to be irrelevant, 20 is good, 19 is better, 18 or younger is exceptional.

Advanced A (Dunedin level) 22 is borderline, 21 is good, 20 is plus, 19 is exceptional

AA New Hampshire level, 23 is borderline, 22 is stillgood, 21 is plus, 20 or younger is exceptional

AAA 24 is borderline, 23 is still good, 22 is plus, 21 and young is exceptional.

 

These are the guidelines I use for regular players in full season leagues.

 

Short season leagues are a bit harder to use agelevel because since they start up after the draft, there's always a bunch of new players that are probably better than that but end up there because there's nowhere on full season rosters to put them, and for pitchers because they've already pitched in the college or high school seasons and teams pt them on limits.

 

But...

 

Generally speaking, rookie ball (GCL)I'd want them to be 17 or younger to be plus. 18 is still fine, 19 is pretty borderline unless it's their first season

 

Advanced rookie ball (Bluefield) ablut the same as GCL except 17 or younger would have more shine to them.

 

For sort season A ball, (Vancouver) ... pretty much the same guidelines as Low A.

 

Then of course, you also have to consider results and how many years they've been in pro ball already. Like a 21 year old Cuban raking in Low A would still be something to keep an eye on if he's in his first year in pro ball, vs a 21 year old in his 4th season of ball.

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Quite simple really.

 

For full season ball, Low A (Lansing level) age 21 is borderline about to be irrelevant, 20 is good, 19 is better, 18 or younger is exceptional.

Advanced A (Dunedin level) 22 is borderline, 21 is good, 20 is plus, 19 is exceptional

AA New Hampshire level, 23 is borderline, 22 is stillgood, 21 is plus, 20 or younger is exceptional

AAA 24 is borderline, 23 is still good, 22 is plus, 21 and young is exceptional.

 

These are the guidelines I use for regular players in full season leagues.

 

Short season leagues are a bit harder to use agelevel because since they start up after the draft, there's always a bunch of new players that are probably better than that but end up there because there's nowhere on full season rosters to put them, and for pitchers because they've already pitched in the college or high school seasons and teams pt them on limits.

 

But...

 

Generally speaking, rookie ball (GCL)I'd want them to be 17 or younger to be plus. 18 is still fine, 19 is pretty borderline unless it's their first season

 

Advanced rookie ball (Bluefield) ablut the same as GCL except 17 or younger would have more shine to them.

 

For sort season A ball, (Vancouver) ... pretty much the same guidelines as Low A.

 

Then of course, you also have to consider results and how many years they've been in pro ball already. Like a 21 year old Cuban raking in Low A would still be something to keep an eye on if he's in his first year in pro ball, vs a 21 year old in his 4th season of ball.

 

Generally speaking there is no practical disadvantage to being old at a level. Players will always get promoted if they play well. They will be released and discarded when they stop playing well.

 

A lot of people ******** about the various reasons such a player is going to fail... but it is just talk. A player like Nash Knight is always promoted when they are playing well.

 

If Nash is the next late bloomer he will hit at Vancouver, then Lansing, then Dunedin, Then new Hampshire and Buffalo. And he will show up in Toronto possibly as late as 2018.

 

It probably won't happen, Nash will probably stop hitting at some point. Not cuz he's old, just cuz that's what tends to happen to everyone.

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No, just saying for a player to be a "relevant prospect" with a better than decent shot at becoming a useful regular major league player, age vs level is extremely important. A 24 year old who wasn't drafted and is only in Short season A ball in his eecond season is looking at something like 100,000 to 1 odds of ever even getting to see a major league stadium without buying a ticket, let alone playing as a regular player.

 

And as with any generalization, there are outliers like Bautista that come along once in every 10,000 players.

 

Bautista was in the majors at 23... he was a rule V, and possibly injured.

 

The other thing about Nash is he played last year and was bad... so he is actually only a .285 milb hitter without power. You have to look at the entire milb career... yearly splits especially short season aren't that reliable.

 

If a 24 year old hit .350 in Bluefield, then got promoted to full season the next year, and hit .350 again over a full season then it would be worth noticing even if he was old for the league. So the problem isn't just that Nash is old. He's only done it for 6 weeks... once they do it for 6 months then start taking it seriously.

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Look at that anthony is 0 for 4 today.

 

He did good yesterday... unfortunately there was a major momentum shift in the baseball world at around 2:30 to 3:00 today

 

It began as Sanchez tired... he probably reached his breaking point, then tulo injured (ordered by Buck)... then blown lead... then loss

 

And minor leaguers are all doing bad now. Sad, but we had a great run...

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Bautista was in the majors at 23... he was a rule V, and possibly injured.

 

The other thing about Nash is he played last year and was bad... so he is actually only a .285 milb hitter without power. You have to look at the entire milb career... yearly splits especially short season aren't that reliable.

 

If a 24 year old hit .350 in Bluefield, then got promoted to full season the next year, and hit .350 again over a full season then it would be worth noticing even if he was old for the league. So the problem isn't just that Nash is old. He's only done it for 6 weeks... once they do it for 6 months then start taking it seriously.

 

First off I am not his Champion like King makes me out to be, but I noticed him hitting in more games then not before his promotion.King failed to recognize his achievements more then once and I called or questioned him on it, that's all. Lol

 

Second if anyone here actually would look he is not 24 yet, close but no cigar! Lol

 

Third a with a little Reseach you would see a) his School is not exactly know for high draft picks, Nash also was a SR in 2015 and played in 61 games and not sure how many if any of those included playoff games.

As the Dallas Baptist site checked didn't say or I couldn't find it! Lol

But his Team did make it to the ncaa Dallas regionals for what it's worth.

 

Nash stats from what I can see for 2015, not impressive nore bad either when looking at it or his team.

 

61 GP, 216 AB, .292 ave. , 34 R, 63 H, 13 2bl's , 2 HR's , 35 Rbi's, 26 BB, 46 SO

 

That's all I know about Nash Knight, Lol

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Quite simple really.

 

For full season ball, Low A (Lansing level) age 21 is borderline about to be irrelevant, 20 is good, 19 is better, 18 or younger is exceptional.

Advanced A (Dunedin level) 22 is borderline, 21 is good, 20 is plus, 19 is exceptional

AA New Hampshire level, 23 is borderline, 22 is stillgood, 21 is plus, 20 or younger is exceptional

AAA 24 is borderline, 23 is still good, 22 is plus, 21 and young is exceptional.

 

These are the guidelines I use for regular players in full season leagues.

 

Short season leagues are a bit harder to use agelevel because since they start up after the draft, there's always a bunch of new players that are probably better than that but end up there because there's nowhere on full season rosters to put them, and for pitchers because they've already pitched in the college or high school seasons and teams pt them on limits.

 

But...

 

Generally speaking, rookie ball (GCL)I'd want them to be 17 or younger to be plus. 18 is still fine, 19 is pretty borderline unless it's their first season

 

Advanced rookie ball (Bluefield) ablut the same as GCL except 17 or younger would have more shine to them.

 

For sort season A ball, (Vancouver) ... pretty much the same guidelines as Low A.

 

Then of course, you also have to consider results and how many years they've been in pro ball already. Like a 21 year old Cuban raking in Low A would still be something to keep an eye on if he's in his first year in pro ball, vs a 21 year old in his 4th season of ball.

 

So what you are saying based on this and your earlier statement is 2/3 of our minor league system has Failed already and hence we should let them all go now, nothing to see here or to waste development time on..... Ok fine!!!

 

Axe or Rope which do you wish!!! Lol

 

Do we need to shoot those older then 24 or do we send them to the Glue Factory.

 

I guess if we wanna be nice we could release them all into the wild and make the poor bastards get real jobs!!! Lol

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