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So it looks like Change.org decided to promote this to get clicks "Hi Randy! Kathryn from Change.org Canada here. I'm writing about the petition you started last year to change the name of Rogers Centre back to SkyDome. We really like your petition and think it has huge potential. We'd like to work with you (for free) to help make your petition as big as possible - and put pressure on Rogers Communications to make the change. I think there's a great opportunity to get traction and media interest ahead of the home opener on Friday, especially because of the April Fools joke last week. I'd love to chat with you about this if you'e interested? Happy to give you a call whenever is convenient. Thanks in advance for considering! Kathryn Kathryn Semogas Associate Campaigns Director, Canada Change.org

I love how openly he talks about things. http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/shapiro-opens-saunders-non-trade/

Most fun prospect laden teams in the minors. Going to try and see if there will be a Berrios start in Buffalo, will post if that happens and see if anyone is interested. 1. Salem Red Sox (Red Sox) Top 100 Prospects: 2B Yoan Moncada (3), OF Andrew Benintendi (15), 3B Rafael Devers (18). Top 30 Prospects: Moncada (1), Devers (2), Benintendi (3), SS/2B Mauricio Dubon (13), 1B/OF Nick Longhi (14), RHP Travis Lakins (16). Yes, Corpus Christi has more Top 100 Prospects, but no team can match the star power of Salem with three Top 20 Prospects. Amazingly this group was even better at the end of last year in Greenville (when we called them the best prospect group in the minors) as those three were joined by shortstop Javier Guerra before he was traded to the Padres. 2. Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros) Top 100 Prospects: RHP Francis Martes (20), SS Alex Bregman (42), RHP Joe Musgrove (83), RHP David Paulino (91). Top 30 Prospects: Martes (2), Bregman (3), Musgrove (6), Paulino (7), OF Derek Fisher (10), 3B J.D. Davis (14), C Alfredo Gonzalez (26), LHP Michael Freeman (30). Whatever day you catch the Hooks, you have a very good chance of seeing an excellent starting pitcher as the Hooks have the best trio of starters in the minors. Adding in Bregman, the club’s first 2015 first-round pick, Fisher, Davis and Gonzalez makes this the must-see team of the Texas League. 3. Rochester Red Wings (Twins) Top 100 Prospects: RHP Jose Berrios (28), OF Max Kepler (30), SS/2B Jorge Polanco (99). Top 30 Prospects: Berrios (2), Kepler (3), Polanco (6), RHP Alex Meyer (12), LHP Taylor Rogers (14), OF/1B Adam Brett Walker (17). The Red Wings’ roster is even better when you consider that Tyler Duffey and J.R. Graham are no longer prospect-eligible. Berrios gives the team a true ace while Kepler-Polanco-Walker makes this one of the most interesting lineups to watch in the International League. 4. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies) Top 100 Prospects: OF Nick Williams (27), RHP Jake Thompson (75), C Andrew Knapp (96). Top 30 Prospects: Williams (2), Thompson (3), Knapp (4), RHP Mark Appel (8 on Astros list pre-trade), Zach Eflin (13), OF/2B Darnell Sweeney (26). The Phillies have a pair of loaded upper-level minor league clubs, but the depth of prospects of the IronPigs tops the top-end talent of the J.P. Crawford-led Reading club. When Crawford gets promoted to Triple-A, this club will get even better. 5. Hartford Yard Goats (Rockies) Top 100 Prospects: OF David Dahl (2), 3B Ryan McMahon (5). Top 30 Prospects: Dahl (2), McMahon (5), LHP Kyle Freeland (6), RHP Antonio Senzatela (9), OF Raimel Tapia (10), RHP German Marquez (14 on Rays list before trade). The Rockies have a system loaded with upper-level prospect talent and most of it will be playing for the new Yard Goats affiliate. Freeland gets an aggressive promotion to Double-A while the Eastern League’s best lineup (Dahl, McMahon, Tapia) will make pitchers’ lives very difficult. 6. Indianapolis Indians (Pirates) Top 100 Prospects: RHP Tyler Glasnow (14), 1B Josh Bell (38). Top 30 Prospects: Glasnow (1), Bell (3), RHP Jameson Taillon (4), 2B Alen Hanson (11), OF Willy Garcia (12), RHP Steven Brault (15), 2B Max Moroff (25), SS/OF Adam Frazier (27). Even though he’s two years removed from his last official game, Taillon has shown no rust in spring training and should pair with Glasnow and Brault to give the Indians a fascinating group of power arms. The position players aren’t as interesting, but it should be fun to watch Bell ready to tackle the first base job in Pittsburgh at some point this season. 7. Rome Braves (Braves) Top 100 Prospects: RHP Touki Toussaint (90). Top 30 Prospects: Toussaint (5), 3B Austin Riley (6), LHP Max Fried (7), RHP Mike Soroka (9), LHP Ricardo Sanchez (15), C Lucas Herbert (18), OF Ronald Acuna (26). Yes, the Rome club has just one Top 100 Prospect, but this club has a rotation of fascinating prospects and it will only get better when lefthander Kolby Allard joins in the not-to-distant future. While Riley is the biggest name among the hitters, keep an eye on Acuna, a toolsy, talented outfielder who could break out in 2016. 8. Louisville Bats (Reds) Top 100 Prospects: LHP Cody Reed (34), OF Jesse Winker (51), SS/2B/OF Jose Peraza (66). Top 30 Prospects: Reed (2), Peraza (4), Winker (5), OF Kyle Waldrop (21). Even with the promotion of RHP Robert Stephenson to the big leagues, Louisville still has a trio of Top 100 Prospects led by the hard-throwing Reed. Peraza should bounce around to a number of positions, but fans should pay special attention to how he looks at shortstop as he reacclimates to the position after sliding to second base for much of the past two years. 9. Colorado Springs (Brewers) Top 100 Prospects: SS Orlando Arcia (8), RHP Jorge Lopez (59) Top 30 Prospects: Arcia (1), Lopez (2), RHP Zach Davies (12), OF Michael Reed (17), 3B/OF Garin Cecchini (30). It’s all about star power in Colorado Springs as the Sky Sox have both one of the best shortstop prospects in the game in Arcia and a dependable righthander in Lopez. 10. Mississippi Braves (Braves) Top 100 Prospects: LHP Sean Newcomb (24), SS Ozzie Albies (63). Top 30 Prospects: Newcomb (1), Albies (4), RHP Lucas Sims (11), RHP Chris Ellis (13), OF Dustin Peterson (20), RHP Jason Hursh (21), LHP Brady Feigl (23), SS/2B Johan Camargo (25), RHP Mauricio Cabrera (27), RHP Andrew Thurman (28), RHP Steve Janas (30). The M-Braves will stand out for volume. Eight pitchers from the Top 30 Prospects list plus three position players make this one of the deeper prospect groupings in all of baseball. Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/166778/#8Gljvz472JmeOJkD.99

You should know that my Fantasy assets are the extent of my assets...and you are all in my will already. PS. I'm outliving you all, except for Spanky!

that explains it...a few weeks ago I was old and misremembering things

When did Kolek get hurt? I don't remember knowing that one.

he also touched me in my naughty place

at least you didn't have to blow him...or is that why he wasn't wearing the seatbelt?

Would you accept a trade for several pairs of Grand Slam of Curling Masters tickets for next week at the Mattamy Centre? I'm kidding I am probably pulling an all nighter tonight to finish a paper so I don't think even a good panel could keep me awake tomorrow night. But I do have some weekday curling tickets I'm giving away (the person would have to get the hard copy of the tickets though)

Yep and I don't think that the Around Baseball thread even mentioned that it happened in the Braves Nats game the day before, possibly costing the Braves the win.

the interference rule is repeated in 6.14 so it makes it reviewable now. That's the explanation I was given. Wouldn't have been reversed last year

Pretty much all women could beat me up, as I'm never going to fight back and my chin has never been tested but I don't think I got a good one.

use the other one on your dup accounts.

That is a bad comment and is one of the phrases in the handbook that MLB players are told not to use anymore. If I said that at my work I'd be down at HR (if my female co-workers who are legit National Champion athletes didn't kick the s*** out of me)

Whether old school or anyone disagrees. Player safety has to become priority number 1 or there won't be sports anymore (either because of lawsuits from families of dead players, or just because parents don't let their kids play). It wasn't made a big deal when they found CTE in Ryan Freel, but it is the real reason that player safety rules are coming into MLB. This rule is just like any other rule now, one the players will have to be cognizant of.

(j) (7.14) Sliding to Bases on Double Play Attempts If a runner does not engage in a bona fide slide, and initiates (or attempts to make) contact with the fielder for the purpose of breaking up a double play, he should be called for interference under this Rule 6.01. A “bona fide slide” for purposes of Rule 6.01 occurs when the runner: (1) begins his slide (i.e., makes contact with the ground) before reaching the base; (2) is able and attempts to reach the base with his hand or foot; 2016 Official Baseball Rules (PDF)_2016 Official Baseball Rules 3/15/16 2:38 PM Page 70 Rule 6.01(j) to 6.02(a) 71 (3) is able and attempts to remain on the base (except home plate) after completion of the slide; and (4) slides within reach of the base without changing his pathway for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder. A runner who engages in a “bona fide slide” shall not be called for interference under this Rule 6.01, even in cases where the runner makes contact with the fielder as a consequence of a permissible slide. In addition, interference shall not be called where a runner’s contact with the fielder was caused by the fielder being positioned in (or moving into) the runner’s legal pathway to the base. Notwithstanding the above, a slide shall not be a “bona fide slide” if a runner engages in a “roll block,” or intentionally initiates (or attempts to initiate) contact with the fielder by elevating and kicking his leg above the fielder’s knee or throwing his arm or his upper body. If the umpire determines that the runner violated this Rule 6.01(j), the umpire shall declare both the runner and batter-runner out. Note, however, that if the runner has already been put out then the runner on whom the defense was attempting to make a play shall be declared out.

Looks like 7.14 is not reviewable traditionally but 6.01 is reviewable. So I'm guessing that is what this falls under. 6.01 (j) I believe just repeats 7.14 wording. so looks like it is legal. In the end replay is meant to get calls correct. And by the rules they did, which should end all protests.

I would love for the league just say "you have one hour to say whatever you want Jose, no fines no suspensions" his rant would be so entertaining.

I interpret it as not reviewable. Interference for the Purpose of Breaking Up a Double Play. An Umpire's determination under Official Baseball Rule 6.01(j). NOTE: Other than for purposes of determining whether the runner interfered with a fielder within the meaning of Rule 6.01(j), whether a base runner willfully or deliberately interfered with a fielder with the intent to break up a double play, within the meaning of Rule 6.01(a)(6) or (7), shall not be reviewable. Example 1. While running to second base, a runner intentionally collides with the second baseman, who is attempting to field a ground ball between the bases. Because whether the runner engaged in a bona fide slide is not at issue, whether the umpire determines there was interference is not reviewable

That's a question that someone else will have to answer. My umpiring does not not have replays

Ryan Freel says go f*** yourself. Seriously this ignorance by sports fans has to stop. Player safety has to be a higher priority

(d) Any batter or runner who has just been put out hinders or impedes any following play being made on a runner. Such runner shall be declared out for the interference of his teammate; Rule 7.09(d) Comment: If the batter or a runner continues to advance after he has been put out, he shall not by that act alone be considered as confusing, hindering or impeding the fielders. (e) If, in the judgment of the umpire, a base runner willfully and deliberately interferes with a batted ball or a fielder in the act of fielding a batted ball with the obvious intent to break up a double play, the ball is dead. The umpire shall call the runner out for interference and also call out the batter-runner because of the action of his teammate. In no event may bases be run or runs scored because of such action by a runner.

and the bullpen was very fresh. Who's better most often...a fresh Cecil or a Dominant starter 4th time through? If he leaves him in and s*** happens it would be a lot more egregious

yeah players dying at 40 is much better.

yes that is the rule. You've never been allowed to grab that foot of someone that is throwing. I will ask that someone else post the actual rule as I have a huge paper to finish tonight.