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  1. John_Havok
    I just hope some of the board issues are fixed before the draft starts. It's gonna get truly irritating having to refresh it every time - though I understand juiced's priorities are not this board.
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    I know there's a rule on what a bona fide slide is, but is there actually a rule on when you can or cannot start it? Generally speaking most guys slide after they are out just to avoid getting a throw in the teeth, or they just peel off the baseline like Kendrys does after being thrown out by 45 feet.
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    Seems okay for me on a laptop getting new stuff but on my Samsung tablet i still have to refresh every page.
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    Cbs sports final mock has the Jays taking a college arm at 12. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/2018-mlb-mock-draft-auburn-righty-still-projected-to-go-no-1-to-tigers-in-updated-first-round/amp/ 12. Toronto Blue Jays: RHP Logan Gilbert, Stetson The Blue Jays have been in on college pitching all spring and, in our mock scenario, they'd have their pick of anyone except Mize and Singer here. Gilbert was a potential top-10 pick coming into the year -- he was a possible top-five pick at one point -- though an inconsistent spring has him sliding down draft boards. He offers as much pure upside as any college pitcher in the draft class aside from Mize and Singer. They have Swaggerty falling all the way to 27 to the Nats
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    Vlad with an injury after beating out an infield single yesterday. He stepped on the base awkwardly. They say it's not serious. Which probably means his career is over.
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    I've never understood why a player is still allowed to try and affect the play once they are out. Bitch slide aside, he's out by 15 feet there easy, why is he allowed to try and interfere with a fielder after he's out? His slide hadn't even started before he was out. A simple rule tweak would easily get rid of this garbage. If your slide hasn't started by the time you've been called out... you can't do it.
  7. John_Havok
    Jesus.... 5 walks, 3 HBP, 5 wild pitches and a throwing error in a half inning. The official scorer must have just started laughing at some point.
  8. John_Havok
    This. Frank's on its own is missing a huge part of a flavour profile, we do the same thing along with a bit of tomato sauce - dilute the Frank's with tomato sauce and butter depending on how hot you want it. The butter really takes it up a notch
  9. John_Havok
    Exactly what I was thinking. Thought in was going a bit nuts
  10. John_Havok
    He's throwing strikes. That's more than you can say for 60% of the Jays rotation
  11. John_Havok
    I would actually, maybe as like a 4 OF set against a really true flyball hitter. Why not? He's already a circus act, we may as well get some laughs out of it. As for a different question of yours about why teams wait until the deadline.... most teams always go up to the draft with what they have, to give themselves a true evaluation of what they already have internally. Then the resources they have are heavily put towards the draft and then the signing period which takes you into early July. Huge focus is put on the draft. Then the attention turns to trades. Some teams will have talked about certain players already over the winter meetings and spring training which will give them a leg up in trade talks (probably the Seattle/Tampa scenario), and some teams you just know are always open for business to get rid of money (Tampa).
  12. John_Havok
    Players of the Day: Chavez Young, Norberto Obeso, Gunnar Heidt, Roemon Fields, Tim Lopes Honourable Mentions: Cullen Large, Jon Harris, Bo Bichette, Jonathan Davis, Cavan Biggio,
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    Important parts below: “You can make the case to put him in the major leagues right and he will likely will make your team better,” Atkins said. “There’s also a case to be made for what’s absolutely best for him to be a 20-year All-Star and a Hall of Famer and to be the best possible player he can be.” He also explains that with Josh Donaldson playing third base, the Blue Jays would rather see Guerrero continue to develop in double-A rather than calling him up to potentially DH or play another position. At this point there has been no set timetable for Guerrero Jr.’s promotion, but Atkins knows that the teenager cannot stay at double-A in the long run. “The biggest factor is him realizing his potential and the best place to do that right now is in New Hampshire but that won’t be forever and it won’t be for long, he’s dominating at a rate that suggests that he needs to be considered for triple-A.”
  14. John_Havok
    Yup, keep talking. You're the one that doesn't know what he's talkng about, attacked me, and and tried to come off like a hero. Your schtick is tired kid. Get a new gimmick
  15. John_Havok
    I know you like to think you're a genius... but baling wire is a thing, and has nothing to do with straw bales. You dipshit Or Maybe i'll just Write a sentence with Randomly capitalized Words!!! and puncuation!!!! that has Nothing to do with anything!! lol maybe Then you'll understand!!!
  16. John_Havok
    Pretty much the whole comment section on that article is providing a perfect example of my earlier post. When it's a child molestation issues, there's 0 forgiveness available, no matter what the real facts of the scenario are. There's just a deep, deep belief in nearly every human being that crimes against kids are unforgivable and the person responsible has no future value to society. Any attempted argument to the contrary is met with immediate vitriol and the person doing so is immediately labelled as a defender of child molestation - which is no place you want to be.
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    Dennis Santana was called up by the Dodgers and was available out of then pen last night, and is now listed as the probable starter for Sunday, if he's not needed out the pen before then.
  18. John_Havok
    Anything even resembling sniffing the majors for Pentecost is a bonus at this point. Dude's body is being held together by duct tape and baling wire.
  19. John_Havok
    That's what I mean about not putting any stock into what managers say. They're always gonna back their players regardless. The Musgrove slide.... here's the 4 parameters of a clean slide: 1. Begins his slide (i.e., makes contact with the ground) before reaching the base - check 2. is able and attempts to reach the base with his hand or foot; check 3. is able and attempts to remain on the base (except home plate) after completion of the slide; check 4. slides within reach of the base without changing his pathway for the purpose of initiating contact with a fielder. check I could see some debate on point 3, as it could be seen that he didn't really attempt to stay on 2b and was only able to do so because he made contact with Baez. His hand was dragging behind him but if he had not made contact with Baez, i wonder how far past he would have went.
  20. John_Havok
    PLayers of the Day: Maximo Castillo, Conor Panas, Jason Leblebijian, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Tim Lopes, Anthony Alford Honourable mentions: Ryan Noda (he actually hit a HR!), Ryan Hissey
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    It's hard for a manager in that position... I don't don't put too much stock in it because had the situation been reversed, each manager would likely be saying the opposite of what they said this time. Irrespective of that, it's debatable about whether that type of play is dirty, or whether the rule change should have been made in teh first place, but what isn't arguable is that slide was absolutely against the rules as they are written now. He clearly changed the direction of his running path in order to make contact with the catcher and took him out. Nobody can watch that video and come to a different conclusion without being willfully ignorant.
  22. John_Havok
    Agree with your overall point,except the part about BIchette. If a .746 OPS over a month long period as a 20 year old in AA is struggling, I wish we had more struggling prospects.
  23. John_Havok
    gibbers is barely around now, but i think here he posts as "georgiapeach" or something close to that. njh has changed his name so many times I never know anymore
  24. John_Havok
    That's my point. If he's 28, that says far more about the player than the org.
  25. John_Havok
    Sure, but talking about making bets you know the other person won't or can't accept isn't really attempting to make a bet. Like, hypothetically if i said to you, "lets make a bet about VLad Jr and his OPS for the minor league season" and you said "ok, i'll bet you that Vlad Jr OPS would be under .900 cumulatively in the minors for this year, with a minimum 400 PA threshold or something, but only for 10,000"... there's no way I could ever take it regardless of what I think the odds might be. So that's not an honest attempt at securing a bet even though I offered to make you a bet.
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