John_Havok

Because Showalter is a genius.

2 for 4 with a HR and a walk today for Bo.

why does everyone think everyone else needs to know every f***ing thought that passes through their head ... yay social media

That is already the best post that you've ever made on this forum.

Anyone looking for LULZ can check out this TSN made list of 20 prospects that lists them based on their previous 7 days of stats. Probably the most useless thing i've ever seen. https://www.tsn.ca/talent/future-watch-vlad-jr-continues-to-crush-double-a-pitching-1.1092982

enjoy this account while you can idiot.

When it comes to Heimlich though... how would he even begin to fit in to any clubhouse in the majors .. or even the minors when a bunch of his teammates are gonna have kids around? How does a minor league team, whose entire existence relies upon family atmosphere and kids being at the ballpark run a guy out there with a child molesting record? it would be a PR nightmare. I don't care what anyone says, when you know there's a convicted child molester near, whether he's paid the price with jail time or whatever... he's going to be a pariah. No teammate with kids would ever trust bringing his kids around ever, whether they believe he's reformed completely or not. None of these guys will have any history with him prior, so the first thing anyone is going to think is "hey here comes the child molester." They won't see him as a person first, ballplayer/teammate second, convicted criminal third or whatever. It's especially true in child crime scenarios. And while Osuna's type of situation is beyond s*****, guys in MLB already have a history with him, probably really like him as a person and have some sort of foundation to build forgiveness from. Plus, as s***** as abusing women is, it's not abusing children and he'll be much more likely to be given second chances by the people around him and still be seen as a person and a ball player rather than a wife beater. Sure .. they'll still have it in the back of their minds all the time, but not like any crime relating to kids.

PLayers of the Day: Gift Ngoepe Honourable mentions: Vlad Jr, Zack Logue, Kevin Smith, Kacy Clemens, Jonathan Davis, Cavan Biggio, Juan Kelly

incredible hindsight. I know I would love it if my favorite team listened to the drunk fans in the bleachers for its in-game management decisions. This may become the new market inefficiency. You should submit these critiques to the Jays in writing. I'm sure they'd want to pick your brain more given your astounding hindsight abilities.

Lol... It's now mandatory for players to stand for the anthem if they are on the field. ... but they can choose to stay in the locker room instead. What a gongshow http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/23582533/nfl-owners-approve-new-national-anthem-policy

Ah, yeah that makes more sense then.

Depends if he's up as of day 1 or not. If he's up as of Day 1 and never sees the minors again, he would lose a year of control, and would not be super 2 because he would never have more than 2 and less than 3 YOS. That would be dumb as hell by the Jays though and has about 0 chance of happening

And as he should he's attacking that same side of the plate... and of course not getting the same calls.

Probably took every ounce of his composure not to get thrown out there

What the f***? The DR has journalists?

Lol, ball 5... but it's 3 and 2.... Gj ump

No, I would say he's not a great ballplayer. Average to slightly above average at his peak but gets incredibly overrated because of old school stats like RBIs. his career wRC+ is 102. That's about as average as it gets.

Les Nessman was a beauty

What the f*** are these hits? Tye exit velo combined probably wouldn't be more than 120 mph.

2 for 3 with double and triple so far tonight too...

I fill you up....

He doesn't really hit lefties all that well.

You're a strange man.

Heh... OPS.... He had 1 great year in 1991, 2 average years in 1992 and 1993 with a great HR in the playoffs and was replacement level or worse in 1994-1998. For his career.. he had 2 great seasons (86 and 91), 1 good year (88) and the rest were average or crap. Carter is the poster boy for why old school stats are collectively useless. Also, defense is a thing and Carter was garbage defensively

Which would of course, depend on how old the fan is and their experience with the team. There's many who still have Joe Carter as the greatest Jay ever just because of that HR, when he was really rather pedestrian for the course of his Jays career and his career overall. He really only had 2 great seasons and a bunch of average to crap ones.