KingKat

Is there really any doubt that Evanka would make a much better sideline reporter than either Barry Davis or Hazel Mae?

I thought this too but turns out they both have options.

The Sox also just plain have more money and more resources. They have a lot of deadweight like Sandoval, Allen and Castillo but they have tons of money AND lots of young controllable assets.

Bautista getting punched might be the lasting image of the season. I sure hope not but we all knew that this was an old team and that all we were hoping for was to hold the window open a little longer. The Estrada and Happ signing have worked out well. They're not aces but they would be winning a lot of games if everything else was the same as last year. Storen has been frustrating but so far it's the Nats who have gotten the worst of that trade. Even the Jay Bruce trade doesn't look bad when you consider the money that was coming back and the extra year on Bruce possibly being worth something if he keeps hitting. Smoak, Pillar and Saunders are doing their job (if somewhat gracelessly in the case of Saunders). Stroman is worse than expected but Sanchez is a lot better so you can really complain about the young starting pitching either. Dickey has hopefully turned the corner. There have been issues with the bullpen but that's being magnified immensely by the lack of run support. Swapping Goins for Travis should help but BJ Birdie help us if we're counting on him of all people to carry the offense. The real fundamental issue is the offensive core. It's like father time decided to really do a number on four of the five core guys right at the same time. If those guys are doing their thing it really makes the rough patches of from the likes of Cecil, Dickey, Colabello and Goins much less of an issue.

Regression to the mean suxxxx.

Kind stupid I guess. Run out of (bad) arguments so resort to whining. When all else fails, play the victim card. Typical message board antics again.

10? That seems pretty doubtful.

It wasn't even close to a suspension worthy slide. The league acknowledge as much with their vague justification for Bautista's suspension.

No YOU WAKE UP. It's sour grapes over losing and Andrus had everything to do with that. It's sour grapes masquerading as a concern for the integrity of the game. It's utter nonsense.

There are players who do more stupid s*** all the time but they don't have the profile so nobody cares. Case in point, Rougned Odor, a younger lesser known player but far bigger ******** getting praised for punching Bautista.

This whole s*** show was started by Elvis f***in' Andrus but Bautista made a convenient lightning rod for the Rangers and their fans and here we are.

No, not really. Nothing he did warrants a suspension on its own. One game was the max they could credibly give.

Yeah 1 game is nothing. Not different from a scheduled day off.

I don't think Bautista's very street smart. He grew up very comfortably. I doubt he's been in many fights. That's not a knock. I certainly haven't been in many fights either.

No it won't but I can't stand watching Stroman pitch tonight. About as much fun as your average Dickey start.

Raptors game starting just in time. This is painful to watch.

Josh's reaction = priceless.

Yeah pretty light suspensions all around. Sam Dyson and Andreopoulos were also spared.

Yeah that and just knowing who you are talking to which is this case just happened to be the most volatile player on the opposition.

Even after all this, Bautista will continue to be more vilified than Odor which is a joke.

I think it's more likely that he just wanted to shove Odor back. He never closed his fist and Odor's punch seemed to catch him off guard (to say the least).

I don't always agree with you but I agree with you here. He's essentially just being punished for being disliked. I'm not saying I agree with how he conducted himself but nothing he did normally warrants a suspension. The one game is just appeasement for the whinier elements in Texas.

You look a lot like Deadpool

Kingkat you absent-minded goof, what are you even talking about? This is the DDL thread not the LOD thread and the guy you own in LOD is Stubbs not Span.

I have banned both Weams and Testicles. I didn't think they were that bad but you're crazy if you think defending them is the hill I'm going to die on.