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Drury looked ugly on that last swing.

Smoak hurt or something?

When he signed, one of the stated things he liked about the Jays was that they were going to let him play third. Now, I don't know what, if anything has changed since then, but that was something he wanted at the time.

At their core, unions exist to protect employees from the capriciousness of employers. Unions are the reason why the 5 day/40 hour work week exists, why we have anti-child labour laws, why we have many workplace safety laws etc. The labour movement created the middle class and ended the "gilded age" (to a degree). The degradation of unions is one of the main reasons why income inequality is exploding. Individual unions may be bad (I've been in two that did virtually nothing "directly" for me, one that was amazing) and they CAN allow for poor workers to be protected (though, they don't always) but what they have done for the working class is undeniable. For the record: I'm not currently in a union, and haven't been for almost 2 decades. My field really doesn't do "unions" 'cause my field is full of selfish John Galt types, but if an I.T. union ever formed, I'd be right in there. And to avoid creating a second long-winded reply, I'll agree with Bobthe4th that strikes shouldn't be allowed for (some) public services. Unions are more than strikes though, collective bargaining is, historically, an important way to level the playing field for the workers.

There's also the whole "keeping our star prospect/player happy" angle. He wants to play 3rd (apparently, who knows if that has changed). Obviously if it's damaging him physically, or he's completely brutal there ("average" is above "brutal" in the rankings, IIRC) you have a conversation with him about moving him around, but we're essentially building the team around this guy, so let's try to keep him happy.

If you currently search him, they have the Wikipedia edited article on the main page... Ronald Clarence Kulpa is a blind umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears uniform number 46. He was the first participant in a program by Major League Baseball to provide jobs in professional sports for people with congnitive impairments.

Everyone who understands unions?

After today's ludicrous display, Grandal Richuk has a lovely 222 wRC+ on the season.

Goddammit Hudson. He looks so sharp sometimes, then just explodes.

Galvis made solid contact there, damn.

Teoscar wuz robbed!

Man, I thought that one was going to drop in.

Maile w/ the double, noice.

Grichuk likes money, apparently.

Swinging at ball 4. Damn :|

Man, that GB% difference...

Not likely for the next year of two.

I guess if you're only pinch hitting with the hopes of a homer, sure...

Mostly meh? I bet his end of season numbers are lower than any of the guys we kept over him. And his fielding still sucks.

Yeah, that's been clear for a while now, they seriously value it a lot.

You just blue yourself.

Yeah, that seemed like a lateral move at best. Grichuk has 1 more hit that Alford this year, and Alford has only had 3(?) ABs.

She tries, she enjoys the games but my dad is one of those "if a professional athlete is making more than minimum wage, the entire world is wrong!" kind of guys, so her watching games with him is dealing with him bitching and complaining about everything the entire time.

Wrong.