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Bauer's pretty much exonerated after these new details broke. A main factor of criminology boils down to whether there was premeditation or not and the fact that the girl was openly plotting against Bauer in a malicious manner (even going so far as to imply that there was a monetary angle) pretty much f***s over any chance she had at being portrayed as the victim. Seems like a clear cut case at this point. Any move from the Dodgers to keep Bauer off the field will be for optical purposes rather than punishment for wrongdoing. I hope the team does the right thing and lets him back on the field. At worst, the sexual physicality was clearly consensual. What more can they possibly hold against the guy? Bauer's the victim in this case.

Yep. Team's still about 2 years from competing IMO... Too many people got the wrong idea after the joke of the MLB season in 2020.

Jeeze, I thought for a second that you were crazy for comparing Biggio to Gurriel. In my mind I see Gurriel as having the much higher upside, but checking his FG page, I had no idea he's been so underwhelming. I grew up loving the Jays, but as an adult I pay more attention to the rest of the league as a whole than strictly the Jays. I had no idea how s***** Lourdes has been this year.

Nicely put. I'm a hobbyist and I'm into the sports card community and I routinely see people lumping Biggio in with Bo and Vlad. Hell, a lot of these guys are grading the higher end Biggio rookies as if they're this great investment and I can only roll my eyes. I just don't see Biggio as being anything more than a journeyman type player, someone like Eric Sogard. Certainly there's nothing wrong with that, but I wouldn't exactly value the guy like he's some cornerstone of the franchise like a lot of fans do... Don't believe me? Check out the Jays Reddit sub:rolleyes:

Nah, Biggio is just incredibly overrated

Looks like Wheeler ain't using the sticky stuff anymore lol

Wow, nice deal! I never would've thought Tellez would get a return of something decent.

Anyone else having a lot of problems with FanGraphs lately? The sites been overwhelmingly glitchy for me

He also got off by violently shoving his fingers down her throat. First I've heard of that. Dude clearly has some issues

Either way, pretty stupid for a superstar athlete to engage in that kind of behavior with a woman he just met. Especially nowadays when all women are to be believed. You gotta suss that stuff out beforehand.

Tough loss, knew it was going to be uphill sledding once Matz left the game. Exciting game nonetheless.

Feels like I'm watching minor league baseball lol

I was simply proposing the philosophical argument. I get that it's just not done anymore. Just a thought that crossed my mind when I was watching the game. When baseball was on lockdown last year, I really dove into the KBO and I've been following and watching the games closely ever since. It's a different kind of baseball where what would seem insane in the MLB is common practice there and it's sort of changed the way I think when I'm watching a game.

I get it, a lot of these guys don't even practice bunting anymore so it wouldn't have been practical. I just think that if a team is down a run in the bottom half of the last inning, runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and 2 of your best hitters up next is almost a better situation than having a batter swing away with runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs. Too much can go wrong when swinging away when the imperative has to be scoring at least 1 run. Because remember, it's not like they're on the road and need to score as many as possible. With runners on 2nd and 3rd, a groundball that sneaks through the defense wins the game. This is why I'd like to see EVERYONE practice the small ball fundamentals more, even the sluggers. The name of the game is manufacturing runs and it puts more pressure on the defense and pitchers when ANYTHING is on the table. I'll stress again tho, I get it. It's Vladdy. It would be like having Frank Thomas bunt with the game on the line haha. I just wish we'd see more outside the box thinking sometimes . There's very little surprise factor in the MLB anymore, there's the by the book way of playing and no one dares break away from that no matter what the case is. A perfect example would be Kevin Cash pulling Blake Snell during the World Series when he was absolutely cruising, just because the book says to pull a pitcher before the 3rd time through the lineup. Utter madness.

Don' they have an influx of talented starters in AAA? Why not bring em up and have em start in the pen? I know it's not ideal, but s***, they gotta do something.

That's what I'm talking about man. Too many of these winnable games are being pissed away. At some point they gotta start treating these games as must wins. That means managing like it's the playoffs. I get that it's a long season and crappy losses are going to happen to every team, but my goodness, they're happening to the Jays far too often.

Vladdy gets a hit at a 34% clip, a bunt puts runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out with Teoscar and Springer up next in a position where a single wins the game. At worst, all Teo has to do is hit a fly ball or put the ball in play so the runner from 3rd can score to tie the game. Game's on the line and they only needed 2, but at least tying the game has to be the imperative there. In a must win game, they gotta try to at least prolong the game and in a division with the Boxsox, Yanks and Rays, a lot of these games against the O's are going to be must wins if we're going to have a shot at returning to the playoffs. But let's face it, I know most teams aren't going to have their big slugger bunt. I'm just saying that it wouldn't have been the worst idea and with the benefit of hindsight, it would've been better than what the alternative proved to be.

f***... Kinda predictable, but man, we had the right guys up. Once Bo walked I was actually thinking about the possibility of having Vladdy bunt. I know it's unorthodox, but the O's had the bottom of their order up in the 11th. May as well play to at least tie. I mean, If I were the manager, I probably wouldn't have bunted him because he's one of the hottest players in the league, but at some point, you gotta just play fundamental baseball. KBO has their best players bunt when the game is on the line and it calls for it and it works 8 times outta 10.

I know I s*** on the Jays a lot, but my God guys, the team's playing well. They're down 1 against the O's with the heart of the order up and a runner on 2nd with no outs... We got this!

You guys are crazy. We start the 10th with a guy on 2nd... Relax!

We got this boys. Let's just hold em here.

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Is this supposed to be a dig at the front office for not issuing enough help? It's impossible to take the statement as anything other than tongue in cheek. And since it says "THIS is fine", it clearly suggests that he's talking about something specific. What an odd thing for a manager to wear. Usually you see these kinds of cryptic messages worn on clothes by public figures who can't speak out because of NDA's and other reasons like that.

Nah man, there's been a few very winnable games where the dumb late game calls from Montoyo pissed the game away. And losing those close games is demoralizing and they pile up. It's one stupid move after another with this guy. And it's not like he has some shining resume where you give him the benefit of the doubt. IMO, there's a reason why he toiled in the minors for as long as he did.

Hope someone out there followed my advice lol. Not an easy call with the O's only up 1 run in the 5th.