That's the thing. Sale will probably replace a bullpen guy and his starts eliminate a bullpen game. Now if they keep Pivetta at his role of coming in the 2nd inning or make him a full starter again, we got ourselves a rotation.I leaned towards Story but decided Sale. I just suspect that the difference between Story and Reyes for the stretch run won’t be as vast as that between Sale and whoever gets bumped for him
RIP sinead'Cause nothing compares
Nothing compares to Yu
Yu were the sun
Yu were the rain
That made us love this foolish game
Yu need to know
We loved Yu so
And we'll sign Yu Chang again and again
Truly.Yu people are heartless bastards!
I'd venture to guess Chaim's second thought after the walk-off was; "Well, now I have to keep Pablo." Easy choice.I’d really like to know where Chaim was leaning last night because I thought Reyes was getting the boot.
The heavens are filled with Yu tearsQuestions from away: What’s the weather, and will they be able to play tonight?
Are you taking offense into consideration here? Story won't be playing everyday right away so that's a minus in the short term, but his bat is going to lengthen that batting order.I leaned towards Story but decided Sale. I just suspect that the difference between Story and Reyes for the stretch run won’t be as vast as that between Sale and whoever gets bumped for him
He is. Rule 5.10(k)Have we had this discussion before? Why was Duran on deck last night during the last at bat? Is he required to be?
Seems dumb, but I guess he could help a runner decide whether to slide or something like that. But like standing there in full pads and taking swings and using the donut seems stupid. I wonder if he could just sit criss-cross applesauce.He is. Rule 5.10(k)
Yeah, that's one thing that comes into question every now and again and the plain answer is that the rules require him to be on the on deck circle. But do the rules say he has to be holding a bat and practice a swing? I saw him holding a bat when Reyes was coming home too.Seems dumb, but I guess he could help a runner decide whether to slide or something like that. But like standing there in full pads and taking swings and using the donut seems stupid. I wonder if he could just sit criss-cross applesauce.
Don’t sweat it that’s how I learned it too. When I was in Elementary School that was called “Indian style.”Yeah, I learned the phrase criss-cross applesauce from my daughter, English teacher, recently (let me be, Spanish is not my first language and I was never told this in Elementary School).
It's barely even English, to be fair.Yeah, that's one thing that comes into question every now and again and the plain answer is that the rules require him to be on the on deck circle. But do the rules say he has to be holding a bat and practice a swing? I saw him holding a bat when Reyes was coming home too.
And while it's his job to tell the incoming runner whether to slide or not, it's not in the official rules. BTW there was a clip of Big Papi "explaining" to Rusney Castillo that he was supposed to do that between innings.
Yeah, I learned the phrase criss-cross applesauce from my daughter, English teacher, recently (let me be, Spanish is not my first language and I was never told this in Elementary School).
Remember when Adam Ottavino used to go "earthing" before games?I'm waiting for Casas to be on deck in that situation.
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The proof will be in the pudding, but just the addition of Story has lengthened this batting order. When Turner's back, even better and that DH slot can be utilized to give all of these guys semi days off as Cora will be able to take full advantage of the flexibility of what hopes be a healthy non pitching half of the roster.Duran LF,
Yoshida DH,
Story SS,
Devers 3B,
Casas 1B,
Duvall CF,
Verdugo RF,
Reyes 2B,
Wong C
Lineup looks a lot better.Duran LF,
Yoshida DH,
Story SS,
Devers 3B,
Casas 1B,
Duvall CF,
Verdugo RF,
Reyes 2B,
Wong C
Turner played the last 3 days. This looks like a day off/rest thing.The proof will be in the pudding, but just the addition of Story has lengthened this batting order. When Turner's back, even better and that DH slot can be utilized to give all of these guys semi days off as Cora will be able to take full advantage of the flexibility of what hopes be a healthy non pitching half of the roster.
I think Cora may have said that he's off through tomorrow. That's what I meant by when he's back.Turner played the last 3 days. This looks like a day off/rest thing.
Is there playing time for him in Woostah though? They’ve got Hamilton, Arroyo, and Valdez right?Does Yu clear waivers and get outrighted to Worcester? Hard to imagine Arroyo gets thru but Chang doesn’t.