As Billy Joel might say, Carson Benge we love you just the way you are. And hopefully when it's all over and if I'm still kicking around, I will attend my second Cooperstown induction. The only one I've been to was of course to witness "The Franchise"!
Description of Pete as a rookie made me sad. Stearns stole him from us. Not only was it moronic as a baseball move, it was cruel as an anti-fan move. Good for Pete for leading AL in HRs and RBIs. I’ll never forgive Stearns for taking our Polar Bear away from us.
I was impressed by Ron Darling’s commentary over the last few days. He sounded very prepared and continued to do his job well.
Gary has noticably slipped this year, making various play-by-play mistakes. He still is good, but it’s a bit concerning.
Gary said that Andy Green didn’t care about the team’s record unless they were in first place and/or got into the playoffs. But if the fans cared, Andy said that he cared. I do care some. I think it’s good to continue to try to play for something. I think wins/losses do matter, even when the playoffs are out of the picture. Do bad teams like the As not care about winning?
Being in last place is not ideal. It is somewhat by chance. The Nats have played well down the stretch. The result: they are not in last place.
I still think the Phillies eke in, but good for the Diamondbacks for sticking around. Not easy beating the Padres. (They are like the Guardians, who simply don’t want to lose. Sorry, White Sox.) Their elimination number is 2. Hope they last another day.
Right on the money with Benge. At the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to playing the game the right way is Jefry the clown Yan, who continues to give other teams plenty to celebrate when he enters the game. You wrote, "...the Mets will officially finish in last place in their division. The franchise will have to wear the stink of that for a while. " Couldn't have said it better and the stink attaches to Stearns. How does this guy evade the responsibility for the stink? Maybe the same way Chris Drury manages to evade responsibility for running the Rangers into the ground.
Can't stand the antics. If you don't criticize it, it can become normal or some other "character" (I'd say clown) might try to outdo him. Example: players trotting down the line when they hit a grounder.
As Billy Joel might say, Carson Benge we love you just the way you are. And hopefully when it's all over and if I'm still kicking around, I will attend my second Cooperstown induction. The only one I've been to was of course to witness "The Franchise"!
Description of Pete as a rookie made me sad. Stearns stole him from us. Not only was it moronic as a baseball move, it was cruel as an anti-fan move. Good for Pete for leading AL in HRs and RBIs. I’ll never forgive Stearns for taking our Polar Bear away from us.
Hear hear!
What is the fascination with "openers"? Hagenman could have just opened—and stayed in the game as a starter.
And the bottom of the order really sucked last night.
I was impressed by Ron Darling’s commentary over the last few days. He sounded very prepared and continued to do his job well.
Gary has noticably slipped this year, making various play-by-play mistakes. He still is good, but it’s a bit concerning.
Gary said that Andy Green didn’t care about the team’s record unless they were in first place and/or got into the playoffs. But if the fans cared, Andy said that he cared. I do care some. I think it’s good to continue to try to play for something. I think wins/losses do matter, even when the playoffs are out of the picture. Do bad teams like the As not care about winning?
Being in last place is not ideal. It is somewhat by chance. The Nats have played well down the stretch. The result: they are not in last place.
I still think the Phillies eke in, but good for the Diamondbacks for sticking around. Not easy beating the Padres. (They are like the Guardians, who simply don’t want to lose. Sorry, White Sox.) Their elimination number is 2. Hope they last another day.
deGrom had a bad day. Rangers had a shot to be in first place again and blew it.
Right on the money with Benge. At the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to playing the game the right way is Jefry the clown Yan, who continues to give other teams plenty to celebrate when he enters the game. You wrote, "...the Mets will officially finish in last place in their division. The franchise will have to wear the stink of that for a while. " Couldn't have said it better and the stink attaches to Stearns. How does this guy evade the responsibility for the stink? Maybe the same way Chris Drury manages to evade responsibility for running the Rangers into the ground.
Yan has toned down his act. It’s hard to be too upset at one reliever being a character.
Can't stand the antics. If you don't criticize it, it can become normal or some other "character" (I'd say clown) might try to outdo him. Example: players trotting down the line when they hit a grounder.