Ace Rothstein wrote:

drsmooth wrote:Trea Turner has stolen 7 bases in tonite's game with the Cubs.

It's the 4th inning

Nats stole 7, Turner has 4

Yep, thanx Ace, serves me right for (mis)taking Bob Costas's word for it

montero was complaining that he'll get the blame but arrieta was slow to the plate and he didn't have a chance.

Rizzo on Miggy's comments:
"When you point fingers you're a selfish player. We have another catcher that throws everyone out."

^^^ and Montero was DFAed today

Hehe

umpire john tumpane saved a woman trying to commit suicide on the roberto clemente bridge today.

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ReadingPhilly wrote:umpire john tumpane saved a woman trying to commit suicide on the roberto clemente bridge today.

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Kudos to him for being willing to help despite being legally blind.

Barves DFA'd Bartolo Colon. Must sign!

Slowhand wrote:Barves DFA'd Bartolo Colon. Must sign!

Innings eater

along with everything else!

Bartolo should go back to the Mets

Heart-tugging NYTimes story about Jim Bouton's current condition

I probably would have given up on boring, slow, whitebread baseball early in my youth if Jim Bouton had not been born and pitched really well for the Yankees for a few years and then gotten hurt & learned how to throw a sort-of major league knuckleball and then played for the Seattle Pilots and kinda sucked but wrote a book that was sort of about that but was about more than that of course, but anyway. He's also pretty great in The Long Goodbye with Eliott Gould.


Hang in there, man

Huh. I always threw my knucker with three fingers like that. Thought that was the common way. Maybe I saw that Carson episode and it stuck with me.

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I'm speculating Smoothy probably would have given up on boring, slow, whitebread baseball early in his youth if Jim Bouton had not been born and pitched really well for the Yankees for a few years and then gotten hurt & learned how to throw a sort-of major league knuckleball and then played for the Seattle Pilots and kinda sucked but wrote a book that was sort of about that but was about more than that of course, but anyway

Bucky wrote:I'm speculating Smoothy probably would have given up on boring, slow, whitebread baseball early in his youth if Jim Bouton had not been born and pitched really well for the Yankees for a few years and then gotten hurt & learned how to throw a sort-of major league knuckleball and then played for the Seattle Pilots and kinda sucked but wrote a book that was sort of about that but was about more than that of course, but anyway

Nicely put. I don't know that the Dr. could have said it better himself.

angel hernandez filed a lawsuit against mlb today, claiming racial discrimination and a torre vendetta

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swishnicholson wrote:Nicely put. I don't know that the Dr. could have said it better himself.

Bouton was also pretty great in The Long Goodbye with Eliott Gould.