swishnicholson wrote:Aaron Judge hitting more like Barnaby Rudge since early July.

swishnicholson wrote:Adrian beltre told to return to on deck circle, instead drags on deck circle where he wants to be. Not surprisingly is ejected.

Twitter reaction seems to be that this is pretty cool.I chalk it up to Beltre continuing to be an asshat, though a great player.

Bill McNeal wrote:

Bill McNeal wrote:I miss Cole. I loved watching him pitch, I know Halladay and Lee and all, but Cole was always my favorite

Sorry I'm going down a nostalgic road trip, Cole was always my favorite phillies, on the day of his first MLB start, I'll never forget this, I was working just outside NYC and had helped to organize a bus trip from the office to a Yankees/A's game (I planned it, getting the company to subsidize the buses and picked the A's because moneyball and the Philly connection), but then it turned out to be Cole's first start. So I brought a portable xm radio that carried every mlb game and wore a phillies jersey to yankee stadium and listened to his first start in cincy against the reds. Ever since then I felt like he was going to throw a no hitter. Even when I couldn't watch his starts I'd follow on the portable xm radio or later at bat apps or whatever and see how many strike outs he had, how few walks and was always just a little internally disappointed when he'd give up his first hit, especially if it was like in the 5th or 6th inning or later. Throughout his career here, despite the ws MVP and every other thing he racked up, including the kinda weird combined no hitter he started, I always wanted to see him throw a complete game shutout no hitter in red pinstripes. Going into the '15 season when it looked like he was going to be dealt finally, I hung on every single one of his starts hoping for that no-hitter. Eventually it came down to that start at wrigley before the trade deadline. I was working on the yard, listening to the game kinda figuring the dream was dead. Then it got to the sixth, and then the seventh and it was still going. I had to abandon ship on my yard work and head inside to watch. The 8th was a blur I just wanted the phills offense to make outs so Cole could get back out there and deal. I'll never forget that 9th, especially odubs almost misplay on the final out, I couldn't breathe for a second, and when he came down with that ball, it was easily my 2nd favorite phillies moment, behind wfc and just edging out the '07 division clincher.

swishnicholson wrote:Adrian beltre told to return to on deck circle, instead drags on deck circle where he wants to be. Not surprisingly is ejected.

Twitter reaction seems to be that this is pretty cool.I chalk it up to Beltre continuing to be an asshat, though a great player.

702 wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:Adrian beltre told to return to on deck circle, instead drags on deck circle where he wants to be. Not surprisingly is ejected.

Twitter reaction seems to be that this is pretty cool.I chalk it up to Beltre continuing to be an asshat, though a great player.

Players always stand off the circle and further behind the batter than they should be. I find it more of the ump being selectively a dick to call Beltre on it.

Ump needs a sense of humor.

Barry Jive wrote:the main thing is that he hates being touched on the head and flips out when his teammates do it. It's childish bullying but his reaction is seen as so disproportionate to the act so people think he's a lunatic