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I agree with this 100%. As rough as Patrick was in September, Senzatela was far worse from July through September. That's the only thing I don't get.

Right - and it seems like his approach is to do whatever he thinks will motivate each particular player. So he benches Pratt where he might not do that to someone else. I don't love that approach but some successful coaches have used it. And it seems to work for Murphy.

He admitted last night that he didn't really see what happened when Pratt was leaving the box, which was odd. And today, after seeing the replay, he said maybe he overrreacted by pulling him. Just ... not great. Seems like he just made a knee jerk move out of anger. But they do have a great record and it seems like his overall approach is pretty effective. Plus I agree this definitely was not the difference in the game,

Yeah, and I rememebr being mad that we gave up Will Inman. Linebrink sure didn't help much though.

Thank you.

Is there a way to block or "ignore" individual posters? Just curious.

That's not what tampering is.

I'm just guessing, but I bet the source on this is not the Brewers, Brewers generally do a very good job of keeping things in-house until a trade/signing actually happens and they have nothing to gain by leaking it. More likely Donaldson's agent leaked something to drum up more interest in his client and it could be an exaggeration. So I don't think this getting out necessarily says anything about how the Brewers feel about BA. Although ... his lack of PT lately probably tells us all we need to know. I still don't want Donaldson tho. There's a video circulating of his baserunning errors form the last couple years and it's ... not good.

Shildt also admitted to staring into the Brewers' dugout as he was checking on Molina, so my guess is that whatever was said (seemingly by Counsell) was in response to that and directed at him.

All I know is being a Brewer fan was a lot more fun a week ago.

Nice Bread reference.

I don't know why the Orioles would need to release updates? All they have to do is say "David, this is what the Dodgers are offering, can you beat that?" There's really no purpose for them to be so cryptic about it. I think being cryptic serves a purpose. If you don't know exactly what the others are offering, you're motivated to come with your best offer. It's a lot like buying a house where there are multiple offers. Except here, the Orioles could also leak things to the press that are exaggerated or untrue. I have no idea if they did that, but I can see where there could be a lot of gamesmanship.

I did a quick search and saw something that said he was, but clearly you are correct.

Honest questions -- why would Boras be interested in leaking this info and driving up the return? (Maybe somehow it makes his client appear more valuable?). Also, why would the Orioles be keeping Boras or Machado up to date, minute-by-minute, on who is in the "lead."

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