DuWayne Steurer

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31379380/oakland-athletics-jesus-luzardo-suffers-broken-hand-playing-video-game "accidentally bumped the table and broke his pinky while playing a video game" COme on..... how dumb do they think people are? He was getting lit up while playing fortnite and punched something.

The comeback starts now!

I understand that due to the IR situation, Hiura pretty much almost has to be playing. That being said, if he's in the lineup, he certainly doesn't have to be hitting two, three, or four.

Also, Travis Shaw homered off a lefty yesterday.

I've been waiting for Urias to show us what he's capable of. I trusted that Stearns knew what he was doing when he went out and got this kid, and I'm hopeful that this hot streak is a payoff for that patience.

Make the vertical plane above the base "safe" once the base runner has physically touched the base. Don't call base runners out by checking replay and seeing that someone's finger came off the base for .3 seconds by 2 tenths of a centimeter. If it's not something that could realistically be seen by the human eye, unaided by technology, then it's probably not something that should be overturned. I'm all for getting it right, but I'm not even sure that calling someone out who's finger or hand comes off the bag for a quarter second is "getting it right", within the spirit of the game.

I usually just agree with the draft grades from experts if they rate my team highly, and disagree with them if they rate my team poorly.

Just a reminder to even in the optimism thread, watch the cuss filter guys. Thanks.

I'm not going to say he didn't come up big tonight, but he's a -.3 WAR player for the year (before today). He's got RBI's because he hits 4th or 5th and has a ton of RBI opportunities. He hasn't been "good" so much as he's been opportunistic.

All of MLB needs a new hitting coach. We also need Cain and Yelich back.

Yes but on their terms. AKA: dodgers want to win via walkoff

We were supposed to get blown out a few days ago when lauer was starting as well.

Taylor already PH

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31371552/mlb-hopes-offensive-numbers-perk-historically-rough-april-hitters AJ Hinch "3to is not our best entertainment product" (paraphrased)

When you've got a guy who has a full season's worth of plate appearances And he's accumulated a 556 OPS, You really have to be positive about whatever else he manages to bring to the table.

Is that your opinion or is that fact? TUrns out it's a fact.

Bit of cherry picking to take 2020 when Rodgers is 37 and was a lock for the HOF like 5 years ago. I don't think anyone will argue that teams pass more than they did in 1997 but I'm not even looking at the stats to say Rodgers is better. He does more things than Favre and does just about every one of them better, besides turn the ball over. Accuracy and mobility aren't close, he has a better deep ball, I guess he gets hurt more...and I call baloney on Rodgers couldn't take a pounding. Rodgers has taken plenty of bad hits. I dunno how anyone can look at Rodgers and say he couldn't play in the 90s...it sounds a bit extreme. It's fair to say his stats are inflated over Favre's, which I said first, but the two aren't all that close IMO when you're talking value added to a team The great divide is the turnovers. There was more tolerance for them in the 90s but the gap between them transcends it. It's enormous. in 2007, the league average completion % was 61.2. In 1997 it was 56.2 %. I'm not cherry picking anything. The league is trending more and more towards accurate, risk averse passing. FWIW, Brett's career INT% was 3.3 percent. Sure, the gulf between Rodgers and Favre in that category is big. Rodgers has the lowest INT% of all time. So compare the guy who throws the fewest INT's ever, against a guy who played a decade + earlier, when INT's were accepted at a 67% higher rate, and yes, you'll have a pretty big divide. I also didn't say that Rodgers couldn't play in the 90's..... but it was a different game. I'd be willing to put a quarter on the fact that Rodgers and Brees wouldn't have been playing in 95 or 97 putting up 68-70 percent completion rates. It was a short time ago, sure, but the way the NFL changes rules and defenses and offenses adjust, the game does change stylistically at a pretty rapid pace (comparitively)

Bit of cherry picking to take 2020 when Rodgers is 37 and was a lock for the HOF like 5 years ago. I don't think anyone will argue that teams pass more than they did in 1997 but I'm not even looking at the stats to say Rodgers is better. He does more things than Favre and does just about every one of them better, besides turn the ball over. Accuracy and mobility aren't close, he has a better deep ball, I guess he gets hurt more...and I call baloney on Rodgers couldn't take a pounding. Rodgers has taken plenty of bad hits. I dunno how anyone can look at Rodgers and say he couldn't play in the 90s...it sounds a bit extreme. It's fair to say his stats are inflated over Favre's, which I said first, but the two aren't all that close IMO when you're talking value added to a team The great divide is the turnovers. There was more tolerance for them in the 90s but the gap between them transcends it. It's enormous. in 2007, the league average completion % was 61.2. In 1997 it was 56.2 %. I'm not cherry picking anything. The league is trending more and more towards accurate, risk averse passing. FWIW, Brett's career INT% was 3.3 percent. Sure, the gulf between Rodgers and Favre in that category is big. Rodgers has the lowest INT% of all time. So compare the guy who throws the fewest INT's ever, against a guy who played a decade + earlier, when INT's were accepted at a 67% higher rate, and yes, you'll have a pretty big divide. I also didn't say that Rodgers couldn't play in the 90's..... but it was a different game. I'd be willing to put a quarter on the fact that Rodgers and Brees wouldn't have been playing in 95 or 97 putting up 68-70 percent completion rates. It was a short time ago, sure, but the way the NFL changes rules and defenses and offenses adjust, the game does change stylistically at a pretty rapid pace (comparitively)

I have been told all Wisconsin needs to do is tweak the offense a little bit and they would be just as good as Alabama "It's not a talent gap"

I have been told all Wisconsin needs to do is tweak the offense a little bit and they would be just as good as Alabama "It's not a talent gap"

I don't think Rodgers plays well in Favre's era nor vice-versa. Both were what we needed when we needed them. What does this even mean? Their eras are barely separated and they played against each other for 3 years. Rodgers is one of the most accurate passers of all time. He would have done just fine in "Favre's era" and vice versa. They both had other worldly skills and rocket arms. People always mention the eras in regards to the stats as if Favre played in the 1960s. It's such an overstated thing. In 2020, the league averaged 65.2 % on completions, and 3800 yards passing per game, and a 2.2% int rate. Just 13 years ago, Brett's last year in GB, the league averaged 61.2 % completions (pretty significant), 3400 yards passing, and had a 3.1% interception rate. It's not a HUGE change, but it's significant. The league is definitely slanting more towards accurate, risk averse passing, and passing more.

I don't think Rodgers plays well in Favre's era nor vice-versa. Both were what we needed when we needed them. What does this even mean? Their eras are barely separated and they played against each other for 3 years. Rodgers is one of the most accurate passers of all time. He would have done just fine in "Favre's era" and vice versa. They both had other worldly skills and rocket arms. People always mention the eras in regards to the stats as if Favre played in the 1960s. It's such an overstated thing. In 2020, the league averaged 65.2 % on completions, and 3800 yards passing per game, and a 2.2% int rate. Just 13 years ago, Brett's last year in GB, the league averaged 61.2 % completions (pretty significant), 3400 yards passing, and had a 3.1% interception rate. It's not a HUGE change, but it's significant. The league is definitely slanting more towards accurate, risk averse passing, and passing more.

Yeah I didn't care about the side tangent, I was just happy about a big win over philly.

but hey, how about the Bucks getting a big win over Philly tonight??!!