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¡Flores! The bench gives him the appropriate silent treatment for his first career homer.

The good news is that Will Smith threw live batting practice for the first time.

I wouldn't have a problem with MLB kicking in toward stadiums (in a sensible and pragmatic way) if revenue sharing put teams on relatively equal footing. But if teams like the Brewers and Royals are funding teams like the Dodgers and Yankees under the current economic conditions, I think not. As it stands, teams with stadium debt get considerations when revenue sharing is computed. That's more than enough. The Atlanta situation is pretty appalling. It's not the issue of whether or not Turner Field should have been replaced. Rather, it's how it was done. The deal was completed behind closed doors and rubber-stamped two weeks after it was announced, with opposition being prevented from commenting at the so-called public hearing. The Braves had lots of practice before they pulled of the SunTrust Park deal after having three minor league parks funded in a similar fashion. The situation in Phoenix is bizarre. You have a combination of a team with a questionable management history and governments that haven't been able to meet obligations. That story is far from over. The Arlington situation seems to be unique. The city's taxpayers seem to like their stadiums. The ballpark question will appear on the November ballot, and all signs indicate that it'll be approved. And the city came to the team rather than the other way around.

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This board is nothing short of simple minded… Stop that. You've had the rules about condescension pointed out to you numerous times, but the information doesn't seem to sink in.

It sure seems like more than seven hitters came to the plate this inning.

This 6th inning hasn't been particularly pretty. But if Torres can end it, at least the damage will be relatively limited. The strike 'em out throw 'em out double play was huge.

Just to be clear, the city of Arlington made the proposal to the Rangers, not vice versa. Rangers new stadium plans unveiled; find out what it will cost and timeline for its construction

The most common way to get malware on a Mac is to install a piece of dodgy software. If you've done that, you'll likely see symptoms that are worse than slowness, though. Probably the first thing one can do is to make sure Gatekeeper is set to its default. In System Preferences, choose Security & Privacy, hit the General tab, then check to make sure that "Mac App Store and identified developers" is chosen. That will cause the system to produce a warning if an app doesn't come from a registered developer. Choosing "Mac App Store" is even more strict, but the one you want to avoid is "Anywhere." "Mac App Store and identified developers" isn't perfect, but developers know that if they don't follow the rules, their accounts will be revoked. Macs have built in anti-malware protection called XProtect that runs silently in the background. I don't think that it's possible to shut it off, so you're likely covered there. It's going to cover online threats rather than dodgy software installations, though. As an example, it shuts down the ability to use old versions of Java and Flash. It's actually even shut down the current version of Java a couple of times. Still, I think you're covered by running Malwarebytes now and then. A full-time anti-malware app running in the background may make things slower than they already are. Speaking of Java and Flash, you probably don't need Java at all. Almost all Mac exploits that didn't require users to install software have involved Java. Having said that, I think Java's security record has improved over the past couple of years. Flash sucks security-wise too, but I don't think that any of the serious Flash exploits have ever turned into attacks on the Mac. Make sure it's always up to date. And always get it from Adobe's site. One of my friends installed a fake Flash. It took over Safari and installed a fake Bing, and it caused her to get popups telling her to call a fake Microsoft for support. It also dropped three apps into her Applications folder, which thankfully, she didn't open. I've decided that I can get by without Flash being globally installed. For the few times I run into a page that has Flash content that interests me, I fire that page up in Google Chrome. Chrome has Flash sandboxed within the browser. One common cause of Mac slowness is a hard drive (or SSD) that's too full. How does that look? Another cause is too many items on the desktop. Figure that each icon loads a full preview of the document it represents. If you have a tendency to want to put a lot of stuff on the desktop, it's better to put a folder there and stash these items in it. You might gain some speed by doing a safe boot. Doing this will clean out some stuff (caches and such). To do a safe boot, hold down the shift key during startup. A safe boot takes significantly longer than a normal startup, so don't be alarmed. Once you've booted into in safe mode, simply restart normally. This restart will take a hair longer than most boots because nothing's cached. You don't actually have to do anything while you're in safe mode. Simply doing the safe boot will take care of the cleanup tasks. You can also check your login items to make sure you aren't running any unnecessary items at startup. To do this, go to System Preferences, hit the Users & Groups icon, then hit the Login Items tab. To remove a login item, simply select it, then hit the "minus" button below the list.

It's hard to believe, but the Brewers starting pitchers had 6 quality starts (out of seven) and a 2.81 ERA on their last homestand.

I don't think Miller Park lacks anything that couldn't be easily accommodated. The big thing is that the roof was included. Also, it appears that repairs aren't being allowed to slide. I stumbled on a 2014 article recently that said that the building was likely the best maintained structure in the Milwaukee area. It also stated that the Brewers have paid more than their share for maintenance and renovations and that they now have a greater ownership stake because of it. Another interesting thing that the article explained was that the percentage of the ballpark owned by the team and the stadium district is constantly being recomputed. This is important because there'll be funds that need to be divided up accordingly once Miller Park's life finally ends.

What am I missing? He's not a pitcher? For the sake of comparison, offensively, MLB teams currently average 326 strikeouts and 130 walks so far this season. That's 2.5 strikeouts to every walk.

Rangers could play in new, air-conditioned ballpark in 2021 season It appears that the roof is the critical feature that the current ballpark lacks. Rangers’ owner Ray Davis says that putting a roof on the current stadium would be too expensive and would leave the team without a place to play during construction. The lease agreement would be extended until 2054, and Globe Life will be given the option to retain naming rights.

I think Wily has been very consistent.

I think that this proposal is likely to be put up to a vote. Sources: Rangers, City of Arlington will announce plans for new retractable-roof stadium; more info to come Friday afternoon

It should be noted that Flores is out of options. But I think it'd be worth it to risk what might happen in waivers at this point.

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I think it was more that he had pitched 5 out of 6 days. That was it. Counsell said that would have been a tall order "even for Frankie Rodriquez."

Coshun just mispronounced Nieuwenhuis. Thornburg exuded calmness during his post-game interview, getting through it with cliches and a bit of humor.

I wish we'd bring back the days of the multi-inning reliever, including the guy who hopefully finishes out games. But in the olden days (pre-1990 or so), you'd need a second pitcher picking up saves. Good teams tended to have two relievers with double-digit save totals.

My goodness, as BA just said. That flyball was a little too scary for me.

Granted there was a day off, but I think the reason is that it'd be five games in a row. You might also throw in a day game after a night game where he didn't perform well. Having said that, I wouldn't have questioned it had Jeffress pitched.

Time for a double play ball.

Walking the first two batters in a save situation isn't good (obviously). Capuano is getting up in the bullpen.

Thornburg will be going for the save today.