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The working agreement ends this year.

…instill their morals and religousy social views on all of society too, on issues like gay marriage, marijuana legalization… We don't need any of that kind of commentary.

Gallardo had a 155-inning season under his belt when he came up.

Jungmann had two 150-plus seasons under his belt when he made his first big league appearance. Plus, he was three years older than Hader. Davies was closer to Hader's age when he came up, but he had been in AAA all year and he had previously had a 148-inning season under his belt. Still, if all goes well for him, he's likely to run into an innings limit at some point this year. This team doesn't need another pitcher that has a very good chance of adding more work for the bullpen. They've had enough to do.

AAA and the PCL may be stuck with Colorado Springs, but the Brewers don't need to be stuck there. Other franchises will be available. Gord needs to sell the advantages of signing a working agreement with Milwaukee.

The whole western portion of the PCL sucks either because of the altitude, the desert, or both. The biggest issue for pitchers is that breaking balls don't break. I can't imagine trying to develop that pitch when it isn't going to work. Nashville was fine because of the league's unbalanced schedule. Teams in the eastern portion of the league don't travel out west all that much.

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Burgos doesn't even have service time after his 6starts in '13. He has 71 days, although it sure doesn't seem like his time here added up to that much.

I think that some of the worst pronunciations come from the people who work from the team. I've heard both Melvin and Counsell murder names. I's not like they lack intelligence; they're really smart guys.

I want to see Zach Davies in a brawl. Back on topic, I suspect that the consequences will be fairly heavy for Jays manager John Gibbons. He was ejected in the third inning, then he came back out onto the field in for the fun in the eighth. The Jays went through three managers yesterday. Acting manager DeMarlo Hale was automatically ejected when Fielder was hit. After that, third base coach Luis Rivera was the one to go to the mound to make the next pitching change.

He pronounced Arcia's name wrong. That's likely to continue until people get the memo that it's AR-cia. Mispronounced player names drive me batty, but because this one is pretty non-intuitive for English speakers, a little more patience than usual is in order. Then again, with Orlando's brother playing for the Twins, you'd think that at least a few people would have a head start in getting it right.

I've thought of that. I'm a little bit concerned about cities with a lot of FM stations. Is that ever a problem for you? In the older car, I can also opt for a gizmo that plugs into the tape deck if I'm willing to have a cord dangling down the front of my dash.

Outside of dangerous situations, I tend to save the horn for drivers who don't move at green lights. It's generally a kind and gentle tap. I had to do that yesterday in a left turn lane. I have no clue what the driver ahead of me was doing. But in addition to not seeing the green arrow, he missed out on the fact that the four cars ahead of him had moved through the intersection and made their turns.

That makes sense. However, I think projecting 6 innings per start from here on out may be a little high. However, even if he manages an average of 5 innings per start over 22 outings, that still gives us 144 innings, which is a lot more optimistic that 115–125. Given all that, I think that 150 innings or so is a responsible cap for this season unless his pitch counts are so low that he can safely absorb a few more innings. Actually, I'd rather do this entire calculation based on pitch counts, easy innings, difficult innings, etc. Teams have computers to do that, but most of the rest of us don't.

Pitchers definitely lose out when an error can't be scored. On the other hand, when an inning continues after it should have been over, they can totally melt down and be completely excused. I think the bottom line in this case is that ERA isn't a perfect stat and attempted fixes won't make it better.

I did the calculation based in having 34.67 innings in 1.5 months, then stretching out to five months. Using an actual calculator vs. simply doing the math mentally like I did before, that turns into 116 innings. What's your methodology for reaching 150—170 innings? Are you assuming a September callup?

I know I'm very much in the minority but I enjoy watching bench clearing brawls and beanball wars. To a point. You don't want a brawl to escalate into punches in the face or something that causes injuries. And you don't want "your" team to be the one receiving a bunch of suspensions. But shoving, wrestling, or plain old yelling can be fun. I always feel that the so-called beanball wars defy logic. You want to "punish" the opponent, yet you reward him by gifting him a base. But whatever. In this game, Fielder was hit in the thigh, and he laughed. Because this is going to be a continuing story and because suspensions and fines are likely to happen, I've split the discussion off into a separate topic.

Craig Counsell said that most parks have spots like that where the lights come into play. He specifically stated that Miller Park has a spot like that in both left and right field. I guess the lighting would part of the home field advantage. Giving Domingo the benefit of the doubt, it's possible that he hasn't been here long enough to experience that situation yet. It's a day game with the roof closed, the lights on, and sun shining through the windows. His approach probably could have been better, but I think the approach would have been fine had the lights not come into play. What I think happened is that he tracked the ball adequately, lost it for a split second, then concluded that it was going to hit him in the face or the head. Possibly an option would have been to plan to field it as a single all along and avoid the extra base situation. But not being the right fielder, it's tough for me to say. As far as the scoring, the bottom line for me is that the hitter got two bases. Whether it's via a 2 base error, a single and an error, or a double doesn't change the game situation.

For reference, here's the original quote. I think this would have worked… He's still being directly quoted, and the meaning hasn't changed. I don't think bracketing to change "do" to "done" is a big deal. It simply a different form of the same verb, and it makes the quote fit the overall sentence.

Josh needs to increase his innings totals before he comes to the majors. He's on a pace to pitch about 125 innings this year, which is approximately the same amount of innings he pitched each the last two seasons. That isn't enough unless the decision is made to turn him into a reliever. It'd be nice to suggest that he can aim for 150 innings this season, but that isn't possible until he can turn his pitch counts into more innings per start.

The Firefox dictionary is pretty deficient. I added "Kenosha" the other day. That should have been in there by default. Of course, some words can't be expected to be defaults. I recently added Nieuwenhuis to both my Firefox and OS X dictionaries.

I think it's possible for a passenger to be very distracting. But I would hope that most reasonable passengers would recognize when a driver needs to keep his eyes and ears on the road and converse accordingly. On the other side of the coin, passengers can be helpful in touchy situations by pointing out hazards, helping with blind spots, and whatnot. Of course, there's a line between what's helpful and what isn't. The habitual backseat driver isn't helpful. I think that one thing that's important to realize is that drivers aren't the best judges of whether or not they're distracted. They can recognize when something's really bad and say to themselves, "Hey self, I'm not paying attention to the road." But it likely takes a lot less than that to actually be distracted. I'm not suggesting that people cut out all hands-free calling. But I do think its use should be limited, and I think that some drivers could cut out many hours of calls. When I think of some of the phone conversations I overhear in public places, it becomes apparent that many calls can wait. My biggest complaint is when people feel that hands-free whatever is "safe." That's a false sense of security. Drivers need to realize that it's a distraction and that under certain driving conditions, the calls should wait. I agree that there's no excuse for not pairing a phone. It can easily be done via either the phone or radio. And because most car radios can handle multiple devices, it's an option even if you borrow someone else's vehicle. For those who truly can't handle it, go to the dealer or radio installer and let them do it. Interestingly, one writer suggests that the answer to all this technology is to have more technology. We now have cruise controls that adjust based on the speed of the car ahead. Crash sensors are coming into the picture. And backup cameras will be required in all vehicles starting in 2018. My personal issue is what to do about my two older cars. They drive like they're new, and I have no desire to replace them. One of them is old enough that it actually has a tape deck. I need to decide if it's a responsible expenditure to upgrade one or both of their radios to something that's appropriate to this decade.

Calling it a "bogus ruling" would indicate that the scorer made an error. One can complain about the scoring rule, but I can't see how one can complain about the scorer's decision.

Matt Played catch May 13, and he's scheduled to throw a bullpen session May 19. As of now, his estimated return date is "possibly June." Source

It was the correct call by the scorer; Domingo didn't touch it. There's no question that he lost the ball in the lights. The Padres announcers said that he took a "nonchalant approach" and made a "mistake," but they didn't say what he might have done differently to possibly make the catch. It looked to me like Domingo ducked to avoid getting hit in the head.