SeaBass

I know Jean-Claude Van Damme is in favor of a split today.

RE: The failed double steal and Murphy doubling down on saying expect more. At worst he has planted the idea in the minds of opposing managers. Teams and players will have this in mind with runners on 1st and 3rd even more than usual. If it creates hesitation in decision making on straight steals of 2nd every little bit helps, yeah? I didn't like the double steal last night and the execution by Sal was awful. Doesn't mean they shouldn't do it again. I'd prefer more straight stealing with Contreras at bat to stay out of the double play. If the runner at 3rd is going to try going home he needs to do better than Sal did last night.

Why are people assuming that the bullpen as currently constructed is going to be the same the whole season? If guys get "burned out" or become less effective due to perceived overuse then they bring in more arms. Call ups from the minors, free agency, trades. I see a lot of griping but you have to believe the organization has a plan. Murphy may be "new" but the guys in the front office are not. Maybe we can wait until July or August to start panicking about running through pitchers instead of April.

We have today and tomorrow vs. the Pirates to try to split the series.

So if fans want a bobblehead they pay a $20 to $30 premium? Honestly that seems like a fair deal. How much do bobbleheads typically go for on ebay? If it's more reasonable than $30 just buy them there and go to a game where the tickets are cheaper. If they're selling for more than $30 (which I suspect they do) the fan is getting good value.

He only had 3 assists. If the traps and double teaming worked in the 2nd half then expect that to become their strategy until he proves it doesn't work. 0 points suggests it works.

Brewers have been pretty firm on Yelich playing OF rather than being a DH so if he's healthy that's where I'd expect he continues playing. If his back is healthy enough to swing a bat and run the bases it's healthy enough to play OF.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to watch the game but it concerns me that Dame was shut down in the 2nd half. I don't know if he spent all his energy in the first half or if Indiana just figured out how to stop him. 7 game series, they're going to need Dame for all four quarters. It doesn't do much good if Indiana can just neutralize Dame at will. Indiana had a bad night shooting, that's not going to happen every night. That said, watching the highlights, that looked fun.

The Burnes trade isn't even complete yet. Still have a high draft pick to make.

I feel like the league had gotten past the strict adherence to using L/R/L/R stuff but I guess not. It feels a bit unnecessary with this roster.

Oh yes, of course I must be the actual jerk, not the guy that spent a week plus making a joke that few, if anyone, could possibly have guessed was a joke. Yeah, I thought you were harassing, bullying, being a jerk to that poster. Didn't I say that in my original post? I did. Those are synonyms. I think I've tried to be fair, I acknowledged there was a misunderstanding (meaning I misunderstood your intent) in my first response to you. You seemed more interested in how I phrased a sentence about a history of use. Which I guess you took as an insult but I was really just trying to make a point that the thumbs down isn't generally used as a joke so how was anyone supposed to know that? Clearly I don't completely accept your explanation of "it was a joke". I seem to need to spell that out because you claim to be baffled why I keep responding to you. I haven't really seen an attempt to answer how people should know what your intent was. I just get a mocking, sarcastic reply complete with using using blue font because that's how I tried to make a correlation between people having difficulty identifying sarcasm in text form and using a thumbs down as a joke being similar to that. And now you are questioning why I might see being mocked as bully behavior or being a jerk as well. I started this by giving an example of someone (anonymously by the way, you chose to jump in and identify yourself) I felt was using the thumbs down in an excessive manner. I stated an opinion why I felt that the feature should be removed. That's it. Do you think I'm saying it's all because of you? I'm not, it's just one instance. I've seen lots of people use it in ways I don't think are productive in the last year since it was added. So far I'm the only one putting a voice to that opinion, it's going to take others to agree or nothing will change and rightfully so. I'm just one person.

Acts like a jerk, gets called out, makes excuses and blames others, attacks anyone that speaks against them. Bully behavior. Sorry if the truth hurts big guy.

Good grief, man. That's what you took from that? I read the forums. I don't read every sub-forum or every topic or every post ever but just going off memory I see how people, including you, have used the thumbs down. I don't have specific memories of what you've thumbed down but I've felt like, in those moments, I've had a good idea why you were using it. Make sense? I've never seen someone thumbs down a specific poster for over a week as a joke. This silly deflection that it should be obvious you were joking makes no sense. We have a blue font for sarcasm, you think people can suddenly catch the vibe of a thumbs down other than "I don't like that"? I'm just not a fan of the thumbs down regardless of who is using it. I've used it myself a few times, probably on some JefferyLeonard type posts but I really couldn't tell you on what. I could do without it which is why I've posted in this forum.

You have a history with the thumbs down that clashes with using it as a joke so I don't know how someone is supposed to make that leap. That's not criticism, the feature exists and you have every right to use it. I felt your use in this case was excessive. Really this type of misunderstanding just accents the simple negative feelings created when using a thumbs down on a message board. I don't think it's productive and would like to see it removed. People on this board really don't have problems voicing when they disagree with others and I think that method is much more healthy for discussion.

It feels easy to assume that once Mizuhara went into debt any winning bets he placed were never actually paid out, they were just applied to debt. The bookie knew he was connected to Ohtani, knew he had access to his accounts and I'm sure had zero issue with wherever the money was coming from as long as payments towards debts were coming in. It would not be surprising to me at all if the bookie came out ahead on all their transactions despite reported "losses" in the millions.

Now that I've looked it up I'm catching what you're putting down.

Daniel Vogelbach? Rowdy Tellez?

I think the thumbs down feature has proven to be more than worthless. I did a search of "thumbs down" and conversations have centered around people using it and griping about people using it. Plus I am currently tracking a situation that I've reported on twice about now where a user is blatantly harassing someone for what I can only assume is their posting style (sigh) by thumbs downing them for 7 days in a row now. Let's get rid of it. Please.

They're also forgetting the #34 overall draft pick and the near $2.7M in pool money that comes with it. Basically still a PTBNL to be determined plus the many ways they can choose to use the extra pool money.

The thought of trading Giannis hurts but we're entering the period in his career where his body is already starting to break down, so much wear and tear with his style of play. Getting value now might not be the worst idea. However, I'm not sure I trade him unless he wants out. He's an icon, he made the Bucks relevant and brought Milwaukee a championship. Maybe the front office decides to call his bluff and make moves he may not love and see if he asks for a trade. I just can't fathom running it back unless they really get good pieces from Middleton and Dame trades.

Sure, I can think of better circumstances but it also definitely could have been much worse. There could have been men on base, or it happens in the playoffs, etc. Early April in a game where they never held a lead isn't that awful. The point is making sure it doesn't ever happen again.

Frelick made a terrible error in judgement but if anything the result of that play is all he needs to have the lesson hammered home. I don't think one mistake reflects on his ability to be a plus defender in center field or any outfield position.

That was not a professional decision by Frelick.