Jimbo

Superlatives, anyone? Instant classic Video game futbol What else?

Yes, it's been a great World Cup. However, I'm ready to watch baseball again. :) And to follow up, Kansas City was a wonderful experience. Well organized for the most part. Fun being a part of the world coming together for a party.

OFF: P Rob Zastryzny, 60-day IL ON: P Lance McCullers Jr., acquired P Colton Gordon, acquired The 40-man roster is full.

OFF: P Easton McGee, DFA P Brandon Woodruff, 60-day IL OF Greg Jones, DFA ON: P Bryse Wilson, signed SS Braden Shewmake, acquired The 40-man roster is at 39.

I'm getting close to retirement and I say just get it over with. I'm mentally prepared for it.

OFF: OF Brandon Lockridge, 60-day IL ON: OF Greg Jones, selected The 40-man roster is full.

ON: P Garrett Stallings, selected The 40-man roster is full.

Man of the Match: Garrett Mitchell (WPA = +0.17).

Plate appearances that move the win probability 20 points or more either way. Contreras 6 big hits, 1 bad hit Bauers 5 big hits, 1 bad hit Mitchell 4 big hits Turang 4 big hits, 1 bad hit Perkins 3 big hits Yelich 3 big hits Vaughn 2 big hits, 1 bad hit Chourio 2 big hits, 1 bad send Frelick 1 big hit Harrison 1 big hit Lockridge 1 big hit Sanchez 1 big hit, 2 bad hits

When win prob <10% 2-31 When win prob >90% 50- 1

Some numbers that I track that I can share. Man of the Match: Misiorowski 7.0-1.0 Contreras 6.0-2.5 Harrison 5.5-0.0 Turang 4.0-0.0 Mitchell 3.0-0.0 Vaughn 3.0-0.0 Sprout 3.0-2.0 Frelick 2.5-0.3 Yelich 2.0-0.0 Bauers 2.0-0.3 Ortiz 1.5-1.3 Chourio 1.0-0.0 Kuhnel 1.0-0.0 Ashby 1.0-1.0 Anderson 1.0-1.0 Rengifo 1.0-1.0 Woodruff 1.0-1.0 Zerpa 1.0-1.0 Gasser 1.0-2.0 Megill 1.0-3.0 Patrick 1.0-5.0 Hamilton 0.5-0.5 Crow 0.0-1.0 Koenig 0.0-1.0 Matos 0.0-1.0 Sanchez 0.0-1.0 Drohan 0.0-2.0 Uribe 0.0-2.0 Offense 25.0-15.5 Starters 14.0- 5.0 Relievers 11.0-10.5 TOTAL 50.0-31.0

I'm not aware of a similar term for baseball, so I borrowed it from another sport (I suppose football has "game ball"). I've used the term a couple of times in the past on this forum.

Man of the Match: Joey Ortiz (WPA = +0.20).

Ugh! No Renaldo. No Fernandes. I wanted to party with the Portuguese. However, the Colombians look fun as well. Looked like they had the better team.

Man of the Match: Garrett Mitchell (WPA = +0.32).