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    Watching a Baseball Hit Your Bat

    I hate to say an article of this type is riveting but it was just that. Well thought out experiment right down to marking the sweet spots of the bats and the combination of pitch types and speeds. I'll pass this along. Thanks.
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    Tom Werner named a finalist for MLB Commissioner

    Thoughts from Faye Vincent:  (audio)   https://soundcloud.com/mlbnetworkradio/former-commissioner-fay-vincent-says-relationship-w-union-most-important-in-commissioner-search
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    Jackie Bradley, Jr. - Help

      Pretty sobering article. God if he wasn't so stellar offensively this wouldn't be the least bit agonizing. The RS have someone pretty special here lights to  in the field but so tentative at the bat.  It's so easy for the video guys to cue up every pitch and every count a player doesn't handle...
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    Coaching staff discussion

      I keep thinking of exactly this finely tuned focus and attention to detail  every time there has been a base running gaff this year or a batter with two on and nobody failing to score or even worse move the runners. Sometimes their failure to score has seemed statistically impossible or...
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    The premature re-signing Lester thread

    Yep, no Kershaw money but his success as a post season pitcher and his new found maturity factor (maybe there's still hope for Clay) makes me think he's in the 5yr/115 range for as far as the RS should go. He's never been the 20 game winner, but he's durable and damn he seems like he's only...
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    Schilling Diagnosed with Cancer

      Good thoughts to you and yours. Scary real life stuff. 
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    Let's Talk about the manager -- The John Farrell Thread

      Agree...Britton seems to soil his pants still under certain circumstances.