<p>Interestingly, I just searched the #Toronto newspapers' sports pages assuming there would be a hue and cry about Revere's at bat, but there was not single headline about it, not even a mention in the game articles!! I'm dumbfounded. Did the reporters not even watch the game and base their articles upon online play-by-play? How can this be? The TV broadcast cut to Revere pounding away with his bat on a trash can. But apparently this kind of travesty is so commonplace it's ho-hum.</p>
<p>Ben Revere and Jays were ROBBED in the 9th inning last night. 2-1 count, tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position with one out, a struggling Wade Davis sails a fastball easily 6 inches off the plate outside and up. Ump calls it a strike, making what should have been a 3-1 count a 2-2 count instead. Revere forced into defensive mode instead of offensive mode, flails at a breaking ball and strikes out. A livid Revere is seen in the dugout hammering away on a trash can with his bat.
<p>Based on what I've read, Bud Black looks like a strong possibility in #Washington, and Joey Cora is getting favorable press in #San_Diego, so the field might narrow quickly. DeMarlo Hale is another guy that has coached with Bogar and was interviewed when McClendon was hired if my memory serves.
<p>That's where I am, Matt. Mostly because I think that's the way the M's will operate. I love Pompey, but #Toronto is probably not going to cut a guy like that lose without us ponying up large pitching talent. A guy like Jay is a great fit, then. MId-level $ and likely swapable. I have been pretty confident that the M's will let Morrison go in favor of Trumbo at 1B, but I am less sure today, for some reason. I wouldn't be surprised at a Morrison/Montero deal in '16 now.
<p>It's fun being in the hunt numerically, but there are too many teams between #Houston and the Ms. And they all play each other. </p>
<p>Is there any AL team that can stick with the Dodgers, Cardinals, or even Pirates? KC faltering, #Toronto is scary offensively even without Tulo, but beyond Price they can't match up.</p>
<p>If you read the Nightengale material Ice linked us to it sounds an awful lot like Williams is likely already a done deal, the only exception being if Williams decides instead to opt for #Toronto. In other words, the M's have offered the position to Williams. The only potential holdup is on Williams' end. I...can't...believe...it. Perhaps the new M's motto is, "Embrace Mediocrity-- It Feels Good!"</p>
<div class="indented">Reply - mickiholley - 11/1/15 7:05am<br>about sums it up</div>
