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So J.A. Happ is using a repertoire that would make a lot of AAA pitchers blush. And despite this off-putting toolbox, he is getting Doug Fister results. Here, let's lay a few stats under one another:
there are #Whales and sea #Lions. #Single
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Q. First, the most important saber question of all: how is he in the 'Chemistry' department?
A. Looks like Cliff Lee standin' still, don' he? Gorgeous! repeatable motion ... not repeatable, repeating. With repeating release point, 'ain't no thang' body language and all the trimmings. He don't pitch as good as Cliff Lee did, but he thinks he does, and it's better to look good than to feel good.
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Q. The pennant is almost out of sight. Quickly, Duncan, the strengths.
A. The things that have gone wrong have been as transient as an Alaskan Way panhandler, those being the lousy pitching of Paxton, Iwakuma and Taijuan. The things that have gone right have considerably more traction, those being the 2015 versions of Ackley, Smith, Cruz, et al.
Keep playing like this, let the rotation settle in to provide the electrical surge, and Dr. D's calculations show a clompfest through the AL West.
But then, Frankenstein was never supposed to be a sedate bedtime story. There could be a house fire or two we need to jump out of along the way.
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Q. How much time does Rodney get before they go to the shot-put guy?
A. SSI doesn't see that Rodney is throwing the ball any differently than he ever does. Rick sez "they're hitting some real good pitches." I'll go with "it was 23 straight saves before he blew that one." But Rick said it better.
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Friend-of-POTUS sez,
#Strange #Animals, #Rat #Weather, #Whale #Space #Travel! #Villon #Single
Unless the Enterprise shows up in 2015 for some reason. Like maybe to rescue some #Whales or something like that. #Single #takingnote...
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Q. Where was David Rollins when last sighted, and did the March 15th game change anything?
A. Rollins pounds a wicked overhand heater and has little to go with it. You can organize your thinking if you go "the young Matt Thornton with a skosh less stuff and miles better polish."
Rollins' fastball is special. That would only make sense, 'cause you have Rule 5'ed a guy who has nothing BUT a fastball. As compared to (say) Roenis' Elias' fastball, you've got:
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... By having something on the audio that you would listen to anyway. Even if you weren't in a car. Remember Ray Charles' wit and wisdom: you don't watch TV; you listen to it. :- ) Traffic jam time is TV time.
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In today's ballgame, Chris Taylor has another 2-for-2 going as we speak. He hit the following up-and-in* pitch to RIGHT field for a ringing triple:
