<p>Jerry DiPoto to interview. DiPoto can deal with some nonsense. His boss, Moreno, signs or fires players, like Josh #Hamilton, on his own. His underling, Sciosca, refuses to deploy the shift. Sciosca apparently doesn't believe in it.</p>
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Ketel Marte was given a force out at 2B on the most blatant phantom tag we have seen in years. The Rangers, who of course believe in the spirit of the phantom tag and who of course use it themselves, were moved to protest. The way Some NL Team was moved to protest against Carter Capps' "Red Rover, Red Rover Send Carter On Over" pitching motion.
The umps held up the game, reviewed it, saw that Marte was a minimum of 3-4 feet away from any base in the stadium, and then sagely ruled Hamilton out. So why did they review anything?
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Who knows where Brad Miller ranks among the top 25 Young Players In Baseball, or whether he does. BJOL doesn't post the stats. But the Logo is sure doin' good by Mariner standards.
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"Anonymous" wrote us a happenin' little e-book in the Shout Box. As he knows, such Shouts are always subject to echoes, so 'ave at thee, varlet. (About once every six months, SSI gets a new visitor who (1) delivers one interesting idea per sentence, (2) is easier than Amy Adams to get along with, (3) has an eerie sense of proportion and (4) is either Kevin Mather or some other b'wana who gets into Safeco on an entry badge. That's why we always encourage "anonymous" to sign is as "Guest123", so that we can herd the feisty amigos clear of him.)
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Nelson Cruz sits at +4.25 wins added (WPA), above an average ML player (2.0 WAR in 2015) such as Kurt Suzuki, Brian McCann or David Freese. In that sense, Cruz has been worth +5 WAR in the first half of the season.
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and where is Linda #Hamilton #NJWriter #Single
This is an experiment.
If I can get to where I can whip out something like this in a half hour or so, then I'll try to do it frequently as part of the DOV2 family of networks.
