Tempers flaring in the heat

Definitely a more fun night at the ballpark than last night. Lets take the series tomorrow

Rangers pitcher was a little *****... He was mad about his own mistake being smashed and was already barking at Laureano before he even had a chance to show him up. He had taken 2 steps before the Ranger was yelling at him.

Could you imagine:

WS Game 7. Greinke pitches a no hitter and cranks a homerun at Dodgers stadium, only this time the name on his jersey says "Houston".

redline248 said:

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It looks to me like the A's player is jawing at the pitcher first.

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Yeah. Laureano was slowly walking and jawing and pointing at his bat. It looked like that's when Sampson told him to start running. Laureano walked 2/3 of the way to 1B. He earned whatever bruise he got.

I wonder if that was a carry over from yesterday?

Random comment on the Laureno homer, no idea if true

redline248 said:

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It looks to me like the A's player is jawing at the pitcher first.

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True. I didn't see that one right. Laureano definitely instigated it this time.

That being said, what a stupid, meaningless thing to do walking off the field, to go out of your way to step on a bat (of the guy who didn't even show you up). Sampson fits in perfectly with the Rangers.

so Greinke would be under contract thru the 2021 season.

he's set to make $35 MM in 2020 and another $35 MM in 2021. Whoa.

AZ would have to kick in at least $10 MM per season and maybe $15 MM per season for the Astros to absorb that contract. And of course that means adios Cole.

I think AZ would still carry some of the luxury tax part of the payroll

W said:

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so Greinke would be under contract thru the 2021 season.

he's set to make $35 MM in 2020 and another $35 MM in 2021. Whoa.

AZ would have to kick in at least $10 MM per season and maybe $15 MM per season for the Astros to absorb that contract. And of course that means adios Cole.

I think AZ would still carry some of the luxury tax part of the payroll

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It is indeed a hefty contract. But the more and better prospects the Dbacks get in return, the more of that Greinke contract money they'll be willing to eat.

What kind of idiot pitcher throws at a guy when down by only one with guys on base already?

Yeah, I know

Rosenthal's comments of Astros in his piece in the Athletic this morning

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The Astros backed off Syndergaard partly because of their reluctance to lose Kyle Tucker, who looms as a piece of their future outfield with both Michael Brantley and Josh Reddick free agents after 2020.

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Designed to drive other teams into a panic move and overspend

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I really hope Tucker pans out how they are thinking.

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Everyone compares him to Yelich. Of course if you go back five or six years you can find articles arguing if Jake or Jackie Bradley are better and projecting Jake to eventually be McCutchen lite.

It's scary either way. Scary thinking that we could pass on an ace SP for what might amount to an average MLB outfielder but also scary to think how much we'd hate it if we had traded Yordan. TBH I didn't really know who Yordan was a year ago and now I wouldn't want to trade him for any player in major-league baseball.

Harry Dunne said:

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n_touch said:

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I really hope Tucker pans out how they are thinking.

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Everyone compares him to Yelich. Of course if you go back five or six years you can find articles arguing if Jake or Jackie Bradley are better and projecting Jake to eventually be McCutchen lite.

It's scary either way. Scary thinking that we could pass on an ace SP for what might amount to an average MLB outfielder but also scary to think how much we'd hate it if we had traded Yordan. TBH I didn't really know who Yordan was a year ago and now I wouldn't want to trade him for any player in major-league baseball.

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Yep. It's a big gamble. It's why if you win just a few more trades than you lose you are elite.

Watching E:60 with Jeremy Schapp and Sammy Sosa

Hilarious once Sammy got questioned about steroid use

Another it for NYY. Makes getting a starting pitcher even more important

astros4545 said:

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Watching E:60 with Jeremy Schapp and Sammy Sosa

Hilarious once Sammy got questioned about steroid use

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Summary of this part?

Ag_07 said:

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I hope whatever team they trade with uses their leverage and gets a shlt ton from the Yanks.

I'm so sick of them getting players for nothing

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tjholley16 said:

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Definitely a more fun night at the ballpark than last night. Lets take the series tomorrow

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Here for the finale. Since you've been in town a couple of days, any food or good brew pub location you'd recommend near the stadium?

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tjholley16 said:

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Definitely a more fun night at the ballpark than last night. Lets take the series tomorrow

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Here for the finale. Since you've been in town a couple of days, any food or good brew pub location you'd recommend near the stadium?

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Check out Midwest live and cardinals nation. It's right behind the center field fence outside of the stadium. Great place to pregame ... has a college football type of atmosphere. You walk out and you're at the entrance gate to busch. If you want brewery... we went to morgan Street brewery for lunch yesterday. It's about 0.8 miles from busch. But Midwest live is the spot I'd go pregame

Bottom 1 in Washington. Young ump rings up Nats batter in a high strike. Guy barked but was walking back to dugout and gets tossed. So does manager.

Young umps are in the spotlight.

Granted Im only a HS football official, but 99 percent of the time it's never a good thing when people know your name as an official. These guys are trying to be bigger than the game. However I'll also say that society as a whole thinks they can talk or act however they want towards an official, who whether you like them or not they are an authoritative figure and deserve respect. It goes both ways