SpaceCityAg05 said:

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I don't hold Dana Brown accountable for Dusty's obstinence. Regardless of titles or what is said to the media, it has been made crystal clear that Dusty's only boss is Crane.

I do think Dusty cultivates a lack of urgency. I don't think it is fair to attribute that to Brown.

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Ding, ding, ding!! It's obvious Dana has no say in "certain" decisions.

Blue moon event with maldy right there

Cardinals are trading Jordan Hicks to the Blue Jays per sources.

— Craig Mish (@CraigMish) July 30, 2023

Blue Jays replacing the injured Jordon Romano.

W said:

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yes, and the players know that

like the video clip yesterday of Matt Chapman asking his manager why they pitched to Ohtani

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I get what you're saying, but I just highly doubt that any of the guys looked at that lineup card and felt like they were handicapped. Maldy is bad. They all know it. But one guy at the bottom of the lineup with the rest of the lineup being as good as it can be AND a guy like Littell on the mound…0 runs with only 5 hits is a joke.
Abreu makes that play in the 1st inning and this is probably a 2-0 game right now. Bielak is doing exactly what Bielak does the majority of the time. He's going to give up hits and walk a few, so you HAVE to play great defense behind him. The same exact thing happened to him in his last start.

Odd to do that with Siri batting and Pudgy on base

Since we're down 6-0, let's play devil's advocate.

Diaz starts every game the rest of the year, but only if Maldonado plays every third day at first base the rest of the year. Do you do it?

it will be interesting to see if Dana starts distancing himself from Dusty as the season moves into its final weeks

as the Astros still trail the Rangers

Rays opener...going for the win

Solid 1 pitch AB from Maldy

Yes. As long as he still bats ninth.

This pitcher hasn't threw this many pitches in 5 years…..

hit #3 for Altuve

we may have to start the 2,000 countdown soon

tjack16 said:

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We need to sweep Cleveland.. but my guess is we win the first two, have a chance to take 1st on Wednesday and then get the Dusty special

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Have you looked at the entire next month of the schedule? It's going to make or break the season, that's for sure.
Cleveland
NYY
Baltimore
LAA
Miami
Seattle
Boston
That's a heck of a tough stretch where we HAVE to gain some ground. Really if you look at the entire remaining schedule, outside of Detroit, Oakland, and KC…we're definitely going to have to earn our spot.

W said:

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hit #3 for Altuve

we may have to start the 2,000 countdown soon

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matching his number, as far as hits to go.

Pena singles

need Tucker to break the 0-fer

There we go tucker!

Tucker doubles down the LF line

nice

Tucker has gotten pretty good at that inside out swing.

Hit parade

Bregman will the leg single RBI ground out

need a big swing from Yordan now

The stubby legged engine that could

He's out

I think he's out

**** he's out

Clearly out

That is close, but I think he's out

How is Bregman so slow

So effing slow

OKCAg2002 said:

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Tucker has gotten pretty good at that inside out swing.

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Tucker's evolution as a hitter the last few years has been pretty remarkable. He doesn't have a ton of power to the opposite field, but he has become such a smart hitter.