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Post by sittingstill on Sept 24, 2023 11:16:49 GMT -5
Worcester season ended with not one but two rainouts. Salem ended with two rainouts, too (even if they technically got two innings in on the last day that were officially erased). With Portland losing its second to last game to the weather, only Greenville had a clean finish to the regular season.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 24, 2023 9:45:39 GMT -5
This is the way the season ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 21, 2023 14:54:38 GMT -5
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 19, 2023 15:41:59 GMT -5
Abe Alvarez shall never be forgotten! No one I have photos of will ever be forgotten. I don't remember how I found the site--maybe a mention in the Globe? I know it was before Cla Meredith made his ill-fated debut in 2005, because he was the first prospect I saw at Fenway after following him in the minors. I don't think I actually posted before July 2007 when I shared photos of Clay Buchholz with the PawSox.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 17, 2023 17:36:12 GMT -5
Bringing Frank German in for the 8th was a little unsporting imo. In 2010 the Altoona Curve faced Trenton in the Eastern League Championship and Trenton's Game 1 starter was the rehabbing Andy Pettitte. Chase d'Arnaud homered off him and earned a permanent place in my heart.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 17, 2023 10:38:31 GMT -5
Dobbins apparently starting in Portland.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 16, 2023 8:25:34 GMT -5
Worcester's game should be at 4:00pm.
Portland would have been a 1:00pm game, but in any event it's been cancelled (and will not be made up). It's extremely windy here and I suspect they don't want to encourage people to travel.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 14, 2023 20:23:02 GMT -5
I don't disagree, fundamentally, but I do think doing it in the majors is a different situation.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 14, 2023 19:43:31 GMT -5
Commentary in the Greenville broadcast that after Alejandro Osuna struck out to end the top of the 5th he had to be held back while expressing his extreme displeasure with someone in Greenville's dugout (perhaps but not necessarily Monegro). I love his enthusiasm and his expressive reactions to getting outs but I do wonder a bit if it's going to get him into trouble as he moves up levels.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 14, 2023 9:39:05 GMT -5
If you have been looking forward to Portland's Field of Dreams promotion, be there Friday night! Hurricane Lee forcing them to move the festivities up by a day so no one gets killed by windblown cornstalks.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 13, 2023 19:49:22 GMT -5
Estrellas drafted Bleis but their tweet is text-only.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 13, 2023 19:47:49 GMT -5
Toros drafted Allan Castro but were much less creative with the tweet.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 13, 2023 19:43:34 GMT -5
Quiet here tonight! Portland up 15-4 in the 7th and calling in some guys for the second shift (Esplin in for Jordan, Lugo in for Anthony). Pretty solid effort right down the lineup.
Meanwhile, LIDOM draft is tonight; Licey has drafted Yordanny Monegro.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 10, 2023 12:54:39 GMT -5
Mullins started for Salem but the word is that they will use 7 pitchers today after yesterday's cancellation. Mullins in his second inning now so tune in soon if you'd like the full buffet live. Now that I've said that, a) Zack Kelly and Frank German have been the pitchers (the latter just began his inning), and it's raining, and sounds a bit ominous. Edit: officially tarpaulin time.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 10, 2023 12:27:44 GMT -5
Mullins started for Salem but the word is that they will use 7 pitchers today after yesterday's cancellation. Mullins in his second inning now so tune in soon if you'd like the full buffet live.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 3, 2023 13:28:12 GMT -5
I was waiting for the split in interpretations here. Gotta credit the original IMO.
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Post by sittingstill on Sept 1, 2023 15:48:38 GMT -5
Zack Kelly making a rehab appearance for Greenville this evening. This is not why I came to Greenville. (At least it's not Joely Rodriguez again.)
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 31, 2023 19:38:25 GMT -5
Nice tidy 1 hour and 20 minute game in game 1 of the Greenville doubleheader. I am guessing this possibility is why the announcement of the doubleheader specified that Game 2 would not start earlier than 7pm (the original start time).
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 30, 2023 19:04:00 GMT -5
Greenville also postponed with a doubleheader tomorrow, despite my hopes that the DH would be Friday. Looks like a great day tomorrow instead of a rainy one.
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 29, 2023 10:21:12 GMT -5
Ian is down in Greenville for the week, although I guess the weather looks bad the next 2 days. Wet today and tomorrow, better Thursday, fine Friday - I am less than an hour north - it's been a deluge. If they reschedule anything as a doubleheader, they should definitely plan for what looks like beautiful weather Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday. Incidentally, I will also be in Greenville Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (Though I do have mixed feelings--if Song pitches tonight I would probably see a weekend outing but if he's delayed to Weds/Thurs it's dubious.)
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 28, 2023 21:03:44 GMT -5
May as well put position players in to pitch. When they came back from commercial break with the camera on Rafaela I honestly thought "wait--they wouldn't..."
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 26, 2023 22:41:14 GMT -5
The pitch challenge system is fast. I would rather have full robo umps, but I think there is a reasonable argument that it's more fun to create this mini-game where challenges are a strategic resource to be managed. It's supposed to be 100% the player's decision right? Some hot head will waste one and everyone will get mad at him, some players will have a perfect record. It could possibly be fun. I believe the idea is that you have to call for the challenge immediately, so there's no time to consult the dugout. (Which also negates one of the issues raised in the article, that supposedly someone could be watching the broadcast for the K-zone and signal the player in time to make a challenge.) Every challenge I've seen has been within 2-3 seconds of the umpire's call. And I totally agree that it can be a fun strategic element of the game.
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 26, 2023 19:41:38 GMT -5
Great play by Meidroth. Heck of a game in Portland tonight--wishing I'd gone up, even if the hotel rates were fearsome.
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 24, 2023 20:34:21 GMT -5
Salem wins via walkoff on a dropped third strike; Jhostynxon Garcia made it to first and Asigen scored from third.
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Post by sittingstill on Aug 13, 2023 8:03:06 GMT -5
We have Jogly Brayan García's DOB as 2/23/03, and MiLB has Jogly Alfonzo García born 9/8/03, and the followup tweet from Leones describes them as both "brothers" and "twins," which would seem to be a puzzle.
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