Ha! The slow buildup while following the trajectory—Who will it be?—was wholly paid off by the reveal.
Ha! The slow buildup while following the trajectory—Who will it be?—was wholly paid off by the reveal.
Pearl Jam - “Rearviewmirror” - Live on SNL (1994)
I don’t think he’s gonna make it. Johnny Damon was a better player and a huge part of a legendary squad, yet he fell off the ballot on his first try.
He’ll be fine. Pitchers have adjusted to pound him inside with fastballs that he has struggled to connect on, especially from the left side. He will adjust soon enough.
They’re not merely cheap, per se. Rather, they cynically extract every bit of surplus value of labor based on rules designed to exploit young productive talent, then when said young productive talent earn the right to fair wages instead of further investing on their own squad they shamelessly sell off any part that…
“Voidable Guarantees”
+2
The man is decidedly not funny, which makes him hilariously funny.
I work three blocks from there and have never had the inclination to visit because it would just bum me out. :(
I liked the part where your post devolved from a semi-factually accurate statement (only semi because it elides what he does with his legs and physicality) to a truthsayer's manifesto.
“And this will be a little secret between us, promise?”
Too soon, forever and always.
Don’t be this guy.
If Trout were allowed to take 40% of the team’s at bats like how Russ dominated OKC’s usage, then Angels would no doubt be significantly better. Alas. (Btw, relief pitching is the one area where a single dominant player can take a huge portion of his team’s high-leverage innings, day after day. This becomes abundantly…
They left them all at home.