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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hear you. Maybe they should’ve gone hard after Crochet but what other multiple-years-of-control guys were available? Maybe Cease but that was only two years at the time and they got Burnes that offseason. Am I missing a major needle mover with multiple years of control?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He’s really boxing the front office into a corner. They publicly said he’d be back but he’s torching bridges in the clubhouse. How can he get buy-in from players now? How can you possibly bring him back now?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I really don’t understand why Nantz is such a sacred cow there. Analysts always seem better with another partner or regress with him. Ian Eagle and Watt would be a terrific #1 team.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Great information. While it is for THIS year, does correlate with overall results and depth of conference arguments.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
You’re right and I think this is going to mess with the Rams more on the back end. I’ve traveled to Korea a few times and the one time I tried the in and out approach I was messed up on the back end the worst.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m not as high on it as other places. I couldn’t pinpoint it but your comment about it being fully enclosed hits the nail on the head. Maybe that’s why it *feels* more cramped than Wrigley (even before the renovation).
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Cowser and Holliday, as I remember, were projected as good contact hitters when drafted. Cowser has had far more Ks throughout his pro career than I expected so I’m not sure about him. But no doubt Gunnar and Holliday would benefit from getting away from it.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Elias should be fired for this alone. Unbelievable.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Not really.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
That’s awesome. Are these current and former, or just current?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I thought Hyde was fine but nothing great. Somehow Albernaz has not only been bad, but I find him condescending and defensive.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Congrats! Hitting them all is on my bucket list.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Great analysis. The contact rates seem like a red flag. Are you aware of cases where that gets cleaned up as players move up the chain?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What’s the fake element on Aloy?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He’ll probably go 6-13 with a couple of HRs when they play in Baltimore next month.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If it makes you feel any better, the rest of that first round outside of Jackson Merrill and Colson Montgomery has not done much. (BTW, it doesn't make me feel any better.)
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hmm, and the Rays have a better record. Very interesting…
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Very underrated, yes. Top 5, not quite. 😀
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've said O's fans under 50 are amazing! I'm lucky enough to remember the '79-'83 teams when the O's were the envy of baseball. Kudos to you. Also, I'm done with Elias too.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Major shoutout to O’s fans under 50. They’ve taken way too many years off of my life but at least I had 1983. Kudos to all of you!
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great discussion starter. For some reason Elias got away from defense and building a strong bullpen. The ‘22 and ‘23 teams won by keeping games close with a defense that made the starters look better than they were, a shutdown bullpen, and a developing core. That core plateaued & D/pen regressed.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Brilliant! Make it even harder and more expensive to follow my team. Then add to the confusion by making it a one year deal.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Great point. It’s all about risk/reward. When you hire Boras you know you’re taking the high risk - high reward path. The thing is - high risk can also lead to low reward.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Hate to be a Debbie Downer, but the Red Sox feel a lot more legit than the O’s right now. They’ve swept series against the Yankees, Rays, and White Sox in recent weeks. Far more impressive than salvaging a game from the Cubs and then sweeping the Royals and under .500 Astros. Hope I’m wrong.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Opening Day 1985. I was at that game. Cold, windy day and the Orioles couldn’t hit his knuckler. The problem was he couldn’t throw it for strikes. 6 innings, 0 hits allowed, 8 walks, 2 runs allowed including the play pictured after a passed ball.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
All-Star games in all sports have little meaning any more. In the digital era everyone can see highlights from any player/game nearly instantly. Anyone who wants to can watch any game any time if they’re willing to pay. Contracts are worth so much that teams/players don’t want to risk injury.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I actually agree with this guy lol!
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Totally respect the passion of soccer fans. But I just don’t share it.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Statcast can tell us how far a player is off the base, or how far an outfielder ran to catch a ball in an instant, but it can’t tell us if a runner went 3 feet out of his path on a crucial play?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I can’t imagine this ruling standing on appeal, assuming it is appealed somewhere away from Lubbock.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Honestly +18 when you take out their worst six games doesn't feel all that great. That's basically the Cubs. And considering four of those six games are against probably the most talented team in the AL doesn't make me feel much better this far past a brutal rebuild.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Right cities, wrong sport.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
He’s like a lot of baseball “insiders”; he’s loyal to the agents who are his sources.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is the most remarkable (and promising) thing out of the two proposals. It won’t happen until after a lockout begins but I could see a cap-free system with strong incentives for minimum and maximum payrolls (think NBA aprons).
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
As my 13 year old tells me regarding sports - don’t ever get hope!
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Version 2, although I strongly prefer their classic white, gray, and orange (tops only) with cartoon bird hats to any city connects.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
You mean “ex-coach”?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Between the strikeouts and terrible defense, they’re borderline unwatchable.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Do you feel the Orioles have overemphasized exit velocities in their evaluations? How valuable is exit velocity when they just don’t make enough contact? Feels like an organizational issue? Or am I overthinking it?
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
It’s gotta happen. What a waste of a talent.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Start with the GM.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
For all of the bad moves Elias has made since ‘24, the de-emphasis of defense drives me the most crazy. That, along with the inability to put the ball in play offensively, just makes them hard to watch.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Hope is not a strategy. Would think a Yale grad and private equity billionaire could figure that out.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Couldn’t agree more!
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Really struggling to find sympathy here. Dusty has chosen to build his team through this new tool and has done it better than pretty much everyone. Michigan State, Purdue, and Duke are using different tools and are less reliant on the portal. Dusty could use different tools to be successful.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I honestly don’t know, other than it’s not me. 😂 I’m a simple man who loves my cartoon bird hats because it reminds me of the late 70’s/early 80’s teams that I loved as a kid.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
They’re fine. I’m not the target audience. As long as that lifelike bird doesn’t replace the cartoon bird on the primary hats I’m good.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My reference to Mendoza was his HS ranking. He actually wasn’t even a 3-star. He was more highly touted as a transfer but there was even debate as to where he ranked among QBs in the portal that year.
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btown4201.bsky.social @btown4201.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
UM did this too. I would add that they both identified and/or developed 3-stars who became 4-5 stars as they got older. See Yaxel and Fernando. IU football has always had 3-stars but never had this many in line to be drafted.
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