MLB News & Notes (other than Cubs or Sox)

[mrfelina]

That uppercut swing seems to be more prevalent now with the kids coming up, like Bryant's.

 

The notion of getting it in the air instead of just hitting it hard is as big as it's ever been.

[Butcher]

I just watched the highlights of the brewers game. They balked home the winning run.

[jstraw]

I just watched the highlights of the brewers game. They balked home the winning run.

 

That's beautiful. I want to know the name of the ump that called the balk. Was the call legit?

[Butcher]

 

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I just watched the highlights of the brewers game. They balked home the winning run.

 

That's beautiful. I want to know the name of the ump that called the balk. Was the call legit?

 

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It was 100% legit. The Twins had a runner on third, but the Brewers were employing a shift. So there was nobody close to 3B at all. The pitcher was way closer to the runner than any other defender. And the runner was totally fucking with him. It got in the pitcher's head and he clearly balked. The runner knew it before the ump even called it; he just started walking home.

[jstraw]

Imagine how Brewers fans felt.

 

No, really...imagine it.

 

Hee.

[Brock]

Kato didn't like it at all.

[chshdsck]

The balk occurred because the Cubs postponed that game in May.

 

Seriously, they're still bitter that game was called. It was "cheater's proof" when they killed us in the make-up game.

[Kid]

2 hours, 38 minutes between posts about what people are saying in Wisconsin.

[Butcher]

https://twitter.com/Kato_Kaelin/status/8...7003982848

https://twitter.com/Kato_Kaelin/status/8...7003982848

[Butcher]

I don't know why that appears twice.

[Kid]

Kato blocked me on Twitter for making a joke about him throwing in the towel on the season, specifically a bloody towel he was asked to hide.

[funkster]

You make one little mistake in your life...

[Brock]

I was irrationally excited when Kato liked two of my responses.

[Butcher]

Kato blocked me on Twitter for making a joke about him throwing in the towel on the season, specifically a bloody towel he was asked to hide.

[chshdsck]

Sure would be nice if both these Brewers' and StL scores hold up on the cubs travel day.