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You'd figure that O'Brien would get some pillow talk from Anthopoulos from all of the spooning Dave wants to do with him. Hopefully they will get a bench coach that at least has knowledge of how a slide rule works. For you youngsters, the slide rule was our hand calculator before the ones that...

Has Shanks weighed in? I was hoping for a fresh slate from the manager on down to the coaching staff and the minor league development staff. I have nothing against Weiss personally, but as others have said there are already enough dinosaurs in the La Brea tarpits. We don't need another...

How many openings remain? Lehman will likely have options to consider. From the Braves angle, Lehman may the first choice with Lombard a fallback.

I'm curious which way the Twins will go. As the article points out, they may try to augment the existing roster with the money they shedd at the deadline or they may just shed some more and go full rebuild. If they take the latter route, that would probably mean they would take offers on...

But Anthopoulos did this to himself to some extent. As I've written before, each of the extensions makes sense when considered individually, but it's the sum of them that has bumped them up to the next threshold and if ownership doesn't want to exceed that amount the team is stuck to some...

Don't forget Jimenez.

Agree, but I hope that there is a serious sit-down to talk about roster construction. Look at the Dodgers. They have a set of guys that can not only play multiple positions, but play them well. Braves simply do not have that and that really limits in-game maneuvering.

Did Barger get deaked? I know the noisemeter was in the deep red on Lonnie's miscue, but when in doubt, look for the ball.

If you're talking about Barger, that's a Little League baserunning mistake. He's not scoring on that if it falls, so why go halfway?

Fans' pulses went up a whole two beats up here in Minnesota with this announcement. Shelton does have experience with the Twins as bench coach under Molitor and one year under Baldelli. He also interviewed for the position prior to Baldelli being hired. So, there is familiarity there but this...

Good point. That would make sense.

If you're talking about having the runner on 2nd at the start of each extra inning, he may try but it would be stupid to do that in the wake of a classic game. I think the rule makes sense in the regular season to save wear and tear on players (especially pitching staffs), but I think last...

Depends on how the rest of his contract plays out, but having memorable moments on the big stage certainly puts an image in fans' minds. Reggie Jackson was on as many World Series winners with the A's as he way with the Yankees, but his three-HR night against the Dodgers in Game 6 of the 1977...

Curious at a level. It's hard to pin much--if any--blame on Davis unless they have identified something that they believe is contributing heavily to arm problems. He's probably not the one who is rushing guys who aren't ready into the bigs. Braves have done a good job with reclamation...

And made him in all likelihood the highest paid player in the minor leagues at $6 MM per year for two years.

Roberts has already hinted at retirement.

If the Dodgers win it all, I predict Roberts will retire and Lehman will be the new Dodgers' manager. Snitker was nowhere close to being a genius when it came to in-game maneuvers. I thought his bullpen usage patterns were odd more than anything that he did with the bench largely because...

Check his stats during the 2021 run.

Good question. Anthopoulos can be a sphinx on a lot of issues and I would be curious to see his answer to this question.