[lex24]

I had to look up the coconut oil reference.  I wish I hadn't.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/11/02/philli...ward-eskin

BC

Kepler also blogged that it was important to let the boys out in the sun so they can get tanned. Helps you stay strong.  The guy bolloxed the harrassment claim; had a blog that sounded like it was written by a teenager and was a lousy manager in his two years with the Phillies. When, not if, the Giants stink next year, the fans will blame who they always blame- the manager. Whether justified or not. And Kapler will have no good will to draw on.  Which is why he was a poor hire.

 Today’s manager simply needs to be able to sell the players to what the GM wants, and follow what the computer tells them. The front office and their mathematicians run the show and the game.  There were others up to that task.  Without the baggage. There is a reason Kershaw told the Dodgers brass not to hire the guy.

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Brand-new article today expanding the scope of MLB's sign-stealing controversy. Massive implications. Co-written by...Ken Rosenthal.

https://theathletic.com/1510673/2020/01/...y-in-2018/

Cheating in Boston? Say it ain't so. . . ..

Cheating in baseball is as American as Apple Pie. The ‘51 Giants had a guy in the CF scoreboard stealing signs with a set of binoculars during the latter part of the season. When they caught the Bums after trailing by 13 1/2 games on Aug 1.  Ive read they hit better on the road during that stretch. BobK or Phogge can tell us if that’s true.

[lex24]

I had to look up the coconut oil reference.  I wish I hadn't.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/11/02/philli...ward-eskin

BC

Kepler also blogged that it was important to let the boys out in the sun so they can get tanned. Helps you stay strong.  The guy bolloxed the harrassment claim; had a blog that sounded like it was written by a teenager and was a lousy manager in his two years with the Phillies. When, not if, the Giants stink next year, the fans will blame who they always blame- the manager. Whether justified or not. And Kapler will have no good will to draw on.  Which is why he was a poor hire.

 Today’s manager simply needs to be able to sell the players to what the GM wants, and follow what the computer tells them. The front office and their mathematicians run the show and the game.  There were others up to that task.  Without the baggage. There is a reason Kershaw told the Dodgers brass not to hire the guy.

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Brand-new article today expanding the scope of MLB's sign-stealing controversy. Massive implications. Co-written by...Ken Rosenthal.

https://theathletic.com/1510673/2020/01/...y-in-2018/

Cheating in Boston? Say it ain't so. . . ..

Cheating in baseball is as American as Apple Pie. The ‘51 Giants had a guy in the CF scoreboard stealing signs with a set of binoculars during the latter part of the season. When they caught the Bums after trailing by 13 1/2 games on Aug 1.  Ive read they hit better on the road during that stretch. BobK or Phogge can tell us if that’s true.