Happy Buxton day!
That's right, our long nightmare is over. Byron Buxton has returned. It's hard to overstate how much better having our favorite fleetfooted fielder back helps matters, but let me try...
With Buxton, we are basically assured of winning the World Series. Without him, we'd be hard pressed to stay out of the cellar.
Marwin is back, too, and I've got to say, he was missed quite a bit, too. Having a guy who can play six positions while providing a bit of power and fair contact skills adds a lot of value. GGettingboth of these guys back on the same day makes this team a LOT better, instantly.
As Philo noted, Berrios did his job of giving the bullpen a break yesterday, now it's time to capitalize with a nice winning streak heading into the all star game.
I will say that "Drill Sergeant" seems like a slight step up from "Carnival Barker". I haven't heard it nine thousand times yet, though.
We have to win on Harmon Day, don't we?
Ahhh. I remember this feeling.
CRUZ!!!!!!!
point for Twayn!
That's what we're talkin' about
Marwin does not look healthy
I read he kind of said as much.
That makes it even more strange.
Nolan Pineda strikes out the side?!
Wait, what? Cuddyer is in the Twins HOF? As what, club magician?
That was a trick, wasn't it?
Nice to see Cruz raking today.
Lol Cruz. Fun to watch.
Good lord, it's 17-13 in London. Closer to the NFL games they're used to.
Yanks feel at home in the bandbox there
White Sox really are running a DH out there with a batting average starting with "0"? They would be better off with a Tyny DH.
He had 14 MLB PAs entering today's game.
Ah.
Switching to radio feed to listen to Dan talk about catching the foul ball for the next 3 innings.
No doubt.
Dazz still with leathah.
Inspiring the bomba!
My trust in Mike keeping this a game is on thin ice. But my fingers are crossed
He dun good.
Back from the pool. Man was not meant to live in such heat.
heat i can take. it's the damned humidity that kills me.
Come to the Sacramento "dessert". We have some sweet, sweet dry heat.
I'm thinking the arctic circle sounds nice right about now.
2MAX
ZweiMax
Max Factor!
Double the max pleasure
RBIed for pleasure.
Good to have Kep back healthy.
Gotta love a little two-out rally.
CruuuUuUuuzzzin.
The lineup has retired the ass-bats and brought out the bad-ass-bats
Make me a winner, CJ
Cruz is a cold blooded raker.
It's nice to finally have a signing that I liked at the time turn out the way I thought it would.
So wait, just so I understand, how many points would one get for a Kepler (only) pick today? 2? 5?
Since I don't get any right anymore, I've ignored the rules.
You don't get five - you only made one pick
so 2?
I would say so, but I don't know
1 point
To get 5, you'd need to pick him twice
Trev with the K in spite of the ump
It was a fine job coming back from 3-0.
Blue made him work against Tilson too.
Sano trying to up his trade value in this series.
More non-batassery
Holy Cruz. Forget the cycle, that was a BOMBA
Whoa, Nelly!
That ain't gonna complete the cycle
Holy.
oh my
Now would be a good time to sub for Marwin.
Parker is... not good.
Damn fine play by Castro.
C'Mon, Parker. Let's get this over with.
Noice
Meanwhile, the orioles have outscored Cleveland 24-0 over the last 15 innings.
They said Cruz's HR went 469 feet, I think that is under estimated
Nice
Do I get a second point for Cruz’s second tater?
Not according to the rules
Though I may change that rule
I think if you're named player gets multiple dongers, you should get a point for each, but not 5, no. Unless you say they'll hit two.
Yeah. Not sure it's happened before today. Either way, Twayn gets two points!
Five homers on Harmon Day is a fitting tribute.