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October 2, 2019: Pbhnet 9

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Word on the street is that Planet 9 could really be a primordial black hole, or PBH (which I just learned about). It's unlikely, but technically possible. Those things seem really weird.

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  1. Salt River scored three in the sixth and two in the seventh to defeat Scottsdale 5-2 yesterday. The Rafters are 7-4 and in first place by one game.

    Royce Lewis was 1-for-5 with a run. He is batting .323/.371/.710 in 31 at-bats.
    Luke Raley was 0-for-4. He is batting .133/.206/.233 in 30 at-bats.

      1. Make that Daily Express, although they're equally dependable.

        I really wish I could filter the generic Google feed: I don't want any of the Daily Express' constant barrage of potentially hazardous asteroid warnings (we have visitors closer than the moon several times a year; there was just one yesterday at 40% lunar distance) or all the Hawaiian press' Mauna Kea protest coverage, or other stories tangentially related to my life at some point but not now.

    1. I feel bad for Grisham because it seems like not enough are ripping on Hader for putting the guy in a position for that to happen in the first place.

      Fortunately for him, though, now that the Brewers are out everyone will go back to talking about football and pretending like baseball never existed in the first place. Wait, ugh, I'm gonna need my headphones.

        1. Looks like both. I think the ball might have bounced to the side some while he also over-ran it. He was still close to the ball and simply missed it. The brief pause before he runs after the ball was painful. He knew the game was over because of his miss.

          2. The guys on MLB radio said it took a very weird hop and they felt bad for him. Still should have got it in his glove, but they made a good point that he was probably anticipating a true bounce and was setting up for the throw.

  5. Plenty of headlines for Yanks at 4ltr, latest being about Boone. That got me thinking: outside of Gardy, Rocco seems to be a nice match to Minnesota along with TK and Moli -- smart, soft spoken, focus on the ballplayers. I hope he has a nice long successful career in the Twins dugout

    1. again, how is gardy still managing the tigers? cause he's cool with tanking? or they trust him to do it without having to say anything?

      3. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong on this, but I suspect Gardy was a good minor league manager before he got the Twins gig, helped to coach up some of the guys who eventually made the jump with him. The Tigers might figure that he’s not going to win games, but might set up some of their younger players for success down the road. Maybe. Gardy wouldn’t be my first choice for them.

          1. And wasn't the feeling around here that Gardy specifically wasn't good with the young players (unless they were white, mostly worthless middle infielders)?

            1. My recollection is that he was good with the young players who were young when he became the manager, the ones referred to as "Gardy's Guys". He was not so good with the young players who came along to take the place of Gardy's Guys.

              1. I think he was good was more brash and outgoing personalities like Hunter and Pierzynski and Mientkiewicz. He didn't know what to do with stoic guys like Mauer and Morneau and Slowey and Baker.

          2. He managed Class A Kenosha 1988 and AA Orlando in 1989-90, making the playoffs each year.

      4. I think it’s as simple as this: If your goal is to stay in the game you love for as long as you can, then while the game is still saying yes, you don’t say no to an opportunity. Gardy’s life has revolved around baseball since at least the mid-Seventies. If someone is wired in a way that supports that level of focus & permits that degree of compromise everywhere else in their life, they don’t seem likely to walk away from the thing that has enthralled them. Presumably managing a team likely to lose 100 games a year is better than being a bench coach, being a Special Assistant, or sitting at home.

    4. Had to pick a different color because MLB changed the rules.

      Why move away from white? Well, we had to. Major League Baseball rules now prohibit white “in-stadium rally towels.” It’s been referred to as the “Homer Hanky Rule.” The no-white rules apply to in-stadium signage and graphics as well, to prevent distracting players from seeing clearly the white baseball in play.

      1. That's a surprisingly reasonable explanation. The red looks good, but I think I agree with ch that powder blue would be amazing.

  8. Twins Geek got Comc*st to cave:

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