ConstableRabbit

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On the plus side, @thekapman and I are in a spirited debate on whether fundamentals are vital to a team's success. So there's that.

Strong 70 on the scouting scale. It'd be better if he shaved the beard and made it stand out more. Unfortunately he's a 20 on TWTS.

Villanueva's mustache: strong to very strong.

Starlin 4 Prez

I watched a couple of WSU games. He ran some great routes and they simply couldn't get him the ball. I'm willing to cut anyone who dealt with Leach a little more slack than usual.

Someone at work who claims to be a baseball fan asked why he should be impressed. I was like, uhh... because it's showing him execute 5 pitches at an MLB-level, from the same arm slot? And that it doesn't even show his cutter or splitter?

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee. But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's. It's metropolitan area is larger, but it also is the only city with its own region supporting the same team. There's 14 million people almost exclusively in support of the Boston teams. Milwaukee is right down the street from Chicago with Minnesota to the West and Detroit to the East. The heart of Milwaukee support is basically just the 5+ million people in Wisconsin. I think the closest comparison to New England may be Arizona, which is the only game in town, for miles and miles. But that is a much more spread out population, and a huge portion of it is transplanted from other locations. For sports support conversations, Boston does not belong in the "smaller city" discussion. Normally, yes, but the discussion was around support in the context of attendance, not how large or widespread the fan base is. It doesn't matter if the Celtics fan base stretches to Vermont: a dude living in Burlington isn't going to a Wednesday night game at the Garden. Boston isn't even a top 20 city population wise, but it's top 10 when factoring in metropolitan area. By that measure, I shouldn't have referred to it as a smaller major city.

Portland and SLC also come to mind, but those markets only have 1 major sports team.

Yeah, I'd call it a "smaller major city". It has about the same population as Milwaukee. But as Tim mentioned, its metropolitan area is substantial -- about 4x larger than Milwaukee's.

Boston?

For those of us on gamecast, what happened?

It doesn't get much lower than this.

Comebacker to the mound almost took Camp's head off. He caught it.

Wow

God [expletive] damnit

GREAT PA there.

Deal.

I'm predicting some Castrownage to end this

Lol

I see that Pink Hat Guy © seems to be in midseason form.

Shawn Camp > Shawn Kemp

THROW STRIKES

How about an insurance run here, guys?

See ya, Brent.