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[Coker]

C'mon Flaherty!

Edit: Damn

[BSLChrisStoner]

I wouldn't be a fan because of the service time. There's no reason to waste a year up here.

Yeah, that is the prudent thing to do. Not going to contend in '12, could be contending 6 years from now. I get it. I don't want to give away a year of control. However, if you decided you wanted to bring him up now, I'd hope you could figure out a way to get him him extended prior to 2017 or so.

With the contract he signed, he is not eligible for salary arbitration, so you wouldn't have to worry about that.

Oh well, I can wait until next May.

Ayala enters. O'Day done after 4 pitches.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Yeah, that is the prudent thing to do. Not going to contend in '12, could be contending 6 years from now. I get it. I don't want to give away a year of control. However, if you decided you wanted to bring him up now, I'd hope you could figure out a way to get him him extended prior to 2017 or so.

With the contract he signed, he is not eligible for salary arbitration, so you wouldn't have to worry about that.

Oh well, I can wait until next May.

Ayala enters. O'Day done after 4 pitches.

Yeah, I think it'd be best to milk as much service time as possible out of this because we won't be contending any time soon. Although I'd love to see him tomorrow if possible, lol. I'm 20 minutes fro Harry Grove, so I'll be making a few trips there when he's promoted. That'll hold me over!

[BSLChrisStoner]

Flaherty gets Escobar to start the 8th. 1 out.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Johnson singles down the line. Could have been extra-bases, Markakis got to it quickly, and held him to 1st.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Gotta love the respect Markakis demands - and that hop. He played that perfectly!

Bordick has pulled a 180 today from his weekend series. Maybe like the O's, he's just more comfortable at home. He's been great tonight, IMO.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Ayala jams Bautista, who flies out to Jones. 2 out.

[Coker]

How has Flaherty looked at 3rd tonight?

[BSLChrisStoner]

Hardy appears to lose it in the lights, but recovers, and catches the Encarnacion pop-up to end the 8th.

[You Play to Win the Game]

How has Flaherty looked at 3rd tonight?

Natural. He made a nice play earlier that required him to go to a knee to his left, he swallowed up the ball and bounced to his feet to make a perfect throw to first to retire the batter. I've been happy with him tonight.

[Adam Wolff]

How has Flaherty looked at 3rd tonight?

Very solid. Couple of nice plays. Seems to play a very smooth 3rd base.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Very solid. Couple of nice plays. Seems to play a very smooth 3rd base.

Stop posting! I've made 30 posts tonight and am trying to catch up!

[Adam Wolff]

Stop posting! I've made 30 posts tonight and am trying to catch up!

I just can't stay away from the game threads!

[BSLChrisStoner]

Chavez grounds out. 1 down in the 8th.

Strop coming on in the 9th it appears.

[You Play to Win the Game]

I just can't stay away from the game threads!

Haha - it's all good, I'm just being stupid. I kinda neglected this board over the weekend and fell behind a bit in the posts counts.

Game threads are where I live too.

[ravens8589]

Is it just me, or does it seem like there are more dribblers back to the pitcher this year?

[BSLChrisStoner]

Hardy frozen on the back-up breaking ball. Announcers never seem to like those. 2 out.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Is it just me, or does it seem like there are more dribblers back to the pitcher this year?

Does feel like we have seen a lot (and less broken bats than we were seeing the last couple of years).

[You Play to Win the Game]

It was good to see Hardy double tonight, but since then he's gone down 3 straight AB's. We need him to get going.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Markakis K's to end the 8th. As Bordick was talking about his strike-zone awareness. Sure Markakis was not thrilled.