Well, it depends on your choice of prior distributions.

(Damn Bayesian analysis!)

Of course -- they don't have to send down a crew or rent cameras or anything, just buy the feed from the YES network or NESN. If the D-Rays aren't televising the game (and from the sounds of the MLB.tv feed, they aren't), they can't just use the D-Rays video and add their own announcers.

Yet sportsnet will show the Sox - Yankees game?

Yes, because they don't have to produce that game, they can just pickup the feed from another network.

I think I'd rather listen to the atrocious Rod Black talk baseball than Warren.

I'd rather listen to the Tampa heckler for an entire game than listen to another Rod Black story or Jeter love fest.

Sawkiw is pretty rough, but hopefully he will get better with some more games under his belt.

It definitely takes time for a broadcasting team to gel. Sawkiw is better, in my opinion, here than he was last year on those little between-inning bits on Sportsnet.

Anyone know how Adams handles the bat against southpaws? I've never heard anything too heinous, but could that be a possible reason for the squeeze attempt?

That's probably the reasoning, in addition to having good wheels at third and a tall lefty on the mound.

As of now, Toronto is tied with Milwaukee for the best record in baseball. World Series opponents?

Sure, as long as they get to play TB and Pittsburgh all year.

Sorry, Flex, I did not mean to delete that last post!

That would explain the sql error I received when I was trying to reply to it :)

Anyway, I was going to ask if MLB tracks the number of ejections by each umpire. It would be interesting to see the numbers.

Maybe I heard wrong, but if Koskie threw the ball into the dugout, why was the Tampa runner not advanced to second base automatically?

I'm assuming Jerry just made a mistake on that call.

Another K for Towers, I know it's the Rays but that is an encouraging stat.

Heh. I imagine someone referring to World War I in the present tense. :)

I don't disagree, but it would have been interesting to see the following: Rios doesn't run all the way to the wall, takes the ball on the carom, turns, and throws hard to a well-placed cutoff man near 2nd base. The cutoff man spins and fires to home, where Zaun is blocking the plate. With Rios collecting the ball with momentum already towards home, and two flat throws, it might have been close.

Crawford can surely run, though.

He's wearing a Huff shirt and playing RF.

Trouble with Gathright is all you can time him on is home to first to dugout.

Cecil Fielder once went from home to third in under 12.6 seconds. Thing is, there was a box of Krispy Kremes waiting for him and he had to take a left turn out of the batter's box to get there.

Here comes Frasor, nice line for Towers:

IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
6.0	4	1	1	0	6	1	85-62	1.50

Ball bounced off the top of the wall, but Nick Green had already retreated back to 2nd base for reasons known only to him and the little green man on his shoulder.

By the time he got back on his horse, the ball had already made it back to the infield, so he couldnt advance past 3rd.

And in other news. It'd be real nice if the Jays can cash in O-Dog from 3rd.

Your wish is Koskie's command.

Miller didn't last long. 2 pitches.

What happens if they Jays have to play defense in the bottom of the inning? O-Dog to short, F-Cat to second? What else?