Tuesday Rockpile: Ryan Spilborghs avoids arbitration, Tracy "has not lost confidence" in Iannetta
by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 7:30 AM MST
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PrintAs reported yesterday by Troy Renck and relayed by Russ, the Rockies signed Ryan Spilborghs to a two-year, $3.25-million deal to avoid arbitration. That leaves Jason Hammel and the two late-inning relievers left to strike a deal.
Also avoiding arbitration were Chad Qualls and Aaron Heilman of the D-Backs.
Iannetta
Rockies catcher Iannetta hoping for rebound - The Denver Post
Renck checked in with our favorite Rhode Islander (and I mean player, RIRF). Along with two quotes, one interesting fact Renck uncovered is Iannetta's actual nickname in the clubhouse. It's not Doom, Dreamy, Destructobum or Demonic Antichristian. It's...Sponge. I'm guessing that won't catch on here, but at least it suggests a quality in CDI we would like to see. As for the quotes:
"[The contract] was totally unexpected after the way I played," Iannetta said. "This takes a load off. I am the kind of person that worries about what is going to happen next. Now, I am not going to press as much."
We can only hope the Sponge (wait, am I really doing that?) knows himself well enough and will indeed not press.
"I can't stress enough that I have not lost confidence in Chris," Tracy said.
Jim Tracy may be just as instrumental in deciding Iannetta's playing time as Iannetta himself, so this is an interesting proclamation, given it is borderline undeniable that Tracy lost confidence in Chris last season. Lip service or honest confidence?
Tulowitzki
One of MLB.com's lead stories is on the next wave of shortstops making a splash, a grouping of five in which Tulo finds himself second behind Hanley Ramirez and ahead of Yunel Escobar, Jose Reyes and Erick Aybar. Jim Tracy speaks again, this time about his shortstop:
"At the real old age of 24, this guy is going to be around for a while. And there are a lot of things about that person that's very, very special. This is a franchise player that you're talking about."
Unfortunately for the Rockies, Tulo was born in 1984, so he is NOT 24.
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I like how they say about Ianetta
a man teammates call the “Sponge” because of his intelligence and ability to retain facts.
He sounds like he’d be perfectly at home on the Row. I bet he’d really enjoying making his point in the great catcher deb… oh.
See now this article is interesting because I thought the nickname
“Sponge” was actually short for “SpongeBob”; the nickname he has had since at least 2008. I didn’t want to bring it up before because it seems like the Row already had enough nicknames for Iannetta but check out this article from July 2008.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 9:48 AM MST up reply actions
perhaps renck's inference of the nickname origin was wishful thinking
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 10:21 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I'm thinking that too
Now I’m really wondering if he did the research on that or just passed it off as fact thinking there was no way anyone would know the real stroy behind it.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:29 AM MST up reply actions
He is part of what I consider
to be the “smartest” battery in baseball. How often do you have a Physics major (Francis) pitching to a Math major (CDI)?
JFK
Nerdzapalooza!
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB. Sad Panda :(
Brad Hawpe- UZR isn't everything!
Dexter Fowler- The Bedazzler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
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This is good to hear
I’ve been waiting for the Rockies series for a while. Barmes will have a unique shape, methinks
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 7:47 AM MST up reply actions
I'm trying to decide who will have the most balanced (square) shape of the Rockies.
My guess will be Tulo, but I think several players will be pretty similar.
spilly actually grades put pretty well in lf
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 10:03 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
point
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 10:18 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
I love those DiamondView charts
and how they give you a picture to show how good a player is at each part of the game. (I know normal stats can do this too but sometimes it’s just nice to see a picture afterlooking at nothing but numbers)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 9:54 AM MST up reply actions
I think you guys will be pleasantly surprised.
:)
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by Justin Bopp on Jan 19, 2010 10:40 AM MST up reply actions
Can't wait
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
But the real question is
(and this if for the ladies), Is Iannetta sponge-worthy?
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You can answer it as well; I know you want to
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 7:48 AM MST up reply actions
Nah. . .
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I don't know what that means
Though I do have a very amusing sponge-related story, and it happened in Denver! But I will, for reasons of public decency, keep that for one night when we are all very, very drunk.
It's from an
episode of Seinfeld. Elaine Benes learned that the Today Sponge was taken off the market and bought all the cases she could find. She would only use a sponge if she deemed the guy “sponge-worthy.” Later in the episode, we learn that Jerry’s girlfriend had an entire closet filled with boxes of sponges.
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Jerry’s George’s Girlfriend
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 19, 2010 10:53 AM MST up reply actions
George
was engaged at that point. Remember, George had problems opening condoms in the episode.
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Fo' serious
It was Jerry’s girlfriend. He thought she was too sweet for him, then when he saw her closet full of sponges, he realized she was indeed depraved. So he told her that he changed the tag on his jeans to say 31 instead of 32 and that turned her off of him.
by controlled_slide on Jan 19, 2010 11:00 AM MST up reply actions
maybe the D
stands for Diaphragm then…
"These are thin mints. I put them in the freezer. My favorites. So good."
--Reds outfielder Adam Dunn, on the girl scout cookies he keeps in his locker
If he's dreamy,
then he’s probably sponge-worthy.
Hmm, this seems to be going down a weird path.
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youre driving
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 8:11 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Would we
want it any other way?
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this is almost as awkward as discussing biondino's restraining orders
i’m just going to disappear into my corner and worry about how i’m possibly going to get all my reading done this semester and whether or not I can work a few extra hours over the weekends (that’s the bad part about internships…)
this
made me spit coffee out of my nose…thanks for that.
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by Hollidayrain on Jan 19, 2010 9:05 AM MST up reply actions
Looks like the Mariners great offseason continues
locking up King Felix long term, rumors are it’s a 5yr/$78M contract with an option and incentives that push it over the $100M mark…
Attention Whore.
I need an AL team to follow (apart from the Orioles. Orioles are cute!)
So maybe the Mariners this season. I really like their signings, it’s not just chucking money about. It’s not CRASS.
my AL team (though I dislike the AL)
is now the Rangers. That and the fact they signed Rich Harden are not correlated AT ALL.
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I used to follow the Rangers
before the Rockies came to Colorado. I have a ton of Nolan Ryan baseball cards….
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I have a whole album
I was obsessed with him growing up for some reason…
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Today I watched Dante Bichette's hit for the Rockies first cycle..
against the Rangers. It was a game winner and would have been a double instead of single in any other game.
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Uh Ohhh!!!!!!!!!
Two teams from the AL West
SQUEAKY AND BIONDINO CAGE MATCH!!! :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:00 AM MST up reply actions
I like the Rangers
Hopefully Hammy and Kinsler stay healthy because that’s what they’re built off of in the first place. I’m also hoping Vlad has a good season for them, I remember when he OWNED them for like 4 years with the Angels, he had like a 25 game hitting streak against them or something like that in the middle of the decade.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
Orioles are cute!
What!?!?!?!?
Did I miss something/ :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 9:59 AM MST up reply actions
Oh OK my bad
I wasn’t thinking of the actual bird. I thought for a moment that he was saying that some of the Orioles players were cute.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:09 AM MST up reply actions
The award
for cutest team would actually have to go to the Rockies, I’ll admit. Especially now that we have a Spillydeal.
/wanders off to paint nails and do girly things/
Saved by the buoyancy of citrus.
Who gets the award for ugliest team?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:31 AM MST up reply actions
:(
That just might go to another NL West team.
Saved by the buoyancy of citrus.
GIANTS
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 10:50 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
The Mariners are a fantastic choice
they would be my AL team if I didn’t have to root for the sad-sack Cleveland Indians (my first love)
Attention Whore.
See I can't root for a team in the AL West but only for reasons tied to geography
I like to watch the Rockies late but before their game comes on I watch the east coast games. I try to root for the O’s, Rays, or Jays in the AL east (although its tough with the two gorillas in that division). I guess what I’m saying is that is hard for me to root for a team that comes on at a similar time to the Rockies because I will hardly ever get to watch them.
The Mariners are a good choice though.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:07 AM MST up reply actions
I'm kind of the opposite
I root for AL West teams because they don’t get much love in general. It’s been hard to root for teams for the West tho because it has been owned by either the Angels for the past 5ish years and then the A’s the rest of the decade (except the 01 M’s winning 116 and then having no chance against the Yanks in the ALCS).
It’s good to see Seattle get back on their feet and keep their best talent around, if they would have always been able to keep around their best talent they would have probably won a ring at some point by now. As for Texas, I can’t believe how much Nolan Ryan changed the entire mindset there. Pitching in Texas didn’t exist after Kevin Brown left and now that Ryan has basically instituted his “no pitch counts, no excuses” philosophy the quality of their pitching has really taken a turn in the right direction.
Now if only the A’s could figure out how to stop getting rid of talent before it’s ready it could be the most competitive and enthralling races in all of baseball.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
Yeah I totally agree it's an interesting race and root for them to do well over the east
in general, but I just can’t root for any one team because I will be watching the Rockies games instead of their games
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:34 AM MST up reply actions
That's just a given with me
another nice thing tho about the AL West is if you have MLB Extra Innings or whatever full-season cable package you can get, there is almost always another game just under way once the Rockies game finishes.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
See, I'm not really planning to WATCH Rangers games
I’ll just follow them once every five days or so.
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Seeing Hammy hit is worth it
I remember just turning on the Rangers game last season and the first pitch I saw he launched into the upper deck at Arlington. The Rangers are definitly fun to watch, and Arias at short is a stud with the leather.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
The Rangers are lovable losers
They are the only team in baseball to have never won a single playoff series. (That includes going back to the early 60’s when they were the Washongton Senators)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:43 AM MST up reply actions
Yeah but I'm usually spending that time
rooting for the Dodgers, Giant, DBacks, or Pads to lose.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:41 AM MST up reply actions
No I like the way the A's give away
their talent. We have a couple of them.
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
If there was a trophy given to the team who had the best offseason
the Mariners would win it hands down.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 9:57 AM MST up reply actions
Hey, the Royals made one of the best offseason moves...
They probably gave themselves the best chance to win MORE games by signing Scotty Pods so he couldn’t DESTROY Greinke anymore.
Also, they added this person to their family……….yes, please, and thank you
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
que?
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
I'm pretty sure it's Charlie77
who loves to post pics of Mrs. Scott Podsednik, has been for years now
Attention Whore.
haha not charlie this time
I started typing Scott Podsednik sta…. and then it popped up with the word “wife”, so I got a little curious and discover Pods is knotted up with super-babe so I felt I would throw that tidbit in there because it brightened my days, also got me thinking I wouldn’t mind Kris Benson signing a minor league deal. Not to pitch, but just to be around.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
For good reason
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.
by KDub1988 on Jan 19, 2010 10:58 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
Aw man I loved watching Animaniacs as a kid
I single handedly learned all of my states and capitals from that song Wakko sings.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 11:58 AM MST up reply actions
The Royals have certainly made the MOST offseason moves...
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 19, 2010 10:51 AM MST up reply actions
I liked the Teahan trade at the beginning of the off-season
I think Chris Getz and Josh Fields are good pieces for them, after all, eventually all these “prospects” will form a formidble starting 9 someday….right?
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...just in time
to trade them away for more prospects so Moore can afford more ex-Roid low OBP guys who can’t run a lick or play defense.
But at least they will still have Grienke!
Attention Whore.
That Jason Kendall signing counts as negative moves though :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 11:59 AM MST up reply actions
One other funny thing about the Iannetta article
is the comment from Tulowitzki. It seems like any time there is an article about any other Rockies player there always has to be a comment from Tulo about that player. I mean this article had nothing to do with him but Renck still felt it was necessary for Tulo to chime in on Iannetta’s state of mind and how “peaceful” he will be at the plate. It would be one thing if this only happened once in a while but if watch closely you will see that almost every Rockies article about another player has a comment from Tulo.
The sad thing is though that as a Rockies fan who is hopelesssly obsessed with our young shortstop, I actually want to see these comments. It just shows how popular Tulo is among Rockies fans and how well he knows the pulse of the team.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:27 AM MST reply actions
Just put up
a new post about some new contracts for two arbitration-eligible guys.
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Telling quote or throwaway?
“He’s heard me preach endlessly about the importance of game-calling.”
I know some of us have speculated about the Tracy-Iannetta relationship and whether there is something off- field/behind the scenes that contributed to the benching last year. I wonder if this is it—Tracy doesn’t like CDI’s game calling. I have no idea if there’s any way to analyze this. Probably not, but seems like an interesting piece of information…or perhaps nothing at all.
I like how PF made sure to specify that
by favorite Rhode Islander he meant player knowing that I would complain about it if he didn’t. :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 10:39 AM MST reply actions
Not sure how Uggla got nearly 8 million, or when Tracy moved Barmy to short?
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by frightened inmate #2 on Jan 19, 2010 11:03 AM MST up reply actions
Somebody pointed that out yesterday afternoon.
I’m surprised it hasn’t been corrected yet.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 19, 2010 11:04 AM MST up reply actions
The headline is gone altogether when I take a look at the page.
by Greg Stanwood on Jan 19, 2010 11:06 AM MST up reply actions
didn't realize Clint was playing SS again
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by pedalpusher on Jan 19, 2010 11:14 AM MST up reply actions
DID TULO SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH AGAIN?
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 12:01 PM MST up reply actions
This just doesn't have the same effect as the real thing.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 12:19 PM MST up reply actions
You can insert it
I share :-)
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 12:30 PM MST up reply actions
Oh wow. You're right
That’s reeeeally bad.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 3:05 PM MST up reply actions
twss
Dear Rockies- What a fun ride! Best comeback in MLB history to become NL Wild Card Champs.
Troy Tulowitzki-MLB's BEST shortstop..nuff said
Yorvit Torrealba-Our clutch has gone out,along with the best name in MLB. Sad Panda :(
Brad Hawpe- UZR isn't everything!
Dexter Fowler- The Bedazzler- Blinding speed, blinding smile, leaps Utleys in a single bound.
the Rockies diamond view is up
The Rockies ranked first in the nl west in power, obp and defense. Tulo and Stewart look impressive, you’ll lol at barmes and hawpe, and iannetta fits both categories
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by Andrew T. Fisher on Jan 19, 2010 12:17 PM MST via mobile reply actions
I agree
I’m on the Stewart bandwagon, and I think that he’ll be great, so I’m a believer in his numbers.
by controlled_slide on Jan 19, 2010 12:35 PM MST up reply actions
I really do think he's been left out when it comes to rockies who can excel in 10
He is the best power hitter on the team in my opinion. As soon as he figures out how to connect more often he will be hitting 30+ a year. He is also one of those types of guys that I’m ok with carrying a low batting average. He just has a high risk high reward swing.
And hopefully with more power will come a higher OBP
as pitchers start to fear giving up a long ball to him.
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 3:06 PM MST up reply actions
If those DiamondViews are right we will win about 95 games this season
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 12:47 PM MST up reply actions
Maybe
Have to wait and see what other teams look like.
by controlled_slide on Jan 19, 2010 12:50 PM MST up reply actions
Consider that
they’re not park adjusted, and the overall population of players in the study is greater than 2009, so the percentiles will be higher for all starters across the board.
Hating Cubs fans since 1908
Even with that considered these numbers are still really good though
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by RhodeIslandRoxfan on Jan 19, 2010 1:02 PM MST up reply actions
Poor slow Todd
Stewart surprised me, I really hope he can pull that off. Same with Doom.
I thought Cargo would be better defensively than Dex, but then again they’re working off a fairly small sample there.
Overall, I’m excited!
Caution: Colorado teams are better than they appear.
by ShadowPenguin on Jan 19, 2010 1:42 PM MST up reply actions
In addition to that Diamond view
factor in what we have a as back ups in Smith, Spilly and Olivo. If they were factored we would look even better still against the competition.
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Did CBS just start using this blog as a reference to Rockies news? If they have sorry I missed it. Cool though!
There’s two links to this site on their newswire page. Spilly and Street/Bentancourt.
A year ago at the end of
February CBS will have linked to our stuff.
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The Blue Jays signed Steven Register, FYI.
Also, I’m growing increasingly confident that our NRI list will be announced tomorrow. Still no guarantees though. The FO has been processing all kinds of contract paperwork, and it hasn’t just been for our arbitrationees.
I was thinking
that list would come out really soon. Thanks for the update. Good luck to Register.
JFK
I don't think that Tracy lost faith in Iannetta
Torrealba was just on a tear and he had to go with the hot bat at the end of the season.
Thanks for a great season of Baseball!
I'll be back next year for another ride.
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