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57 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

No comments about your miracle game 1 W today? 

I know thery we’re down to like .02% win probability at one point. Yankee magic came through. I was more excited about how good Deivi Garcia looked in game 2. Been follwing him for years. Kid will be a star. One of my favorite things about baseball was following the Yankee prospects and their box scores everyday. Robbed of that this year.
 

Everyone knows Jasson Dominguez, but you fuckers remember the name Carlos Verdecia when he comes out of nowhere and blows up on prospect lists in the next few seasons. Heard it here first, he’ll be a stud in the majors.

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1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

@Sbbruin any sweat 😓 with all these Padres moves?

At 26-10, not sure the Dodgers are sweating anyone.  I'm glad the Padres are giving it a run.  Hopefully makes it interesting.  Dodgers don't really have a weakness they need to fill at the deadline.  Maybe a starter to eat some innings, but otherwise not really.

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41 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

16 players in last 2 SD deals, sheesh. 

 

 

Seems like a steal for SD.  I have never liked Naylor (odd/big platoon splits and he's going to be terrible in the OF every day), Hedges is basically a Jeff Mathis clone, Quantrill will be league-average at best.  Arias is probably the best of that bunch, but he's nothing more than a decent lottery ticket who finally hit last year in the Cal League (like literally everyone else). 

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14 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

At 26-10, not sure the Dodgers are sweating anyone.  I'm glad the Padres are giving it a run.  Hopefully makes it interesting.  Dodgers don't really have a weakness they need to fill at the deadline.  Maybe a starter to eat some innings, but otherwise not really.

This has been on repeat for a decade now.

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46 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Robbie Ray & Jonathan Villar to Tor, Starling Marte to Mia. 

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The Marlins have finished off a blockbuster trade to send left-hander Caleb Smith, right-hander Humberto Mejía and a player to be named later to the Diamondbacks for outfielder Starling Marte. The PTBNL will be left-hander Julio Frías, as first mentioned by Arizona radio host John Gambadoro.

I have no idea how anyone evaluates anyone on the Marlins, as they have all been promoted way faster than they should have been.  IIRC, Mejia went straight from A-ball to Miami.

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3 hours ago, Helobious said:

Not even remotely comparable. 

we talking NYY vs TB payroll here? #nailedit

you really expect anyone to have any sort of reaction to the talent the yankees have on the IL?

NYY: "We have nine All Stars on the IR!!"

TB: "We have three starters from the Korean League."

poor yankees 

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10 hours ago, Herpa Derpa said:

As for Judge, we now have right wrist, oblique, shoulder, lower body, and calf in just three years.  Is he headed for the what could have been pile?

So many Yankees injuries, you'd think all that money could buy the best trainers.  Does the team have an organized PEDs problem?

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2 hours ago, Helobious said:

Yankees beat the Rays today. Expect a fight tomorrow because Kevin Cash is a pussy. Comical to think Chapman intentionally threw at someone, the guy couldn’t hit any side of a barn even if he was standing inside the barn. 

I saw that. I don’t see how you could possibly think the Yankees would intentionally hit a guy and put the tying run at the plate....against a team that’s owned them all year. That was a scary pitch, but stfu lol. 

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GREENSBURG, Pa. -- Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez, facing multiple charges of sexually assaulting a minor, testified Tuesday that police officers lied last year when they said he confessed to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Vazquez, speaking publicly for the first time since his arrest almost a year ago, also testified at his preliminary hearing that he asked numerous times to speak to an attorney when questioned by Pennsylvania and Florida law enforcement officials but was told he could not. Police have said Vazquez willingly cooperated and never asked to speak to an attorney until after he was arrested.

Vazquez, 29, is seeking to dismiss all evidence collected by Pennsylvania State Police and Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers on Sept. 17, 2019, when he was interviewed and eventually arrested. He has been held without bond since that time. A ruling on the motion isn't expected until late this year.

Police from the two states approached Vazquez in coordination after the parents of the girl alerted authorities about explicit photos and text messages they found on her phone. Pennsylvania State Police interviewed Vazquez first while Florida officials waited outside Vazquez's apartment building but said they did not give him a Miranda warning about his right to refuse cooperation or seek counsel because they never had him under arrest.

During their visit, Pennsylvania authorities executed a search warrant and took Vazquez's phone, laptop and clothes that they had seen in images from the girl's phone. Police testified they did not record or take notes during their conversation with Vazquez.

After the Pennsylvania investigators left, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials knocked on Vazquez's door and conducted their own interview. The Florida officials recorded their interview with Vazquez but said they were not recording when they informed Vazquez of his rights. Vazquez said he was never Mirandized.

Judge Scott O. Mears now has to decide whether he believes Vazquez or the officers. If Mears grants the motion, any material collected from Vazquez's apartment, laptop or phone, as well as his confession, would be dismissed. Prosecutors still would be able to rely on photos and video provided by the girl, along with her testimony.

Vazquez is facing charges in the same case in Florida and Missouri.

Vazquez's attorneys have said they will fight the charges, and they signaled at a previous hearing they plan to argue that the girl showed Vazquez an ID that indicated she was at least 18.

During Tuesday's hearing, Vazquez and Pennsylvania state trooper Michael Thompson, the lead investigator for the commonwealth, gave drastically different accounts of their meeting almost a year ago.

Thompson testified that:

• He and another trooper knocked on Vazquez's apartment door at 7:40 a.m. in a "normal" manner and told Vazquez that they needed to discuss something private, and Vazquez invited them in.

• Vazquez never asked to call the Pirates or an attorney, and he volunteered to show troopers lewd photos and videos from the girl on his laptop.

• Vazquez was "free to go" at any time.

• Vazquez admitted to driving to the girl's house on one occasion and having intercourse with her.

Vazquez, wearing his blue prison togs and bound by handcuffs and leg restraints, had to be reminded to speak up numerous times by his attorney, Gary Gerson, and Judge Mears. Under Vazquez's telling:

• The troopers banged loudly on his door, scaring him from the start.

• He did not invite troopers in -- he testified that he hid marijuana before opening the door and didn't want them inside -- and that they "pushed" their way into his apartment.

• He asked to call the Pirates for legal help "six or seven times," as he had been instructed since he first signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2008, but was not allowed.

• He never felt that he could leave, and he stayed in part because the Pennsylvania troopers told him he was going to be arrested by Florida authorities.

• He did not voluntarily give investigators access to his laptop and only did so because he was afraid of them.

• He never met the girl in person or had sex with her.

Westmoreland County assistant district attorney James Lazar asked Vazquez if he was calling Thompson and two other officers who previously swore statements against him liars.

"I don't want to call anybody a liar. I'm just saying what happened," Vazquez said.

When Lazar pressed him and said if Vazquez was telling the truth then the police had to be lying, Vazquez responded, "If that's the case, yeah."

During portions of Vazquez's testimony, Trooper Thompson shook his head.

Vazquez, who moved to the United States from Venezuela in 2011, said his awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement and police violence against Black people was in the forefront of his mind when he agreed to cooperate with investigators.

Vazquez, who is Black, said he grew up afraid of "corrupt" police in Venezuela and that he had a cousin who was shot in the back while trying to flee police. He said he has heard about police violence against Black people in the United States since arriving, both from media and his Black teammates, although he never experienced it personally.

"Ever since I got here, I hear in the news and all that stuff that Black people getting shot," he said. "I got tattoos, and I look like a Black guy."

One curious subplot to the hearing was Vazquez's ability to spell his last name. Vazquez's last name was Rivero until April 2018, when he said he changed it to Vazquez to match that of his half sister.

When he was sworn in Tuesday and asked to spell "Vazquez" for the record, he said he could not. Lazar questioned how that was possible when he had been signing autographs with that name and using it in official documents since he changed it. Judge Mears, taking notes during the entire hearing, asked Vazquez when he had changed it and noted that the pitcher had used the name for nearly two full seasons before he was arrested.

The issue over Vazquez's ability to spell the name had no obvious legal significance, but Lazar offered it as a sign that Vazquez's general testimony was not credible.

 

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