@JoeStrauss

Sports Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Into pitching duels, hold 'em, cobalt Mustangs, betting the rail, O'Brycki's and window seats

 state of frustration
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Colby Rasmus will be 1st player to accept qualifying offer, per @Ken_Rosenthal. 1 year, $15.8MM to return to #Astros bit.ly/1iXT6Zq

Colby Rasmus To Accept Astros' Qualifying OFfer

NOV. 13: The Astros announced (via Twitter) that Rasmus has accepted the offer and will return to the club in …

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At least 7 MU cops at Curator meeting adjacent to campus. Not a one seen during threatened mob action against photographer.
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Pinkel spent much of presser explaining his support for player protest. He could have been succinct and said he had no choice.
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Many MU players told before 10:30 a.m. to refrain from media contact, Media told 3.5 hours later of no player availability at presser. #Par
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A prof at a public institution threatening a journo with "muscle." It does fit the climate.
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Embarrassing display endorsed by MU prof on Quad this afternoon. Spare me the J-School hype;
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Column filed to P-D, @stltoday: On day when Wolfe falls for stonewalling, Pinkel keeps student-agents of change from discussing their role.
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We know know what "sensitive" means regarding shutdown of Cards stud arm Alex Reyes: Drug of abuse.
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Interesting that student-athletes are commonly called "kids." Haven't heard the reference once when discussing ongoing controversy at MU.
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@GabeDeArmond I retract. It was point-less.
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Love how pro-analytics believe there's no use of numbers in baseball until they came along and invented the wheel.
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@GabeDeArmond makes a good point. Where is the support from other MU athletic teams for ongoing struggle? Seems a bit selective.
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@Gunnerdust I'll try to dumb it down for you.
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And, please, enough empty statements from former cheerleaders turned politicos.
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@Gunnerdust You need to read more.
This ongoing exercise at CoMo underscores the longstanding issues involving campus leadership, from administration to the athletic dept.
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This #mizzou crisis feels like it's being waged at Kinkos. Everyone issuing statements. Maybe somebody could actually say something.
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Props to Joyner for at least speaking for himself postgame. Had begun to wonder if that happened anymore given recent events in CoMo.
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Rams converted 3 of first 5 third downs today, then failed to convert last 12 in 3-point OT loss. As they say, nothing to see here.
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