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Valdez has apparently earned the right to try to work past long stretches of bad pitching. I think that would be true of any pitcher who has had enough success to garner a rich long-term contract. They get a far longer leash than a rookie or a journeyman would.

MLB has Sunday as TBD although Roster Resource is optimistic it’ll be Casey.

Harris dodged a bullet here on that one, didn’t he? 😉

It might lower the bullpen ERA, though.

June 12 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-12?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0612-06122026&om_rid=&~campaign=hist-tdih-2026-0612

How about a musical 180? So, I came around to liking 40s music in my andulthood and I listen to 40s Junction on Sirius. I like mostly swing music, although I have familiarity with sweet music as well. Just to give you an idea of how conditioned by the 21st Century I’ve become, I start hearing a song sung by Judy Garland called I’m Nobody’s Baby. So, going into the song, I’m imagining it would be about a woman asserting that she’s a strong person and not just an appendage, that’s she’s independent and can do for her own—she’s nobody’s baby, so don’t call her that, she’s a full person. But of course, this is the 40s, a world where everything, including the songwriting business, is run by men, so of course what the song is instead is a lament that she doesn’t have a man—poor me, I’m nobody’s baby, nobody loves me, boo hoo hoo.

Someone is marking a huge '8647' into the grounds of the National Mall in DC

Volume 2 is out on vinyl today. Volume 1 is out on Tuesday. I already own the mp3 versions and will have the albums up on the wall in my man cave.

What are you basing this one? The fact they play in MLS? The defense is the weak part, not much a goalie can do if his D is sub standard. If MIles Robinson plays a significant amount of minutes we are in trouble, he stinks.

I was dead set against seeing them on this tour because of the pricing. The videos that I’ve seen of the first shows has changed my mind. Seeing them in August in Detroit and my hit a Chicago show as well Also Anika as the drummer is not only killing it, she has actually doubled the number of females in the building.

Especially if Baez and Meadows are done for the season. And if Keith starts to hit with some power and Torres and Carpenter stay healthy we can carry a defensive first centerfielder. Any rebound in his bat is gravy.

One interesting data point from this so far...and I should have realized this as it was under my nose. Jay Jones, the Virginia AG candidate was a dumpster fire full of loaded diapers and still won this past year. The rising tide is going to pull a lot of similar shaky (to be very generous) candidates over the line. I think Platner being younger and not Susan Collins will mean more than him being really shaky. And before you dazzle me with your knowledge of how much money Collins will spend or electioneering the GOP will pull off... They threw the kitchen sink at Jones because it was the only election they thought they could win.

I always think it's fake anytime I see anything about this.

Just started this vid as I start working on something. Lets see how this goes.

Sure, why not? He is three years removed from a 3-4 win season. May as well kick the tires for a bit, especially while a few guys at the back of the roster have been sub-replacement. Worst case, you have some extra depth.

I find MBs prognostications to be extremely not compelling

Sure, that's a line of thinking about it. But it still doesn't answer what value to the organization as a whole does this acquisition make? Even if they need OF depth in Toledo, do they have to go through this charade because the reward of Outman is worth it?

I would 100% take that risk. There is almost no chance he gets an offer on the open market.

I'd rather have Montero starting than Valdez, but that's not gonna happen.

Certainly not with Cleveland on the program next.

re: Fetterman: One of the last posts on LiberalPatriot -- about Qinnipiac polling on Fetterman. https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/john-fetterman-and-the-new-era-of Then, on the death of TLP https://artofassociation.substack.com/p/the-strange-death-of-the-liberal The line in the 2nd that rang the bell to me was this one: For either party - eke out one house of Congress or the Presidency every other cycle, continual split government gridlock. It's why too many people in the middle aren't caring that Trump is willing to break everything.

His cutter looked sharp today. If 2024 Holton is in there we should try to find him.