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Detroit, New York and Boston all lose home games. A Trifeca. I never would have guessed that. Even though Atlanta scares me. But Philly?

I’m starting to consider the remote possibility that we may not win the World Series this year… but I’m not ready to throw in the towel… yet. Like, maybe I should just consider that we may not even have baseball for a extended time next year given the nature of the conflicting empires of players and owners, and I should just enjoy the fact that we even have baseball.

Might as well

The new 10-1 Congressional map in Virginia might be Trump's biggest self own yet. He's had a lot of self owns, but this one is his perhaps his biggest. He brought this on himself when he demanded that Texas and others states prematurely redraw their district maps for Congress to give Republicans more seats. This is a big time win for Democrats ahead of the midterms. For the record, this is bull**** and it shouldn't be this way at all, I'm any state. All states should fair maps, drawn by independent redistricting commissions. But until Republican states agree to do independent redistricting commissions in their states or until national legislation is passed, this needed to be done in Virginia to help balance out Trump's intentional power grab.

a little more than 1/2 way to Sparky’s 40 game marker we’ve got a 500 team, and that’s what they are going to be if run prevention doesn’t ratchet up a notch or two.

Just how many teams does KD have to blow up before people start saying he's the problem?

Colorado Animals

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Remember when our farm system had given us two stars in him and Garcia? Good times….

i couldn’t watch this one, but looks like Kieder recovered after a bad innings and kept them in it. But 7 h 2 bb, for DeJesus to get 4 outs? What does a guy have to do get pulled around here?

The best hitter bats second because it maximizes his run production and gets him more at bats than if he batted 3rd or 4th. The lead off hitter should get on base a lot. Best home run hitter who isn't their best hitter bats fourth. That part hasn't changed much. A lot of today's lineup is matchups though, so it depends on who is pitching like you said.

yup. What i find so funny is that as a society, the Christian Right is so selectively oblivious. Do they think that OT god of plague and genocide, who strikes down anyone who puts a fire pot in the wrong place is just going to give them a pass on 3, 4, 7, and 10? It reminds me of what Paul said about “with the law comes sin”. They condemn themselves by their own stds. Go figure. Which is because, as you note, it’s not really about religion per se at all, it’s about anti-democracy. it’s about establishing that “my rules transcend your vote”

Maybe. I had good enough seats at Comerica to sit with the guys who had radar guns. They know who's throwing what and how good all the time. Matchups. Who knows better than the guys on the field at that time. Some is pretty simple though. If I'm a left handed batter and Skub is pitching I'm telling Skip I'll guard the bat rack that day.

MUST WIN MUST WIN MUST WIN

Do the stat guys have a position on how lineups should be constructed? I know us old school guys like Jimmy did. I would love to play for that guy. If I remember right, the Tigers got beat and were out of the playoffs that year so I was really bummed out. The next day Jimmy retired. That was even worse. Spit, and double spit.

Edgecombe had 30 tonight. First rookie since Tyler Herro in 2020 to do that.

When reporters questioned his lineups, he would get riled up. He used to play hunches and they seemed to work pretty often. Against all odds at times, totally anti-stat decisions.

News at 11.

I think Lee said above putting the third hitter as the best batter is a fishermans tale, or something like that. I would guess, honest question, according to the stats, the best should be first?

It was originally reported by a guy named Larry Johnson. Ex-CIA. Nobody believes CIA people.

First two games were interesting for sure. Don't think I had Scoot's best game as a pro on my bingo card. Or Boston losing a home game.

I just read the Virginia redistricting passed. But I also read it will be going to the Virginia State Supreme Court? The only information I could find about their court is that it's conservative? Are they going to block it?

or second baseman. The left fielder batted third. He had the highest batting average and a lot of doubles. The clean-up hitter was the big slow slugging first baseman.