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Baseball was my life for many years. I was a pitcher so my bias is there. I love to watch guys like Skubal. The battle between the pitcher, catcher, and batter (and how we are approaching this matchup), and of course the neutral party - the ump. Now maybe an electronic one. I'm old. I played in the day when they beaned people and didn't think a thing of it. But the game is still the same, they just don't do that anymore. 🙂 I watch the games with the sound off. Skub, with his unhittable stuff is so fun to watch. And he does some incredible stuff working the batters over the course of the game. Sends a guy to the bench a couple of times on low outside change-ups (and a dandy at that), then last at bat, this dude is looking for that pitch again - and he gets a 98 mph 4-seamer inside on the hands. Go sit down big boy. Someone said somewhere in the baseball stuff that pitchers were sadists. Yes, and we want them that way. Their job is to get you out. Period, end of discussion. Skub is a treat to watch. I used to love watching Kenny Rogers. He was the absolute master of his craft IMHO. IIRR, he pitched a beauty in one of Detroit's playoff runs. ON EDIT: forgot this. Skub and Kenny are two entirely kind of pitchers. Skub is a power pitcher, Kenny was a junk baller. Couldn't bust a window.

I like the way it lines up for Detroit. They sweep any of the 7-10 teams. Sweep or 4-1 Toronto. 4-1 maybe 4-2 against Cleveland. Then it's probably the winner of NYK-BOS. I think they beat the Knicks but Boston worries me. Two stars, great role players, excellent coach. That is a very difficult series. The Pistons can beat them, but I think I might Boston might be a slight favorite.

Lets still make game threads for Pistons playoff games and use this for everything not related to Detroit. Eastern seeds are set. West still has a few more games to finish up tonight.

Luka Garza, Ron Harper Jr, Baylor Scheierman, Jordan Walsh, and Max Shulga. That was the Celtics starting lineup today against Orlando. The Magic were playing for position and played their normal lineup. They lost. What a dumpster fire.

I think Larkin has a full NTC through 2027-28. I think the chances of moving him before then are less than one percent.

That's the truest statement you can make about baseball.

Rory got it done. Fun to watch. Incredible golf course. Can you imagine the score us mortals would shoot there? I would need someone to deliver a box of golf balls about hole 7.

You can never have enough pitching. Ever. That is all.

Smith and Garner were fired the same day. They started 0-6 and the Monday after the first home series they made the move. DD assumed GM duties. Pujols was the manager but Alou was also there. He probably was the real manager.

NYT Story today that *50* ex-staffers signed a letter telling him to get out and calling for investigations. Whether he's guilty of the particular accusations at play here or not, how do you tick off that many of the people who have worked for you? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/us/eric-swalwell-staffers-campaign-governor-resign-house.html

I have zero confidence this FO could put together any trade that was long term net positive for the Wings.

He could be a good mentor for Arnold.

Here’s a random guys idea. Think both teams would welcome the switch.

I didn't see a 60 win season coming. Even with all the injuries, we just kept winning. The worse loss all season, IMO, was the loss to the Nets when they came back in the last few minutes. That stunk. But so many close game wins this season made it a very special year. 60 wins...

Well, there's one draft prospect you can take off our board.

12th in hitter WAR. 9th in pitcher WAR.

Yes, I was wrong. It was not Smith. Smith was fired at around the same time. I think Pujols may have been an interim move until Dombrowski had more time to make a decision.

Atlanta will beat Cleveland. I don't want any part of the Hawks.

they've achieved the best run differential in the division as of today. I wonder if this year's Pitching Chaos innovation is going to be Anderson as a virtual split starter for either of Mize or Flaherty to get them out of games early before they self-immolate without burning 4/5 relievers to finish the game. I might like to see this become a thing - If Anderson holds up.

Feed Paul Reed.