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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.

I think the knockout round is going to be weird. I think people are underestimating the added variance of adding a round of 32 and how that will even the playing field a bit. The World Cup champion is going to have to win five knockout games. And there are going to be some “matchups of death” in the rounds of 32 and 16. I think if you make it to the round of 8, you may find that the field is weaker than years past. You never know. You might get Loyola in the final four.

Yes -to some extent there is a critical mass effect as team OBP/OPS go up, not only from pitcher fatigue but just from the increased probability of getting multiple men on base or a man into scoring position in any inning - and that would apply to all hitters that "lengthened: the lineup -i.e. were significantly more productive than the guy they bump out of the bottom of the order.

Fetterman also was a progressive populist. Platner as recently as 2020 voted for Collins. I don’t think he will switch parties but he is definitely a wild card.

Yesterday he bothsides'd the Epstein files.

he may end up universally hated by his own party like Ted Cruz, but the one thing I don't get any sense of is that he's GOP mole. His current progressive postures may be a politics of convenience to get elected, but the risk of him joining the GOP seems small - he's not holding out any olive branches to Trumpers - he's savaging Trump in his campaign. And apart from that, changing parties in this environment doesn't make it easier to get re-elected like it might have in the 70's - it just makes both sides hate you.

Throwing out election results and installing somoene isnt tyranny when MB supports it

I think San Antonio is about to play a road elimination game in their own building.

I think NY would have swept Detroit. Same with the Spurs and Thunder. 5 games tops for all three of those teams.

Remember when this time of year brought thoughts of the Freedom Festival and cross-border goodwill? That seems like a very, very long time ago.

They would be clobbered by the Knicks. It took a miracle to survive the Orlando fn Magic