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It sucks that we have to imagine how good he would be playing 33 minutes a night and guarding the top player most of the 4th quarter.

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True, too soon. Where did they end up last season? I would think they would end up better this season with McGonigle taking extra bases. The temporary loss of McKinstry kinda hurts.

Ausar Thompson was named one of the three finalists for DPOY.

Revealing their draft strategy?

Losing home court advantage on the first game of the first round is a possible way to lose this series. Orlando only needs to win their home games and now that they've shown they can win in Detroit, even the next 3 possible games here are questionable, even if somehow we do win one in Florida. And we have to wait until Wednesday for the 2nd game, stupid scheduling.

Why did the official Lions Twitter post this? I know former Lions players Tracy Scroggins and Chris Payton-Jones sadly passed away. But this seems like an odd thing for a professional football team's Twitter handle to post without context. Was this a Dan Campbell quote at sometime in the past? Was this a Wayne Fontes quote after he got caught with cocaine?

His footwork is not there, too many flat footed throws. He has the arm strength to get the ball there but the accuracy suffers. Getting him right will be the difference between a team that can make the playoffs and one that loses 4 games in the big ten.

It's not ranked by stolen bases. The statistic includes all base running plays such as taking the extra base and being thrown out trying to do so as well as stolen bases. They are good at taking the extra base on hits, but they get thrown out a lot too. The baserunning sample is probably too small to be meaningful now.

Base running shouldn't be ranked by stolen bases. I'm not sure what all is included with a general statement like a team is ranked 19th in base running.

But doesn't the original team have to pay to get him back? I really dont know that rule...in any event, Harris did bring him back?

Maklid beat out Acker, who had his own issues to deal with....

They've had some dumb sends home, which is a reflection on Cora rather than the team's base running ability.

IRRC, Workman was lost to the Cubs via Rule V last off season. Played a few game for the Cubs, they traded him the White Sox but apparently that doesn't change the Rule's requirement that if he falls off the major league roster he comes back to Detroit, so when the Sox Cut him, he ended up back in Toledo.

Lee probably won't play (at least start) today against a RH SP but that play he made yesterday was very impressive. He showed major league arm strength.

Small sample size still. Highs and lows of just a few weeks can't be used to predict future results. Or do we think Tork will end the season with zero home runs? And in a perfect world, Riley will still end up with 20-25 home runs but also end up scoring more runs, with more hits and walks. And yes, runs scored depends on other hitters. With most power hitters, there's a trade off for cutting down on strikeouts and it's usually less power. We'll see....

I think Harris re-acquired Workman? I may be wrong because I don't really keep track of how we get talent, just that we do get talent. But, in case anyone was wondering why we didnt bring him up, he's another LH bat. And we've been desperate for RH bats since last summer. The need was ignored all winter.

Is the final result of more walks and fewer strikeouts in exchange for far fewer homers and lower wRC+ acceptable? I ask because that’s what’s happening so far.

This is like praising the person who bought the cake ingredients at the store, instead of the person who baked the cake.

And after the Tigers got done with him, his ERA is now 7.88. And I was worried......

Tigers through April 9 (4-9): 19th in pitching 14th in hitting 18th in base running 25th in fielding Tigers since April 9 (8-1): 1st in pitching 12th in hitting 19th in base running 30th in fielding

Except for the pitching!

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Its not about interference, it's the opposite. It's so fans can experience both. The idea is fans can leave the game and about a mile away to see people finish.

This is another distraction.