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I'm not sure I like being ranked a rookie again... Apparently I need 14 more points to reach the next level, whatever that may be. Help a guy out and LIKE this post (and my others please)!

All your celebratory champagne are belong to us!

So here everyone is ! Felt like a 3rd grader waiting for Mom to pick me up after school after everyone is gone ! Tigers looking good these days.

You guys wouldn't believe how productive i've been at work in the last week.

I'm very happy to have found this place, and thank you MWG for 20 years of providing this type of resource with your own time and money.

They were just playing the Beverly Hills Cop theme song during that last mound visit.

I have long been a George Will fan - but he will pry my "purse pants" from my cold, dead legs.

first Campbell complaint. Held that first TO too long.

I haven't seen him play personally, but the reports from those who have day that he's a natural SS and should stick there in spite of his size. I don't know if he's the answer at SS, but I think it'd be a mistake to not increase the team's talent via FA, with or without Kreidler. In the unlikely event that we end up with 2 good SSs, I'm sure we'd be able to figure it out.

You would think that will all of the IF players Avila has taken in trade there would have been someone who could play SS. One thing is evident though and that is Willy Castro isn't the answer at this time or probably ever.

Thanks for the game updates. ⚾️

Earlier ranks could be "know-it-all", "pain-in-the-ass", etc.

You can shove your ski goggles up your ass, YES!!!!

Well, it certainly appears that Victor heard my call today...4 for 4 so far with two RBIs

As long as he doesn't hit the streets of Detroit in a car, he'll be okay.

LaRussa "strolling" out to the mound for a pitching change like he's been hitting the division clinching champagne since early this morning.

Morse is rather old now - the storytelling is pretty darned good but some of the production is rather dated now. I like it but I remember it coming out and lived pretty close to Oxford for a time. And drank the same beer... We just got the most recent three episodes of Endeavour (same character; prequel - in case you weren't aware). Obvs the production values are much more up to scratch. Not watched them yet, but I imagine they'll be good. Lewis was in the same canon and came after Morse - also worth a look I'd say.

Inspector Morse has a bit more meat than Father Brown. It goes a bit more into the lead character’s makeup and background. I’d also try Grantchester…

People need to stop giving Tucker oxygen by sharing his clips.

if by "lately" you mean "this season", then yeah.

to review the in house options: Niki Groodrum: good arm, mediocre hands, plays back on balls too much to key many DPs. Has power but bat has become black hole, esp from left side. Under control until 2024, Also has options left but only for next season as he would be a 5 yr vet at the end of 22. Isaac Paredes: Can play SS, decent arm, but probably doesn't have the range to be any kind of good there. Hitting as a major leaguer is still total unknown but skepticism is high in many quarters despite his progress in raising his AAA OPS. Zach Short: pretty uniform opinion that he is an above average defender. Close to zero chance he can hit enough to be viable. Ryan Kreilder: Toledo staff say his glove is ML quality. He is currently hitting well beyond expectations for his projections. Can he do it at ML? Again - skepticism remains high but he is doing his best to go out and refute it. Willi Castro: No, No, and No. Unreliable arm, slow pivot, low baseball IQ and general situational awareness. And a bat that flashed in the short season but has also now disappeared-- though at least in his case he is young enough that he could find it again, as opposed to Niko who looks like he is just already on the downside of his career as a hitter. I won't say there is NO hope for Willi, but he needs a lot of work *in the minors* to figure out how to play competent ML middle IF. Harold Castro: Harold is a nice utility level guy, which is where he needs to stay. Bottom line is that I would rate the chances as still being greater than even money that none of those guys pan out so I'm good with pursuing a FA. You can always find a place for a bat if one of the other guys forces himself into playing time.

It's becoming clearer by the day that once Republicans take control of Congress and the White House together—after having driven out all the remaining moderates, that is—that might well be the end of two-party power-sharing.

Oh, boy, here we go … 😏

There goes the neighborhood.

Is there a way to hide that forum? IE, many moons ago I had bookmarked the "unread posts" link which included an extra thing-a-ma-jig which made all the threads in the political forum hidden from view.

Don't push your luck Dave.

....and the Tigers 'get two for the price of one', Krieder to Schoop to Torkelson!

This is the point where I go mow my lawn. My neighbors are going to be pissed.

Another great result... loved seeing Alex Lange tonight. He should be in the mix next year

GIMME A HOOOOOOOOOOOO

Very impressive first half for the Lions. Especially Goff.

I see that the Castrati are our DP combo now

yes

White Sox defense in playoff form, I tell ya... lol

Victor is doing the Ryan Raburn thing. First half did nothing, Second half he looks like an every day major leaguer.

Hello, old friends.

I chalk mine up to nerves, even though Im posting to essentially the same audience I feel a little more tension while typing, surely this is the same feeling a player feels when going to a new team.

I always thought Gose was a victim of Ausmus inability to manage. Hope he does well.

cleanup in aisle lunatic:

this account is awesome.

Lions wearing all white tonight for MNF.

Kreidler is not the type of guy you gift wrap a lineup spot for. He just isn't.

So McCosky with a piece about W. Castro to the effect that despite the season being a total waste with the bat, the saving grace is that he's working really hard with the coaches to to get to a point where he is almost an average fielding 2b. What? We don't coach IF anywhere in the system other than the ML club? I still can't figure why we are still looking at him and Niko flail at the plate (598 and 588 2nd half OPS respectively) instead of letting Kreidler get his feet wet and be in a better position to compete next ST.