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and on cue we can now welcome certain people to the game thread.....

I would lose games for a fraction of the cost.

They are two games above .500 and have a positive run differential. All despite multiple players not playing to their potential. You'd think we were talking about the 2019 team with the way people talk about them.

I was just thinking how good the new City Connect uniforms would look in that fire.

Tork has a walk and a double. He doesn't want to ride the bus with Parker.

and Jake threw the ball into CF after Wentz stupidly threw over there a 2nd time. That run was just as costly as the HR into a short corner with the wind blowing out.

Change the subject to politics.

Baez is slowly contributing more and more to this team. There’s hope.

I knew it all along, I tried to tell everyone but no one would listen, the first two callups would be Wenceel Perez and Ryan Vilade

Because he's given you 8 bases in the last 3 games. No-one in the system other than Riley can do what Torkelson can do at any time the switch flips for him, so you give him more rope than anyone else in the system short of Riley. Even with his head screwed on wrong right he is still hitting doubles. In Keith's case, his AB are pretty good, he's having absolutely terrible BaBIP luck. His expected BA is 240, which ain't great but passable for a 2B you need to let develop. Meadows needs mechanical work on his swing, he was swinging under everything. That's a good task to do in the minors, plus Perez is playing well so far.

My favorite one is the tiny North America over Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Reese Olson looks enviously at the eleven runs in yesterday's box score.

Time zones converging on Antarctica.

In most line-ups, it would not make sense to bat Ibanez leadoff even against lefties. The Tigers line-up is not most line-ups. One thing about Hinch is he doesn't manage his roster based on hunches, but rather data.

I will rent the private plane to take him to LA.

when he gets a team with more then one all-star and a HOFer Position player then we can compare... Sparky and Leyland had way more talent then Hinch ever had

This is the first draft in at least a dozen years that I’m unengaged. I really have no idea who any of these draftees are.

The Athletic said the police are investigating the Pat Bev incident.

I've had a suspicion for a long time that there is something wrong with the way the Tigers/Hinch manage and prep hitters, but the one thing I've almost never found my self wondering about with Hinch is his pitcher management. He is really damn good at it and if the Tigers have any chance at all that will be one of the reasons why.

You would think so, but we are now 7+ years removed from normalcy, so I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.

Get out of here with that mentality. That was 2018-2023. That era is over.

They have to figure out a way to pull this game out, I'm seeing the in laws tonight. I don't want to hear about a loss today.

I'm sorry, I will go back to the fact that the only time Hinch won anything his team had to cheat to do it.

At least he wasn't hitting leadoff.

From Windy's mouth to the freaking basketball gods ears. Please Jeannie Buss, take him.

That was a warning shot to all the underperformers on the team... Just a WAG...

Is Olson going to know how to pitch with a lead?

the really hit with ant. kat is a complimentary guy, but a good one. and a good regular season player. he's just the softest player in the league. someone else has to have the ball in their hands and the balls to play physical. its obvious ant is that type of guy. kat is not. when they tried to build around kat they went nowhere.

Ibanez giveth, Ibanez taketh away

Carson Kelly, at the plate, looks like a pitcher batting.... as in "I don't do this that often but in High School this is what I did and I mashed pretty good so I'll do that here..."

I mentioned before but it's kinda funny how Avila seemed to get better returns out of his lesser deals than he did the big name players. Aside from Olson for Norris, getting Willi Castro for Leonys Martin was a win considering the one good season Willi had and the fact he is still in the league, Gipson-Lomg for Fulmer looks like it has the potential to be a win if he can come back healthy. Then his best trade, getting Parades and Candelario for Justin Wilson and Alex Avila.

Rashee Rice should be available soon if we want an X Receiver.

or maybe it was this guy -

Ibáñez! Vilade! Hasenpfeffer Incorporated!

Has Cleveland conceded defeat yet, or do they want to play this one out still?

Should’of hit him 3rd.

I'm never comfortable with Lange on the mound.

Lower than righties in 2022 and 23. Higher in 2021 and so far this year. You win by... a small sample size... 😉

Just tuned in. 8 runs. Huh.

KAT was also the #1 pick.

Look at Minnesota. Ant is the straw that stirs the drink. But Gobert picked 27. McDaniels picked 28. Alexander-Walker picked 17. Reid was undrafted. All play a huge role in the teams success. None were even lottery picks.

Btw, let’s file this under the “of course we knew he wasn’t going to do that” category.. EDT Trump Appears To Be Ditching Son Barron’s Graduation For Minnesota Event

I am hoping for a ceasefire agreement to have both sides, Bombers and Pfife, not post anything in this thread for 48 hours. All those in favor?

They need to use the softer version in MLB. I believe it would solve some problems in the game.