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NY Times Siena poll: Harris + 4 in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/election

Say what you will, I miss Jim Price with DD. Radio broadcasts aren’t the same without Severe Buggywhips, Yellowhammers and players batting thirrrrrrrrd

Could be on the pitchers also

The last line lolol

Faedo successfully preventing Giants lineup from getting a hit.

Yes. Lying, Cheating, and the Supreme Court

He's not. He just makes an occasional cameo appearance.

This is good news.

I'm waiting for Trump to lose it front of live cameras and go foul mouthed about something/someone. It's seems it bound to happen the way he's losing his speaking discipline.

2.01 favor wild.

I don't know if it was 95%, but I think it was at least half. There is no way highly competitive athletes are going watch the big guys take performancing enhancing drugs without punishment and then innocently stay clean.

Roids don't make you a great ballpayer. You still have to hit the ball. Plus, 95% of the players were on them. It didn't work out as well for all of them.

Let me start by saying I'm no scout so just based on the handful of games I've seen he is rough out there defensively. More passed balls than I would like to see and I would say his arm is average so he's not Dingler out there but also not not playable. From my very amateur eyes it looks like it's possibly a transfer issue, getting the ball from his mitt to his throwing hand.

You know it's bad when GOP pollsters are pushing back on Axe's take in a poll where Trump is losing lol

I went to sleep when they still had a no-hitter going and awoke to this disappointment. I don’t have the energy to feel bad about it. With all the injuries and rookies, phenomenally poor hitting, and only two real starters, it’s amazing this team can win as often as it does. I blame ownership, but the oligarchy never sends itself to the guillotine. Where is Robespierre when we need him?

Miller is useless but run frequency for bases loaded no out is about 90% and Miller did retire both men he faced. Last night was Foley's breakdown and Keith's boot. If you are going to blame Hinch, it would be for leaving Kenta in too long making the 2nd run inevitable - but how do you do that when Foley did not perform anyway. We have 5 guys in the pen now that are pretty much unreliable - Vest, Maeda, Miller, Wentz, and Foley. Unfortunately that's just too many for a manager to be able to work around.

To me, the rash of hamstring injuries argues does't reflect well on the training staff. It's the number one baseball injury you have to design training to avoid.

Same city depending on which side of State St you’re located

Baseball for most all teams is becoming a game/war of attrition. You need a lot of depth. Anyone 'penciling' in Greene, Carpenter and Meadows next year as your starting OF (or any listed INF, starting staff, etc.) is fooling themselves. This is just the way it is now for most ALL teams. A few may get a little luckier than others. Ideas? Rosters need to be built with depth in mind. Each team with maybe 2 scheduled days off a week. Have 27-28 on a roster. Schedule's of 150 games with doubleheaders included at times. Pay SPs accordingly ex inning totals for MLB and AAA (this way more journeyman types can pitch for teams). The league finally recognized the need for pitch clocks (though I feel after 10 pitches to 1 batter it should be moved to 20-25 seconds between the remaining Ps for the rest of that particular AB). Larger bases and no more blocking them. Less mound visits. No more shifting, etc. - all of this helped. However, there has to be consideration for the athletes themselves and rest & recovery is foremost concern. Right now, there is very little. Most are actually 'over trained/conditioned'. It may take a couple more years of huge IL numbers, but hopefully the sides will better understand this. Sure, teams can hire more physiology majors, trainers, etc. and do studies. The truth is you have to be able to recover - and rest (not playing and practicing extensively) may be the only way. All IMHO.

Not so good the last three weeks though. .638 OPS in his last 20 games. He was terrible in April, great in May, bad in June, great in July, bad in August so far. So, it hasn't been a linear improvement. And that is fine, but I think it's fair to put him in the under 100 OPS+ group with everyone else.

Have to remember to check the ump scorecard tomorrow.

They also played "My Heart Will Go On" which, metaphorically, seems on the nose for this moment....

Tork 3-3 with a walk so far tonight

Arizona GOP is so revived the GOP mayor of Mesa AZ is endorsing Harris/Walz.

It'd be impossible to pull off, but man, if they got Night 4 of the DNC moved to Soldier Field and filled it, Trump would have a stroke

IIRC at one point all were within the top 30 on some lists with Tork, Mize and Greene all being in the top 10 on atleast 1 of them. Still though I don't think they had the depth that the system seems to have now in regards to the national lists recognition, as I mentioned above I've seen atleast 8 different guys make some major top 100. I don't think we've had that many different guys get that type of hype before.

Crushed it

NYT knows of one: when Trump was POTUS, they made A LOT of money. If they can get him elected again, ironically, many Americans will subscribe to the NYT to help "protect" themselves from Trump. Basically everybody (if everybody = Trump and NYT) wins!

You could tell that doing the games was a big part of what kept him going and fighting though.

Speaking of nice area, Jimmy Price has been gone a year this week. And yes, it is a nice area. The 2nd of the two Tiger fan trips this season is in SF this weekend for this series. The lodging on this trip is immediately across the street from Oracle Park, one of the best stays in San Fran. If you’ve never seen a game at Oracle, try to get there someday. The Tigers will face Ray, Webb, and Birdsong as currently listed.

ah, another old girlfriend we go up against. Robbie Ray is like Kim Basinger.... came in hot, had some ups and downs, restarted again and won an Oscar. There's drama there but damn it would have been fun to be on that ride with her.

With all due respect, who is JustBaseball?

meh - treading water.

Not really a peeve, just feeling upset today. Yesterday’s “Debby” stuff brought incredibly strong winds & lots of rain, and toppled my smaller (but totally healthy) weeping cherry tree. The tree thankfully didn’t hit the house, nor fall into the driveway and hit my neighbors car next-door. So that’s the good news, but I love that freaking little tree. Such a beautiful flowers in the spring, though short lived. It’s gorgeous weather today and I just can’t enjoy it. I’ll admit it. I’m really sad.😢

Not a single Tiger in tonite’s starting lineup had an OPS+ above 100. Ouch.