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Sitting in the Tiger Den. Got to meet up with MWG and his lovely family.

I wasn't sure where this would fit in so I'm putting it here. This is the Boston Common-each flag represents somebody from Massachusetts lost in wars since the Revolutionary War. It's very powerful and sobering to see the sea of flags.

I suppose we should be grateful that he didn't 'honor' people like my Uncle Bill, who gave their lives for their country, by calling them suckers and losers again.

Huge distance between the grifters who command them and the people who serve.

Vest will blow this save.

“Who do you work for, Bet365?!”

I don't blame Javy at all. That was a terrible strike call.

when I saw "pulled" I instantly thought oblique, he pulled his oblique.

Most "Star Wars" name on the 40 man? Keider Montero Tarik Skubal Brenan Hanifee Jace Jung (key character in Andor had this last name so...bonus points for him) Gleyber Torres Akil Baddoo

Yup. It started with me asking for a pinch hitter for Riley against a LH pitcher. The minute I sent it, a 2 run single off his bat. So being negative worked even if it is against my usual positive attitude. 😆

Let's go Rays! Let's go Reds! Let's go Dodgers!

I think he's using the reverse psychology approach.

Wrong again, bucco! 😂

I wonder if that change is due in part to the change in the buffer zone that effectively shrunk the strike zone. Walks are up and strikeouts are down, and hitters are taking more pitches labeled as being outside the zone and making more contact when they do swing. Launch angle is also down a tick which might explain part of the drop in HR/FB percentage. If they are making the ball deader, that’s not the worst thing even from the offense’s point of view, since stolen bases and bases taken are up and it’s easier to score runs stringing together hits now than it was before the bases ballooned in size.

Robot umps can’t come soon enough

They swore oaths to the Constitution. I would have said “They swore oaths ….….Dickhead” if i weren’t so open minded and magnanimous.

Carpenter, K RF Torres DH Keith, C 2B Greene, R LF Torkelson 1B McKinstry 3В Dingler C Sweeney SS Báez, J CF

I'm actually surprised things in Gaza haven't gotten better since the city of Chicago passed a ceasefire resolution. I thought that would really do it.

Is this compared to the first third of last year or all of last year? Home runs usually increase in the summer. If it's a real change, then it's a good one.

50+ games in and it appears that yet again, MLB has secretly changed the baseball. Hard hit balls, barrels, and exit velocity percentages are all up from last year yet HR’s are down over 25%. Maybe it’s an attempt to keep soaring batter contracts down, maybe it’s their gambling partners making more money on HR props than pitching ones, maybe it’s a quality issue at the Rawlings facility in Costa Rica. Maybe these are all just tinfoil and MLB is still tweaking things to find their ideal new baseball.

Rosenthal probably wrote that column because he’s offended by the idea that Skenes is being wasted in Pittsburgh.

I think we need to be honest and admit that Trump's worldview, one where everything is transactional and all about personal gain (ie. how he operates), isn't how every other world leader operates. And that Donald Trump isn't nearly self-aware enough to understand that himself. He was never going to end this war on day one because he doesn't understand either side of the conflict. He's Harry Ellis trying to talk Hans Gruber out of the whole Nakatomi Plaza affair. And we're all along for the ride.

Well, generally speaking I'm willing to forgive it since it went against the Dodgers, but I don't think it's a good precedent otherwise....

I don't remember Porcello throwing a Maddux. I remember him throwing a lot of Porcellos (6 IP/ 3 ER).

Dave Mlicki had a Maddux... Dang

Skubal is on pace for the best K/BB ratio of all time (amongst qualified pitchers) at 11.71

Parker led off the Hens game with a HR, pulled a middle in changeup to RF.

All-time Tigers Madduxes, with the caveat that I don't know what years pitch counts became available. (Edit: forgot to filter out non-shutouts before)

Chas gets his wish for no no-no.

I really dislike that whoop/shriek/whatever that gets played over the sound system after every strikeout. not least of all because it reminds me of the "fast zombie" call in Half-Life 2.

Rainer just homered off a 97mph fastball from a lefty. Great sign!

My preferred AI tool - Perplexity - says that grok gives incorrect answers 94% of the time.