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I’m envious of all the games the rest of you have seen. The only game I’ve ever seen at Comerica was August 5, 2019 as a guest of our esteemed leader @MotownWebGuy who quite honestly treated me like a king. What a guy! We are fortunate to have him on our side and make this extraordinary playground available to us. It was a great time. It was an ordinary night game that lasted 3:41 minutes. Remember how long games used to be? It was the JaCoby Jones, Niko Goodrum era. Jake was the catcher. Miggy hit into his 14th double play of the year. Turnbull started and only lasted three innings. Gregory Soto took the loss in long relief. Jones hit a triple and a home run. The Tigers lost to the White Sox 7–4. And yes, the White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson treated us like we were his b*tch. The Tigers record at the time was 32–77. We labor under much better circumstances today.

Montero and Melton might be money for one inning in the pen.

Yeah too bad Harris couldn’t get anything more done before the deadline

Some interesting things I was looking up about a couple of prospects I have been keeping tabs on. Pacheco must hate even months. April .212/.366/.364 May .337/.440/.627 June .227/.370/.394 July .341/.492/.545 He also hates playing at home .255/.390/.404 vs .311/.442/.576 Away Liranzo has increased his BA each month, all while having only 9 AB's against pitchers younger than him. April .180/.315/.344 May .231/.359/.423 June .242/.377/.435 July .288/.360/.424

Probably correct. All self-directed stuff, so still 'unserious' with respect to having any outward impact, or in particular positive impact, beyond himself. When he bought WaPo, I think there was a hope it was evidence of a philanthropic bent, but maybe it was really just for the media strokes. Sadly, little evidence there are going to be many Andrew Carnegie types among today's generation of dot.com billionaires. Maybe Gates excepted.

He's blocked at the Major League level by an All-star.

Garland barely got started investigating Trump and all the alleged crimes and conspiracies he was involved in, let alone Epstein. The appointment of Merrick Garland was Biden's worst appointment IMO. He dropped the ball and was late to the game on so many things.

Apollo 15 was exceptional if you read MGOBLOG :--)

Yeah, people were bored with the Apollo program after the first two trips to the Moon.

I like Daniella but would prefer she stay on the other side of the base lines.

Is it? Small sample size and I think circumstances factored in. No college bats this year worthy of our first pick. And with Clark and McGonigle 1-2 in Law’s recent prospect rankings, seems those choices are working out.

It's all you tonight Bert, I am on and off the internet! I will gladly do a game soon!

I like this Melton.

Dillon Dingler is good at baseball

I'm sure they do it clandestinely but they need to report the effect bad calls have on games ie, how much the likelihood of an outcome changes because of a bad call.

Tigers getting some good BABIP help today.

Tork dirty bomb!

The ump is a strike zone idiot hopefully he’ll at least be a consistent idiot.

Yes, more like drowning than treading water.

Just look for the next 30-40 homer suprise player to be Jiminez who suddenly finds his power.

We can't have nice pitchers....

God bless Twitter—many “this better not be our only move” tweets.

Hard to say, but you should consult with your physician prior to pitching him.

Tigers also got Randy Dobnak.

From a Twins site: https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-twins-trade-chris-paddack-to-detroit-tigers-r18848/

Melton can move to the pen and give a high K/9 potential. Same with SGL I guess.

I was looking at the Twins roster yesterday and noted some intriguing pitchers (Duran, Coulombe, Jax). Paddack was not one of them. Paddack might be somebody they could fix, but he doesn't seem to address any immediate problem. Perhaps, they think he can work as a reliever?

Not surprising given your moniker.

Similar to last year, and makes sense as a catcher handling a pitching staff. Similar to Dingler's adjustments to new leagues.

My omnipresent, 13-years old inner monologue is having a field day.

Which is why they have had strict rules regarding gambling for a century. Now, they are actively promoting and encouraging gambling. It puts the integrity of the game in jeopardfy even if nobody is doing anything wrong.

dont know thats the problem with gambling cant trust anything

The article talks about one of the reasons for the delay on the Canadian side. There is a massive EV battery plant being built nearby, and they don't have enough skilled labor for both projects.

wouldnt surprise me with all betting crap going on this is going to just happen more and more

Well I went to one of the few Dontrelle Willis starts...talk about pain and anguish...

I'm somewhat of two minds about how to run a newspaper in the US today. As much as every voice in advocacy and help 'the cause', I can see the virtue in trying to move a paper like WaPo away from being known for it's editorial page positions back to more of a straight news focus -because that is the only way to ever recover credibility as a news source in such a political charged environment. The thing is it is not at all clear if that is any part of what Bezos is trying to do or not. Frankly it seems at this point in his life he's no longer particularly serious about anything.

Lee has spent all of his his age 22 season at AAA. that's another great data point, if "age at level" is important to you. Max Anderson has spent all of his age 23 season at AA, which is just fine as well.

space @itches space

I'm sure Rodriguez will receive a warm welcome from the crowd. 🤭

Hopefully so have the Tigers.

I just woke up from a 14-day coma, what'd I miss?

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Been reading good things about Teslaa so far.

Yeah, I discovered this guy awhile back. His song "Kudzu Wild" is really powerful stuff.