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Pretty sure I heard he hardly ever touches a baseball in the off-season, so this wouldn’t be new or unknown among baseball insiders. He makes sense for them because he can throw 150 innings and, outside of Skubal, who do they have that can reasonably be expected to do so this season?

We were all young the last time the Tigers had a winning record on April 1#th.

Yeah, such a pity......🤣

Oh, its just a random question I have about it. I'm not assigning it to you. Yet....😁

The way this team is going offensively, just get Canha, Greene, and Carpenter at the top in whatever order and hopefully a middle trio emerges. Get the guys that are hitting as many of the plate appearances as possible.

But how is freight going by multiple means of transport calculated?

Yes, I think you are right about that nerve issue happening to Bonderman. I do remember the fishing being a draw, but he also had a young family, too.

In fairness, his first season was in line with why he got that contract.

Sure, that's possible.

I guess it depends upon your definition of "enormous". The line that I refer supposedly has around 20 freights a day. A few years ago there was some sort of potential issue with the Suez Canal. That 20 was going to grow to I want to say short of 40 if the canal was closed. FYI, my daughter grew up with "stuff" trains and "people" trains. So if this discussion continues and I accidently use those technical terms, just play along.

I pass over a fairly busy rail line every day on the drive to and from work. Its a straight stretch in each distance and the commuter train which presumably is going to or from Chicago has to be doing 70 MPH through there. So, trains are to sound their horns when approaching these crossings. I oblige and honk back sometimes. It just seems the polite thing to do.

Bonderman was one of the first, if not the first, to have the thoracic outlet syndrome. I wonder how much of that might have factored into his decision to retire early. I wonder how much playing through the pandemic might have adjusted some guys' priorities. I only bring that up because I looked at Rendon's stats. His fall off occurred after the 2020 season. Maybe the fall off is independent of COVID. Maybe the timing is just coincidence. Maybe he changed and that change affected his performance.

I assumed it was artificial intelligence.

Those pillars seem more annoying now than back then. But, damn, those orange seats right behind the dish had to have been awesome to sit in. Everything laid out right in front of you, close proximity to the field, a little leverage above the field. If you could hear Ernie, too? Those seats had to have been good living.

Oh, I think we're mature enough to handle "pains in the ass". No need to sugar coat it with "peas in a pod".

Tough first week for Jackson Holliday. The kid is only 20, so its not a surprise. But given all of the hullaballoo about starting the season in AAA, its probably not how anyone envisioned the debut week.

Uh, spoiler alert?

Man, I can’t stand bad defense. They’ve been better than I thought they on defense. This was a tough one to take. Todd Jones’ opinion of the glove being a counterweight was kind of interesting. I don’t know if that’s what caused the Skubal toss to first to be so wide. I’m also not sure Torkelson couldn’t have saved that out with better feetwork at the bag. But in his defense, that throw was really unexpectedly off and slow. I think Keith gets a bit of a reprieve as that final bounce did look bad. I don’t know, maybe he could have come in a step and cut down that hop from mid to short hop which might have avoided that error. Maybe he didn’t have enough time to do that, I’m not sure. To his credit, he’s looked fine with what’s been hit to him so far this season.

Welp, there's always sports gambling podcasts to (try to) make a living.

Right behind me.

My window here is now wet.

Is it just me or does it seem like Greene's swing has gotten more uppercutty?

You didn't put the tarp over the driveway? Dude.....

Uh.... have the postponed Wednesday's game already?