casimir

Wrong birds.

On another hand, if he's going to miss time, this would be the time to do so. The OF has depth. There's a few extra off days coming up from the all star break. The large lead in the division.

I’ll be honest. I’m still not sure I consider them to be the best team in the American League, let alone baseball. Not from a roster standpoint, anyway. I’m waiting to see an eventual regression to the norm. But maybe they are this good. They have the record. They’re well coached. The whole of the team can be greater than the sum of its parts. I don’t know. I guess we just enjoy the ride while we have it.

I can be a creature of habit too much. This Sunday night game time has me all out of sorts.

The details of the betting could be quite interesting. He wasn’t dumb enough to bet against himself, was he? This wouldn’t be a variable to his end of season shooting slump, would it?

Yup. I would have been fine for a shorter deal, but he might have found a better deal elsewhere (just speculating) based on his last season. I think of the 3 FA in question, I would have preferred Schroeder for a return over the other 2, simply to allow for another veteran ball handler on the roster. I’m not saying they need to resign him, I think it’s wise to see what else is out there. But of the 3, I think I would find more on court value with him given the current roster and assuming career norm tendencies nest season (ie, Beasley would probably come back to earth off of last season).

A wise man once said “Might as win this game.”

He was all sorts of off last night. Pretty brutal to watch.

I mowed the lawn this morning. The driveway looked fine, so I left it alone.

A funny little asterisk with a huge World Series championship rock on his finger.

So, has voting really changed that much? Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know. But it seems like voting results now reflect statistics much more than in the past when reputation had a major part of all star voting. I’m not complaining, I like it.

Maybe he just dislikes the hat? It does suck.

Remember that time Manuel Margot was a Tiger? So fun…..

Jacob Wilson’s batting stance disturbs me.

Nah, let ‘em keep running.

Go ahead, keep running on him, morans.

Love that defensive play by Perez.

This Harris dude’s socks are fire.

I don’t think you have to worry about the trio of vets coming back. Ivey’s return would eat a bunch of those minutes.

I love a good haiku.

Mine is sweaty.

I wore #00 in CYO basketball. All of my Achilles are intact.

Baez will likely make the game on the bench. His versatility will probably factor into the decision on some other possible bench players.

Can both be right? Ordonez' home run pushed Detroit into the World Series. It erased a long history of futility. But it was the bottom of the 9th of a tie game in a 3-0 series. The series wasn't definitively over yet with him at bat, not until he pushed a run across the plate. But it seemed inevitable that Detroit was going to win that series. That Prince block in the playoffs saved the series for the Pistons, didn't it? That was a pivotal moment. I don't like pointing to one play in a basketball game and saying that was it, save for end of game stuff (ie, don't leave Horry open). I think there's merit for both from different angles. I think I'd say Prince's block was bigger in the moment.

I thought that was a good share.