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Last home game of the season.

Pitchers are going to be like running backs? Use them up, kick them to the side once they've broken down with newer & cheaper editions.

Threatening people seems unnecessary, sir.

Good thing tomorrow is a night game. Looks like the rain lasts throughout today and into the earlier part of tomorrow.

Whatever comes out of this issue, the "fix" ain't happening overnight. That much we can probably all agree upon.

He’d be foolish not to be considering how to leave. What indicates this team is on any path for serious contention while he enters his prime?

I heard this mentioned from Trevor Plouffe (I think) in regards to the baseball. I hadn’t thought of this aspect of “deadening” the baseball, actually taking out the hardness to help the grip. And maybe it’s a well known theory that I just didn’t realize myself. But the grip on the baseball might be contributing to injury as well. The harder the baseball, the tougher it is to grip, the harder a pitcher is going to have hold the baseball. So, following his theory, the pretacked baseball is easier to grip, and should reduce injury.

So I'm not an idiot after all?

For some reason I thought the discussion was about Parker Meadows, but apparently I'm just an idiot.

How do we know he is making the call for him to sit?

Probably the best defense I've ever seen out of Bogdanovic.

Embiid to Wiseman during pregame: "Hey, James, can I call you Andre tonight? Can you wear 0 on your jersey tonight?"

Except he didn't struggle.

Why did Embiid play 35 last night? Are they ramping him up for the playoffs? Seems like an opportunity rest him a bit more than they did.

Easier to win games late when the difference is a run or two rather than five or six. The pitching depth and improved defensive options should help that. Now as far as manufacturing the runs needed......

Looks like they played through the eclipse in Lakeland.

Restoration, baby.

I'm still a bit worried about Keith and Torkelson on the same side of the infield. A shot in between is a shot in between and will be a single regardless of who is over their. But this team's postseason chances seem to be built on pitching (added depth over the offseason) and trying to win the margins where they can (evident in the use of the bench during the games). Now, we have seen a good amount of shifting within the rules still, so they can take advantage of that with Baez up the middle. But will it be enough to be favorable on an amount of those grounders to the right side? So, I'm probably with you on the 0 DRS and 0 OAA, but how does that parlay to the team defense?

True. But they took advantage of Bednar's issues and figured out a way to win. Ugly offense for 8 innings and opportunistic for 1. Good enough. I think we've seen plenty in the past where a Tiger team doesn't take advantage of what could be be gifted to them. We definitely have seen their defensive issues in the past.

This was clutch.

Yup. They could be turkeys.

I think there are some folks that follow baseball too much like football, at least in terms of a game by game basis. Having said that, the Tigers won their first football game 6-4. Not sure if that's an apt comparison or not.

Not bad in Pittsburgh for this series.

My worthless guess is they would want a RHH option to play 2B, a semi platoon partner with Keith although maybe not a strict platoon. I would think the pecking order would be Kreidler first and then one of Perez/Leonard. With Perez, there’s a bit more OF flexibility, but probably only 2B for the IF (and with Vierling and Urshela, that’s probably fine). With Leonard, there’s probably a bit more IF coverage, but probably zero for the OF.