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This is my uneducated impression of it. There was one or two options for a new stadium in Oakland that seem to have fallen by the wayside a while ago. Was one of them a “Howard’s Terminal” location or something of that sort? Whatever. It seems like that came and went and when there was no traction there, it just kind of felt like a matter of to where else and when rather than staying in Oakland. How long has Oakland had a poor baseball stadium? It started with renovating it for the Raiders to come back to town way back when and has just deteriorated since then. Honest question, will they be able to finish the season there or will they need to play on the road permanently at some point? The Tigers play there in early September, which seems kind of crazy given the fact that the Athletics are in Detroit now. Might those games end up in Sacramento (the River Cats are on the road that week), San Jose (on the road), or elsewhere?

So this is where I am confused. Are the picks bad picks that won’t work together? Does the coaching staff lack the ability to get these guys to develop and mesh? Is it more of both than one or the other? Absolutely dreadful.

I think a market correction was expected for Flynn, but damn, the Great Depression was quite impressed by this game.

That’s an interesting observation. And then the next series is against the second banana of Pennsylvania, for whatever that’s worth.

The commissioner is too busy looking at the valuation of a team being in Las Vegas as opposed to being in Oakland. One fan base might be alienated, but (1) they can follow the team and/or have another geographically easy accessible team to follow and (2) another fan base can be created. Additionally, this clears a hurdle for expansion (the Tampa stadium issue being the other), which will bring in more valuation for the league. And it gives a potential questionable expansion option a trial run, which, the more expansion options, the higher that purchase price will be for the next expansion teams. What’s a little short term bad press going to do when you’re busy counting all of that extra cash coming into the league?

Yes. MLB changed uniforms. The Tiger’s player name font is definitely smaller and lower on the shoulders than in previous seasons. But it’s not just the Tigers, it’s all MLB teams.

The classic damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

Kind of a cousin of Washington “Football Team”, but obviously for different reasoning. I remember when the New Orleans Hornets played a couple of seasons in Oklahoma City after Katrina they were called Oklahoma City or a combined New Orleans / Oklahoma City. Along with the basketball motif, the owner of the Sacramento River Cats, who will share their stadium with the A’s, also owns the Sacramento Kings who have bounced around quite a bit in their history including individual seasons that were spent being shared by Omaha and Kansas City. This is probably a run through for Sacramento to see if they might have the chops for MLB, at least from the owner’s standpoint. I think I have dedicated way too much gray matter to trivial sports trivia. I should read a book.

I think another aspect is that Hinch is pushing a lot of bench buttons but maybe also hoping that a current platoon or two might eventually turn into more of a starting situation that someone takes the opportunity and runs with. So maybe a bit of an extended spring training so to speak? But the games count now, so, yeah, taking advantage of those winnable games while trying to see if some questions get answers is definitely a positive.

That looked like a burger to me. I gotta get new glasses.

Yeah, what’s with “West” Sacramento? And will they be called the Sacramento A’s or the Chico’s Bail Bonds A’s?

I like mine with lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and French fried potato….. Sorry, that’s just a natural reaction I have. But that burger looks good.

Nice area.

Antonio McDyess would have appreciated that.

Heading into this game, the league average scoring per game per team is 4.63 runs/game. The Tigers are scoring 3.83 and allowing 2.17 (only Boston has allowed fewer, 2.00).

That photo of Trammell and Whitaker doffing their caps at second base in Tiger Stadium is the background on my computer.

OK, but just let the streakers streak. I want to hear Benetti's call for that one.

Geeez, I also thought Ivey and Duren were an absolute steal for the Pistons. I want to say they still have untapped potential, but I could be overestimating them. And even if they have that growth there, is this franchise going to get that growth out of them? And I'll add this, too. If trading them away is the best option, is this franchise capable of making the best of that move?

Looks like a great day to start another 5 banger. Huzzah!

That might be one way to see if the league is paying attention to the Pistons. Obviously its questionable given nothing came about from Weaver's little exchange of pleasantries with a fan a month of so ago.

Let's win two!

I don't think that was "down in flames". Sure, he lost. Down in flames would have been an absolute ass kicking whereby the (R)s wouldn't consider him as their candidate again. Semantics aside, I think there's a healthy fear for the upcoming election. I don't subscribe to the confidence bravado that others seem to have.

I think we've heard this before. And yet, it didn't happen.

Sure, I get that the newer fields have pretty good drainage. But, how much rain has it taken it in a relatively short amount of time? There's a breaking point somewhere. Hopefully it doesn't involve an OF's ankle.

I question the excuse on its face. I wonder if there's about to be a public revelation about how awful things are in the locker room.