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It’s probably a little more validated than Rafael Palmiero’s gold glove award. But do we know how the defensive awards are handled for the minor leagues?

Meanwhile, down here in reality….

"That’s if he sticks at second base. Jung was a surprise Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove winner given his pre-Draft reputation, but he impressed Tigers officials and Minor League managers with his ability to handle what’s hit to him with his good hands. However, his lack of range limits his defensive ceiling up the middle, and his trial at third coincided with Colt Keith getting looks at the keystone. Jung’s offensive ability is too good to ignore, and should he keep hitting the right benchmarks, he'll remain valuable in the lineup regardless of his defensive spot." https://www.mlb.com/prospects/tigers/jace-jung-690291

Yup. He's overpaid, but that's what free agency usually results in for the bigger contracts. It is what it, its a sunk cost and won't be discounted by one penny unless Harris can find a team to take Baez. And even then, I'm not sure it'd be worth the prospects to send and/or the equal bad contracts coming back to get it done. Baez still plays damn good defense at SS. Its not like he's a complete waste on the field. And with the way the rest of the lineup is shaping up, hitting Baez lower in the lineup would be a way to not hide his bat, but lower its importance.

Don Kelly had a dozen gloves? I ain't gonna question him. If Mozart had a dozen wands, would you question it? If Picasso had a dozen paint brushes, would you question it?

Maybe she's a furry and this was her coming out party? I don't know.

Are Keith and Jung too similar enough in defensive weaknesses that its going to be tough to carry both at some combination of 2B/3B? I get their calling cards are their bats, but the gloves are part of the equation, too. Maybe I'm wrong, but with what I've read and heard, it sounds like both are 3B. Keith gets 2B this season as a way to promote his bat to Detroit, and not force his arm across the diamond at 3B for the immediate future, but it will be strong enough to handle it longer term.

You and I are conversing Broadway (albeit very minimally) on the interwebs. We cannot let our wives know about this. It'll ruin our street cred with them. Her cousin never did shows in high school and now that she's off on her own, she's really acquired a taste for it. Part of it is to meet new people as she's off in a new location. This was her first role where she had a bit of an extended solo part. I feel bad for her that this wacked show was it, but hey, good for her, she's progressing up the ranks and she enjoys it.

Let's wait and see how Gibson folds into the rotation.

Is it April Fool's Day?

My wife's cousin was in a community theatre production of Cats. I'd never seen it before. My guess is that the production was in general pretty similar to the original. My only conclusion is that ain't no way that show was conceived by a sober mind.

I think he'd be better in the studio, pregame/postgame.

Cunningham has stepped up his 3FG% this season. I am tired of seeing Stewart launching 3s. Looks at stats for both. Decides this is the end of this post.

That is something that a non broadcaster visiting the booth might not be aware of during the broadcast. And so add this to what I mentioned above about not wanting to cut Horton off, and it is tough navigation for Benetti or anyone else to get through. Just to clarify, I don't think chas was being critical in as much as just pointing out what was going on in the booth at the time.

Oh, mais oui, tres bien!

Honestly, I don't recall a whole of that.

Its kind of an impossible situation to interview Willie Horton and broadcast a game at the same time. Everybody loves Willie. When he speaks, you want to give him his space and not step on his words. Rightfully so, he's a legend, he has some yarns to spin. But its tough to weave that in with calling a game. For what its worth, Horton really seems to love what he sees in Colt Keith.

I remember the defensive reputation he had. Maybe coupling that with a young rotation was part of the overblown good vibes that were being broadcast.

Looking forward to watching the broadcast after work. It should be helpful that it will be unseasonably warm today, mid 70s and sunny.

This one was on the starters. All 5 were at -19 or worse. Somehow they were out scored by only 9 in the 3rd? That sure seems like a typo. It felt like they were outscored by 20.

Was Barnhart ever good enough to be considered a bust? I think the theory was a lefty/righty pairing at catcher, but I don’t think the physicality of the catching duties lends to a straight platoon operating there. But looking at his career heading into that season, should there really have been any optimism behind his signing?

St. Casimir’s Day is tomorrow. He drove the snakes out of Poland. Enjoy your red beer.

I successfully resisted the urge to purchase that sweatshirt. Actually, it wasn’t that difficult at all.

I believe I saw a small moose along our travels. The woman to whom I’m related by marriage was driving and of course the kids had their faces attached to their phones. By the time we turned the family truckster around, the quad legger had vanished. It appeared larger than a deer, but I don’t think it would have been large enough to be an adult moose. 0 for puffins. 0 for black bears. Did see some harbor seals, so that was nice. The trip was originally Boston only, But the two adults had always wanted to go to Maine. We were in the neighborhood, so that itinerary was added. Unfortunately weather wasn’t always kind to us once we got to our landing spots. But, hey, it was better than being at work, so huzzah.

You don’t get a picture today. Pictures are for winners.