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It’s gonna be like when Jordan and Pippen faced Kukoc in the Olympics. Or, maybe just a little short of it.

Competition? Dig it.

But if this were a bakery all star game, 2021 gets the call for turnovers. So there’s that.

A potential Toledo IF of Kreidler, Lipcius, and Leonard from the 40 and Malloy, Jung, and Hiura off of the 40. Add in Baddo and Bigbie around the OF. Some actual SP in the rotation with Dingler behind the dish. Damn, Toledo have a little something something this season.

It must’of been the exchange rate math that tripped him up.

Wow. I knew catchers handled 1B quite a bit for the 2023 Hens, but I didn’t realize it was about half of the innings. You bring up Lipcius at 2B or 3B. I would think Jung at either of those will be the first lineup decision and Lipcius gets the other of those two defensive assignments. So, will flexibility be the routine down there or will Jung get more 2B repetitions with a longer term view on Keith getting over to 3B? Heck, what kind of leash does Lipcius have anyway? I’d imagine he’s probably on the slippery slope side of the 40 to begin with given his strengths and weaknesses.

Yeah, that accusation above seemed like a stretch.

I think I recall one of the "perks" of Vierling at the time of his acquisition was that he could handle 1B every now and again to spell Torkelson every now and again. He played all of zero innings there last season for the Tigers. Also of note about Vierling, he has a bbref similarity of 973.3 with Skeeter Barnes. I saw Barnes ply his trade as a Mud Hen at Ned Skeldon Stadium (RIP to that track). This sentence has absolutely nothing to do with the 2024 Tiger spring training, but now you're engulfed with memories of Skeeter Barnes and/or Ned Skeldon Stadium and/or Mud Hens.

Its mid February. I'm ready for the lawnmower thread.

Not only will he not pay any of these fines, he's not going to be jailed either. And unfortunately he will continue to be a threat to become president again, until death of course.

Looking over his numerals, he’s got a stealthy hard hit rate, a glaring strike out rate, and a reasonable walk rate. His still only 27 years old. If he’s nothing more than off 40 insurance for 1B at Toledo, it’s a fine acquisition anyway.

Kreidler has to stay healthy to hit, too.

Defensive mentor for Malloy?

Allez les Expos!

Nice area.

While it might be lower odds, I wouldn't rule out a 6 pack of expansion teams. 6 divisions of 6 teams each. Can't do it? Well, baseball expanded by 4 teams twice before. The short term cash influx would be too much for the current owners to pass up and it might be a way for baseball to rip up the current television contracts.

He's done a couple of studio pre/post games for Piston games this season.

Exactly zero. (1) Harbaugh is gone, so there's no point person to go after. (2) Who/What is the governing body of NCAA football anymore? (3) Penn State (albeit a weak PSU), Ohio State, Alabama, and Washington had the chance to do more damage to Michigan than any investigation result will do going forward. None were successful. Those game results are etched in memory. Reggie Bush won the Heisman that was eventually forfeited. Without looking it up, who was the runner up? Did they get the trophy after Bush's was vacated?

The first 9 guys sucked and Williams is trying to find something? Second game of a back-to-back on a west coast trip? The entire situation is a mess and logic sometimes doesn't apply?

A suspension would be one way to keep Stewart out of the starting lineup.

It appears like that might be a possibility. The thing with Keith that has been seen and mentioned on here before is that it seems like it takes him a bit to get his bat acclimated to a higher level of competition after promotion. So, given that history and given that he might still be working back that arm strength that he had before his shoulder injury, I'm hoping the Tigers give him rope at 2B this season. Work through the offensive growth this season, get the arm strong, and then he's a legit everyday bat next season.

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Too late for Holtmann.

I have pie chart to prove they suck.

You're welcome to walk on my lawn anytime.