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While we were there, players had been arriving to the park. Nothing was going on out on the field besides grounds keeping. But when we left, we walked along the street that is used for player/coach parking, and there were some wheels out there. Two fun facts I got from there. (1) Was the tornado that demolished part of the OF stands way back when, maybe over 100 years ago. (2) Was the impressive fruit & vegetable garden that they have on property outside of the upper deck along the 3B line.

You were too engrossed in the Tigers - Braves game? 🤣

I liked Pittsburgh. We walked across the Clemente Bridge. Sat in the RF bleachers. Walked around the stadium and took in the game at different spots for a short time during the game. The spiral walkway in the LF corner is a good SRO type of view of the city and the field. The lower deck seats in LF were pretty neat, too; you never see a lower deck section quite that small, so that unique aspect was interesting.

We did a tour of Fenway right before we left Boston last year. It was fine to walk around and check stuff out, but I can't imagine sitting anywhere in there except for maybe on the Monster for 9 innings. The seats are just so cramped together.

He was also standing in front of the Kane's Furniture advertising when he made that comment so I wonder if he was being extremely sarcastic with his commentary.

Maeda's career splits. It doesn't guarantee anything going forward, but if history can be a guide, he's about to become a much better pitcher.

Fun game. I really like the pitching & defense of this team and the baserunning when they can take advantage of situations. Baez creating havoc, probably his best all around game this season. But even Rogers following Baez' around the pillows and sneaking into 3B when the Rays were throwing the baseball all over the place? Come on, that was beautiful.

Its an app on your phone. Did you know there's also a phone app on your phone?

The full years before and after his seasons affected by the military service, Greenberg had WARs around 6. His 162 game average WAR was higher than Gehringer. Or how about this wrinkle. Cabrera is actually below both in Tiger career WAR per baseball reference.

I would say Lanier, Thomas, and Dumars.

Not sure I’d want to get near any murky waters in that instance. I’d guess the appropriate medical assessment would be subject to both sides signing off and reviewed by MLB, but I would think Eppeler would have had those taken care of as well? Maybe he was too lax there and that opened up the door to investigate.

Oh, its someones.

Did they have him hitting 2nd again?

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Now now, there's nothing wrong with drunk posting on a Monday morning. Let's not shame Tigeraholic1.

Do you think that perhaps, just maybe, that this stretch of April pales in comparison to what he's done throughout his career? If you want to make a case for Carpenter at 2, that's fine, he's probably the best hitter right now. But the top 3 right now need to be Greene, Carpenter, Canha, in some order or another 1 through 3. Greene is probably the best skilled hitter in the lineup, Carpenter is currently the best hitter in the lineup, and Canha has the best career hitting resume in the lineup as well as one of the better current hitters in the team. Keith will be fine. I'm not sure he's earned the right to hit higher in the lineup just yet. I have no doubt he'll improve upon .185/.274/.197. But right now I'll give more plate appearances to .250/.350/.422.

I'm not sure there was an angle that showed Canha was safe beyond a doubt. I understand the run expectancy and it'd have been nice to not give up an out there. But it also would have sucked losing a challenge that early in a game without knowing what the future might hold. The top of the first is awfully early in a vacuum. But given the offensive struggles at times, I can also understand the reward side of trying the review.

I think I'm fine with seeing the scorched line drive double rather than a wind addled high fly ball the gets over the fence if it is a sign of things to come.

.286 AVG and .881 OPS with RISP this season. Not very clutch? PHing for either catcher that cannot hit right now later in a game with runners on and the game in question. The result is a baseball result. Any hitter could strike out in that instance. Any hitter could get a hit in that instance. I think we can agree that risk/reward is different in that situation depending upon the hitter, right? But you would prefer to not try better odds in that circumstance and just send up the worse of two options?

I think I’d like to see him at one spot as well. 2B full time until he’s ready to move to 3B full time or 2B full time. He has a history of needing time to warm up once promoted. Give him the stability on defense to get his bat up to speed.

So let me ask you this. If Canha were due up as the hitter, you’d have been asking for either Rogers or Kelly to PH for Canha in that situation?

Well, I’m not sure how it could be a good sign. And with the degree to which folks are on social media these days,…..