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The defensive acumen seems to be there. The bat isn't there.

In fairness, Hinch isn't the one that popped up the bunt.

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I wouldn’t bank on Nebraska. But then again, we’ve seen some upsets already and James Madison is up 17-7 over Virginia right now, so, you never really know for sure.

This is the kind of game where I don’t feel compelled at all to watch it live. I can take care of yard work or whatever else I need to and watch the recording whenever. If I find out a score ahead of time, ok, whatever. Heck, I might not even watch the recording. I think this is a replacement game for a series vs Washington that was cancelled. I’m guessing it was cancelled due to Notre Dame in two weeks. It was probably that Washington was on the schedule, the series bs Notre Dame was agreed to afterwards, OSU didn’t want both Washington and Notre Dame in the same out of conference season schedule, and OSU bought out UW.

This is probably a more comprehensive of a review than Harris will actually receive by the Tigers. 😆 You put a lot into this, nice effort.

Just heard a discussion about bigs these days, but can't remember who/where. Anyway, the gist of the conversation was that bigs in America train to be guards, and to a fault. Too much hanging out at the arc, not enough time in the key. Bigs elsewhere are trained to be basketball players. They have some of the guard skill sets, but they also have some of the traditional skills of the front line.

Its funny how sometimes merely trivial items stick to one another to form a concrete memory. I remember driving in the upper NW Ohio corner towards Indiana when the resignation announcement of Larry Sorenson was read on air before the game by Frank Beckmann. Why is that memorable to me?

The original Muppets were great. I think. I mean, I was a kid. There were only 3 channels at the time. OK, maybe they weren't that great but simply the best of a limited offering?

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Torkelson has his OPS up to .771. Greene is at .796.

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Oh, good, someone else saw that, too. I was afraid that I was hallucinating there.

Aw, heck, no need to pray now.

Ok, so do we pray for rain now, or do we have to wait a little bit?

I thought this, too. Looking at national games, MLBN has St. Louis at Atlanta (7:20 EDT, last game of series) and Arizona at Chicago (7:40 EDT, first game of series). St. Louis (travels to Cincinnati next) at Atlanta (stays home for the next series) might have seemed like a compelling matchup at the beginning of the season. I don't know if/how MLBN can alter its broadcasting schedule along the way given other contracts to handle and whatnot. Seems doubtful Detroit at New York would have been scheduled as a night game to possibly pivot to. The other thing to consider for a national broadcast is that tonight is the kickoff to the NFL season. So, I don't know how much that factors in, but I would think that gets more casual sport fan eyes rather than a baseball game tonight.

It sounds like the Tigers have some prospect position players vying for similar roles but are questionable defensively. Do we see trades this offseason to alleviate that logjam and address other issues? Or maybe target pitching or other prospects that might not have the same batting acumen but are more well rounded baseball players?

JC gettin' deep today.

Just not at 3B, please.

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Drat.

It was Manning’s foot.

Failed starter, failed geography.

We also heard the rumor of Leyland playing a guy or two more than he should have to prove a point to Dombrowski. So, I’m not sure how much I buy into the current situation. Or maybe it’s a slick move by salty managers.

Well, it’s baseball, so yes.