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A Shawn Marion shot?

I am adhering to the 11th commandment. Thou shalth not place wagers nor predictions upon The Game.

Detroit Pistons vs Phoenix Suns

These road victories hurt the lottery odds a bit, but they need the kids need to have some success somewheres this season.

The transactions section on a player’s basketball reference page can be a bit of a roller coaster. It’s not uncommon to see a draft pick traded 2-4 times before the actual pick has been made.

I not worried about Torkelson. Last season was awful, it was awful for a lot of Tiger hitters. Maybe its coincidence, maybe it was something in the water. He was at the top of everyone's draft boards, he's put up some good numbers in the minors. Flush last season, look forward to next season.

I couldn't.

Oh, well, that's always a given.

So, I just looked at the teams & seeds in terms of place holders for now. Obviously there's a little tussle scheduled this weekend and other little skirmishes the next few weeks to juggle things around a bit. The one thing I would tweak with that is making sure that conference champions don't drive the seeding. Conference champions can be defaulted into the party, but where they sit at the table is determined by overall seeding, ideally by some known "objective" criteria rather than however the wind blows on any given Tuesday.

Can't do that too much with 13 pitchers and Cabrera clogging the daily active roster. Ah, I didn't read down far enough.

OK, his OPS+ was 121. That's good.

Who says no?

Detroit Pistons vs Utah Jazz

I'm 3 years older, a foot taller, numerous pounds heavier than my wife. Oh, and we graduated from rival universities. I guess I can never run for political office now.

No wonder Stanley Johnson wants to return.

BB% & HardH% were low. BAbip low as well, probably because of the HardH%. I hope for his sake he bounces back. It wouldn't be out of the question for him to rebound a bit. Maybe he'll benefit from a different environment. Or maybe he's just done.

Oh mon dieu, pardon moi, s'il vous plait.

Its very comic booky.

What's more impressive, the box score or Tripucka's feathered flow?

Detroit Pistons vs Denver Nuggets

Is the Big3 league not hiring?

Sure. Lots of plate appearances that should have gone to Meadows, Torkelson, Grossman, Baddoo, and Greene were instead taken by CastroH, CastroW, and Reyes. Then add in Candelario’s misfortune at the dish and in the field. I wonder if average fielding out of Candelario might’ve earned him another season or not even if his hitting weren’t better last season? Just curious how close he was to being retained. Maybe it wasn’t close at all.

He gone.

I don't know if this has been mentioned before or not. But there's a 2 hour documentary that's been on Bally Sports lately about The Game. I found it pretty entertaining. Sure, there's some rehash of certain tales, and how many times can certain stories be told? But I thought it was good nonetheless.

Doesn't matter. Betting lines are a balance point based on perception of gamblers rather than a measure of teams in an ordinary week. And then there's this week where that mirage number need not apply anyway.