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That 34.6% includes a pretty brutal October/November of below 30% in 21 games. I would agree that seems to be the floor for him.

Things were going so well. And then you showed up.

Detroit Pistons vs Indiana Pacers

That will be interesting to see indeed.

Verlander's postseason career is basically another full season of baseball for a starting pitcher.

Well, technically yes up until Opening Day, I suppose.

Its probably not an exercise of how to get to the threshold of 40. Its probably more of an exercise of how many does Harris see any actual value in.

The framing of the touchdown scoring defensive back in the background of the shot of the disillusioned quarterback is just fantastic.

Detroit Pistons vs New York Knicks

I don’t know for sure, but my suspicion is that the 49 guys lean heavily towards Ps. So, it’ll be interesting to see how they cull down to 40 (or below).

Sure, just because someone makes it through now or even through the rule 5 without getting being removed doesn’t mean that’ll be the case all the way through to when pitchers and catchers report.

The other item that he brought up was the removal of players from the injured list after the World Series. I knew there would need to be cutdowns, but I had forgotten about the injured lists needing to be emptied. I wouldn’t think anyone cut there would be a good target to go after, but I guess you never know.

Suggestions for Hunter Renfroe and Trey Mancini. Renfroe has been mentioned here before. Another suggestion to bring back Barnhart. Washington Tennessee Florida, man.

Checkmate.

If they need to unload a salary, the Tigers could take on that Rodriguez contract. Of course, it depends upon the prospects that the Mariners would attach to the deal, too.

The local polls are looking for more volunteers. I considered for a minute using a vacation day and doing that just to see how things go from the other side of the table. And then I realized I hate people, and that's probably not the optimal day to meet & greet the more obnoxious folks that will feel the need to obnoxiously air their obnoxiousness.

That's fair. I think Mike I gets the benefit of what has he done for us lately when these discussions come up. Also, the Tigers were competitive and went to a couple of World Series while he was owner. Maybe both Mike & Chris are loyal to a fault? Perhaps that explains the first half of Mike I's ownership until Randy Smith was fired and the Avila era under Chris I? Both Smith and Avila ultimately failed, but they also had baseball lifer type resumes.

What an enjoyable game. The outside shooting of Bogdanovic and the athleticism of Ivey & Duren really gave this team elements that we haven't seen in a while. Shooting overall is still a concern, the youth is going to manifest itself into poor play at times (the opening of the 1st as a prime example), and the rotations are going to be ..... wow, not sure the best description for this to be honest. But there are some pieces in place for this team to grow on. There's finally some long term hope for the Pistons.

I wonder how much of that is youth. I don't know when you posted this, but I know while I was watching it last night, there was a stretch at the end where it seemed like a timeout would have been beneficial. On the other hand, was it a matter of Casey testing the maturity of his team?

The Dodgers are a better team than the Padres. The Padres just happened to win a playoff series. That's what sports do sometimes.

Is it OK to both hate the Yankees and smirk with a bit of karmatic grin at the final putout of the series?

That's a fun point, isn't it? 22-29 under Girardi and 65-46 under Thompson. And in the other dugout, Melvin is in his first season with the Padres.

F ND.

Barkley got 10 years, but he said himself he isn't likely to make it that long. I didn't realize he is already 59 years old. That seems crazy to me.