casimir

It’s supply chain related.

So he would likely fit in with some of the crowd that he would have entertained?

If the plan is to tank and draft, they’ve got to hit on the picks. Because otherwise they’ve had awful seasons with the big club, and they didn’t get the dividends that they were hoping for.

Good on him for coming clean.

What a gutless pile.

In that instance it would seem the 1sts are fails and the 9th is luck. A team cannot tank then swing & miss on 1sts. They simply can't.

So the 9th rounder is a diamond in the rough, and the 1st rounders are serviceable? Unacceptable.

So the gunman had a "mental health issue" (allegedly, probably just to try get through this as quickly as possible until the next mass gun shooting in Texas), but was still able to legally purchase two AR-15s, one on his 18th birthday and one a few days after?

And, oh, by the way, we think there's a teacher shortage now? Just wait.

Maybe the NRA should be allowed one and only one entrance/exit into their convention this weekend? Maybe, once they've ensured that all inside have abided by the no weapons mandate, maybe they could let someone through the convention center with several AR-15s?

Exactly. What else can they do? Ain't like everybody will call time out together so that everybody can declare what their intentions are.

Absolutely. But nothing will be done on either front.

Similarly, it'd be confusing for cops to show up to a situation where the first gunman has been joined by a "good guy" or two. Now what do the cops do? 3 people brandishing weapons, probably from 3 different spots, and no idea who is which side or the other. As far as this specific situation is concerned, it sounds like there is plenty of vetting yet to do as far as what exactly happened.

Clueless guys like Fled won’t do anything until their own are mowed down. And even then, they may still do nothing.

Whitaker (2B), Trammell (SS),…..

Neifi would be so proud.

Are you new here?

I fully understand the desire to have a Marwin Gonzalez clone. But you're right, CastroW ain't that.

Well, let's look at this from another angle. We get to watch CastroW's fielding foibles, and there is a, how shall I say this, macabre entertainment value by watching him drop to his knees and lean over to his left to catch a fly ball. Its kind of like watching kids learn how to catch fly balls. There's some measure of childlike amusement to it. Am I right? Nah, this is awful, he needs to be demoted, immediately.

Its not just that the replacements are worse. Its that there are no replacements, period. 2 Cs, and 1 DH only out of 12 position players. That's only 9 guys to cover 7 defensive positions. And they have to manage normal rest days, too. How are so many hitters below career norms/expectations? How can, essentially everyone, be in a slump?

I think I know where you're trying to get to, but I don't think that creates the change that needs to be made. I don't think the culture changes until those with high stakes in keeping the current gun culture alive suffer these kinds of consequences themselves.

How about a regatta instead?

Just to add to the choice of reliever discussion, I would go with the best available RP. It doesn't matter if its the closer, the stopper, playing match ups, whatever. I don't think the Tigers have any RP worthy of designating a closer/stopper right now. Chafin is probably as good of a choice as any. I know some folks would argue to hold the closer (which the Tigers may have in name, but he's hardly shut down) until the Tigers (as the road team) get the lead when the game gets into the 9th or later. I have no problem bringing that best pitcher into a tie game in order to get to the next inning.