casimir

How are Oakland's coming along?

I don't doubt Holliday can be great in the long run. Its just there seemed to be an air of assumed success upon his call up. Sometimes it just doesn't work that way. Willie Mays and his own frustration at himself is probably the most famous story of this.

Unfortunately this is what pitching as a whole has devolved to. Max effort/velocity/torque on more throws per game than before, shorter outings, use more throwers over the course of a season.

5-10 stinks, no doubt. Competitive baseball games in April is an improvement. Now, if they could just go back to catching and throwing the ball properly.....

I had forgotten how good the '87 Tigers were that season. Tops in the AL in offensive runs per game and 3rd best in runs allowed per game. Meanwhile, Minnesota was slightly below league average in both measures. And Detroit took the regular season series 8-4, outscoring the Twins a cumulative 83-58.

I like it. I’m tired of the single inning relievers. I think Faedo and Holton can eat up a few more innings out of the pen to alleviate the workload on the rotation. I’d be comfortable with either going through a lineup once. I think we might also see Chafin and Foley go for more than 3 outs with some frequency. The Tigers seem to have a way with pitching. It’ll bite them once in a while, but there’s no perfect method.

Gipson-Long has a bum arm already, Manning could already be called up for someone else, and it’s time this organization grows up and out of bullpen days.

A pair of those Piston 28 game losing streaks added to the Lions would get them in the neighborhood. The fact that Weaver ain’t fired yet just tells you how directionless Drunk Uncle Tommy is.

I don’t think that’s wise planning, but hey, to each their own.

I can’t believe your patience is wearing thin.

Good for Lange to come through. Give him credit for it. I’ll also throw this in. Lange throws hard and doesn’t know where it’s going, facing a rookie in a tight spot later in the game. It’s a game of chicken. Langford flinched.

They’re playing competitively in April. Isn’t that a nice change? Probably should’of kept Torkelson at 3B.

Pretty sure I heard he hardly ever touches a baseball in the off-season, so this wouldn’t be new or unknown among baseball insiders. He makes sense for them because he can throw 150 innings and, outside of Skubal, who do they have that can reasonably be expected to do so this season?

We were all young the last time the Tigers had a winning record on April 1#th.

Yeah, such a pity......🤣

Oh, its just a random question I have about it. I'm not assigning it to you. Yet....😁

The way this team is going offensively, just get Canha, Greene, and Carpenter at the top in whatever order and hopefully a middle trio emerges. Get the guys that are hitting as many of the plate appearances as possible.

But how is freight going by multiple means of transport calculated?

Yes, I think you are right about that nerve issue happening to Bonderman. I do remember the fishing being a draw, but he also had a young family, too.

In fairness, his first season was in line with why he got that contract.

Sure, that's possible.

I guess it depends upon your definition of "enormous". The line that I refer supposedly has around 20 freights a day. A few years ago there was some sort of potential issue with the Suez Canal. That 20 was going to grow to I want to say short of 40 if the canal was closed. FYI, my daughter grew up with "stuff" trains and "people" trains. So if this discussion continues and I accidently use those technical terms, just play along.

I pass over a fairly busy rail line every day on the drive to and from work. Its a straight stretch in each distance and the commuter train which presumably is going to or from Chicago has to be doing 70 MPH through there. So, trains are to sound their horns when approaching these crossings. I oblige and honk back sometimes. It just seems the polite thing to do.

Bonderman was one of the first, if not the first, to have the thoracic outlet syndrome. I wonder how much of that might have factored into his decision to retire early. I wonder how much playing through the pandemic might have adjusted some guys' priorities. I only bring that up because I looked at Rendon's stats. His fall off occurred after the 2020 season. Maybe the fall off is independent of COVID. Maybe the timing is just coincidence. Maybe he changed and that change affected his performance.