casimir

While everyone is complaining about the Dodgers operating within the rules, some of said behavior which was also enacted by a previous Tiger owner, I will say the salary deferrals irritate me. I think it’s been pointed out that they count in the luxury tax equation, which is one thing. But it seems like bad practice to me, kind of like giving a 15 year old a credit card.

Dan Gilmore always brings 110% to his posts.

That’s an inflationary of only 1.5%. I’m in a completely different industry, but we use 3.5% year over year for labor (wages and salary) if we don’t have precise numbers to use for budgeting/forecasting purposes.

Should the Dodgers send Betts back to Boston since it was a lopsided trade in their favor? The Tigers traded away Flaherty, got a couple of promising prospects, and then reacquired Flaherty. Should that be allowed?

You had it right back when Mike Ilitch was spending like a drunken sailor and you thought there needed to be a salary cap back then.

True. The problem is it wasn’t enough of a stumble to where he knew he needed to retreat. Fan interference and faulty feet. 0-2 start, but they’ve not been outclassed by the Dodgers.

This is a more tolerable out than Torkelson’s TOOTBLAN in the first game.

According to my exhaustive research on bbref, Keith will have made $6.66M after this season. Maybe that means he’ll start hitting like a beast next season?

I get he’s only 23. I’m just not all that impressed by him and I thought the extension was a reach.

Hold on, autocorrect typed in “Freddie Patek”. Who were you actually typing in there?

How so?

Did anyone else find themselves tapping the top of their head after a few pitches tonight or was it just me doing that?

Six person team and half are missing? Is your team name "Detroit Tiger 2025 Outfielders"?

Yeah, that's a valid point. What I never understood about Torkelson's debut was, if a 1B is MLB ready with that Tiger squad, why is he hitting 7th/8th in the lineup?

Same here. I know some folks were pleased about the contract he signed, but I have my doubts.

It doesn’t seem like #3 should be necessary as there is plenty of actual evidence that Trump is unfit for office. But here we are. We’re simply screwed until he croaks.

A few summers ago, the family went to Niagara Falls and Toronto. While we were in Niagara Falls, we took a trek up to Niagara on the Lake, which is right on Lake Ontario where the Niagara River flows into it, right across the border from New York State (I forget that town’s name). It’s a little touristy, but there’s a pretty nice walkable Main Street downtown area with small shops, a nice sized common park area, horse carriage rides, small town stuff like that. And the town is walkable with lots of nice houses. Lots of grape vineyards along the way from the Falls to the Lake. The weather was clear enough where we could see across the lake and make out silhouettes of the Toronto skyline. I think we were told that was around 30 miles across the lake? I don’t know. Maybe someone was yanking our chain a little on the distance. But it took somewheres around an hour from the Falls to downtown Toronto when we made that drive.

Do your taxes. Do your laundry. Do a puzzle. Play some OOTP. Go bowling with chasf. Empty out your spice pantry. Check your fire alarm batteries. Watch a movie. Listen to a podcast you’ve never tried. Make a quiche. Eat a quiche (after its cooled, not out of the oven). Put your snow thrower away for the season.

This man drank his breakfast.

They’re getting close to breaking his glass case because of the health emergency.

Best day of the year.

This happens at the beginning of every season. Some series goes Thursday through Saturday with no off days, some series goes Thursday through Sunday with a day off in there, usually a Friday for those weather sketchy home teams.

Pitching chaos?

You look like ****. Call in the substitute bowler.

That’s an interesting thought. One thing I did hear that kind of parallels young pitchers is that Clark, from Indiana, hasn’t played as much baseball during a season as most other prospects due simply because of climate. I don’t know how much of that is true, at least for him personally. My guess is he’s had lots of hitting reps which could be done indoors. There are probably some defensive drills that can be done in those big athletic bubbles which are more available these days. But I thought it was a comment worth putting in the back pocket.