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OK, but here is part of the issue at hand. This organization has been going through sink or swim evaluation for too many seasons in a row. I understand the front office has been turned over. What happened prior shouldn't necessarily be on the current's resume. But the current organization needs to understand that this fan base has been through enough of a stretch of uncompetitive baseball. @chasfh astutely went through a laundry list of things that didn't work this season (must be in another thread), a list where if those reasonable possibilities were more 50/50 rather than 20/80, then we're probably in a better mood today. Too many things went wrong as opposed to neutral or right. OK, fine, that's baseball, it happens. But you can't build upon that disappointment with another season of disappointment, a scheduled season of wait and see without addressing known and reasonably anticipated weaknesses during this upcoming offseason. I doubt they could do enough shopping this offseason to acquire too much talent. Should that happen, I think they can move out some current for future. I understand Harris' desire to build this organization with deeper roots to acquire and develop better than in the past. I appreciate that, I implore that, we should all be happy with that. At the same time, the current needs to be addressed. I sometimes question whether or not the current front office understands what the fan base has lived through. Sure, they can look at losing record after losing record after losing record. But does that really resonate with folks that have not been living the entirety of it? I don't want to hear about personal competitive natures on a friendly podcast. Show me that nature by building sooner and later.

Who's to say Caldwell-Pope even sniffed a Piston offer (if offered)?

The walker siting next to the pizza spear in the dugout is a bit of a red flag, isn't it?

Who is crying? There's no hitting on the major league roster and this front office has not shown an ability to draft/develop/coach major league hitting. To be fair, they've only been around for a season and a half. But we've also seen puzzling approaches at the plate, particularly this season. So, I'll believe they can draft/develop/coach hitting when I see it.

I suspect they could have gotten something for Canha. Perhaps they still can if the bat comes back. A seasoned RHH OF/1B should have something of value for a playoff team, even if only as a bench bat. Heck, they were able to move Lorenzen last season, and his innings pitched issue was glaring.

No face tackling of the plate required when you hit the ball very, very far.

Scrabble should sponsor the wedding.

No, I don't agree. They need to figure out ways to bring hitting in because they cannot count on enough of it coming from within. They need to look at free agency and trades. What they have returning in house won't be enough to compete in the division.

But the new shooting coach….

But the beauty is that they can bring Harris in and still suck enough to pick 5th.

Daggumit, pound the ol’ Budweiser!

I wouldn’t be adverse to it, not that my opinion matters.

They say great minds think alike. I’m just not sure what they would call this. 😆

They did finish the season on an 18-10 September/October. So at some point they were at least 14 below .500. For as bad as they’ve looked at times this season, they have not scraped that quite yet.

Well, Toledo hosts Columbus Monday through Wednesday and then the series shifts to Columbus Thursday through Saturday. Wednesday is July 3rd and Thursday is July 4th. I think the International League has tried getting every team a home game around that time in the past before the age of the Tuesday through Sunday series. That might be what is going on here, but it’s just a guess.

Baby Doc has a few more seasons to catch up with Papa Doc.

Now go get Marjanovich and let the Bobi & Tobi zen cascade over the lockerroom.

Baseball is life. The rest is just details.

Its weird. I think most folks would take a WHIP of around 1.00 and a SO/BB of 3.57 from a RP. But, much like the bullpen in general, he has fallen apart after April.

I don't know. They've been executing a nose dive since the end of April.

This should be on a bumper sticker.

Is that earmuffs?

He’ll provide defense at the very least. Hopefully the bat plays this time. The problem is what should be expected of him won’t make up for the other offensive deficiencies. But if he can hit towards reasonable expectations for him, at that’s a positive for the team.

Nah, not yet. This might not be a playoff team, but I’m not punting on the baseball season quite yet.

Hardaway Jr will get a pass on that in Detroit.