Jim Cowan

Yeah that's the key, how could a guy who never pays for anything actually buy something? It seems unlikely that he pulled out a credit card.

It's the all-righthanded lineup today, featuring Ibanez in left field.

Next spring the plan is to try Larish, Fick and Munson at third.

Campbell actually admitted that - he let the '68 team get old, his biggest regret.

Yes and at his first interview the reporters were kidding him about wearing number 29 and he said yeah they gave me the fat guy's uniform. So they pressed him a bit more about why he had asked for number 29 and he said no, I'm not kidding, this is actually Lolich's uniform. That's how cheap Jim Campbell could be.

I thought that we had agreed that Joey Wentz wasn't going to pitch anymore.

I thought that we had agreed that McKinstry was not going to lead off anymore.

Yes, they needed to make room for Steve Kemp, so Horton was traded, but Campbell brought him back for Opening Day one more time.

Yes, say what you will about Jim Campbell but that was a nice touch. Obviously the trade was made in spring training but Campbell brought him back to Detroit for one more game and started him in left field, which had not happened very often in the preceding years, so that he could hear the applause.

Ryan's a freak and I am pretty sure that he was lifting weights, and denying it, back when people like Sparky Anderson would fine you if they found out about it.

Oh good call on Tigers/A's.

Yes, good old Ralph, "who had managed the Yankees to World Series wins" lol!!!, was hired as a caretaker of the mid-70's crap teams while the best of the Bill Lajoie drafts was still percolating in the minors, and then when his time was up after 1978 and I so so very desperately wanted the job to go to Jim Leyland but they gave it to Les Moss instead, I was crushed.

He read those, and put on some extra cologne.

Malloy in particular has nothing left to prove, he has a .420 OBP at every level. If that means he can do .375 in the majors he needs to be there.

Lol he sounds like every other crook: "forces behind the scenes have repeatedly attempted to silence my voice"

Another route that works is to be the half-wit son of a famous baseball executive, like Smith and McHale.

My complaint about Willi was that if corner OF was his best position he didn't have enough bat to be there.

Manning has 50 strikeouts in 78 innings???

I think a lot of people did. And while it is nice for him to be playing better this year, a guy who misses 35 games still doesn't deliver the value that you would hope for.

"Springtime for Hitler"?

Over this coming winter he has to be penciled in as a lock for the rotation, with a WHIP of 1.11 as of right now.

I agree. He will get lots of rope, along with Vierling and Maton, to justify the Harris transactions. But you can't carry all 3 of them. Maybe not even 2 of them.

It's really easy to like that kid and I hope that we don't keep him out after his curfew.

Hey there's Jason Heyward, still built like a marble sculpture of a Greek God. He's got a good year going, missed some time with injuries of course, and has an OPS of .857, the highest of his career. If he can sustain that to the end of the year, it will be only the second time since 2012 that he has had an OPS of over .800, and fourth time in a 14-year career. And that is just freaking amazing, how little he accomplished after his rookie performance at the age of 20.

Now that you mention it, it seems like your front elbow on the bat would be more stressful.