Jim Cowan

I think that he knew what to do, and was pretty bad at doing it.

The radio sets.

You need to find that little nun with the boxing gloves and dish out a few shots.

Well except for Maton being out there that's as close to the A team as you can get with the current roster.

Helsinki was pathetic, he was this close to fondly caressing Putin.

Steve Garvey blows. And I want that closeup of Ed Whitson angrily throwing his gum in the dugout.

89 pitches through 7.

They just let Greinke have an 8 pitch inning

Oh absolutely he was tailor made for those organizations with the hubris to think "we can fix him".

Yes I am not seeing Baddoo as a 600 PA guy anymore, I was hoping for that in his rookie year. He provides bursts of excitement now and then but he's not the 20/20 guy that I was hoping for. I just don't want Meadows to be platooned this year and I am 100% certain that he would be. I think that in a successful organization platooning is a tactic, not a strategy...a tactic borne of necessity. With the Tigers it seems to be a strategy.

That's fine except we've seen too much of Haase and Ibanez in the outfield and there's no reason to assume that it won't continue, that they won't take playing time away from Meadows. I agree that Baddoo hasn't done enough to keep his spot.

That's logical, but Baddoo is a platoon player and I want Meadows playing every day, like Keith and Malloy. So I'd rather not call him up.

Lange you're a beaut.

I noticed (a) Carpenter in the lineup against a lefty, and (b) Rogers catching for the second game in a row These are steps in the right direction.

Look at those 5 years from 1984 to 1988, the guy was a metronome - 28 homers, 31 steals, 140 OPS+. Everyone else on that team had at least 1 off year during that period, but not him.

Haase being restricted to catching causes another problem in that it takes playing time away from Rogers who is superior in every aspect of the game. I'm curious about something. In the past couple of weeks I have seen references to "pitchers like throwing to him". How did that become a fact...was it catching the no-hitter? Or maybe that "catcher's ERA" analysis? Expert insider opinion?

I'm at "never heard of any of these players" and "superficial understanding of slot".

Dumb people need love too.

This got out of hand quickly

Yeah, return of the conquering hero to the scene of his past triumphs.

Those are bad contracts for sure but who is the worst FA signee in recent memory? I'm going with Anthony Rendon.

They had a guy named Omir Santos a few years ago that I was pretty sure had come from a homeless shelter.

Another decent outing for Manning.

I didn't like Torkelson's instincts there. There were 2 out on only 7 pitches, and he swings at the first one which was not middle middle, instead of making Lyles throw a few more. If we had done that as teenagers we'd have gotten yelled at.

8 pitch inning for Lyles.