Jim Cowan

Yes I think that that is a fair assumption, that he was ready for the challenge of AFL and they knew they wouldn't lose him.

Ted Williams loved him. "A little guy who can put it on the roof".

I can't wait for someone to wade through those game logs! What a great clue.

I would love to know the answer to that. Here is my guess, it has something to do with Kaline, Cash and Colavito.

Might be a couple of more weeks to find a team to take Grossman. They won't DFA him I don't think.

Baddoo finished 3 for 5 and the line is now .268/.358/.451. I'm ready to see him back in Detroit.

That's what we need to see.

Very smart!

You mean in 1993?

Workman has struck out 112 times in 247 ABs.

That's really interesting, I have a son who would do that if he could afford it.

Yes but it was an amusing attempt, he wasn't too worried about the accuracy of the time interval.

I saw a good RC priest try to merge Creation and Evoltution in a lighthearted way, he acknowledged the fossil record. And then he said this - "you can fill a bowl with salt water and sterile rocks, leave it out in the sun and stare at it for 10 million years, and I guarantee you that nothing will come crawling out of there". It was well done.

His exact meaning was self-evident.

Baddoo has a single and a steal in the first inning.

For those who don't remember what they said about the trade at the time, the comments start on page 142 in the Hot Stove League thread. Spoiler alert: you liked it.

Exactly right.

Is there any evidence...at all, even one scrap...to suggest that Paredes' departure had anything...anything at all...to do with "cultural fit"?

Levon Helm tells a story in his autobiography about going to elementary school in Arkansas in the late 40's and early 50's, and how every morning when attendance was being taken you had to stand up when your name was called, say your name, and then recite a complete verse from the Bible. It didn't take very long for someone to discover that this is a complete verse: "Jesus wept". Eventually about half of the class was doing that, saying their name and then "Jesus wept".

Paredes is still only 23, and when the Tigers gave him extended playing time in the 2020 Covid year (yes they really did, 108 PA's in a 54 game season) and he did nothing with it, he was still only 21. But I don't see that Tampa has done anything magical with him, he won that Mexican Pacific batting title all by himself. He always had skills and his BB to K ratio was always impressive in the minors. There was just some uncertainty about his defensive position. So if he earns himself a good contract I am happy for him. We have the rare daily double here according to some, Avila made a lousy trade to acquire him and then made a lousy trade to get rid of him.

I hope he hits 25 homers and gets a nice payday. I still don't mind the trade and I don't support the argument that the Tigers didn’t give him a fair chance.

I think he has been viewed as an org guy but if he can keep this up maybe he can change some minds.

Every time.

GameDay thinks his fastball is a change-up.