1984Echoes

what happened to Baez?

Isn't Jermar Jefferson supposed to be fast as lightning? They're giving him a good look today...

Execute the treasonous MF'er.

Jay's little brother Josh...

Good summary for WM. Erie: Both Dingler & Workman hit doubles today. Dingler 3 for 5 with the double Workman 1 for 4 with the double and a BB... and 2 K's. Parker went 1 for 5... no K's Wilmer Flores had an OK game: 6 inn's 7 hits 1 BB and 5 K's. But he gave up 2 HR's for 4 ER's. Lakeland: Nothing exciting. Toledo: Carlton just closed it out, Hens win 3-0... Daz hit a triple 1 for 4. Kreidler hit a double 2 for 4 and also his 14th SB this year (at Toledo that is...) Tork 0 for 3 (meh) and a HBP Bryan Garcia pitched 6 shutout inn's with 1 hit 1BB and 7 K's...

Keuchel is 34 and has been a disaster the past two years... his career may be running on fumes... Similar to Miggy...

Tigers trying to reclaim some small part of their lost dignity...

Inflation: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/inflation-falls-in-july-for-first-time-in-two-plus-years-key-gauge-shows-due-to-falling-gas-prices-11661517617?siteid=yhoof2

Awesome buying opportunity after this overreaction.

Also... Growth companies that are not cash positive (they may have a high revenues growth rate but if Op expenses remain higher than Net Margin as they try to expand their business) have to borrow money. The higher the interest rates, the harder or more costly it is to borrow. Thus, the businesses growing the most rapidly, and that includes employment, stop growing or run into cash flow problems if they are unable to borrow... or both.

Go Brandon!!!

So Trump was selling out the CIA to Russia and other foreign enemies? Treason! Execute this contemptible Benedict Arnold MF'ing Traitor! You know, like the Rosenbergs... In other words... it's not unprecedented.

That's probably the trick right there... No greater temptation for a young pitcher who might be struggling in-game than to just all-out fire away at full blast...

That looks like it matches exactly what I said: An Org's first priority with a young pitcher should be to master changing speeds, including a changeup, and command and control, over developing sliders and curveballs. Changeups look like they are the least stressful... Add a slider or curve or split or whatever once a guy has got to High A and is at least 21 y.o. But that's just a guess/ my opinion. I hope Jobe stays healthy... all the way.

Well... It's going to be put up or shut up time for both of those guys... Really quick. Ras seemed to pick up near the end of the season... But both of them will need to turn it up a few notches... or end up as trade bait. Attractive contract unless they turn into pixie dust... But I'm just guessing...

This is the critical point. Right here...

BINGO!!! YOU WIN!!!

Too late... Cute little Anna (INNA!) from American old money heiress (RUSSIA!) already borrowed all those documents, and Trump gladly handed them over because Anna (INNA!) batted her eyelashes at him! She wanted to show them to her favorite uncle... Uncle Vladdy!!!

Shut the MF'er down.

If it means he is starting to figure out AA pitching versus struggling at that level previously... then I would say yes.

I'm on board with waiting until the end of Spring Training to see what fleshes out... Barnhart was a 1-year stopgap/ bandaid who has turned into a scrap heap catcher. We can pick up any scrap heap catcher floating around at the end of ST. We already have a few of our own. I expect Rogers to start until Dingler or Crouch steal the starting catcher position, if they can. And that most likely doesn't happen for Dingler until the very end of 2023, at the earliest... But even so, if Rogers struggles and no one else in the system is ready... we're still in the same boat of filling in with bandaids until it's no longer recommended to do so... and for 2023, just like 2022, I recommend bandaids. Now, if Rogers shows he's got his arm back, and can hit .240-ish and pop 10-15 HR's... he's the stopgap.

CB-LB-CB (1st-1st-2nd)... Not necessarily in that order...

From my observations: It appears less to me a western/ NATO/ US "strategy" along these lines... and more a specific Ukrainian policy to not incur drastic casualties in this offensive. I don't disagree that Ukraine would need more offensive equipment to ensure a successful offensive... but I think it also requires additional manpower/ and additional casualties to conduct such an operation. I saw an interesting hypothesis: That with a Ukrainian insurgency behind the lines, and the HIMARS at the front lines (and out of Russia's range as long as they can avoid Russian air power; which is retreating back into Russia anyways after successful attacks in Crimea against them...); that Ukraine can absolutely bleed Russia nearly to death and, instead of engaging in all all-out assault to take Kherson, for example (weakening troop strength holding the line in Donetsk Oblast), instead... they can have smaller, more mobile units hit and strike Russian forces in multiple attacks. Without an all out assault, and without intense casualties that that would entail. PS: And not strengthening one area at the expense of weakening several others... (that's the problem of protecting or taking back Ukrainian territory... wide dispersal of troops across multiple fronts...). I'm not certain they are banking on it but: Putin is banking that he can short-shift gas to Germany/ Europe to the point they become desperate this winter and "force" Ukraine to capitulate to Putin's terms. That's what Russia is banking on... Ukraine? I don't know... Is Zelensky serious he thinks he can retake Crimea or is he just trying to get Putin to taste the battery acid that's in his mouth? Ukraine is going to have to take something... this stalemate will allow Putin to put the pressure on Europe, without any reward of Ukraine taking back any land. That's not winning formula. I know they want to avoid casualties... but without any retaking of Ukrainian territory... the rest of the world, aside from the US, will get discouraged, at the very least. I've been pressing for Ukraine to take back Kherson for... 2 months now? C'mon Zelensky... gotta figure this out and not just talk about it!!! (I think he's been talking in order to convince Russia to pull troops out of Donetsk and put them in Kherson... Check. And then they took out the bridges to trap those troops on the wrong side of the Dnieper... Check. And their secret ops took out multiple Crimean targets to get Russia to pull back their supply/ defensive forces out of Crimea that would support a Kherson defense against a Ukrainian attack to recover Kherson... Check. But... NOW's the time guys!!!)

yes.

I believe you.