Tenacious D

I like it in theory, but he will never command anything in a trade, regardless of how he hits.

Probably more if the Tigers do the right thing and just cut Schoop. He has no place on this team.

As much as I detest listening to Shep, Buck Martinez might be worse. Horrible color guy and his voice is grating as hell.

This is the reason to wait—would suck to finalize the roster and tell a player they made the team only to acquire a better option and have to reverse it.

Strat-o-Matic, baby!

Incessant complaining about Miggy…

FernandoMania was a big deal, but I think more regional. And not really sure why.

Came across this card on eBay. Pretty certain I had it as a kid. Sharing the back of it, as it’s pretty well written and comprehensive of what his accomplishments and appeal were. Enjoy

Was Roger Clemens pitching?

My point was the health/interest in baseball in the US, where the owners get the majority of their revenue. I agree that it’s encouraging that baseball is becoming more international and there may be a future where the MLB expands into other markets. However, disappointing US ratings for tonight does not portend well. The USA team is loaded with superstars and Japan has the game’s most exciting player. This really should be must-see TV, even for the most casual of baseball fans. I do hope the ratings reflect this.

Surprised Vierling isn't playing every remaining game to make up for his lost time.

It should, if they care about the health of the product in their core market

The viewership in the U.S. will be a great litmus test for interest in baseball. I suspect the majority of people have not been paying attention or are even aware of tonight’s game. ”Get Up” on ESPN led off their program with Women’s NCAA basketball and followed that up with the Knicks game last night. No mention of yesterday’s WBC game, or tonight’s USA v Japan.

You’re wasting your time

If we re-sign Chark, this place is going to explode. And makes you wonder if a QB at #6 would now be in play. A luxury, perhaps, but would have the luxury of developing behind Goff for a season or two, and be a viable injury replacement, if necessary.

Someone please tell me how I should feel.

Up to .300 now, which is impressive after starting the spring 0-9.

As an aspiring Swifty, I thank thee.

That’s what I get for trusting Twitter and being too lazy to fact-check.

Let me plug that into GPT-4. I’ll get back to you with the answer.

I don’t know what our cap situation is, but I like that we are solving needs and upgrading via free agency. Allows us to use our significant draft capital to either truly draft BPA or combine some picks to get a more elite player. We don’t need the draft to plug as many holes.

I just saw that Miggy didn’t get a single AB in the WBC. Not great for getting him game ready, but hopefully it prepped him to embrace a significantly diminished role.

Cecil was great—his 50 HR march was very exciting. Not on the level of what the Bird did in ‘76, but still a lot of fun. Probably not replicated until Miggy got the Triple Crown. 50 HR in a season seems a bit pedestrian now, but it was rarified air when he was able to achieve it in 1990–I think George Foster had been the last to accomplish in the late 70’s.