Tenacious D

Cute story, but Breaking News?

Or Steven Strasburg.

Ironic because Hinch in his postgame presser mentioned that internal help was forthcoming, calling out Lange and Urquidy.

I think we’re giving too much credence to some ESPN slappy who is just throwing out ideas for clicks/chatter. I suspect at least 75% of the folks in here are more qualified to put forward more thoughtful and realistic proposals.

I think our Magic # is 57.

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PSA. Blame it on “Old Friend” Mother Nature

Can someone explain this to me?

A Zenyatta Mendatta? Again? That’s the 35th time this season.

I can think of a couple of big differences between the two of them.

These power rankings are bull**** and not worth getting worked up over, but I think the first 3 games of the season, especially when the Dodgers had the advantage of already having a couple of regular season games under their belts when they faced us, should be immaterial.

I find myself, like others, doing a lot of scoreboard watching. In addition to seeing if the teams in our division lost, I also care about Houston and Yankees losing, so we can avoid the Wild Card round. I also want the Dodgers to lose so that we have supremacy over them. Also, I like seeing teams that are on the bubble for Wild Card contention in each league lose, so ideally there will be more sellers than buyers at the deadline. Basically, I want almost every team losing. And I want everything painted black, black as night.

Wonder if the Tigers would like to see him beat up on AA pitching prior to the trade deadline?

Maybe we should stop sending him down to Toledo.

Let’s hope Holton and Hanifee are getting closer to last season. Would help solidify our biggest question mark so far.

Short leash, please

Always the objective.

Bert—want to get you up to speed on a few other things you might have missed. -Miggy retired two seasons ago. -Tampa Bay and Colorado now have MLB franchises. -Led Zeppelin officially broke up. -Women can now vote. Let me know if I can fill in any other blanks.

Hope he has better success than Inge did.

Who is the guy wearing Montero’s jersey?

You’d think taking 2 of 3 from the Gritty Tigers would have bought at least another month.

Dodged a bullet with the Cobb signing—at least he hasn’t pitched ****ty

This game not going our way, in spite of Skubal. The starting pitcher putting up a lot of pitches means we’ll get into their pen sooner (potentially). Don’t love that when we haven’t scored yet.

I think Melton sees time this season, similar to what they did with Jobe (but sooner).

I agree with this, but don’t agree that Briceno is overrated (though that is a very subjective term). I think he’s flying a bit under the radar nationally, especially based on what he did in the AFL and offensively in High A. It seems like he’ll hit, but finding a position might be tricky. That uncertainty makes him a viable trade option if another team values the bat.