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26 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

How’d he score a run if he didn’t get on base?

Slight hole in the baseball terminology. You can reach base in ways that don't count toward an 'on-base' streak - in this case he reached by fielder's choice, which means from a batting standpoint, he made an out. But runs scored count to your credit regardless of whether you were on base because you were 'on base' or not. 🤔

1 hour ago, buddha said:

Another late season fade by cossa.

by all means bring him up, he'll fit right in.

Conditioning issue? 

bad chase from Tork.

Riley's best AB this year. You could see Junk was setting him up for a high fast ball but then he left it middle middle instead of getting it up high enough and Riley didn't miss.

33 minutes ago, cswood said:

Since when is Parker a major league hitter?

that's cold.

13 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Literally no one is deciding Kevin McGonigle’s future today. The front office has a plan for the future, and nothing that happens this year short of a career-ending incident involving one of the principles will change it, even if McGonigle gets Gold Glove votes at short.

TBF, I didn't posit that anyone was  - other than possibly media or fan speculators. All I said what you don't decide on what to do with a major leaguer based on prospects with better gloves - at least not until they are closer than someone like Ranier.

So how/who do we organize to get something like this on a Michigan ballot:

https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/

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A bipartisan team of former Montana officials have unveiled an oddly simple yet startlingly robust legal mechanism for undoing Citizens United that pares back the list of corporate powers granted by state corporation law. They have drafted a constitutional initiative (text here) and are steering it toward Montana’s 2026 ballot.

https://dailymontanan.com/2026/04/01/montana-supreme-court-dismisses-constitutionality-challenge-to-the-montana-plan-initiative/

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Montana Supreme Court dismisses constitutionality challenge to ‘The Montana Plan’ initiative
Ballot measure can continue collecting signatures for November election
By:
Micah Drew
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April 1, 2026
2:53 pm

 

13 minutes ago, romad1 said:

 

I'd love to know Maxwell's real story. She was in the middle of everything with Epstein and Brunel.

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

This is what the Free Press said;

"Meadows will be evaluated by a specialist to determine the extent of the broken arm, diagnosed as a left radius fracture near his wrist."

The other risk is that relatively little loss of alignment in that area can result in reduced range if motion of the joint. Generally a pretty trivial issue for a civilian but maybe not so much for a major league hitter.

3 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

They aren't scoring runs because they are not hitting home runs and all teams are very dependent on home runs today.  I am encouraged that they are getting on base consistently.  The home runs will come.  There are a lot of positives in the offense - Dingler and McGonigle are fantastic.  Keith is showing a lot.  Baez will always be an enigma, but he looks more like the 2025 version than the 2024 version so far.  They don't look like the August-September, 2025 Tigers to me.  I think they'll be OK.      

yeah - it's basically Greene and Carpenter who are making too many outs. Torkelson a more mixed bag - His OBP is OK because he is walking and he has been a bit BABip'd. He's already got a handful of warning track shots over 100 EV.

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

When has lying not been the political tool of the day?  

 

Fair point. Maybe I'd have been more accurate to say that the difference today is that there seems to be no cost to be caught lying. We lost that somewhere after Nixon, but may be it's unclear exactly where.

40 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

If that's the case he's probably out for the season

 

Maybe not. I broke my forearm much more severely than parker just about this time of year and had unrestricted use back before the season was over. But it depends how close it is to the wrist - the closer you get to the wrist and that little knot of bones sometimes the more complex it can be to get it to heal. I broke mine just about in the middle.

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

I didn't personally say he couldn't stay at short.  I was repeating what I have seen from scouting reports regarding "questions about his defense".  I think it is his range that is in question more than his arm though.  In my very amateur view, He is not Mark Belanger, but I have not seen any glaring weaknesses in his game which should force him to move off the position right now. 

Understood. I was using the 2nd person 'impersonal' "you" there (a glaring deficiency in English un-addressed for a millenia!)

44 minutes ago, NorthWoods said:

If Peck continues to hit you could see Peck at SS and McG moved to 3rd.  I think the organizational plan is for Ranier at SS and McG moved to 2B or 3rd wherever most needed.

every system has slick fielding SS prospects. Few of them ever hit. I'm sure the Tigers (and we!) will be overjoyed if Ranier or Peck turn out to have an MLB bat that bumps McGonigle to 3b, but the probability of that isn't bankable for deciding anything about KM today.

22 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I guess you have a point. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that he would allow anyone to post something under his name without his approval first. He just seems too much like a control freak to allow that. But...who knows?

this was posted in the middle of the afternoon. I've pretty much assumed he posts the ones from the middle of the night himself, middle of the day seems more doubtful.

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

have no desire to wear a watch

I broke my left arm years ago and it became uncomfortable to wear a watch but it didn't take long before I realized I really didn't miss it, then the cell phone appeared. The only time I carry watch any more is if we are going to a wilderness area for a long enough period a phone might end up dead.

12 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

So at least one of the Swalwell accusers has ties to Katie Porter.  Surely that's just a coincidence I guess.  

Given that lying is the political tool de jure now-a-days, I try not jump to conclusions about any of this stuff. I believe two things are both true: 1) men have gotten away with this stuff in the main for a long time, 2) there is no XX chromosome linked truth gene either.

13 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Yes.

I'll say one thing, if he's going to have success against LHP, the stance change should have moved him in that direction. He's looing so quick now that he's giving himself more time to see the LH breaking ball. Of course still small SS on the new stance but so far so good.

14 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Looking forward to Paddack’s historic 22K 98 pitch perfect game. Also loving those bright orange Cal Ripken League jerseys that are taking the place of the hated black Nike City Connect jerseys that look like something out of Tron worn by robots that could kill you. 

He put up a QS. Did he have any of those at all for the Tigers?

(checks BR....) - yes, he had one. His first start for the Tigers against ARI.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202507300.shtml

20 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I have never heard anyone say he was a bad fielder, just that his skills might be more suited to 2b oe 3b long-term rather than shortstop.  

I'm not sure I follow the difference, when you say a guy can't stay at short, aren't you bascially saying he's a less than average quality SS - either his range or his arm is going to cost you enough there that you are willing to play a worse bat in his place and move him somewhere else?

Just looked back at the MLB scouting lists back to 2024, McGonigle was consistently 50/50 arm/glove. Just for comparison, Sweeney was 55/50 as a prospect for the Dodgers.

OTOH, I think for left side IFs, sometime throwing velo gets over emphasized and total time to 1b may be harder to quanitfy. For instance on the great play last night, a guy with a cannon might have set his feet and made a harder throw, McG looped the throw a bit but got if off very fast. All that matters is total time to the 1B's glove.

1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

I always thought his secondary stuff was weak.

 

maybe our view issn't so different - what makes secondary stuff good? Part if it is being able to throw it for strikes so batters can't spit on it.  In that sense, on a given night, better command == better secondary stuff

23 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

No way Trump wrote that.

1st dead giveaway was to leave out "Thank-you for your attention to this matter"

On 4/9/2026 at 7:57 AM, Motor City Sonics said:

.421 BA / .500 OBP   only 3 Ks in 28 ABs.    Wow.        

I think some outfielders on the Tigers should start paying attention to this.   Honestly, they could trade Greene right now and it wouldn't upset me one bit.    

Clark's sample is up to >50PA still small but getting significant, great BB/K ratio, great OBP. The only knock of any kind is 50 PA without a HR - which is also true of Torkelson and Greene right now....🤔

The short stroke is really working for Keith and he's even getting good EVs. Be nice to see him turn into the hitter he promised he might be in the minors.

2 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Was anybody watching this game? (These questions are obviously not directed at only you MT39...)

How did Montero do it?

He's always:......

 

Kieder's stuff is good enough when he has the command to stay ahead. He did that tonight.