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McKinstry has drifted back down to a more normal (for him) 600 OPS in his last 60 PA (since 5/1), which was never a matter of 'if', only 'when', and that's fine. Of course what we don't want to see is Torkelson turn back into a pumpkin - but unlike McKinstry, there is nothing in his BaBIP, xwOBA etc, to indicate he's gotten any particular good luck to get his results.

IDK about from the OF but they said he had no throws in the game he played at 3rd so he'll keep rotating in there until he gets tested.

I can see it setting up for Baddoo and Malloy to rotate back and forth to the Hens depending on what kind of pitching the Tigers are going to see over each couple of week period - and of course whether they keep producing. When one of them goes that makes room for Vierling. Jake will replace Nido. The big question is who gets bumped for Parker? I'm still guessing it will be Andy Ibanez. Or Andy will be saved for the time being by some one else going to the IL.

If Lolich was your model for what a pitcher should be doing, you would burn out a lot of pitchers!

Well, the Leafs held out for 23 minutes before completing the collapse.

He's upholding journalistic objectivity standards. Doesn't want to appear biased against death.

Not quite a Moonlight Graham life story, but in the ballpark.

Matt Manning's BA against was 300 after his last start. In his 5 relief appearances in May since moving to strictly relief, it has been 189. Hope Matt has found his niche.

So on ESPN's Tiger page they have come up with the Tidbit that Jobe is the first pitcher in Tiger history to have the team go 8-0 in his 1st 8 starts. The previous holder of the mark of seven wins out of the gate was one Howie Koplitz, who accomplished same during two late season call-ups in '61 and of '62. (the 61 Tiger team was very good - 101 wins, disgustingly enough, the Yankees were even very gooder - 109 wins). Sadly that was all the starts Howie ever made for the Tigers. He never got out of AAA (Syracuse) for the Tigers in '63, ended up with Senators where he threw 106 innings in '65, then was out of baseball by age 28. We can only hope young Master Jobe is destined for a more memorable career.

I'll wager it will be along the lines of 'see what a disaster it would have been if you'd elected him'. I don't see how that personality resists going there - and resist isn't even the right word, he won't feel any hesitation at all.

There is the old truism about the rain falling both on the just and the unjust, but the truth of the truism isn't very satisfying sometimes.

To be honest, I think it has as much to do with having more time to fill than they have good material for. This is the general problem across virtually all media today - dilution. In recent years the media universe is expanding more rapidly than the material universe and the material universe is having a difficult time trying to fill it.

He's keeping that bonus pick hope alive.

So the win in this game went to the guy we weren't supposed to draft, all the runs were driven in by the guy who wasn't supposed to make the team, and the save went to the guy we tried to give away twice. BASEBALL!

terrible umpiring behind the plate in this series.

Geesh - now we need a four out inning.

So @chasfh, related to the topic yesterday about balls coming into play - note how catchers getting a new ball throw it to the pitcher while they are still holding the old one and don't toss the old one away until after the throw? I'm trying think if I'd ever paid attention to that but my impression of my memory is that it wasn't done that way back in the day.

another bone head play. Tiger's haven't always played their usual brand of flawless ball in this series.

I love Kahnle as *part* of our BP. Not so sure I love him having to be the go to guy. also may be time for Dingler be hitting higher in the order. I know catchers don't necessary like hitting high in the order and AJ like to take care of his catchers,, but that's the tax for being a hitter.

We lived a few years in Minneapolis and I even worked in an industrial facility with lots of working class men, and though it took a while to see it, I did eventually become aware that there was definitely a reactionary element in what was otherwise a pretty good hearted community. At the time (about a decade ago) it was oddly more underground than the racism I'd seen in MI. My experience here has always been that MI bigots didn't try to hide as much as what I sensed in MN.

that was not a good out at 3rd. 3 outs on the bases in one series is too many.

Tork gets his third chance at some RBI.

gave up less hard contact than in earlier innings but the walk always turns out the be the catalyst.

Why was McKinstry playing so far in with 2 outs?

Kid's getting BaBIP's after the lead off walk.