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LOL - Bichette wasn't looking for *that*.

Kid's giving up a lot of hard contact.

Or it's just a combined Myers-Briggs/Dunning-Kruger thing. If you are doing a podcast it's probably because you find yourself entertaining. I'm not necessarily being pejorative in saying that, you may be right that you are entertaining, but maybe not.

Beau gets the long look because he's got a hot fastball, and maybe his Ks will eventually follow upward.

It's the least efficient form of information transfer of the internet age. The return on time spent is almost always negative. I'll listen to a podcast to hear an in depth interview a la Ezra Klein, but virtually never for sports.

Not a fan of walking guys that are slumping even for platoon advantage. Sure Santander is a big power guy but you lose on a single so who cares?

You don't see it much anymore, because you don't see umpires throw all that much period (though the guy in the 1st Boston game did). Anyway - it didn't use to be rare for a catcher to toss a ball out of play and the ump throw a new ball out (instead of handing it to the catcher) without the live ball every going dead because of a play event - it's dead by virtue of the catcher having tossed it. I suppose in theory there is an explicit TO there, but it's all so automatic that it's never sensed.

Good question. I have always assumed no ball from an Ump is 'live' until it's in the possession of the player he gives it to - either handing it to the catcher or throwing it to the pitcher - but I have no idea if there is any explicit rule to that effect.

the left/right thing a starting point for that.

Petry wears on my ears. Nothing wrong with what he says but to me his voice is just tiring to listen to for two hours. And when he get wound up he shifts into "verbal diarrhea" mode were he just starts filling every single second and I find that doublyfatiguing. When he goes there it's worse than Dirks and Benetti in terms lacking any restful silence.

He's going to play some short also - Sweeney has only had two days off and the most likely future is that McKinstry will cool down and see his PT drop off more to where it was expected to be. I know Hinch loves him some Andy Ibanez but his spot could be at risk also.

Did you know that the Toronto pitcher's last name was the same as the Tigers catcher's first name - that he doesn't use, and that the pitcher doesn't use his first name either, even thought that name is no connection to anything else?

but tomorrow we faced the dreaded TBD. Toronto's last resort will be to find some arm the Tigers brain trust has no scouting on

He'd thrown 50 pitches since Tues/Wed. Two days off not a bad idea.

On the rehab front it's all good. Vierling in CF for the Hens, had a hit, Jake 2/4. Wenceel went 2/4 with a double and McGonigle had a hit.

Javy is going to volunteer to go to 3rd with Parker comes back, because that's Javy.

amazingly. I think Kirk has lost weight since last year....

Tork didn't eat his Wheaties this morning, lots of fly ball with just short a little juice.

someone had to fill Angel Hernandez' shoes.

got to get rid of these crappy umps. Flaherty should have been out of that inning with a K of Vladdy. Clear as day.

100 mph EV out. 🤷‍♂️

exactly.

I agree in the past that's been true, and under normal conditions a lot of Canadians would come to Det to see the Jays. But cross border travel is way down, and I wouldn't expect baseball travel to be immune.

Does 'promotion' money have to be adding in as it accrues or do team's get a pass on that - i.e. for each day Montero spends with the Tigers he's getting the major league min instead of the AAA min?

Jake played for Toledo tonight but Vierling and McGonigle both sat.