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Parker with another good game tonight - 2/3 BB. Got the last hit turning around a 101 mph pitch with a 108 EV. Torkelson --- 1/4, 3K and back to taking middle middle pitches for called strike ones the last two games. I just realized he's starting to give me a Brennan Boesch vibe.

It would have nice if he were a center, but they weren't picking 1st....

Ibanez with a hit against a hard throwing RHP. Than can't happen, can it?

I've seen Marquez call a tight zone more than once, I don't think it should be anything unexpected for the pitchers.

Angels are pretty bad.

Mixed emotions when the Tigers tie the game but fail to get more than one hit in an inning with 4 walks.

Ump really squeezed Plesac on the 2nd walk, but we'll take it.

a RUN! (What's that again?...)

he'll do just enough to tease that he might be more successful...

just don't know if I can take it anymore...

I'm on board with SY's process. He wants a McDavid as much as anyone, but when he doesn't have the opportunity to get one, taking 2 way players that will it at least make it hard for the other teams' stars to play against you moves you in the right direction.

The only thing that Trump needs to serve is his time.

over /under on 6' 4"?

he was still always shifty.....🦃

just took a while - five of the last six..

Most orgs have enough guys that start at 3B and don't have the arm or as MIF and simply outgrow their quickness that they don't have trouble finding guys to move to 1st in the natural course of things. That said, with the National league adopting the DH, more than ever there is always a place for a great bat

someone mentioned Kennedy/Nixon. Supposedly people who listened on the radio though Nixon won the debate. On TV Nixon came across badly and they say it was the make-up. Could be, but I also tend to think it was just that when you watched Nixon you could always see in his eyes that he was a calculating liar.

Like Braille in the elevators in parking structures. Now I suppose a blind person might beat the sighted driver he was with to the elevator so he could push the button first -- but on the other hand it's also almost mocking the disability.

i wouldn't but maybe for a different reason. To me the Wings roster is already too thin - that's a situation where moving two good players for a great one (esp a forward) is actually going to be counterproductive for 40 minutes out of 60.

But that rally isn't going national. That's my point. Those clips have to be the campaign commercials. Not the anti-Trump ones they've been running where you never see Biden. They don't need to persuade the people who are at all alive the facts about what Trump is, they need to get out there and show them what Joe still is - And they can't rely on the media to publicize 'energy joe' because it's not the narrative. They are going to have to build/buy that narrative themselves.

The one thing they absolutely have to do after last night is get film of Biden looking and speaking better out into the media. They cant be running campaign ads with nothing but Joe's "I approved this message" at the end. We need to see Joe looking better.

Except those polls are pretty meaningless because none of those people have mounted any kind of national campaign to raise their recognition levels. August to November provides plenty of time for that. Also none of those people have Biden's endorsement, which would be a major factor *if* it does ever gets to that which is still unlikely IMHO.

Funny thing, they have three guys at Toledo carrying 900 OPS, Vilade, Navigato, Meadows, and Dingler is at 855. I guess in a what is turning into a wipe out of a season I don't see why McKinstry, Kreilder and Baddoo, and for that matter even Rogers, are blocking those guys from getting some run. I get it that a 900 OPS in AAA is pretty meaningless this year - (apparently the pitching in the international league sucks)- Baddoo and Malloy were both close before their call ups, but nothing ventured nothing gained. Give some guys a shot, the worst that happens is you send them back.So what?

They might as well play Ibanez full time. His split this season against RHP is terrible but for his career he is 652 which beats Kreidler or McKinstry. Likewise Canha. His career split against RHP is still a better option better than Baddoo. You don't HAVE to play bad platoon players when they are worse than the non-platoon options - it's just dumb. You don't need to play bad players to "keep guys sharp" who are no real part of your plans short or long term. It's OK to have a guy on the bench that is only going to play if lightning strikes. Or rotate guys you need on bench for emergency backfill through Toledo so they get periodic playing time. Again, no law says those guys have to get regular MLB PAs.

The rest of the line-up is just barely passable so when you add Baddoo, McKinstry and Malloy there's just not enough to generate anything. Someone said they're waiting for Meadows to hit breaking balls. He was 3/5 tonight - hit one curve but no sliders. Pushed his OPS back over 900. Also Tork 0/3 with 2 BB.