gehringer_2

In Orange County one does NOT revolt. You might spill your bubble tea.

put on a yellow slicker with hood and a pair of 4 buckle galoshes and you are king of the rain!

so this isn't so much a peeve as "Well -- things change." Back in the day they did auto, or at least tire, service at every gas station i.e. the 'Service Station.' Every 'service' type gas station had a commercial air compressor for their tooling. And every commercial sized air compressor does a pretty good job of dropping the water out of the air in the holding tank so you get fairly dry air into your tires. The modern "convenience store with gas pumps" establishment likely does not have a commercial compressor - just some kind of gadget on a pole with no holding tank, so you get wet air into your tires. After a number of years of being filled with wet air, alloy wheels develop enough surface roughness under the bead that they will begin to seep air. PITA. You can buy a home compressor with a small tank, but tank compressors small enough to be portable, while better than tankless sources, don't do that good a job of dropping water either...

TBF - some gas stations have been charging for credit purchase for as long as there have been crdit cards.

Perfect. Let's get some bill Tuberville is invested in that doesn't affect the budget or national security and then Biden can tell him it's not going anywhere until Tuberville releases DOD appointments. That's one of the problems with these GOP pols who don't actually care about governing, they never work on any legislation so you can never anything they want.

Hinch. So he he said he didn't want to use Cabrera because it would be "two for one" because if Cabrera got on - then - he would have to run for him. Umm.....AJ, did you notice that if your PH didn't get a hit right there was no 'effin "then" to worry about? I imagine there must be a universe somewhere where that all makes sense.

and despite getting some BaBIP luck on a weakly hit ball, he is still broken too. They have him in that crouch now, but if you notice he can't swing without starting to straighten out of it, the net result being his head is moving up as he is swinging. I really don't think that can work. They have to rework whatever they are trying to do with that approach change. They got desperate and brought him back from Toledo still half baked.

It's the Hinch playbook - play for the tie on the road, the win at home. I'd normally agree but not with those batters scheduled.

Hinch won't want to do it but Jake needs to move up in the order.

beyond disgusting. Didn't even get Vierling to 3rd.

this one still goes back to that sloppy 5th.

you would think - but NOOO

Oh joy - Haase for Maton!

stealing 3rd against the LHP would be a great play for Vierling.

weak part of the lineup. Will Hinch play for the one at home to tie even though he usually doesn't.

Lange continues to be broken - but escapes

they're in a hurry to waste that comeback and 2nd time they gave away on out with the IF in. Tork makes that play if he's couple feet further back. But Jake is doing his best to save the day.

Carpenter get respect.

well HOW do you like THAT!?

they can't manage to string together any kind of winning streak. Pretty much because they still aren't a very ball club.

playing the IF in there? Righhhhhht.

that should do it.

but that's what makes him so endearing...

Torkelson out of phase except on the one fly ball tonight. Hasn't looked for that 'hit me' breaking ball they keep throwing him on the 1st pitch.

It doesn't make much difference to platoon hitters that can't hit pitching from either side....