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I think Stewart did good work for the NYC first responders but other than that he's not a guy on my radar, but there are things Klein gets right. His critique that we can't get anything built - housing, transit etc., to serve lower income people largely because progressivism has created too many costly rules and given too many people veto power over too many things is one that has a lot of truth to it.

Good on the bats for winning this one. Any time the pitching wants to show up, we'll be here.....

Vargas just gave the pitching coach a pep talk.

Seattle going to lose any close game with that defense.

Initial Unemployment Claims are still holding under 200K so employers aren't pulling the plug yet. Ironically, the public perception about tariffs and that inflation is going to get worse is probably driving some increased consumer activity. That certainly seem to be true with auto sales.

roadie tiger fan saves Zach a run - hilarious

pretty one-way converstion by the look of it.

Kid still has some work to do. 4 walks and 2 HR in 4 IP isn't going to cut it most nights. Can he learn it all on the fly?

I think 'tipping the change-up' seems like a pretty good theory right now.

would have been tragic if Keith had been out there but he should have been!

Tork flashed the leather then blows the throw.

Petry is a really likeable guy but jeez he gets exhausting to listen to. Take a breath - you don't have to fill every second with your voice.

If the radio and video are going through different IP paths how could they guarantee the feed from two different sources get to you in sync even if they wanted too? Each network path is going to get buffered as per the requirement on that network. Not to mention the Video people have zero interest in you listening to the radio while watching their video, so they aren't going go out of their way to help you do it! I wish it worked together too but I'm doubtful it ever will. 🙈🙉

Tigers have had a number of guys that stood very straight in the box, going all the way back to Alex Avila. I never liked it, not only because it's not a very 'athletic' position to reach pitches from, but just the distance your head starts away from the zone and the resultant tendency for your head to still be moving during the swing. For sure it works for some guys, but I'm glad Tork has gone to a more typical crouch.

Jobes's FB seems to be a little flat. When guys time it they barrel it up. You expect to be able to 'get away' with 99 a good portion of the time even if it's middle middle

Of course, Stanton having the fastest swing would not be a surprise no matter what he was swinging.

Other than Baez and Sweeney in the game together this could have been a 2024 lineup.

In my head I hear Tim McCarver's voice saying the line but I have no idea if it was his or he was just repeating it.

If he's back from an oblique in 10 days I'll be surprised.

Keith, Tork and Malloy at 2b, 1b, DH is fine.

The hitters are getting more bat speed, but that is simple physics since the bat of the same net weight with that weight moved inward absorbs less angular momentum to reach the same rotational velocity, or conversely, the same arm energy generates more bat velo, but that is tempered by the fact that the tapered bat doesn't actually have any more angular momentum than the regular bat moving at slower speed. I think that's why if this makes a difference, it must also depend somewhat on the spring in the bat. If the bat were completely rigid, I don't think moving the weight would matter, but of course the bat isn't rigid, and different bats have different rigidities. Elastic flex in the bat should add to exit velo and the torpedo shape actually may make the bat stiffer/less springy - there are a lot of possible variables! 🤷‍♂️

so the next step is a RHB uses a standard taper bat against RHP that is throwing him outside, and comes to the plate with a torpedo bat against LHP that's busting him inside....... If the torpedo works for many guys, we end up with an even more HR domintated game which I would hate to see happen. In truth, the more I read about aspects of the game that the increase in pitching velocity have affected, the more I lean toward toward just moving the mound back and deaden the ball a bit more. That gives the batter a few more milliseconds and make strike throwing just a tiny bit tougher for sharp breaking balls. Combined you get more contact without boosted HRs even more. Both those seem like good things to me.

Supreme Court election in WI next Tuesday will be a tell. Musk apparently pouring cash into it.

Op-Ed by the President of St. Francis U about their decision to leave Div1. tl,dr form if you don't have access is: the costs got too high, all their good athletes bailed on them anyway, and in the end the life of a D1 revenue sport athlete had become incompatible with being a student. And did I mention the costs got too high? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/28/saint-francis-division-iii-march-madness/

Auburn 2, State of MI 0.