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almost weirder than two GS was that a Pitcher was on base two consecutive times.

Federal Reserve release this month's CPE number - up 0.4%. The markets tanked on the news (down 2%) and the Atlanta Fed is forcasting a 2.8% *contraction* in GDP for the 1st quarter. The last one does not seem credible without a lot more unemployment though....Maybe that's coming. The Federal Reserve doomed the Biden presidency by leaving money too loose during Covid, they may have doomed the Trump Presidency by loosening too fast under Biden.

Could be urban legend and I haven't seen (heard?) the film since to make my own judgement, but I have since read that supposedly the Mustang in Bullitt was overdubbed with audio from a V-12 Ferarri. Makes sense since otherwise the Dodge (or Plym?) and Ford V-8s probably would have sounded too much alike. Ronin was an underrated film all around. Kind of quirky I guess but I thought it was really well crafted.

If you look at Torks MiLB stats, he never achieved contact rates that would properly have justified being called up to face tougher pitching. Then his success with the long ball short circuited any pressure on him to continue working on being a technically better hitter. If that's what he accomplished this off-season (which we hope!) maybe we've got the guy we should have gotten in '24. I would just like to see them play Keith at 2b at least enough for him to keep working on getting better there just because every bat is more valuable at a more premium defensive position.

I think the language works to locate someone as a militant Vatican II rejecter.

Still, with Kreidler starting out in Det there would have been room for another SS at Toledo just to fill Ryan's spot, so they apparently no longer see whatever they thought the saw when they brought him on.

Agree. I think Keith has to make a swing change before he can hit for power. It looks to me that to handle MLB pitching he's gone so compact now that he doesn't get his arms extended much - and I think that's fine for this point in his career. But it also means for now he's not your profile as a 1B. We'll just have to see how it plays out. We don't know if Torkelson continues to hit, we don't know if Torres plays D any better or hits in way that makes him more or less likely to be a Tiger next season or if the Tigers will even be interested in re-signing him - if we're lucky McGonigle streaks through the minors!

That and lackluster debate performances after the first. I think with Hillary there were a lot of people looking for an excuse to justify not voting for her because they just didn't like her or it was expected in their social circles that they shouldn't like her, so- having the FBI validating that 'there must have been something going on' played into that in big way IMO. What frosted me is that Obama could deflected the whole episode onto himself and left it clear for Hillary by just saying that the White House knew what she was doing (which of course had to be true anyway) and decided to give her a pass on it. But there was some weird dynamic going on there where Obama was there helping grease the skids early to get HIllary the nomination, but then left her hanging out to dry when he could have helped her. Really have never understood it. Maybe just more of Obama's "I'm above politics" act, which he suffered from to his party's detriment.

They'll learn

I hope the move to 1st isn't causing him to put more pressure on himself to hit HR's - with the potential to mess him up the way it probably messed up Torkelson.

But we still can't see Cossa.

could be but I never watched the Giants to speak of! And Colt swings at ball 4 and goes down

Keith finally get an AB against a RHP

Gahhh! Sweeney just a few milliseconds in front of a double.

well, I've been watching baseball a long time, have never seen a 4BB 1 HR night.

tork needs two more bases.

Riley needs to crank one

I think Freddie Freeman looks better against the LHP than right tonight.

Ibanez is a dollar short tonight.

Unfortunately, Jake has already had his hit for the night

McStinky with a triple!

Yeah - if we have clean-up hitter for a few years that would fill what's been a big hole for too long. You keep pinching yourself though -- is it real/sustainable?

Tork BOMBE!

man - Ibanez got one to hammer and fouled it off. - then K's 😥

Got the matchup we wanted but Kerry couldn't connect. Looked like he was actually too early - cheating a little maybe.