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solid quality start. 6 IP, 6H 2ER 0BB 9K. A team should be able to take that to the bank.

I guess we are only allowed one hitter hitting per week.

Big change in Skubal is his ability to throw the fast ball down when he wants to. Last year he had a hard time throwing the FB for a strike anywhere but up high.

Harold made a play going laterally! There may be hope for us yet.

Dan ragging on the pitch but it was painted on the outside.

what's the old line about not being able to hit your way out of a paper bag? I was really hoping Baddoo would try to go to 2nd on the hit just on the hope Houston might throw the ball around a little and get Barhhart in.

no worries, we're gonna get a good AB from Robbie.......

other than that a team that was expected to hit hasn't and a team expected to catch the ball can't, not much really.

Nice play by Skubal. "I'm going to take care of this shit myself." I hope Haase was watching.

and how the 'eff is that a hit?

just.....can't.......take.......any.....more.

IIRC, whenMorris started out with the Tigs he only did selected games because he was still doubling on the Twins broadcasts as well. I don't think he's still with them, but maybe he doesn't want to work them all.

it's like dental work, isn't it?

Moldonado with his pitch select xmitter attached to his shin guards.

None of them are good enough to commit to full-time? Plus in Gibson's case he may not be up to working every game.

they're making Urquidy work, but there are no moral victories in the standings.

Wish I had a nickel for every middle-middle fastball a Tiger hitter has swung through so far this season.

I think Candelario wanted to beat the shift there and didn't get if far enough to the left.

If Miggy keeps his feet his probably had 600.

good recovery for Skubal.

More evidence - down is not much help if it's in the middle of the plate. Both of the pitches hit were located low but too much in the middle.

Baddoo AB not very good - chase a couple of bad pitches. Meadows swung at a ball. and of course Altuve jumps all over Skubal

Even at the time I thought cutting JV loose was a bad move. That Scherzer is still pitching surprises me, that JV still is does not. We certainly are not going to recoup JV's WAR from the guys we got for him (well it would take a miracle at this point anyway) and they would have sold at lot more seats every 5th day at COPA. The only reasonable arg for the trade is the tanking arg - do they miss the two 1/1s if they win a few more games each of those season? In Torks case it's a reasonable arg as he is the only one of the top 10 picks from that draft to make it to the majors this fast. Several guys from the top of Mize's draft are going to be good players.

Jordan is the interesting example of a guy who would face a different set of challenges today playing the way he did at the time. How many thousand times did we see 4 Bulls to the the right side of the court while Jordan went left so some poor schmuck (at least one not named Dumars or Rodman) would have to defend him iso? Heck that's a big part of the reason they changed the rules after he retired (the first time....). ISO was boring. To say that is not to take anything away from Jordan, he played to dominate the game under the rules that applied and he did. But how can you compare that to say Luka?

Not that it matters, but I think there are three possible scenarios to this leak. 1)The most obvious is someone in one of the liberal judges chambers leaked it to help the Dems kickstart and fund raise for the 2022 Election campaign. 2) Alito leaked it because Kavanaugh or Barrett was having second thoughts and by showing the conservative world where they 'should/could' be, bringing maximum pressure not to be branded the conservative that torpedoed everything a generation had worked for. 3) Roberts leaked it. This is the most subtle possibility - That Robert's doesn't want this decision because of the damage to the court institutionally, and that by letting a Kavanaugh see the demons ready to be let loose, he thinks he maybe be able pull him or Barrett back into a less controversial and more incremental ruling. My money remains on 1, but 2 and 3 are intriguing. And of course this is assuming 5-4. If the Chief is with the majority, then only #1 remains.