gehringer_2

ideally, you want to suck in non-voters. The best thing that could happen out of a situation like this is that people who normally don't bother paying any attention to politics decide they need to start voting. I know - quite the pipe dream, but if you had to pick the most important target audience, it would be them.

you can certainly go after funding of private schools on equal-protection grounds if they are taking public money but not allowing access to the whole public, but in the case as I read it, the "private" part is strictly the economic model - they are private enterprise providers, but they are tasked in Maine to provide "public" education.

Still, the Constitution doesn't say the Gov shall make no deal with private enterprise for educational services, it does say it shall make no law concerning establishment of religion. It's religion that is relevant Constitutionally, not public vs private. Constitutionally there is a much bigger difference between a religious school and a non-religious private school than between a non-religious private school and a public school. The right has been able to obfuscate this by arguing that the question is public private when it is not, the real issue is religious/non-religious. There is simply no Constitutional prohibition of working with private schools. I oppose it politically also, but I can't base that opposition on any Constitutional grounds. These Justices simply have a religious agenda and they are pursuing in direct contravention to any sense of original intent or clear present meaning. It's like ignoring the elephant in the room to try and put any gloss on it.

Baddoo has hit better at 22 in the majors than Cameron did at 24 in the minors. I'm not writing Daz off, but Baddoo has already shown more. I think the clock has pretty much run out on Hill's bat ever playing up.

what have the Romans done for us?

Adrian Dantley a close second? Only a 6 time all- star though…

Michael Cohen

to that I would add Baddoo. Not sure why Akil got himself so crossed up once the season started after a decent ST, but for whatever reason he did. I tend to think that the way Akil hung in there right through the whole season last year without being totally exposed by August and Sept argues there is an MLB player there, and if there is he has the physical tools be a dynamic one.

Confused twitter reports about Ukrainian attacks in the Black sea - either on Snake Island, or nearby off shore gas production platforms that the Russians seized in 2104, or both; plus reports of Russian missile retaliation against Odessa.

Torkelson with more hits in the 3 games Greene has played than in his 15 prior games.

LOL - OK. Just because the former could be a matter of opinion but the later would pretty much be a forgone conclusion.

and unfortunately Grossman and Schoop currently have almost no value to move.

yeah - I disagree big time with Jack. In the modern era I don't believe it serves any purpose at all to send a tired, struggling pitcher back out for more. Pitching in this era with all the breaking balls is a physiologically destructive process. I believe that once a guy is at more or less at starters endurance, that he will never develop the ability to 'go deeper' by throwing more competitive pitches under stress. Run, condition, train, whatever to strengthen arm, legs, wind etc., but putting more high stress throws on a tired arm just loses games and degrades arm health. Not to mention this is a kid coming of TJ.

It's like disease that every manager develops once he come to Detroit.

I don't know if they get of out of this, or not, but he gave up 2 runs at Fenway through 4. The pitching is still not really the problem. Edit: LOL, so much for the reliever saving Alex...

Schoop not seeing the ball again. That has to be about the shortest 'pull out of a slump and fall right back in' in recent memory. Barnhart got a good pitch to hit and did nothing with it.

maybe try a 4 seam fastball next time?

Now he gets squeezed. Just what he needs.

is anybody even up? Cordero didn't go to 2nd. Break for us.

He can't locate the FB at all. His breaking balls have decent location but the FB are all cookies. Go figure.

lead off doubles are pretty much automatic runs for most teams.

OH boy

yes

Faedo needs a little better location when he throws that FB

I liked that Tork didn't give in on that AB after tagging that foul shot.