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Nivaldo Rodriguez gives up a grand slam. Ooops.

The too long delayed debut of Alex Faedo on the mound for the Tigers. Walk, GO/FC, WP, IF single/error, K, GO. FB 94-95. The year Faedo struggled his velo was down. Be interesting to see where he tops out if he can throw 95.

Reyes with a 13 pitch AB - finally popped out.

Soto throwing 98 but a little wild. Mid-season form.

4K in two IP for Skubal, who looks like he put on a few pounds in the lower body.

Baddoo having problems getting the ball out of his glove. Double clutched on the Kiner single then did it again and then almost threw it into the stands after the nice running catch....

so they are limited the shuttle to the minors to 5 times per player? That really isn't much of a limit. I suppose it will stop any teams from deliberately shuttling their starting rotation... And Grossman with the long ball. Tigers getting some good swings at Severino

I know the Wings try to be conservative with young players, but even given that it's frightening that the Wings haven't thought/don't think that one of their system's top prospects like Berggren wouldn't be an improvement over the offensive ineptitude of this team.

🥲 ST just got less interesting.

Yeah - you know the Twins are absolutely banking on him opting out at the end of the season, so if he gets hurt or falters and doesn't, they will not be happy having to pony up another $34M!

Kraken are going to score within 10 seconds of the Wings pulling Ned.... well, it took a minute - but 4-2 Seattle. What a depressing performance. Frustrating to watch how much space opposing players always have in the Wings zone and how completely covered the Wings always are in the other team's zone. How did they put together such a poor skating team?

even more terrible. Now down 3-2. Osterle just held his stick up so that shot could pass under it....

terrible, terrible

That goal after the missed Zadina chance is a big reversal.

Wings letting the Kraken back in the game. - give up a goal.

Larkin and Bert set up Zadina beautifully again and he doesn't beat the goalie.

as much as I hate how passive the Wings play on the PP, the Kraken just showed what happens when you are too aggressive - gave the Wings a pretty easy PP goal.

Larkin with the ole' 'pop out of the penalty box and set up the goal' trick.

Wings let the Kraken keep the offense completely out of the the center of the ice. I don't think the Wings executed a single weave, pick or drop pass in the period. Just brainless skating into checks along the boards and giving up the puck on shoot ins.

Zadina gets open, shoots it right into the goalie pads...../..sigh.../

wings look totally putrid. Skating in molasses and making mindless passes that are all turnovers.

wings without a shot through 11min against a bad team... Ned came to play, but apparently no-one else,

It was always my impression from what I saw during that big burst of anime activity - Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, that those artists were all about creating a mood - sort of like film noir in the 30s - though a different mood of course. Mostly the alienation of modern life, which clicked with the millennial audience in both Japan and the US.

can't even imagine doing anime as live action.

One of mine was a big anime fan back in the day when the original series appeared here. Have probably seen pieces of all of them without ever having intentionally sat down to watch one all the way through. Saw a lot more of "Inuyasha" - actually knew what was going on in that one. Never really got much of an overall sense of what was going on in CB - though I guess the existential angst is sort of the point -- and not that I ever got the idea plot is ever a particularly big thing in anime anyway.