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They did a couple Pac 12 games. Most of their work was early session Maui Invitational work (including the years the Maui invitation wasn't in Maui)

I think so? Not the last few years since Benetti moved to Fox (and Walton passed away last year). Walton's primary partner at ESPN was Dave Pasch. I can go into the archives to see how often they worked together... I do know Walton guested for a couple games with the White Sox when Steve Stone was out. Edit: I found about 10 games in The506 Archives where they worked together from the 2018 Maui Invitational to when Benetti moved to Fox in 2022.

I wasn't really saying that. I was just pointing out he's really good at basketball. He often gets paired with Bill Raftery or Robbie Hummel, so he gets somebody good and entertaining to do games with.

Guess what. Benetti is great at basketball too.

Had a feeling that would happen once they sent Hurter and Horn down. I wonder if this is the end of the road for Kahnle...

I see four magic numbers at play. -Home field -Bye -Division -Playoff Spot

I assumed Rogers was one of Taylor, Tyler, or Trevor and missed him and got confused thinking Nido was Pina (81) for some reason. It's been a long week.

Agree. Dan clearly knew more than the public in that regard. A lot of "what isn't true" adjudication comes from a very aggressive PR effort by Bauer's camp to muddy the waters. Yes, some of the allegations have been thrown out, but not all of them. There is clearly some there there.

You can nontender anybody, but doing so to Jung right now would be asinine.

Sounds like the perfect guy to give a QO to. If he accepts, a one year insurance deal. Decline and draft pick.

Wherein one of the three Tigers is their third string catcher.

I could see Shep flooding the ballot box and running a shadow smear campaign, to be honest.

He also got a guaranteed major league deal, which were allowed back then. Porcello and Turner got one too, IIRC.

Ehhhh... They are more intertwined than you lead on here. For example, if a team knows the strengths of its development staff, or the development staff is able to tell the scouting department what works better, there is going to be some interplay there. At least in the modern day, the players aren't just thrown over the fence.

This seems to be an issue with the higher performing private sector employees at the Weather Channel's social media team. NWS watch has that information: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ILZ104&warncounty=ILC031&firewxzone=ILZ014&local_place1=4 Miles NE Chicago IL&product1=Severe+Thunderstorm+Watch&lat=41.8832&lon=-87.6324

Sorry, a bit more. Only sharing because it is so hilarious.

One more...

Asking CoPilot to give me a list of the best Tigers draft picks of all time, and it is... struggling.

River Hamilton and Joey Wimpelberg to the full-season injured list...

Free agency has been fine. Lorenzen was a big win, cashed in for what appears to be a legit prospect. Flaherty 1.0 was a big win, as was Torres. Dipping into free agency is generally pretty fraught, so getting some wins without tying yourself down to some terrible contracts is fine by me.

Copying from a PDF, but the from the 2024 Major League Rules. Rule 41 (Postseason Rules). The link on the MLB Website is sometimes outdated (and, as an aside will lead you astray if you try to ask AI roster rules questions). 2024 Major League Rules.pdf

I've been railing pretty hard on future radar's veracity in Florida. Turns out it is bogus in the Midwest too.

I noticed that last time. Interesting and good for him.

I don't recognize the radio pxp voice? It isn't Gania.

I saw a great post on bluesky the other day. Something to the effect of "Has the pod saved America yet?"