Edman85

4 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

When did early voting open up?

... and the corresponding move was to rescue Pedro Garcia and reassign him to extended spring.

"You're losing all credibility with the court."

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

A bunch of you guys are gonna cream your jeans 

 

Apologies to @RandyMarsh for the picture that would be censored. Still doesn't show up in Pocketcasts...

I love playing the "guess the headshot" game on BR.

27 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I suppose if he can't get himself lined out you start with the phantom injury charade we went through with Dontrelle Willis. Send him to the DL 10 days with arm strain, have him throw some bullpens to work on whatever, send him to Toledo for 3-4 "rehab"  starts and hope he has it right, if not rinse, repeat with a couple of big league losses tossed in on each iteration.

Billy Eppeler's suspension was a shot across the bow to keep teams from the phantom IL move.

bWAR agrees with fWAR and there is separation. 

Career fWAR says Cobb, Kaline, Gehringer

FWIW, I do think thin skin on social media can be a bit of a warning sign.

7 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Part of me really would like to see Tik Tok get banned in the U.S.,  at least for a little while - just to see all the cellphone junkies lose their minds.     

It's a scourge.

Is there a vote tally out there? I'm curious where my rep voted.

Edit, I see from his twitter he voted in favor, but used it to trash Biden's border policy, which is odd considering how that went down last month.

You and me both, pal.

By the way, I think this is the one Trump related case I think I could be fair and impartial on. This whole story is absurd, I don't really have strong opinions, and my history of officiating shows I can turn on the fair and objective side of my brain.

Pedro Garcia in Lakeland is off to a rough start...

You will be waiting a while to see how Mattison develops. He just got the Tommy John.

If you are interested in Mattison, you will be waiting a while.

I........ don't know that I particularly care what Bless You Boys says about a prospect. I wouldn't put much, if any, stock in anything from them, unless they have scoops on injuries or something.

Why are these gag order hearings so far down the road. It's happening now and needs to stop now.

11 hours ago, Hongbit said:

I won’t pretend to know what’s true or not.  He could be innocent but there are at least 4 different accusers of Bauer and all have very similar stories.  

I agree.

On 2/22/2024 at 1:00 PM, Edman85 said:

Fan: Is there a chance they can add somebody like Trevor Bauer?

Dan: (interrupting) No on Trevor Bauer. I hope he never gets a chance to play in this league again. Maybe you have another idea, but not Trevor Bauer.

Fan: Didn't he get found not guilty?

Dan: No, he found a judge who gave him an unbelievably favorable ruling that defied all logic and law.

Fan: I thought there was audio tap...

Dan: (interrupting) He has serious mental health issues and does not belong in Major League Baseball. Find somebody else because it's not going to be Trevor Bauer.

Fan: So he's going to be blackballed. No, I don't have anybody else, he was the guy. I think the guy was framed.

Dan: You need to read up on it more.

Fan: Wasn't the girl admitting she was scamming Trevor Bauer?

Dan: No

Caputo: Your basing it on... Bauer on social media thing... He's got an agent who's a very smart person. They've been putting spin on it.. (further rambling backing Dan and smoothing the edges)

Dan: Nobody should sign this guy. He basically admitted in court what he did. He found a judge who said because she didn't specifically say she was unconscious that he couldn't do what he did because she didn't say that which is found nowhere in law. That's why he did not face the consequences he should have. That's the guy they want back in the league?

Just bumping because...

https://theathletic.com/5421587/2024/04/17/trevor-bauer-accuser-fraud-charge/

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

I think Canha is one of their best hitters.  Grounding into double plays does not make someone a bad hitter.  Cabrera used to hit into a bunch of double plays every year.  Canha's weakness is that he contributes nothing defensively.  

I pulled up the all-time leaders in GIDP last night and the list was astoundingly amazing.

14 minutes ago, oblong said:

Benetti seems to like working with Carlos.

Carlos is very good.

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think the the guys in the booth have decided they'd just rather not cover this game.

This has been a big gripe this year...

Even Saturday with Dickerson where they spent a couple innings on Gibby's charity (which does not have good watchdog scores, by the way)

The Tigers' bats really weren't supposed to be good. Projection systems that project that tend to be mocked and dismissed by rose colored glasses wearing fanbases. That doesn't necessarily mean blame should fall at the front office. This is a "see what you've got" type year, and there's plenty of reinforcements in Toledo to sift through and figure this out.

The weather in early April is always underappreciated as a factor, both on the Tigers' hitting but also on their pitching.

Last night's goose egg was largely sequencing and batted ball luck.

12 minutes ago, romad1 said:

 

I always used to get the words narcoleptic and narcissistic confused.

3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Didn’t he finish last season injured?  Might be some lingering issues.

Came to camp with elbow issues. I don't remember any injuries last year.