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This all can be true simultaneously with the idea that they aren't likely to carry both Carpenter and Baddoo out of camp.

Vierling, Haase, Carpenter, Maton etc. have yet to put on a first base glove this ST as far as I can tell. When that changes, maybe I'll start giving credence to the idea that they are going to back that position up from alternative sources.

I don't believe they are going to use an otherwise starting player as their backup plan at 1B, and I really don't think they should.... let alone Jonathan Schoop, who people seem close to writing off anyway. Even setting that aside, think about it logically, despite all of the versatility they like to say they have, do people think it's really smart to carry only one IF who can actually play on the diamond (sorry Miggy) on the bench come the regular season in general? I just don't see it happening.

Disagree, if you bring both Carpenter and Baddoo, you don't have a true corner infielder backup.... Torkelson and Maton aren't gonna play every single game, and they aren't sending out Cesar or Kreidler (or Miguel) to man 1B. One of Nevin or Ibanez will make the team, IMO... with Nevin at least, he comes with the ability to cover a corner OF position as well, and is an additional right handed bat to balance out a heavy left handed OF to the extent that they need him out there. Ibanez is also versatile in his own right and can play 2B.

If the cordyceps ever did collapse civilization, like in The Last of Us, it's pretty clear the GOP would blame wokeness, right?

It's the most "2023 GOP" clip ever... a conservative commentator who supports the "Noun, Verb and Woke" party.... who can't even provide a cogent explanation of what the word means. Jonathan Chait and a few others have defended her and stated that she more just froze up, but that kinda misses the point, which is more that "woke" for the GOP largely just applies the term to everything they don't and blames it for everything that happens regardless of how irrelevant it is (ie. the SVB fiasco)... it's merely a buzzword to elicit a "five minutes hate" from the base

The passage of time is only a part of it - the geographic separation is also a factor as well. When we went on our honeymoon six years ago (over in Germany and Austria), even though the same 80 years have passed, the lessons of that war remained in the places we went. In the form of monuments (both in terms of literal monuments as well as infrastructure, such as concentration camps, that were operational during that time), scars (buildings that retain damage from that time or had to be rebuilt), and as well as the psyche of the population to this day. All of whom are taught a more visceral history of what happened in WWII and, at least in Germany and Austria, have had to accept their role in the war and that their leadership was on the wrong side of it. Americans, including family members of people here on this board I'm sure, went and fought during the war, no question. But outside of Pearl Harbor, the war never really reached our shores and we had a level of separation from it on the mainland that Europeans, both Western and Eastern, never did. And my takeaway is that separation explains the level of memory loss that Americans in the macro have versus Europeans.

Despite the ambivalence that Brits have for baseball, the sport was actually invented over there lol

It should be noted that the vaunted Russian Military was widely expected to take Kiev and decapitate the government in a matter of weeks and even days. And didn't. It's amazing how frequently the Ukraine haters gloss over that....

Wait, Joe Tacopina is a real name?

OK

Nice comeback.... would be surprised if Mason Englert gets returned to the Rangers.

Hard to overreact to much of anything in Spring Training, but not loving all the walks the past couple of games

That's Matt Shepard lol

The best argument I see is that Parker needs everyday reps, and he probably doesn't get them if he's in Detroit. The same likely applied to Lipcius as well. I am a little surprised they didn't get more consideration though.

Sure, people shouldnt be expecting the second coming of Mariano Rivera. But nonetheless, the WBC presents a unique scouting opportunity for a lot of players who dont have a ton of exposure. It's nice to see the org utilizing it as a means to identify talent.

Well, Tork had a nice day.... thats about it lol

Nice to see him have a little BABIP luck for a change lol

Tigers farmhand (and Team AUS ace) Jack O'Loughlin helps Australia advance.... good stuff

The pitching was OK today, Lange just had an off day and Matt Wisler (who is probably not headed north at this rate) appears to be shot.

I'm taking Big Red, Spencer Turnbull... I think he’s gonna be their best starter this year.

Dan and Jim clearly relishing no longer having to gild the lily with respect to Willi Castro lol

The use of "allow" by Senator Foghorn Leghorn is something even in context... like, believe it or not, a lot of us bratty, ungrateful youngsters are currently working and putting money into SSI, helping to fund the retirement of those currently at age and with the same promise that previous generations had that it would be there for us in the future. Just the nerve of this guy.... Correct... ah say, ah say, Senator Leghorn doesn't have his facts straight on this as well. Seems like common knowledge that number has been heading in the wrong direction of late...

Where do we even start... lol