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A lot of time between then and now, but if he does win, it'll be interesting to see some of the underlying shifts against the 2020 Presidential Election, or how he does versus the Shapiro in the Governors race in 2022, to see if there's some underlying strength in working class areas of Pennsylvania. Places like Scranton or Johnstown or Erie.... if he makes some marginal improvements over Biden percentage wise. Or even just in rural counties more broadly. I think he can win, perhaps is even favored at this point, but it's a question of whether he does it using the typical formula for Dems these days (ie. the suburbs) or if he can add in some numbers from other areas which have trended away from Ds. If he does, it looks like a model that Ds can run with going forward.

The Fabrizio poll stands out, that's Trump's pollster.

To make the joke again, hypothetically, we could see him again someday 😮

Oh no doubt, the offense has been terrible all year, but with Riley in particular, I just don't see anything that he's done so far that suggests he's far off the mark from expectations given he's only 29 games into his career. Can't really say the same for Tork, who struggled from Day 1 and never seemed to want to adjust his swing to major league pitching.

I don't think Riley is in any danger of being sent to Toledo at this point.... he's holding his own.

Maybe they can clone him and we could live out this hypothetical in a few years?

I have no reason to believe that, if/when he returns from his injury, the Tigers wouldn't intend to use him as a starter. The fact that you have guys like Manning, Garcia, Hill, etc. out there means that there will be some options to pick up innings in the second half of the year. All of whom I'd rather see than Dallas Keuchel.

I'm sure part of the calculation for the team is that Manning and Rony Garcia will end up coming back and covering part of the workload, which added to Skubal, Pineda, Hutch, gives them 5 starters who should have stamina to cover much of the remaining workload (knock on wood). Not counting any contributions that Hill, Brieske, Faedo, or ElRod they get. Or (unlikely) if the other Rod comes back. Their situation isn't great, but it doesn't warrant wasting a roster spot on Keuchel. TBH, I don't think there's a team in the league that should be desperate enough, he's toast.

Senator Hotwheels lol

Will say this for Fister... not charismatic or polished in the booth, but he's as sharp as Avila Jr. in terms of knowing the game.

Greg Gania isn't DD, but he's pretty darned good. He would sound good on Bally Sports Detroit

Greg can fill in anytime... he's very good.

Fetter works his magic again lol

Jeimer gets back that run he caused!

Solid outing for the Skubs today

If Skubal manages to go 7 innings of 1-hit ball, we'll always wonder lol

The error stat is broken, folks....

Man, the A's suck worse than us lol

The truth is somewhere in between here, he has continued to show improvement with his command (which started to turn around a couple of starts ago)

Would it be too much to ask Robbie for a hit here? lol

Greg Gania would be so good on the Bally broadcast every game....

Shep says it's only for a couple of starts, but we've seen this movie before lol