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This, by the way, highlights the banal evil genius behind the very visible, very public acting out by Trump and his various minions with things they say and antics they engage in: while they are distracting us with that kind of pointless theatrical nonsense, the really terrible destruction of American preeminence, like this, takes place without anyone noticing.

I've seen them posted here at times. All I'm saying is, if this is not true, it's a troll job, and people should stop giving them oxygen.

If this is not true—and since it’s not on Passan’s own feed, it’s almost certainly not—then you need to take whatever “The Detroit Times” is out of your rotation.

This. Right here. This. She had one job.

Here’s hoping it matters … 🤞🏼

I think this is true, but it could also be true that if we did have players with very good bat-to-ball skills, we would want them to use those skills to break out of the slumps and get solid base hits and home runs, not to make outs by bunting guys to the next base.

The correlation of total runs scored to scoring zero runs in an inning is r^2=-0.95; for scoring exactly one run, it's r^2=0.47; and for scoring two or more runs, it's r^2=0.94. Not sure whether that tells us much more.

That might be kind of a tricky thing to consider because that kind of suggests that all three players are sucking so, instead of trying to break out of that like a hitter, lean into that and bunt more like a pitcher hitting. I don't think any player who has had success as a slugger would want to lean into that. If you're suggesting that Hinch should just make them do so, then he would basically have to sell these sluggers on the idea that since they suck right now, at this moment, they should be playing small ball like a pitcher hitting. That might help us win this particular inning this time, but I bet it would also create some friction over what the boss is suggesting about their abilities. I'm guessing that's a big reason sluggers don't turn to bunting and striving for productive outs when they are scuffling.

I think it raises more questions about why it's happening and can anything be done about it, then how many runs does this predict for the Tigers in 2026. Maybe it's more of an inside issue than an outside issue.

So, we have now played two games wearing those cheap-looking amateurish dark blue jerseys, and we are 0-2, getting shut out twice. Take that for what you will. Maybe it's a psychological thing where they think they're back in spring training, so their heads are all about working on process, more than playing to win. 😏

If a team has the potential to be a high-scoring offense, as we seem to have indicated with our own run-scoring rank and our percentage of innings scoring 2+ runs, does it make sense to re-make the offensive strategy entirely to focus on manufacturing a single run at a time because they fall short on scoring exactly one run in an inning? Or, if that's not what you are suggesting, when do you think it would be appropriate times to switch up strategies?

You mean for gambling purposes? Not sure. Asking for a friend? 😉 The only thing I think might be reasonable to take away is that we have the ability to be a top playoff-contending offense, but are simply not scoring consistently. Is this a development issue? A maturity issue? A luck issue? A lack of specific underlying skills issue? There's the $64 question I don't have any insight to.

I don't miss that roster, but I do miss that D on the home jersey.