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I like talking about the dropped third strike rule. It’s related to why catchers get the putouts on strikeouts. I’m in the minority who want to keep the rule as is.

Well, then, I’ll allow it!

I do think we won’t see Ilitch/Harris break the bank for a position player like Alex Bregman or Kyle Tucker (who’s costing himself a bunch of money right now). I think they believe they will be positioned well to perennially contend with the position pieces they have been meticulously moving into place the last three years. They might plug a hole in here or there, but no 10 year $400 million position players deals are going to come out of our front office. I do think we might take a swing at a front line starter, although Framber also seems to be costing himself some money right now, so that might actually work out for us somewhat. I think Dylan Cease could be a solid target. He is also having a rough RA9 year, although his xERA is more than a full run better than his actual ERA is. I think either of these guys would be a better target than trading for a controllable cheapie like Gore, since all a free agent would cost us is money rather than prospect capital. We could reserve the latter for another deadline trade situation next year.

Meaning when he is a free agent for 2029? He is in general a minus defender and a platoon piece at the plate, and he will be going into his age 31 season, so I wouldn’t think much. He might even be on year-to-year by then. Meaning if he were magically a free agent now going into his age 28 season? I think I’d be surprised to see him get more than 3/60 plus team options, which I would think a 19th round guy would thank his god over and over for.

High early pitch counts lead to early delving into bullpens, which changes the color of the game. I’ll allow it. The second one, I think that’s in the interest in educating listeners since a lot of listeners are too casual to know one way or the other.

When did the Tigers wear red? 😉

That’s fine, although that was not me saying that. That was me in character.

I’m with you. I like the occasional pop culture reference in a ballgame. Just not a whole truckload of it. You and I come from an era when a play by play announcer would practically never make a pop culture reference or joke. When announcers started doing that, we were still young enough to think that was unique and cool and fun. It started up shortly after Monty Python and Saturday Night Live and Airplane the movie and the like started changing the rules of how funny works for society. And it started creeping into other areas of life, and baseball broadcasts comprise an area of life. Announcers couldn’t overdo it because it felt like they were getting away with something in the first place, and we liked that part of it. But now things have evolved where everything is unironically self-referential all the time. Just look at all the Pixar movies and MCU content and such. Everyone in them is always joking about themselves and everything around them all the time. It’s not special or unique anymore. Far from getting away with something, it’s practically expected to be part of the landscape. So when we see a guy a couple generations behind us leaning into that, It looks like overkill. But to people who came up at his time and after him, growing up seeing all the same video content, it’s the norm. So we may or may not like it, but it’s not good or bad per se. It’s just a different time now, just like our time was different from our parents’ time during the war. And that’s also why we like Dan. Dan is a boomer, so Dan is all business on the job. But it’s also good that Jason is there when you want to lighten things up. In that respect, they provide perfect relief for each other.

I don’t see us starting Melton in the postseason if we don’t start him for the rest of the regular season.

Is Dingler both #1 and #2?

Guardians lose to Diamondbacks 3-2 in 10 Innings.

One of my friends know I'm adamant about the difference between "obtuse" and "abstruse", and he always uses the former to mean the latter, and I make a show of getting all mad about it, and we have a good laugh. But yeah, he's still a **** about it. 😁

Yeah, I don't doubt that the regime knew the judge would block the release so they could say to their acolytes see, we wanted to release it but the woke justice system is preventing it, so fly! Fly! Fly, my pretties!

At least he didn't say it was abstruse.

I still feel pretty good about this post.

They'll digitally drain my money before they put me to sleep.

So ... I notice there's a lot less chatter about Trump and Epstein lately.

Despite my pasty white skin and my drumpfy name, I have a trail of apostatic musings scattered around the internet several miles long, and presumably linkable to my PII.

You’re on the good guys’ side, so you’re going to be that guy in three years along with me. 😁

Tigers beat Astros, 7-2.

What is up with that font on Vanwey’s jersey? Dan is saying nothing because it has nothing to do with the game. I assume Benetti is weighing in on it?

It’s especially difficult for me to forget because I was there!

Several of us are going to be that guy three years from today. I can think of a few of us who won’t.

I have actually started wondering whether, if Trump were to die in office, they just won’t shuffle JD off to Paris Disneyland or something and Miller declares himself president.

I assume muskets and long guns are also A-OK? Glocks and Tec-9s, though? Off to Alcatraz with you!