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BTW, notice the graphics Roku are using? Basically warmed-over MLB Network graphics, but had the Tigers parted ways with Bally the way the Padres and Diamondbacks did, these are exactly the graphics we would be seeing every game as well. Which to me would be a 100% improvement, because I really dislike Bally graphics, especially the 24/7 crawl at the bottom. The only thing I would change with these graphics is, put the score box in the upper right instead of the lower right. Otherwise, I like them.

Very telling moment at the end—Dickerson and Benetti always ask the guest to suggest the next guest for them. Hinch suggested Skubal during the first episode, then Skubal suggested Rogers during the second. When they asked Rogers at the end, he thought for a second and said “Javy Baez”, and there was some chuckling in response. Then Rogers basically said naw, I’m kidding, he would be a hard get. Then he suggested the catching coordinator instead. That tells me a LOT about how Baez might well be regarded by the rest of the team: as basically an island unto himself. One more data point in support of the hypothesis that Javy is on the team, but not of the team.

I have Benetti/Dirks on—how did Dickerson call that Tork bomb on TV? Was he excited like he is on the radio, or did he dial it down for national consumption?

Man, what a gift to Mize who had bases loaded and no outs and gets out of it unscathed because of the Vogelbach line drive/Bichette baserunning screwup. Was Spork out of position on that third out? It was definitely Ibanez’s ball, you know, being hit practically right to him and all. Good PFP instinct by Mize because that had a high chance of going wrong.

Last year the Red Sox went on a nice little run and ended up wearing their City Connects something like nine games in a row. They got an earful from fans and media and changed out of that, mainly because they were reminded how iconic their home whites are.

Jake Rogers made that fourth run happen by recognizing there was no way that bloop gets caught, and then he has a great slide to get in. Arguably the best offensive moment of his career.

Blind squirrel tweets his way into a nut here.

Whoa, wait—why is this? Is this somehow a contractual thing for Benetti?

Four guys with OPS above league average in the lineup, and two of the guys we’re sitting down are also above .700 OPS. Who says we’re scraping the bottom of the table on offense.

Not at all racist, either Interesting to see some in the audience pointedly not clapping

Is ABS flat out calling balls and strikes at A-? I hadn’t heard?

Does Monroe measure what he says more carefully on television because he is afraid of being ridiculed on Twitter?

I don’t think intentionally embarrassing him is going to do any good.

So great. There really is no point on holding back on things at the very end.

Devil’s Advocate might argue it’s not ignorant, but very savvy in understanding who their target audience is and what they want to hear.

That’s especially true of Petry, but Dan Dickerson can also get some usefulness out of Monroe.

Granted this is still below average, if ever so slightly, but I also think this means we’re going in the right direction. They’re hitting better lately, they’re one of the youngest teams in the majors, and once they get actual hitting talent on the team, I’d bet we’ll be a lot more satisfied with the results. I think anyone who thought this team was going to win this division, despite everything we’d read about them going in, was just setting themselves up to be disappointed. Speaking only for myself, I’m not going to rage about how much Javy and Canha and Urshela and Jake suck at the plate at any given time, because they’re not going to be part of this team when we’re actual contenders in a couple of years. The only one I’m really concerned about is Tork, because he’s the only one who’s been penciled in at first for that contender. He’s gotta do the work to get fixed, and I suspect he hasn’t fully take it seriously even as of yet.

They are at 96 wRC+ (17th) in the last 30 days and 97 wRC+ (tied for 16th) in the last 14 days, so they're moving in the right direction.

Progress! 😉

Just remember: they are all in their 20’s, grew up someplace else, and thus have no connection to our history.

Because they want to keep the issue open to both campaign and demagogue on.

This is the original post Eric Trump was retweeting. What a complete middle finger to families of fallen soldiers. How the red hats can’t see it, I’ll never truly understand.

Not only have I met Libertarians, a close relative of mine is one, and I have asked the very same question of him.

Fire Hinch!

I thought maybe they’d regret Eloy, but everyone knew they’d regret Cease. Trades was the one Achilles heel SuperTheo had.