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He’s wearing a big D cap. Totally not a fan.

Since when do teams play like us against us?

I think the Tigers want to have a clearer vision of when they expect to contend before they get the clock ticking on the kid. That’s probably going to be next year.

Oh, is that what he meant? 😏

Not only did Trump suggest Kamala should be Bagger Vance, but also, to me, that's not even the best part: "... if we play Augusta, we'll have to make sure she can be there." Meaning, Trump still thinks Augusta doesn't even allow colored caddies? And he has to make a phone call to convince them to do so?

This is why they are both gameplanning for a Kamala run, and suing to try to prevent it.

I somewhat think of Manning as being like Tork: he has a set of skills that got him to the big leagues, and he kind of resents someone new coming in and trying to turn it all upside down. I don't know this for a fact—it's just an impression I have. Anyway, so this part here: Coaches are not allowed to talk to the media? Did Hinch or someone else actually say that? I think I'd be a little surprised if he came right out and did so.

Counterpoint: that didn't work for Lamarr Hoyt, and the Rockies didn't even want to try it with Denny Neagle.

The whole thing is based on the idea that fetuses and embryos are actually fully people like you and me, even though fetuses and embryos are not counted in the census, there's no funeral after a miscarriage, and people say "we have two children and one on the way" instead of saying "we have three children." Now, why they consider fetuses and embryos to be fully people depends on the axe they have to grind. If you're a rank and file voter, you believe god can read every thought even before it's thought, so if at any time you even contemplate that fetuses and embryos might not be people, god will get you for that. God never forgets anything you ever did or thought, so you better stay on the right side of everything all the time and never slip even once, because otherwise Jesus will question whether you are truly saved and you may still end up going to hell hell hell. If you're a legislator in certain states or districts, you're basically trolling for votes from rank and file voter. There is some intersect between the two.

The unfortunate thing about how that amendment is worded is that the cristofascists can fairly argue that the intention of it is very narrow and prevents only the creation of an official national religion—meaning Congress can't create The Church of the United States—but that it does not prevent the government from explicitly implementing Christian biblical law in practice in any other way, including in non-law form (e.g., a regulation is not a law). Personally, I had always thought it was interpreted as meaning Congress cannot make any law that privileges religion over secularism, but I do think the Almighty Supreme Court is going to turn that one on its head in a very explicit manner sooner or later.

Josh Hawley knows what side his bread is buttered on in Missouri.

I'm not sure they can simply terminate the contract only because he doesn't show up work, because if they can do so for that reason, they can do it for a player they have on a bad contract who has VISA trouble in the spring, and I don't think they want to get into litigating intent. I think it's most likely they'll go the suspension route, which is technically a temporary solution that could turn into a de facto permanent solution, and it would not run afoul of any clauses protecting players that were bargained for during the CBA.

Here's a lemonade possibility for you: maybe his poor numbers are evidence that he is working on things he hasn't mastered yet? Honestly, though, I don't have any insight into it either way, because I haven't been following him all that closely.

I don't even see them as buyers in that case, because I can't imagine them selling off the top of their prospect list for an impact major league (I assume) bat, and really, don't they need more than one, anyway? What are multiple bats going to cost? I can't imagine that having a ghost of a chance at the third wild card spot would be worth it to them to go completely off plan.

Rogers definitely did have his glove fully on the ball, but I think maybe the scorer saw how he was set up for the pitch beyond the outside edge of the strike zone but Faedo missed by a mile throwing way in and down, catching Rogers off-guard, so he figured Faedo was wild on the throw because he missed the target by so much.

Good luck uniting them.

See, now that's how the reporter could have checkmated Nancy. Nancy: He needs to make his decision soon. Reporter: He already has. He's running. Do you support him? Nancy: ...

Rogers is a hard no. Mize is maybe 50/50 at best. Skubal is a hard one. You could make the case that you don't want to be on the hook for six or eight years and his elbow blows up halfway through. Guys with his profile don't have good track records.

I might postulate that what he says to the media about how he manages ain't necessarily what goes on behind the scenes.

I'm pretty confident Hinch was managing the pens' workload so he can effectively gameplan for the rest of the week's games. For some reason, probably related to rest planning or minor owies, it was going to be better for the bullpen if Faedo could have closed out the game. But he couldn't, and at least Hinch didn't leave him in there to lose it.

Turns out Faedo and Foley were the only two fresh relievers coming into the game. Maybe Fetter saw something before the game that made him think Faedo was going to be sharper than Foley. Who knows. I'm at least 93% confident that A.J. Hinch wasn't trying to lose the game.

Holy ****, what a finish. Talk about snatching victory from the jaws of attempted defeat.

That's a head-scratcher, all right. I wonder what Foley thought of that idea. Speaking of whom, he needs two strikeouts right now.

Maybe he is worth more. I just saw he will be the youngest catcher in the free agent class. Maybe someone will throw 3/45 or 4/60 at the guy. I just doubt it's going to be the Tigers.