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I'm as certain as I can be that Craig Monroe has zero idea who Goo Goo Dolls and Spin Doctors are.

I agree. I don't mind happy talk if it doesn't overwhelm the game action, at least in contestable games. Not everybody likes Dan's "I take baseball seriously like a job" approach, but I like it just fine, and it suits him great.

That's probably why all the best lineups in these analyses always says best your best hitter leadoff, your second-best second, third-best third, etc. FWIW, cricket works exactly like that.

Regardless of how bad Javy does at the plate, he sure can run bases.

I assume you mean where you bat the same nine guys? That's research they did a decade or two ago and that did come to the conclusion that stressing over batting order is overblown because the difference in run production is small as you say.

I hate watching the game on MLB.tv where I have to reach for the volume knob basically every break because they play the same four spots over. And over. And over. And over. etc. I prefer watching the game on Extra Innings where I have at least a chance to see some semi-charming local Detroit spots.

That works if you have a plus-hitter you can play at DH on the regular. If you don't have that and you wanna keep decent hitters in the game while giving them time off the field, rotating through the DH spot works well for that.

MY BUDDY!

Exactly. This was the Harris/Hinch stated strategy. They would have liked to have done it last year were it not for the 800-pound gorilla.

It’s all laughing and joking until this kid becomes your boss. 😁

It’s not as though Tork is tearing it up at the plate, either. Would we really want him to be full-time DH? Do we want anyone to be full-time DH?

It’s easier to scoop on MLB field where there are almost no bad bounces and the ball is predictable.

They’re trying to get readers to buy the jerseys.

It truly doesn’t get much more bi-partisan than that.

But how else is he going to defend his family when the woke Antifa BLM illegals invade his house?

He’s pandering to you, the constituent.

Also, not for nothing, remember how we were praising Tork’s defense out of the box the first week or so? Looks like his numbers have caught up with the eye test (20 innings/position minimum): https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?lg=all&type=1&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&rost=&age=&filter=&players=0&startdate=&enddate=&stats=fld&team=6&pos=all&month=0&sortcol=12&sortdir=default&qual=20

Only one plate appearance into his Tigers career and Buddy Kennedy is already fifth on the team in offense above replacement: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&rost=&age=&filter=&players=0&startdate=2024-03-19&enddate=2024-11-01&stats=bat&month=1000&team=6&sortcol=19&sortdir=default&pos=np Sadly, Colt Keith is dead last, even below Javy./

Slackers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your brains!

I definitely think it will be. At whatever point we are peaking, we'll probably have something like five or six everyday guys who will get spelled maybe once every ten or so games, and six or so guys to rotate regularly among the other two or three slots.

Forty-two more wins and he's 41 years old now and getting injured every year now? I don't. Which only means he'll do it.

And Wenceel makes it up with the awkward sliding catch on the slight-misjudged dying quail.

I'm not crying. You're crying. Shut up.

Wenceel with the literal rookie mistake throwing to third allowing Willi to take second.

There's another peeve of mine: when you are left on hold and, instead of a steady stream of bad muzak—which I can take because I can keep working through it—you instead get a voice interrupting every 20 seconds reminding you that your call is very important so please continue to hold; or, worse, a promotional announcement trying to sell you some upgrade or different service the company you're calling has on offer. AT&T is famous for that ****. I can't work through that because the talking interrupts my chain of thought. (That's also a reason I can listen only to instrumentals while I am working, as long as I don't know the song, so I tend to play cool jazz or chamber music or lo-fi or stuff like that, because both song with lyrics and songs I already know distract me.)