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Lorenzen gets out of it. And that's why Hinch is the grandmaster. 😁

First two runners on. I think it's time, but it's Fetter coming out instead of Hinch.

That's 15. Where the heck is everyone??

Don't look now, but Jonathan Schoop is hitting .375 (6-for-16) in his last nine days, including today, back to May 12. Stretch it out to just over a full month (since April 23), and he's hitting .267 (12/45) with an on base over .300. Keep it going, Schoopy.

I don't see why Trump wouldn't have that constituency still available to him. Not only is he the leading candidate by a country mile to win the Republican nomination, he has also become the north star of his party, and every politician dovetails their efforts into appearing to be with him and on his team. But it's also a symbiotic relationship. It's not only that Trump's blessing gives those lesser pols legitimacy—it's also that their very fealty gives Trump his legitimacy as well. Everyone comes of as being on the same page, and constituents respond positively to that kind of unity at the top of their preferred structure. I would bet that if R politicians could manage to peel off from Trump en masse, preferably maintaining the Trumpy populist appeal, Trump himself would be finished. That's a tricky task, because as we have seen recently from DeSantis, nobody can Trump like Trump. It's not just his cruel policies or his middle-school-level nastiness—it's also the Trump charm, such as it is. No one has been able to come close to replicating whatever that thing Trump has that charms his fans so. As a result, no one lesser light can effectively be the one to lead that defection, and every one who has tried over the past several years has failed, for reasons. That's why Republicans keep rooting for someone else to magically break Trump's spell, finally, because they can't do it themselves. They know all that red meat is bad for them, but they just can't stop eating it. In order to survive, they need someone to force them to stop. Who going to be the one to do that?

After everything we have seen from Trump—not only how he attempted to overthrow America, and still does, but going back into his various personal and business dealings for the past 40-plus years—if you still vote for him, you’re a fan of his, full stop. All the things he wants to do to America is what you want done to America, too. If you still support Trump being president after all that, you can no longer separate your own ethics, morals, and values from his.

So ... checkers tonight? 😁

If he could deliver a .340/.410 line for a .750 OPS, I'd be thrilled. He's more of a singles hitter now than ever before, though, so I'd like to see him get it in gear.

All due respect, I'm not asking you. You stepping in is letting him off the hook. What do you say, Bunker? Would you be happy to see Trump elected president? Or would you be unhappy to see it?

He's an empty batting average, although he appears to still have plus-D. I don't know, he seems to have more past than future. I suppose you could put him out there in place of Ibanez. Just don't be surprised if he does exactly as well. I'm guessing the Tigers don't act on this. I wouldn't think they would want to do musical roster because of the sense of chaos that would project.

Looks like he's found his level!

This is exactly the world 2A people want, and we know they want it because this kind of event is inevitable when everybody gets to carry guns in public with as little vetting as possible, and yet 2A people still want everybody to be able to carry guns in public with as little vetting as possible.

Would you be happy to see Trump elected president? Or would you be unhappy to see it?

I cannot add any more reactions today, but I 💙 this post.

McKinstry doesn't hit the ball even average hard, which is a bit of a red flag, so he probably won't be quite this good (wxOBA, walk rate, strikeout rate) permanently. Pitchers in the new league are going to figure out how to better exploit the holes in his bat, probably by pitching to contact and allowing him to get himself out. But he is definitely hitting well now and is serviceable at multiple positions, so he's worth keeping around for as long as we need him.

It doesn't have to be either or. It would be nice if he could do both, as well as the thing you don't mention, which is range to his right to stop balls in play. But he's almost certainly never going to have any range, which is why he is overall a below-average first baseman. Once he starts losing even the skill to scoop balls, stretch and do the splits, that's when he will need to be moved off the field entirely. In the meantime, he needs to hit enough to overcome his deficits on defense, and it looks like he's moving in that direction pretty nicely.

I don't know about that fight, anyway. Could be a false flag. 😏

O'Hare is a place where mobs take over all the time.

Nope, that was after my time. 😁 I did have a Yes poster at some point ...

You bastard ... 😅

Another article about chess. 😀

Sure, I can do that. Just make sure I have the script in hand a few days before I swing by. I'm not very good at improv.

I was looking at it versus January, which was before the invasion. March of last year was after the invasion. I get why a few points peeled off from last March to this March. Last March was immediately after the invasion which was the high point of top-of-mind awareness. After a while I imagine a marginal amount of people just forgot about it. It's the same principle as when George Bush Jr scored a 84% approval rating among Democrats in the days after 9/11 after being in the 20s just the day before, and fell down to under 50 by the follow June. It's not because he was doing a great job as President overall. It was the heat of the moment.

More people see Russia as an enemy today than did a year ago.

Flip side, consider the audience. How airtight does the propaganda really have to be?