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You were warned.

This is the second straight game Javy alligator-armed a very catchable ball hit to him, costing us an out. That has got to be an error since it was a very ordinary play for a big leaguer.

That said, Javy was still the brightest star in that Cubs constellation.

We're just coming out of two-plus years of socially-imposed isolation and were basically discouraged from traveling. The last few months is the first time in two years people feel free to move about and enjoy traveling and vacationing without COVID restrictions. People have been denying themselves since the winter of 2020. No way are people going to deny themselves the opportunity to hit the open road for the first summer in three years so they can feel free once more. This is one part of the perfect storm that has led to $6 gas.

I hate to say it, but goddammit, they’re right on this one.

He was at age 31 already the one of the worst-hitting catchers in the game, and coming off successive 75 wRC+ seasons and moving into a stronger league? I don't think it's out of the blue. If anyone would have predicted to me that he would get off to a 50 wRC+ start after 50 games, I would've said yup, that sounds like it's within the range of outcomes. I would agree that it's at the low end of that range. But I would not agree that it's completely uncharacteristic and wholly unfathomable or unexplainable.

It was a trade? Who did we get in trade?

"No way"? Really?

If you like that story, you'll love this: Trayce Thompson was slashing .299/.352/.639 in Toledo, good for a .416 wOBA and 153 wRC+ with eight home runs and seven doubles in just 97 at bats. We just sold him to the Dodgers for "cash considerations". Just like Lavarnway. Anyone still think "the rebuild is over" and that we are trying to stockpile talent?

The guy was always a freak show, and I don't necessarily mean physically.

While I wouldn't say the Comerica skyline is the equal of the PNC Park skyline in Pittsburgh, or even the Truist Field skyline in Charlotte, I do think the DAC provides one of the premier distinctive looks to an outfield skyline of any ballpark.

I don’t think Candy was the block, so much. Schoop has no future with this team beyond next year. He’s a definite short-timer. (Or at least he had better be!) As silly as it sounds right now given how bad he has done this year so far, Candy is (or has been) considered a potential contributor to the next playoff team. There would have been more of a future to a 3B-2B combo of Candy and Paredes with Schoop leaving, than of Paredes and Schoop with Candy leaving. That’s why I believe it was Schoop blocking Paredes. Either way, it seemed that even though Paredes was always considered to have sleeper star potential in the return from that Alex Avila-Justin Wilson trade, he was never going to get the chance to make it happen here. His fate was sealed when the Tigers signed Schoop to the 2/15 (or, more exactly, a 1/7.5 with a player option!) on the strength of a middling 2-win performance last year (and at first base!) It’s making me wonder whether there was something non-baseball happening behind the scenes that the Tigers front office or coaching didn’t like, and didn’t want to keep around. Attitude? Work ethic? Cultural mismatch? It certainly wasn’t lack of talent or potential.

Wow, look at Miggy busting it down the line after that weak pulled grounder. At least that part was entertaining. Ah, well ... Small moral victories suck.

Maybe we're finally starting to see the light switched.

Call me stupid if you want, but I like Baez coming up this inning. Let's se how this one ages!

Schoop Schoop ba-doop Schoop ba-doop Schoop ba-doop ba-doop ba-doop

Alex Lange for closer. Who's with me?

You don't say. 😁😉😅

That's true at the moment.

Yeah, I'm lucky to have time-shifting available on both ends.

This Tigers administration have had egg crusted onto their face for years running.

Not trying to make you madder about all this, but Paredes was traded because Schoop was blocking him. 🦆🦆

Now, what I can do is pull upthe radio only feed on my iOS device, cast it to my soundbar via bluetooth, and then adjust my TV DVR so the video matches the audio. I have MLB Extra Innings so I can time-shift it back and forth. The MTF downside is that it puts me about a minute or so behind the rest of you guys.

Neither. I'm saying you can't switch the audio you're hearing on the device itself away from the default TV feed to the optional radio feed.

That's not my criticism of any focus I have on Paredes. My criticism is that the Tigers haven't known how to unlock latent talent, which we all know Paredes has in spades. The new regime might be different, but apparently they came too late to keep Paredes on a string. They're succeeding more lately on pitchers, but then, pitching is the overwhelming focus of this entire organization. If we fuck up Roberto Campos by trading him cheap to fill an injury hole, and he goes on to rake for somebody else, that might just be my last straw.