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Nothing like below-average hitter Craig Monroe diagnosing Spencer Torkelson hitting problems. That’s quality baseball TV right there.

I think Hinch has had input into player acquisition since November 2020.

Could be this, or it could be Hinch trying to maximize his pitching advantage because his team is in danger of being shut out every other night. The need to manage his staff throughout an entire season notwithstanding, were at the point now where we have to get a win right away, so he might be managing each game in that must-win-today, more, including matchups.

Generalized criticism of congress notwithstanding, Tuberville still deserves to be filleted for this.

Thank god he has got a very good team.

So much for "you can never have too much pitching".

Oh, wow, is it March 16 already?

Scott Coolbaugh, your flight is boarding …

I’m in Atlanta and just saw Travis Demerritte jack a bomb for the reigning world champion Atlanta Braves. So … how are we doing?

It used to be interesting and rare enough that you might never see one in a thousand games you attend. Now it’s just way too common and I support batters who make fun and take the piss out of that very unserious moment.

Good for Rendon. Position players pitching just sucks.

I saw him hit that laser into the first row of the LF stands on Monday night, and I was thinking, what if Mike Trout just decided he would hit as many homers as he possibly could this season? Even in a down year for homers, I wouldn’t doubt that he could hit 60 or more just by sheer force of will.

I was at the Toledo game in Louisville last night and I was reminded that the calculus for whether a pitcher stays in or comes out in a minor league game is very different from that of a major league game.

Call up Kody Clemens now! IMG_7528.MOV

It’s raining runs in Detroit!

A’s fans clicking off their TVs complaining that it’s all over.

Scoreless streak being threatened here with bases loaded and no out

Can you imagine Derek Hill and Robbie Grossman having the same level of collision and both having to come out of the game? I guess that would mean Meadows and Harold would have to go to the outfield, Tork to first, and the pitcher bats. Yikes what a mess that would be.

Not me. My wife and I are driving through southern Indiana on the first leg of our southern driving trip, so we literally have nothing better to do right now.

Add the execution of losers live on National TV, and we’ll run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.

😁

Interesting that Tigers are wearing their home whites for the away game.

I think were just running up against logistics here. We have two games today. Austin Meadows is DH in game one. Grossman and Hill play their usual outfield slots. Beyond the rest of the starting lineup we have Tork, Miggy, Haase and Willi, and neither Tork or Miggy are playing left. That means either Willi or Haase in left. Barnhart is catching game one, which means he’s not catching game two. The only other catcher on the team is Haase, and they’re not going to play Haase in game one in left if they’re planning to have him catch in game two. That leaves Willi as the only option for left in game one. It’s the limitation of the roster especially if 15 of your 27-man roster is pitching.

Because of the changes to the schedule due to the lockout, they had to move one of the games from Oakland to here.

The effect of ballparks on depth perception is a real thing. I was in an adult hardball league and we played a championship at the Schaumburg Flyers stadium, which is configure like a professional ballpark in a way our regular ballparks were not. The backstop was way deeper behind the plate then I was used to and while standing in left field, I was having trouble adjusting to the look.