IdahoBert

So I just saw an ad on MLB TV for astrology and some player’s horoscope so why don’t they do a séance and see what Shoeless Joe Jackson has to say about the odds of the Tigers winning this game.

For a while, the umpire was actually calling balls and strikes correctly almost as if someone had told him how crappy he was, then Hanifee got two balls called strikes to get out of that inning

Well, this isn’t good.

Javy single. Good!

Each team wins one and a half.

This game is boring. I want to be entertained.

They killed Riley

Greene singles. No DP pleases

No runs in the first inning for the Tigers.

I may be mistaken, but I think every pitch that was called a ball on that walk for Parker Meadows was really a strike. Apparently, the baseball gods intervened and made the Tigers ground into a double play

We’re living in a bad time line

On MLB TV I am so tired of the rotation of the same handful of national ads interspersed with Idaho related ads that are guys with beards and ball caps talking about manly stuff they’re selling. I miss seeing Michigan related ads. In a perfect world I would like to see a slew of phony joke ads like the guys on the Comedy Central TV show Detroiters produced.

Cleveland is playing the Yankees. Do I let my usual enmity toward the Yankees rule or my practical enmity to see Cleveland be further separated from us

And there is that.

Given that we all knew this would probably happen. I don’t think this makes much difference. I also don’t know if that’s a rule or a courtesy sometimes given to not be an a-hole. There has to be some level of collegiality I suppose between managers even though they are opponents. Given the saying that the people you meet on the way up are the same people you meet on the way down there’s a practicality to things like this. Given that it’s easy for me, sitting in the cheapest seat of all in my own house, to demand a take no prisoners and burn every bridge approach, in the real world this usually comes back to bite you.

It’s supposed to be 86° with something like 60% humidity when the game begins and it’s not supposed to rain until about 10 PM. I hope this is true and I hope our bullpen day will be like last year‘s were.

A big star usually gets four at bats a game. Five guys of better than average ability will have 20 chances to do something and what’s required is not always a grand slam.

Having too many players that are good enough and not enough slots for them all is a good, though thorny, problem to have and I’m glad I’m not required to offer a solution.

This wRC+ stat is quite amazing. It demonstrates the truth contained in Garrison Keillor‘s assertion about the town of Lake Wobegon where all the players — instead of children — are above average. This really does make a difference when paired with run prevention. Yes we have hitters who are relatively speaking stars but none of them are Aaron Judge, or Ohtani etc. But further on down the lineup this above average thing pays dividends and fills in gaps that are unfilled in other clubs, even perhaps really good ones. I guess it’s a combination of choosing players capable of doing this and refining their skill set to enhance their efficacy.

I have generally repressed the memory of that 2012 World Series. It’s right up there with “The Silence“ from Doctor Who that appear within your peripheral vision and the scary clown who hid in the hallway closet when I was a kid behind the musty old coats my parents hadn’t worn in 20 years.

When I watched the weird pop-up from last night where Dingler assisted McKinstry Jason was saying there has to have never been a 2–5 in the history of baseball and Carlos in a moment, perhaps, of unguarded irony says “that’s something I could bet on.”

I’m watching the parts of the game that were especially satisfying from last night and when Jack falls face forward running to first the first base umpire breaks into spontaneous laughter. It’s sort of like watching a silent movie where someone slips on the ice and everyone laughs.

I hope you’re able to get a ticket! 😜

My Yahoo weather, which is also “weather underground“ is saying there’s a 55% chance of showers at 8 PM. I hope this doesn’t happen while Carpenter is trying to hit four home runs again.

Hey, look at me I’m an idiot. Put a dunce cap on me.