casimir

Howzabout a merging of an Earl Weaver cursing head inside of a circled CHARM CITY with a voice cloud coming from his mouth and the Maryland flag replacing ####! for the obscenity coming out of his mouth?

That’s an interesting concept. Create the sleeves to mimic the Maryland flag, maybe using orange in place of the red and yellow? I generally prefer simple, but a tie in to the state flag seems unique for a one team in the state team.

Well you’re no fun.

Well, you would think that’s what would occur. But as you say, the drain swirling is getting a bit out of control. We’re into the chapters of the choose your own adventure book that nobody thought we’d be reading.

Charm City with a picture of Earl Weaver in there. How did they miss that opportunity?

Some shade of green/black. I wonder what they look like in the sunlight. Probably still horrible, although it’s the BMORE that really makes it fugly.

That’s fair, too. That might explain part of Torkelson’s struggles, as an example. He’s not a guy to build an offense around, but can helpful as a 6th hitter in the lineup. The same is probably true with the defense. Meadows’ injury creates heavier responsibility for both corners. Probably a similar deal on the infield with Baez out.

The move for Melton was probably predetermined. I’m ignorant on Brieske’s estimated return. Hurter was pulled last night. So what for and does it become a factor in the decisions? It’s hard to believe whatever he did would cause a trip to the 60 day IL, but who knows.

The team is currently composed of a bunch of individuals with ranges of performances scoping out from their skill set as a middle point. There’s a group of players performing below that middle point and there’s a group of players that have a middle point lower than where it was assumed to be and there’s a group of players in the both of those scenarios. Ain’t good right now. It kind of reminds me of the 2008 team that was going to score 1,000 runs. Now, this current team wasn’t going to score 1,000 runs. But it sure is t delivering on the preseason expectations. The problem is that while there have been a slew of injuries, that variance doesn’t bridge the entirety of the gap between what should be and what currently is.

Our eyes hurt from watching this month.

Agree, not sure why Keith was extended and is only a platoon player now. I realize his lack of power is disappointing, but he’s sitting vs a LHP for Workman? Come on. At this point, I’d have McGonigle, Greene, Keith, Dingler, Torkleson, and Vierling in the lineup everyday. Sink or swim with them. Not sure what else they can do at this point. They could dump Jones and call up a Malgeri or Jelks or Navigato or whatever. But whatever likely changes they could make are still not going to matter unless other parts of the lineup get themselves going.

Remember the Paul DeJong signing? Season ending hamstring surgery. At some point we’re going to find out the Tigers’ training staff and surgeons are also succumbing to injury. Maybe even some of the Commercial Park event staff, too.

Yeah, they’re great. I might put the aroma of the first crockpot of chili in fall as a top tier smell. This one is going to sound absolutely bizarre and I’m not going to apologize for it. The smell of the infield dirt from a baseball/softball diamond.

I don’t know. Jones is on the roster as the resident vs LHP specialist. If you want to flip Greene and Jones, fine. I guess I don’t have an issue with the top 4 as is. I might go McGonigle, Jones, Greene, Dingler, or Jones, McGonigle, Greene, Dingler. But I don’t know how you optimize the batting 5 hitters. I guess Torkelson at 5 makes sense. After that, I’m not sure how to argue one way or another. Nobody is hitting, so I’m not sure what to do.