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Deion Sanders’ account of his college football encounter with Bo Jackson is an all timer.

He’s probably going to be in between Cy Young and Charlie Morton. Any commentary about him is going to be shoved to one side or the other. His game starts might need to be moved to the political section.

Maybe. Availability is an ability. Olson struggles with that.

I’ve heard on a few podcasts that Valdez can be a bit …… what’s the best way to put it, …. He’s got some personality traits, shall we say. But I suppose Hinch had him before, so he probably knows what to expect, how to deal with him. But this appears to be a solid rotation, one that could rival 2013’s Verlander, Scherzer, Sanchez, Fister, and Porcello? It’s tough to imagine quite the same thing since pitching has evolved so much since then. But could this group stay healthy enough to start 140+ games? Before you look it up, the previous quintet tossed 156 starts with Jose Alvarez starting the other 6.

Do you think Verlander had to have the shower shoes talk with either Mize or Skubal?

He’ll also be a professor in his spare time.

A smedium, too.

Ample room to sign me to a deal.

PASS Jr?

You could’ve just stopped at MAD.

Avila helped build this team. 🦆🦆🪿 Am I doing that right?

Absofreakinglutely.

Because geese aren’t available.

It’s still possible that the Pistons head into the all star break with the best record in the NBA. No, I have not been drinking,

There’s a theory to keep weighted lottery odds, but in reverse order. Best non playoff team gets best lottery odds. Worst overall team gets worst lottery odds.

Very sad indeed. Too young. Just a harsh reminder that there is no such things as routine surgery.

Nope. That’s a day off. You lose. Good day, sir.

It seems like the Pistons have caught quite a number of opponents at the right time. It seems like they’ve missed playing against some of the better players in the league either by injury or rest or whatever. I could be wrong about that and someone smarter than myself will provide a link to a metric that shows I’m a fool, but it seems like they’ve had some good fortune in that regard. Edit to add: And if I’m right, nothing against the Pistons for taking advantage of short handed teams. Kudos to them. But it does give some credence to the regular season record not being an end all be all.

Isn’t weed a bit of a “remedy” for glaucoma? Maybe he’s got early onset and that explains the swing and miss?

Maybe. I guess he tossed 130 innings last year, and for whatever reason I seem to think it was only around 100 until I look it up. So I guess he should be good for around 150, but them does a playoff run dig into that? So, I guess depending upon what Anderson looks like in camp, maybe Melton starts put in Toledo just to keep some innings in reserve? I suppose he could break camp with limited use in Toledo in April.

Bassitt.

Yes, he is.

Location scold.

Higginson had a very solid overall career, so not trying to slight him at all. But definitely not as good as Tucker’s career to date. One thing that elevates Tucker over Higginson is his year to year consistency. Higginson started out well, but was up and down around late 20s, early 30s. Tucker started out a little slower, but has rattled off 5 very good seasons in a row. Higginson doesn’t have that on his baseball card.