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Notre Dame, too.

I like it.

So he’ll be fresh for the playoffs. 😆

Take this for whatever it’s worth…. Last season 137 players had 70 games played. That was 167 players in 2014-2015. That was 179 players in 2004-2005.

How many guys get to 70 games anymore? It seems like 70 now is 80 from way back when. If only nutrition and training would improve over time…..

Nets supposedly shopping Cameron Johnson. Might that be someone the Pistons are after?

Politely but emphatically decline.

Are the Pistons signing Bregman? I did not see that one coming,

I don’t know if I’d have more faith in Vierling as a regular 3B than Bregman. I think Bregman’s HR numbers would go down, but I’m not sure Vierling would be the better 3B. We all acknowledge, I think, that Bregman’s best days are probably going to be behind him. I think he’s an upgrade over what the Tigers had at 3B last season. The questions to me are, what’s with his career BB% dropping from an annual 12% to 6% last season and is he at an offensive plateau right now and for how lomg? I suspect that the BB% rebounds to double digits and that 2024 was an anomaly (maybe it was contract year pressure, maybe it was Houston’s poor start, maybe some of both). As for his OPS going forward, I’m not as sure. It’s likely to traipse downward, but at what rate over 6 or 7 seasons?

How so? I think there are varying degrees of participation in that deal and Hinch wasn’t really supportive of it (again, this is the public knowledge of it).

Sure, there are some situations are amenable or better served for home schooling. I don’t want to come across as completely anti home school, and I probably did up above.

Was that typed in a French or American accent? I couldn’t tell.

I think it’s fine for an extra week before the playoffs. I think the scheduling in between the rounds is actually fine the way they’ve done it.

Y’all got good jokes today.

I’ll be honest, there’s a part of me that doesn’t want Bregman in part because of the trash cans. I may be wrong, but from my understanding of what is publicly known, Bregman was one of the ring leaders and ignored Hinch’s attempts (the degree of which can be debated) to stop it. What actually happened probably isn’t completely publicly known and I’m sure my singular sentence synopsis is quite incomplete. When Hinch signed with Detroit, I understood the apprehension from those that were against it. Hinch was the only on field personnel that was sentenced for the activities. No players were officially punished. Was Hinch sufficiently charged? There’s discussion to be had. But none of the players were, that cannot be denied. And so that’s always been a sticking point to me with that saga.

That’s a good point about the variety of throws involved.

Slightly related to the anti education part, if one wants to home school, have at it. But don’t bombard a professional and degreed educator for instruction on how to home school. It’s quite insulting to imply someone isn’t worthy of a task that their expertise is then asked for.

I’m sure it has to do with keeping options open for the cup, but it’s weird to see them on a New York and then to Boston road trip with 3 off days in between game days.

The North End of Boston was fun to walk. The Patriot Trail, the older buildings, the narrow roadways, Old North Church. We took a hop on/off tour bus and at a few points where we got off, it felt like we were surrounded by a few downtowns, groups of tall buildings that were grouped together here, and over there, and over there.

So what happened with Bregman’s BB% last season? Completely fell off a cliff. Started somewhat below career average and got worse as the season went on. Baseball savant was not kind to his throwing arm. Good range, bad arm. Is that going to be a problem going forward?

And he would patch it up to run through it again.

Yeah, I had forgotten how pitched well in his 40s.

Gabe Kapler. What’s my prize?

That’s kind of encouraging news given how weak his bat and his throws looked in Detroit. I’d like to see Keith get some time at 3B, but I guess maybe his shoulder/arm can’t handle it? 1B seems like it might get crowded in a few seasons, but I suppose it’s foolish to assume all of the current and potential 1B options will make it that far.

Oh heck, I forgot I took her picture!