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I feel that same way about Carpenter. I wouldn’t look to extend Greene.

Thinking about the contact play and how defensive positioning scouting is more analytical these days, I wonder if the contact play is riskier now than it used to be?

That place erupted when they carted Pudge onto the field in the 1st quarter timeout last weekend.

Nah, don't like this phrase. If somehow they finish 7th and one of the 6 playoff eligible teams becomes ineligible and Detroit would take their place in the playoffs, then I can understand that phrase being used.

Here we go kids. Win each of the next 3 series, the Tigers have a maximum of 71 losses. The Clevelands are already at 71 losses. Its just that simple.

Seeing your dad in action at the Kenny Rogers game was an absolute delight.

Ain’t that the truth.

Be careful, too much honest yet critical posting of Queen Bone Spurs here and this joint will get shut down.

Absolutely.

Let's all kick a little ass in our endeavors this week, shall we?

Is Aspiration still hiring?

I can’t believe it’s mid September. Last week I had a monthly meeting with a higher up. He asked if I watched any football over the weekend. I reminded him it’s still baseball season. I think he understand me more now.

Ohio State to the AFC North and the Cleveland Browns to the BigTen?

That would be grand. But if you look at Kahnle’s history, he doesn’t throw more than 60 IP in a season. That’s pretty low. He hit that threshold early this season. Was he taxed?

The one aspect that I really loved about Gibson was playing the game ahead of the game. Here’s the situation at hand, here are the options and the pros and cons, make your decision now and not in hindsight.

This guy needs banned on the count of he’s quoting me. Not that it’s nefarious or anything like that. But I’m a dweeb. No one should be listening to my typing. Mods, please, do something to help this cat out.

Yeah, I heard something on one of the pods this week about how the arm barn numerals in this second half are surprisingly good. If they are good, I am surprised.

I wonder if the bigger variable for Flaherty is the upcoming collective bargaining session and how shopping his wares over that offseason seems less desirable than hitting free agency this offseason.

But you're good enough. You're smart enough. And I'm sure we can find somebody that likes you.

Maybe the success of pitching chaos and the pitching factory was much more fortunate than we imagined?

Its possible Harris sniffed around the idea of bringing Verlander back but the interest wasn't mutual.

Unfortunately, you're probably right. It'll be garbage to see it occur.

Come on, you couldn't have gone with "Even though Morton will strike out Soto to end the inning, his day will be done."?

I guess I don't look at the split season as a shot against tradition. Maybe subconsciously I do kind of parallel them together. I just look at the season as a whole measuring stick of teams. Teams will have ebbs and flows through the year. I don't want to see a team that goes 92-70 miss the playoffs in lieu of a team that goes 86-76 because they latter had a better half than the former. That should never happen. Its just like splitting up into too many divisions with too few teams. At some point a team with a losing record wins a weak division and makes the playoffs. Its happened in the NFL. It was going to happen in MLB before the strike in 1994 shut down the rest of the regular season and the postseason. A losing record should never make the playoffs over a winning record in a professional league.

Local cable just removed ESPN and FanDuel Detroit from its offerings.