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Los Angeles Lakers (8-9) vs Detroit Pistons (4-10)

About as well as a front line of Josh Smith, Andre Drummond, and Greg Monroe.

Goodrum is gone? I hope the Tigers have plans to find a SS.

No thank you. Jerami Grant On Sixers’ List Of Potential Targets For Simmons

Look, if he put ketchup on his eggs, I'm out. I cannot root for that.

I was thinking about a lineup this morning, specifically with respect to Correa. It is a credit to the depth of Houston's lineup, but it seems crazy to look at Correa's history and note that he's batted 5th/6th in the lineup more than higher lineup in recent seasons. And I'm with you, I would bet Greene & Torkelson are making the team out of camp. It'll be interesting to see how Hinch & Co incorporate them into the lineup once they do make their debuts. Will he throw them into the fire or will he slot them so as not to put too much pressure on them?

Ziploc bags? Damn, I was definitely on the other side of the tracks from you.

In addition to taking up beds, what happens when unvaxxed medical employees are no longer medical employees? Hey, I'm with you, the unwilling to get vaxxed can sit outside the hospital and wait for vacancy. Maybe I'm going about medical situations the wrong way? I think back to situations where my kid was hospitalized, where my mother was hospitalized, serious situations like that. I usually asked questions to the medical staff rather than give directives. Maybe I was wrong to do so, but the medical staff were the ones trained in that realm, so I relied on their knowledge. I personally had no idea how get my 7 year old through eColi, but, hey, if it during COVID, I guess I should have gotten out my Operation board game or jumped on Facebook for options and then told the medical staff what to do.

Good grief, you have a sinister mind.

“Carlos, if the Tigers’ organization does a good job, we’re going to reestablish ourselves as a winning franchise and develop a winning culture. If you want to be a part of it, then you’ll come. If you don’t, then we’ll beat you.”

Golden State Warriors (13-2) vs Detroit Pistons (4-10)

Halftime tailgating?

Yes, I want to see more out of him before he gets written off. His rookie season was a tale of two players, and I thought it was interesting how much he looked like a better player after his injury. All players are different, but maybe sitting gave him an opportunity watch the game up close which could’ve been beneficial for him? I don’t know.

I get it. If they’re paying someone $30M for 10, I want them to be available. But I have a hard time with a 10 year deal anyway, so there’s that.

It looks to me like Hinch is chewing out Correa for not bringing Verlander along.

In fairness to Correa (I've been critical of his durability before), that 99 in his rookie season needs to be amended to 99 in MLB beginning with his promotion in early June, plus 53 minor league games before that promotion. 152 total games played in 2015. I think I would call that a full season. I don't know how to consider 2020 as full. I guess I would just ignore the season. Still, 3 full seasons played out of 6 total is a bit questionable.

I heard an interview with Jeff Passan and he was kind of going through the timeline of when a deal would need to be made in order for a normal baseball calendar season. His line of thinking was a deal by the beginning of February allows for enough time to have a free agent blitz followed by a reasonably normal spring training leading into Opening Day.

Moon boots, ugh. I can hear the footsteps now.

I read this with the sound of "the day the music died" in my mind's eye. Bye, bye, Ms American pie.

Hayes fell hard on that hand. He stayed in after that, but I mean, come on, why play him with one bad paw when Corey Joseph is there? Seriously though, they may need to bite the bullet and sit Hayes in order to heal the hand.

February 30, 2011. Look it up.

Oh, you're right, that's what's happening. It just seems odd to me that MLB would have its offseason calendar set up that way. But its MLB, so I guess it shouldn't be odd to me.

I was listening to MLB radio on Sirius and they were talking about Dombrowski rebuilding the Phillies’ bullpen for next season. Good times, eh?

I think I won a poster of the day award at MTS once. Alas, that site is gone and so is my banner.

Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. But it seems odd to me that free agents are signing with different teams and QOs are still out there. Awards aren’t completed for this past season and guys signing with different teams. How fun would the Robbie Ray Cy Young press conference be a day after he signed with the Tigers?