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I’ve never coached an NBA team before. But if I’m coaching the Pistons in the 2nd half, I’m starting with Cunningham, Thompson, Harris, Stewart, and Duren. On offense, I’m going at Banchero whenever possible to wear him down, maybe get some cheap fouls on him.

Harris coming alive?

Robinson missed a 3. Drink.

In my best George Blaha voice, thank you.

Ha, he had his 4 minutes while I was multitasking.

Is Stewart out?

Maybe get Holland some run for the defensive havoc in lieu of the offensive doughnut?

Hats off to Montero. He really loaded up on first pitch strikes. I’d have let him finish off this inning, but I’m a lump on a couch. What do I know.?

One of the aspects that I like about baseball is the relationship between catchers and home plate umpires. They take care of each other. Jansen takes one off of the mask. The home plate umpire delays the action a bit by wandering out from his post. Upon his return to behind Jansen, after they’ve communicated and Jansen is ready to go, a polite tap by Blue on Jansen’s shoulder.

Not sure on the TV either.

A little bit of trouble there, but Montero at 40 pitches through 3. 5 run lead, bullpen game tomorrow. Eat some innings, kid.

That’s a pro move by Keith. Rocker clearly ain’t got to today. Quantrill up in the bullpen. End the inning, give Texas a false sense of where things are, and then rip another crooked number off of him in the next inning before he’s replaced.

17 for 17 SB vs Rocker in his career? Wowza.

McGonigle keeps building his case for MVP.

So, didn’t like the Torres send, but now that I think about it, that throw was a laser. It was off to the 1B side, Jansen did make a good stretch to the plate after catching it. I don’t know, though. Cold day, Torres ain’t fleet of foot. But I’m sitting on the couch and I don’t see what Cora sees.

Some loud shots off of Rocker early on.

Indeed.

I’m not against dealing guys, but that sort of deal creates holes now and takes away the best CF option for the future. I’m not sure they have much else in terms of CF prospects. I’d like to see the Tigers build up their prospect base via up the middle guys that can move to corners as they age in the majors. If they had better options to bring up and take some spots on the major league roster, it’s a different story. If Clark were closer, and/or Perez & Jung were better, and/or Lee were a but further along, and Meadows hadn’t flamed out, then I think Alvarez as an addition to put the lineup over the top is a more reasonable move.

I walked around Wrigley in February. It was cold then. Actually, now that I think about it, it was the first weekend of spring training because I was listening to a few minutes of the game vs the Yankees whilst wandering about the Magnificent Mile.

Did somebody say Marisa Tomei?

Pass. Not sure there’s enough backfill in the organization to take the spots of Carpenter, Torkelson, and Clark. And just my personal preference, but I’d prefer contracts like Alvarez’ go to ballplayers that can hit and play defense.

I hate the DH batting last.

Haha, wanna resurrect the debate about Easley & Catalanotto vs Cruz & Easley as the better keystone combo?