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PS: Couldn't he just reach? I mean, my gosh, he's 6'3" with a long reach so...

That would be our luck...

They ARE fun to watch this year...! Despite some of the ups and downs of a very bumpy road...

That was in reference to Riley Greene. As a possible way to limit some of his injuries...? He'd actually have to be capable at 1B however... in reference to the point you're making...

Can we give him a 1B glove? To see what happens? Could he handle it at 1B?

Got 'er done!

Need to generate some runs of our own... But Woo's been really tough this year...

Harris is not going to worry about Jake's offense. Rogers + Dingler = 1 veteran to help guide Dingler + hopefully the future (Dingler) starter... Or as soon as Dingler can get there. Not until Liranzo/ or Briceno are ready to graduate to MLB and share catching duties, AND Jake is ready to walk as a FA... will we need to worry about waving goodbye to our dear friend Jake. IMO.

I think these are two different sets of voters though: The undecideds that are now swinging to Harris are NOT the voters that swung to Trump in 2016. The 2016 voters hated Hillary to begin with, were upset with the "status quo" or were looking for a "drastic change candidate" (which would have been Trump or Bernie Sanders in 2016), and were midwestern Blue Collars for the most part. These are NOT the 2024 undecideds. 2024 Undecideds are Dem liberals and/or Dem youngsters that didn't want Biden. But DO want Harris. You aren't shaking these voters loose from supporting Harris. Trump's only (current) hope is to try to convince independents and suburban moms to FEAR POC more than they fear fascism. IMO. And I don't believe that will work, either. No matter what he or the GOP come up with to try and slam Harris. Mostly because they have zero vision for the future of America except Fascism, Violence, The Handmaid's Tale, and Tax Cuts for the Top 1% (and **** the Middle Class). Not an enticing future... methinks.

IMO... If Ukraine were smart, they'd make a hard right with all their Kursk troops and equipment and march south into Belgorod Oblast; destroying all Russian military troops and equipment that they can. They would then be: slamming into Russia's right flank of Russian invading forces nearing Kharkiv. They could stay far enough away from Belgorod City... But if they took those invading forces by surprise, they could clear out Russian forces away from Kharkiv, take oodles of prisoners, destroy men and equipment all along the way... A further massive embarrassment for Putin and it relieves Ukraine's second largest city from the current Russian threat... IMO...

Additionally: The Fed's 1st priority is keeping inflation in check. But their 2nd priority is keeping employment as high as possible. 1st priority obviously takes precedence (it is #1 after all); but with rates at this level, as Hongbit pointed out: Right now, everyone is focusing on the 2ND PRIORITY because if holding rates ta this level tips the economy into a recession... they just screwed up their 2nd priority and it's no longer a "soft landing" but a hard landing with unemployment jumping (already jumped from 3.7-ish % up to 4.3% in the latest report...). Personally, I think the economy is too strong for us to be anywhere near a recession. Zero chance IMO. But that's what ALL the Finance conversation is revolving around today... Recession? Rate cuts? How much? When? I even heard a proposal for an "emergency session" to drop the Fed Rate by 50 basis, like, right now. I think that's a bit ridiculous, just wait till Sept. September meeting will be to drop by 25 or 50 basis points... I think a rate cut is pretty much baked in... could go either way on the 25 or 50... too early to tell at this point...

Oh yeah... PS: Tigers win... 15-1. Wowzer!!!

Nice 3-inning outing by Wentz actually... No runs, 3 K's. He hasn't had too many of those...

Don't blow it Wentz... The pressure is on...!

I say give Skubal a half day off...

I am officially amazed by Kerry Carpenter...

All Cylinders.

+1

PS: Even the Tigers have a travel day today... They don't host the Mariner series until tomorrow...

You mean tomorrow night... Today is Monday.

The stock is worthless so I'm wondering when everyone realizes that and it drops to below $1. I would wager: On November 6th, 2024.

$ 22.84 on April 16th...

Does not disqualify him from being a bandaid utility guy or even a platoon option bandaid. His one advantage is he's a switch-hitter. If his fielding is top notch... then he's no worse than McKinstry... right?

I was just going to say... Gage Workman is waving his hands back and forth (going 3-6 today at Erie with 3 HR's...) saying: "Hey! Look at me!!! Gimme a chance!!!" Trei Cruz also goes 2-4 with 2 doubles, a BB and a SF...