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Or maybe they will just start winning...like tonight.

I am less impressed by Greene every year.

I get the sense that Clark is the type who won't sign an extension.

Yes, If Greene, Torkelson and Carpenter hit even at their normal levels, it will solve a lot of problems

I wasn't really suggesting that Clark was similar to Gibson, just that he has a distinct personality from their current group. From a fan's perpective. I do like to see different personalities on the team. Watching the game last night, I was thinking I don't know McGonigle from Keith from Dingler. They all look and act the same.

So, he could be our Kirk Gibson? I am not a big fan of flashy players, but I agree the team is very bland. I don't know that every team needs a vocal leader (sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't), but from a fan's perspective, a little variety would be interesting.

I hope he gets a shot, but he has not shown much power and doesn't really have solid position, so it's possible that this is what he is. Johnny Grubb and not Travis Fryman.

Right, I did say that he had a point about Keith and I do think Keith might get his chance. Personally, I weould like to see keith get a shot at being a full-time player, but I just don't think I am in a better position than Hinch to make that decision.

How is a fan to know better about these things than Hinch? If a player is sick or has a slight injury which may affect his performance, Hinch is going to know that a lot better than a fan. And even a sick or injured player can have a big day. Rennie Stennett gor 7 hits in one game with an injured ankle. If Hinch goes more off of long-term trends than other managers (and I don't know that he does), maybe that is the right approach. As a fan, I definitely think looking at long-term trends is the best way to go because we don't know enough to do otherwise. It would be like an amateur trying to time the market.

He clearly just wants to get out of the war and claim victory. It will work with his voters and most of the country's shallow incompetent media.

I liked Allen so much, I used to switch the White Sox feed every time they played them.

perfect

I think grand parents being soft with children is a requirement.

run differential don't win you no championship.

I remember being young! I just looked back at my blog where there a lot of memories. I have no idea how I had the time and energy to do all that. I could not do that now! I should go back to it later to see what I was thinkking about during the season - especially at the beginning when most of us had no idea how good they were,

Most players don't get better in their platoon splits though. If you let all the lefties that can't hit lefties a chance, you'll lose a lot of games figuring out that they'll never hit them.

Baez hits lefties pretty well, but hasn't faced them much this year.

Carpenter is not hitting well and has no history of being able to hit LHP. You can make a case for Keith batting more often often against LHP.

They've been reading Motown Forums.

I love the rabbit ears photo. That needs to be posted all over the place just to piss him off.

He'll just claim some kind of victory.

Batting outcomes in different temperatures: https://markkolier.medium.com/when-the-weather-heats-up-do-hitters-really-get-hotter-2245bdbe0689 Not surprisingly, home runs are way more common in hot weather. Nothing else is significant except non-zone swing %, but the raw numbers there don't look like they are practically significant.

He once said that he told Putin he would blow up Moscow if he invaded Ukraine. He said Putin was pretty sure he wouldn't do it, but all he needed was a a little doubt and the threat would work. I doubt he ever said that to Putin, but I believe that is why he issues those kinds of threats. I don't think that stuff works when he is dealing with people who are just as crazy as him though. This isn't a real estate deal.

Scales needs to calm down. His commentary has actually gotten better with time, but he does not sound really comfortable as a broadcaster. He doesn't know when to stop talking and he talks too fast.

I was usually a pitcher and first baseman with occasional outfield when I played. My other infield experience would happen only in infield drills during practice or pick-up games with friends. The first baseman's mitt was part of the team equipment. I had one glove for everything else - pitcher, outfield, infield practice. I never played at a high enough level to need to think about different gloves for every position. I was a decent enough athlete, but once I turned 16 there weren't many opportunities to play unless you were really talented. It was a big high school, so it was hard to make the high school team. There was a town team, but that was all the same guys that made the high school team. I tried out for both, but I was clearly not in their league. I'm not sure how easy it would be to have different gloves for everything. Maybe it's the same as having four pairs of glasses (distance, reading, computer, sun)! I don't know. It's easy enough to adjust, but I lose them all the time. 😀