Tiger337

I have always wondered whether being streaky decreases value. I don't know it's been researched. Crudely, let's say player A is a 6-WAR player. He is 3-WAR in April and 3-WAR in July and is replacement level the rest of the year. Player B is 6-WAR, but he is 1 WAR each month. Which one has more value? Is it about timing? If player A gets hot when the team happens to be involved in a lot of close games, then his hot streaks will become more valuable than his WAR suggests. On the other hand, he may get hot during blowouts.

Trump isn't the first. President Ulysses Grant was arrested for speeding...in a horse drawn carriage https://www.npr.org/2023/03/31/1167321065/first-president-arrested-trump-grant

Vierling has not hit right handers well so far, but I am in favor of giving more at bats to anyone who shows a pulse on this team.

Too quick to jump the gun on McKinstry in what way? Are you seeing him as a prospective starter or utility player? I think he's fine in the utility role, but I am not seeing anything in the numbers that excites me and he's going to be 28 this month.

I agree with that.

Good game, but I don't watch extra inning games. Good luck Tigers!

While I generally agree with Mary Trump, I don't really trust her. I think she is still upset because her father (Dump's brother) didn't get any money when Trump Sr died. I read her book and the whole family sounds miserable. It sounds like they all hate each other. But MTG is a creep and Stahl is an opportunist, so whatever.

This is my thought as well.

I think they lack talent and are loaded with question marks. If anything, I might argue that the organization has gotten a lot out of their pitching staff, especially the bullpen, the last two years.

yes, the 7-year farewell tour is coming to and end.

The Tigers offense is always bad when there is a delay.

I don't really know if it's a Hinch thing as more and more teams seem to be doing the same thing. I believe it has to do with half the roster being pitchers. At one time, the typical roster had 15 hitters and 9 pitchers, so there was 2 extra bench spots which allowed for more platooning and mixing and matching without players playing out of position. The solution would be to expand rosters to 28 while keeing pitching staffs at a max of 13

He gives 110% on every play.

True, but thinking Kreidler or McKinstry becomes a regular is another one of those things!

Or Maton moves to second and Keith or Malloy takes over third later in the season.

I expect all kinds of appeals and delays without a definitive outcome for a long time if ever. I also don't expect any minds to be changed. My only hope is that people just get sick of hearing about him.

It would be intense if somewhat who understood what it meant said it, but she's a moron. That being said, I think interviewing her on 60 Minutes is a mistake. It seems like a good way for a very long-running show to lose a lot of credibility.

That's not unimaginable at all. It has a very good chance of happening.

Right, expect a different line-up almost every day.

It's very rare for a woman to get the disease at such a young age. So, she is part of a really small sample and her body could possibly react differently. Very doubtful, but maybe there is a sliver of hope there.

There is so much social media and media now that it's easy to miss someone. I know who she is because I follow a lot of baseball stat people on twitter. I add a lot of them each year and then drop some of them if they are too arrogant or too uninteresting or if they turn out not to be as good at analysis as they think. She turned out to be the best of the bunch. She originally had a niche following, but her audience has grown a lot the last couple of years.

I agree. She is so good at blending advanced stats with anecdotes and positivity and she does it all with humility. I feel like she could have the impact of a Peter Gammons if given the chance. I am proud of her for fighting the disease and moving forward as long as she can. Her story is both heart breaking and inspiring.

Of course, he wasn't indicted because of sex. My question is whether his crimes in this particular case are worse than other corrupt businessmen. If not, then he still should be arrested but I think the charges won't be viewed seriously by the general population. They would be viewed as political.