clark1mt

It seems weird that, as far as I can tell, Miggy is the last man standing from among the 8 players in that trade.

Boy, the crowd thinned out quite a bit between the 8th and 9th innings.

I think it's between this and ERod's agent believing he would waive the no-trade clause. There's no way any half-competent GM would negotiate with a team on a no-trade list in good faith unless it was either for leverage against another team or he genuinely was led to believe the no-trade clause wasn't an impediment. Especially not to the point of a deal apparently being made.

Did you take this picture from inside a microwave?

Looking at the current state of things, it looks like the rain would have cleared up by game time if they'd gone with a wait-and-see stance. That is, of course, if the stadium isn't blown down.

Quick, someone get over there with some wirecutters!

If there's no scoreboard, there's no proof the Angels have scored.

Apparently they only have the one camera available at the moment.

DFA Schoop and good things happen.

Gotta say, the sideline reporter on the radio broadcast talking with Dan and Jim is doing a pretty good job of getting her sentences in in between pitches and not talking over any action.

Don't be silly. We all remember 1812.

My understanding of the baseline rules (which, granted, is about as far from expert-level as possible) is that they only apply when they materially affect the play. Donald's being out of the baseline running to 1st base didn't cause any of the defense to alter their movements or obstruct a throw or anything like that, so at the very least calling him out on this technicality would be against the spirit of the rules.

I do think that Dan is focusing too much on the TV feed for his calls in general. There were two instances in one of the White Sox games (I forget which) where he sounded like he was fooled on deep fly balls; in one case, it was a catch where it seemed like he thought the ball was over the fielder's head; in the other, he sounded like he was about to go into a home run call on a ball that hit at the base of the wall. In both cases, the camera angle being shown seemed like it contributed to an optical illusion that I suspect wouldn't have been apparent when actually watching the field. To your specific point, though, while I agree on the strike zone thing, Dan did make it a point to say at one point (also in the past few days) that the automated zone is in 2-D, while of course the actual zone is in 3-D, so pitches like curveballs could nip the zone while appearing to be outside to the automated zone.

The Rangers aren't going to be pleased that Boyd fired the ball into the back of Thompson's head on that play.

McKinstry now a triple short of the cycle.

It's Saturday afternoon on a nice day on a holiday weekend.

I expect they'll try to get it in. The Tigers only go to KC once more, for a 4-game series during a 17-day stretch with no days off in July following the All-Star break (thanks to making up a game against San Francisco on a previously-scheduled off day) so I'd bet the Tigers would not be keen on having to play a double-header in the middle of that.

Perfect record intact.

Last night when I was at the game, I tried streaming the radio feed, and it was probably 3 minutes or so behind live action. Must be something about how they're processing, transmitting, and distributing the audio.

Bullpen takes no time at all to rebag all their stuff.

Lange ignores the pointless cart.

Lange warming.

Foley coming in for the 8th. Edit: he chooses to make use of the ridiculous golf cart.

Foley immediately starts warming.

Shreve eschews the silly golf cart.