HeyAbbott

At this point, I am of the opinion that Tork is toast. I take absolutely no joy in saying that whatsoever. I don't see how things improve though, maybe after the ASB, when he will get almost a week away from baseball. The situation now is we need a competent 1B, 3B, and SS minimally.

If it does, it will be a pop up, like a toaster pasty popping out of a toaster. I now take my bathrooms breaks when he is up to bat.

"Toaster" Torkelson to the rescue!!

On a serious note, Harris unintentionally made his public feelings known about the organization's talent level. At his introductory presser, he just barely stifled a burst of laughter when asked about the talent of the players in the system. We will see callups for marginal players in September. Jung will not be among them. Flarethy will be traded to a contender. Any true change has been written off by Harris. If the wins blow in the right direction, we will win 84 games. This team is entertaining to watch, so I will watch it.

In the grander sweep of things, this team lacks talent and experience . I will consider AJ's performance when they have both.

An entertaining game so far.

Lynn Graduated from MSU 2 years before I did. Give him a break, he's used to writing on papyrus after all.

I set up the Roku channel on my Samsung tv. I just searched for the app and installed. Easy Peasey.

Oh goody!! Another Tork popup!

I think this is an accurate read on Tork from an optimistic point of view, but likely correct.

With Tork, people saw how his ASU years seemed better than Barry Bonds in their eyes and had unrealistic expectations. Right now, I would guess he is gone in 2 years at the most. He is what we are seeing right now.

I am cheering for 4 runs.

This looks like a death spiral to me. There aren't enough quality hitters on the roster, so the pitchers press. The hitters are trying to find the perfect pitch to hit. I am sure the hitting approach is being clearly communicated, given there are , what five of them at the big league level. Your "star" 1st baseman can't hit a middle, middle fastball at 91 miles per hour. People at the plate are trying to pull everything, so there is an endless parade of ground balls. The fielding at times has looked worse than a t-ball game by 7 year olds. It is very clear now why Harris struggled to keep from laughing his ass off out loud at his introductory presser. He had **** to work with in the minor leagues and looks like it will be that way for a while. This is a very raw, untalented, undisciplined, and poorly led product on the field and the organization needs much work as well. Hopefully, some maturity will manifest itself soon. I would like to think that an 80 to 85 win season is possible. It is difficult to believe that it a team that appears to now be DOA.

The TV shot of AJ in the dugout looked like he was about to explode.

There is no one we have in the org we cannot trade for a replacement level SS?

I don't expect everything to be fixed, but there has to be something that can be done to make the offense at least appear to be semi-marginal. The lineup is too short by one hitter.

It sounds to me like a maturity thing. On the other hand, a fly ball that is a home rum in 15 out of 30 ball parks seems like a 50-50 proposition to me.

I think Rob Deer is too generous for Tork. I think where his career WAR is right now, Ray Oyler would be a better comparison.

On some days, being 70 reminds one that a) growing older is not for sissies and b) growing older is a privilege reserved for the fortunate few.

And like that toddler, there will be moments of sheer amazement, punctuated by uncontrollable laughter.

Bally runs just fine on my Samsung Smart TV I purchased in November.

Looks like Olson will be the pitcher that never gets adequate run support this year.

Perez has created a very hard choice for the Tigers . I'd find a way to keep him on the team. It's not like we don't have a number of under performers that couldn't use some additional time in the minors.

BTW, Rob Deer played for 11 seasons. His cumulative WAR after his third year was roughly 4. TOrk has a cumulative minus .7 as of the start of tonight's game. Tork aspires to be a third of the player Deer was at this point in his career.

Nice base running by Keith.