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He probably also couldn't cope with the fact that from Detroit MI, it's closer to drive to Montreal QC than to Ironwood MI.

I think Andy is spot on. Wentz' success does track his FB and he didn't have a good one tonight. His best FBs against Houston and Cleveland when he effective were 96+, his best in this game was 94 and as low as 92. On average his FB is better this season than last, but not tonight.

I don't know if I can take another year. This team is already boring me to tears.

OK 2 strikes now. just keep the line moving...no hero swings. EDIT: well he didn't pull it but it didn't work.

Keith is now hitting 429 in his last 7 games. Kid's gonna need a raise.

Royals can afford a run for an out.

I guess it not unusual for them but a pretty inept looking 1st period for Vancouver. But they didn't give anything up.

so maybe you want a more reliable hitter behind Keith. Haha - like the Tigers have one...

Well, if you are going to lose, you might as well lose big. Vancouver - Edmonton should be a good game.

Riley really off his feed - that's a catch he should make 9 of 10 and the last AB he seemed totally out of it.

They told Wentz to stay out there and burn some innings and Wentz said, "screw that, I'm giving it up until you take me out"

I never remember whether Sparky was more excited about Lovullo or Pittaro.

Tigers will be fine if the team that showed up against the DBacks shows up the rest of the way rather than that team that came out to play the Fish.

Manning's stuff can be pretty good, but he can't seem to pitch at his best level with any consistency. Some guys see their consistency improve with more innings and with all his injuries, the lost yr etc., Manning is still under 700 IP for his total pro career and he was not a college guy, so I wouldn't necessarily be in a hurry to sell low, but he's a good fit for doing what he's doing and building his innings for this season.

The plain truth is that the police cannot exist in a society prone to violence *and* and an armed population. It just can't work. The police cannot, will not, and can't reasonably be expected to give a presumption of their own safety in this society when facing an armed citizen - the infamous trope "shoot first and ask questions later" is always going to apply. That's the ultimate fly in the ointment. The Swiss may be armed, but the US isn't Switzerland, the cops there don't have reasonable fear of shots coming through the door when they knock that they do here. We can dream that every cop has the training of a ninja, the reflexes of a cat, and the sagacity of Buddha that enable him to assess every situation with perfect equanimity and skill, but a dream is all that will ever be. We just saw mashalls killed on their way to the door trying to serve a warrant the other day. Argue the fine points of law any way you want, that won't change that we have created a situation where tragedy is always the most likely outcome. And the only way out of it is fewer guns. A lot fewer guns. So many fewer guns that the police can stop seeing mortal threat level in every citizen.

Chopper flying in the fog in the mountains? Sounds like the Kobe Bryant crash part Duex, though In that part of the world you never know.

Have no idea what Hinch was talking about with Manning after the game. Sort of rambled around without ever getting to, 'his command wasn't great' which was what ruined his day.

the Halos have fans, questionable if they still have any happy ones after the last 6 months.

Tork won't be a great hitter until he stops having ABs like that. Put himself in the hole taking a FB for a strike when the Tigers needed a base runner more than a HR.

Chipping away

Manning not hitting the corners with the FB at all, everything is middle middle.

Not necessarily a bad thing, so does Mike Trout.

The TJ was in college, the more recent one was not TJ per se, it was a procedure on a different tendon but I'm not sure (don't think) it was as involved as a transplant - but don't know for sure... When we signed Anibal Sanchez I kept waiting for him to self-destruct having have two TJs, but he ended up pitching a long time - so you never know - though IIRC didn't pitch deep into games much.

Javy has stopped worrying about whether he's swinging at strikes. At least of two his hits have been on balls tonight.

If Tork had hit that in Detroit you'd be hearing the sound of wailing and gnashing of teeth about the ballpark about now....