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So it turns out there may be one upside to the MAGA resistance to measles vaccination: It's that the measles vaccine is actually a combination vaccine with Mumps, and if Mumps spreads in widely in Maga circles it can sterilize a good number of MAGA men and keep them from reproducing. Always look for the Sunny Side!

Foley should be back soon. In 4 appearances with the Hens, 0R 1H 6K 0BB

Hinch could have been talking about both. Torres is also hitting against the machines at velocity and they are debating whether to send him to a rehab or just bring him back.

Freep reports a setback in Lange's rehab - arm inflammation. Too bad. Lange is pretty good when he has his **** together.

Not really johannsen's fault is it? if he rejoins the play before he gets his lid it's a penalty isn't it?

In the Yankees post game Chisholm bemoaned that Skubal pitched completely against their scouting report. (you see guys, if I know what you know I know, then what you know about what I know may not tell you what you think you know......)

I did also since I had just posted about the turn down this afternoon. The headline is a little off, it was more like 20 min than a few seconds - my tightest chart has 8 minutes on the up and about 12 to come back down.

I would guess that after the last round of escalation rhetoric between the US and China everyone assumed things had reached such an irrational point that both sides would see the need to step back - so the thought was out there before the faked report, and of course the fake report was easy to accept because it was what they all wanted to hear.

California ruling it. Dodgers, Padres and Giants are a collective 26-7. Even the Angels are 6-3.

MCS throws the shade in B&W. 💣

China escalation put the market back in the red.

Skubal with a bunch of 2-0 counts but zero walks.

87 pitches on a cold day - is that going to be it?

Carpenter who could play every day would be a huge add.

well there you go!

yeah - you wouldn't usually take the odds of the Tigers having 3 HR against a RHP and Carpenter not being one.

JHM's OPS is still buoyed by his walk rate, but his contact rate is pushing the Mendoza line.

You get a home runs, and YOU get a home run, AND YOU GET A HOME RUN.

Mr McEaudeParfume.

great pitcher fielding play there.

Riley's on an oh for nine. Needs to snap out of it.

Baez 1st walk.

going to be a bad day for gripping the ball. Lets hope Carasco has trouble too.

that's an interesting question. I'd go as far as believing they think he will bulk out of the position soon enough it didn't matter if he could still play it for another season. I just don't know that we can separate how decision making about Keith was colored by their prognosis for Torkelson, and the availability of Torres to sign. It all wraps up together. In fact if they had landed Bregman early and not pursued Torres, do you think they would have tried to move Keith to 1st this season? They could have asked Javy to play 2b, but they didn't know, we still don't know, how Javy ends up.

He has a high usage rate on a team without a lot else going on, so Cade is going to have to be on a team that beats some other good teams in the playoffs before he get the cred his numbers otherwise argue.