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Ramos hit a pretty good pitch for a HR.

worst clock management I've even seen. This coaching staff is some kind of clown show for Orji to be snapping the ball with more than 10 seconds left play after play when they are trying to run the clock. Multi-model failure. That means your head coach doesn't have control, your O coordinator isn't getting through to your QB, and your QB is so dumb he doesn't have sense enough to run the clock down before the snap on his own.

He grew up to be Conner Stallions.

For sure. If they are going to take him into the playoffs, every inning of experience is a plus.

The only plus side is that KC celebrated last night also.

Yup. AI is also struggling, but he has some track record so if it came down to that choice I'd be more inclined give him the benefit over Malloy, plus he has defensive flexibility.

My question would be whether the more aggressive stance by Israel makes it any harder for these groups to swim in the population or not. Probably not since they enforce their will by terror at home as well, which is completely unreported by international media. But just ask yourself how Israel always seems to know where these guys are? There is a large segment of the local population that hates them and provides a constant stream of intelligence over the transom to the IDF.

IDF kills Nasrallah. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas?nl=from-the-times&regi_id=143837266&segment_id=179102 I don't know if the Arab radicals realize what a shift 10/6 has caused in Israel. It used to be Israel would go after radical leaders as targets of opportunity presented themselves. Now Israel is operating free of any self imposed restraint. I don't know what difference that makes longer term, but it's notable.

May depend on whether Houston vs Baltimore. Are they allowed to make moves between series? Malloy is 2 for 21 in Sept and only 2 walks. He's right handed but he's almost no bat at all at this point.

Minny definitely definitely chose wrong last night (that has to be the ugliest uniform since some of the abominations that Veeck put the WhiteSox in.)

only thing left is whether it's Houston or Baltimore vs KC or Det.

yeah - Twins won the division by 9 last year, will probably end up 10 out this year. KC is going to make the playoffs after finishing 30 out last season. The Central has really been through the blender and back in a year.

Minny now down by 5 in the 8th. All this left to determine is if Det stays ahead of KC. Do we want Baltimore or Houston?

they might have to worry more about Air Traffic Control violations.

League office won't care that Detroit caught and knocked off Minny or KC. If it had been an LA or NY team that got bumped.....🤔

also saving his pitch count.

Need to score another 6 or so and give Jobe another inning.

The AJ Hinch patented 4 out save on tap.

this

partly I think we have hitters that are maturing and just improving their approaches, but I also think that the staff has gotten better at getting guys off of the pre-game meeting advice when a pitcher has come out deliberately pitching against the scouting report. It seemed early in the season hitters were not adjusting the 2nd time through when their 1st approach was not working - or at least adjusting less than they are now.

Bingo

IDK, I would think Harbaugh would have Gores wrapped around his little finger in short order.

A lot of things turned at or around the same time. Productivity from Meadows, Riley, Torkelson, Sweeney, Keith, Carpenter all on an upswing.

PersonalConsumptionExpeditures index in today: 0.1% for the month, 2.2% year over year.

Only 17,000 at the Twins game last night. Pretty bad for a team that had been in the playoff hunt all season.