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TBH, the main problem with DD's route in a mid market city isn't that you can't win doing what he because you weaken your farm system, it's because trading young for old leaves you with an unsustainable payroll unless you are NY or LA. You don't need a well stocked farm system to win consistently, but you do to win consistently at reasonable cost. Fans can argue that owners can and should afford to take losses for them, but since no owner actually will over any extended time frame (and in fact the league won't let them) that's an arg which may give vent to fan frustration but is pointless in practice.

LOL

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I expect also expect another initiative from the Admin that plays well - possibly a deal in Gaza. Harris has been more vocal in criticizing Netanyahu's conduct of the war, so Biden may be able to get a little 'good cop/bad cop" thing going to extract a little from Bibi on the threat of Harris replacing him and US demands just getting tougher. Of course if Bibi expects Trump to win, he won't care.

Yeah - You wonder if GB is wish casting their QB into the HOF. Except the NFL is not a place where wishing something makes it true.

could be. Hillary took him apart in the their first debate but she faded in the later ones. Harris is probably higher energy today than Hillary was in 2016 and Trump is 8 yrs older and less focused/focusable than ever. If she turns that prosecutor's laser on Trump, Harris's biggest risk might be looking like she's being too mean to him - seriously.

if I'm Trump I can't see any reason to agree to another one. He's not facile enough to actually debate with Harris, so he can't do himself any more good than he already gotten out the night with Biden, and it gives Harris a huge platform where his supporters will see her in action - when because the media segregation, they otherwise might never. And all it costs him is being dissed by the people who already dis him non-stop? It's a no win for him. But his ego might goad him into it anyway.

the way Dingler is tearing up Toledo, Kelly for a relief arm is getting to be an obvious move apart from anything specifically to do with time tables or rebuilds.

Dingler with another HR (17th)

5.2 IP, 5H, 1R(HR), 5K, 5BB

Hurter gave up 9 runs in 3.1 IP his last outing. Tonight he goes 6 innings on one hit, 0 BB. Go figure.

Or they just won't pay their original writers what they are demanding to stay on and end up with the 2nd string doing their scripts.....

Riley is definitely a forefoot runner, though I've never heard anything to the effect that made you more susceptible to hamstrings. OTOH, being a forefoot runner is something that I've heard at least one Tiger analyst (it was either Scales or Maybin) say that reduces the chance of a bouncing head making you lose a fly balls at the end of long run. Back in the day I was a forefoot runner and I can say I never had a problem losing fly balls at the end of a long run so it made sense to me.....

Some of the early reporting about Jung gave the impression he was just a 'catch the ball' guy to whom anywhere on the field was pretty much the same - whereas for Keith the move to 2nd was going to be a bigger transition. But who knows what you can make of reporting like that? When they talk to the player he is probably the least reliable witness for his case.

I'm getting concerned about the of string of hamstrings. It's sounding like something needs to be addressed in conditioning/strength/flexibility work.

As much better a man as John McCain succumbed to the need to stroke the GOP crazies, abandoning much of the centrism that made him popular enough to have been in a position to run in the first place, and he was several levels of class above the GOP's current cast of clowns. It's the Devil's calculus whereby you persuade yourself that you make the compromises to win an election but then you'll be different. But once you sell your soul they all find out there is no easy way back. IIRC, somebody one said something relevant about wide and narrow roads....

I think this is double significant because if you are a dem supporter it was not something that was particularly important not to miss.

GOP votes in the City of Detroit are so rare that Fox reporters regularly try to imply there must be fraud in Det election results. But zero is especially nice.

geesh - getting close to time to forfeit the rest of the season and convert the BP area to an infirmary.

true - even in a sound bite, vidclip era where context is easily lost, it still matters.

Statcast rates him as average, he's on a 27 game errorless streak (I know, scoring is horrible but it still measures the worst plays), only two of his errors have been on throws. People are too impatient. I used to complain that the franchise expected too many guys to become better fielders when when they were already a bit long in the tooth and it was going to be difficult but, Colt is going to be 23 next month. I want to see what he looks like as a fielder next season at this time. (actually I'd really like to see what he would look like back at 3rd if the arm were up to it),

I hate to say this because sure as I do he'll go into a tailspin, but Torkelson is starting to get his OBP into a respectable range at Toledo (377 for July so far). Still needs to pull the OPS up some more though.

he's starting to do a pretty nice job on the DP turns as well. Not sure what he thought he was doing on the that last fly ball to RF though......

As Charles would say "Turrible"

Risky to comment outcomes that depend on the competencies of another nation's armed forces.