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I'll wager it will be along the lines of 'see what a disaster it would have been if you'd elected him'. I don't see how that personality resists going there - and resist isn't even the right word, he won't feel any hesitation at all.

There is the old truism about the rain falling both on the just and the unjust, but the truth of the truism isn't very satisfying sometimes.

To be honest, I think it has as much to do with having more time to fill than they have good material for. This is the general problem across virtually all media today - dilution. In recent years the media universe is expanding more rapidly than the material universe and the material universe is having a difficult time trying to fill it.

He's keeping that bonus pick hope alive.

So the win in this game went to the guy we weren't supposed to draft, all the runs were driven in by the guy who wasn't supposed to make the team, and the save went to the guy we tried to give away twice. BASEBALL!

terrible umpiring behind the plate in this series.

Geesh - now we need a four out inning.

So @chasfh, related to the topic yesterday about balls coming into play - note how catchers getting a new ball throw it to the pitcher while they are still holding the old one and don't toss the old one away until after the throw? I'm trying think if I'd ever paid attention to that but my impression of my memory is that it wasn't done that way back in the day.

another bone head play. Tiger's haven't always played their usual brand of flawless ball in this series.

I love Kahnle as *part* of our BP. Not so sure I love him having to be the go to guy. also may be time for Dingler be hitting higher in the order. I know catchers don't necessary like hitting high in the order and AJ like to take care of his catchers,, but that's the tax for being a hitter.

We lived a few years in Minneapolis and I even worked in an industrial facility with lots of working class men, and though it took a while to see it, I did eventually become aware that there was definitely a reactionary element in what was otherwise a pretty good hearted community. At the time (about a decade ago) it was oddly more underground than the racism I'd seen in MI. My experience here has always been that MI bigots didn't try to hide as much as what I sensed in MN.

that was not a good out at 3rd. 3 outs on the bases in one series is too many.

Tork gets his third chance at some RBI.

gave up less hard contact than in earlier innings but the walk always turns out the be the catalyst.

Why was McKinstry playing so far in with 2 outs?

Kid's getting BaBIP's after the lead off walk.

LOL - Bichette wasn't looking for *that*.

Kid's giving up a lot of hard contact.

Or it's just a combined Myers-Briggs/Dunning-Kruger thing. If you are doing a podcast it's probably because you find yourself entertaining. I'm not necessarily being pejorative in saying that, you may be right that you are entertaining, but maybe not.

Beau gets the long look because he's got a hot fastball, and maybe his Ks will eventually follow upward.

It's the least efficient form of information transfer of the internet age. The return on time spent is almost always negative. I'll listen to a podcast to hear an in depth interview a la Ezra Klein, but virtually never for sports.

Not a fan of walking guys that are slumping even for platoon advantage. Sure Santander is a big power guy but you lose on a single so who cares?

You don't see it much anymore, because you don't see umpires throw all that much period (though the guy in the 1st Boston game did). Anyway - it didn't use to be rare for a catcher to toss a ball out of play and the ump throw a new ball out (instead of handing it to the catcher) without the live ball every going dead because of a play event - it's dead by virtue of the catcher having tossed it. I suppose in theory there is an explicit TO there, but it's all so automatic that it's never sensed.

Good question. I have always assumed no ball from an Ump is 'live' until it's in the possession of the player he gives it to - either handing it to the catcher or throwing it to the pitcher - but I have no idea if there is any explicit rule to that effect.

the left/right thing a starting point for that.