gehringer_2

Speaking of the Gen X'ers. In the life cycle arc, they are at the age of maximum economic conservatism so in general would be moving toward the most anti-tax platforms. But here I think Trump is making a big mistake with his tariff talk, because that is basically a break all the china and re-arrange it proposal and thus is going to run counter the economic conservatism of his natural constituencies. They hate taxes but they are also most afraid of change that might upset their apple carts. Could be one reason the Ds are closing the gap on the 'Who do you trust on the economy' question.

The thing that amazes me is that I'm still seeing some writers who think high turnout will benefit Trump more. That just feels so counter-factual I can't buy it. On the D side you may be pulling traditionally under voted parts of the population into the voting process in minority women, Hispanics and young voters, plus the general 4 yr demographic shift. Who could Trump possibly be pulling in who he didn't already have? What deep repository of White Males would suddenly be more energized about him than when he 1st hit the scene and why? The GenX'ers suddenly becoming more radically GOP? I don't think there is any reasonable answer to that question.

well. they did score a TD. Warren isn't even their biggest problem.

I think the answer is none. It doesn't change anything your are doing and you don't really even need to acknowledge it in particular other than making the general observation that Trump has lost support from people in both his own and previous GOP admins. If you are asked about Richard Cheney in particular you just say, "We have a lot of disagreements with him but if he has moved in our direction wrt Trump, that is one less."

I hope you are right and I'd love to believe it, but a blowout record election turn-out for this country is 150 Million votes. While I agree there are indeed many millions who are not paying attention, I'm afraid they are just going to continue to not pay attention because half of American's just don't vote, and that's who that half are. Harris is bringing a lot of new young voters and charged up women in, they are already paying attention and registering now. Best hope is that that is something the polling is largely missing because those kinds of model adjustments probably are not often done on the fly - only after the cycle.

If he can stay healthy and get consistent starts maybe his command will finally get good. He'll get to maybe 115 IP (including Toledo). i wonder if that will be considered enough that he won't be under any innings limitation next season.

Hinch certainly knows it, but maybe Jim Leyland should have taught us that managers look at their teams a little differently than fans do. If you have a losing player, don't expect a manager to not use him if he's on the roster, it's up to the GM to make the change.

he is still at 800 OPS since his return but has had a bad week, going 1 for SanDiego and 0/5 last night. If he finishes the season still at 800 from Aug forward, that's one thing. But if he ends up back at a 650 OPS you really can't afford to have a RH bat that weak in at 1B with a LH heavy lineup. It's just terrible roster construction. He has to start performing consistently.

one of the things this season will prove is that JJ was a really good college QB.

Michigan defensive players are diving at people - they better be careful they don't draw a targeting call.

21 yrs since Martindale last coached in college.

you think he gets 4 yrs? I think he's in the Alan Trammell role here. Someone loved enough to dampen fan dissatisfaction while not being supplied the resources to compete. My theory is that once they won it all last season they figured that would take the pressure off for a couple of years and they could just sort of coast along waiting to see how things shake out with the future of the game without committing a lot of resources anything that might change anyway. Not doing a big search for a coach, no big push (meaning $$) into the portal or recruiting.

Make that a Flemmish Giant Hare.

Morgan - not very good.

moral victory?

OK, that's fair as a specific response. I just haven't seen a role for him since the deadline and would rather be looking at someone else. I guess they are so thin they feel they are out of bodies, but if they can come up with guys like Montero, I'd have thought they could score at least one more reliever they'd like a look at.

At this point it looks like one of two things are true, either they are coaching against where his talent actually is, or the talent isn't there. Unfortunately the only way that question gets resolved is if/when he goes somewhere else and either succeeds or fails.

I didn't think there were going to be very good but I always hope they don't get embarrassed. Moore going to need to pull a rabbit out of his hat for the 2nd half.

actually Tx called the TO, but regardless, Orji was not a good call.

total waste of a down with Orji

Way easier to catch the ball when nobody covers you.

except they have to do more than replace him, they need one or two effective RH power bats. Depending on what you think of Torkeson that's probably a higher bar than just replacing him.

LOL - Heck yes I would have used him before Miller. If I lose with Vanasco at least I've learned something about someone that's still in play. Miller is a lost cause.

there are times it's easy to lose the forest for the trees. Not many guys with a sub one WHIP fold like a cheap suit with a game on the line like Miller. 7 BS is a real measurement too.

agreed