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there is no free lunch! More seriously, I wonder though. Most pro athletes don't suffer from self-doubt - I don't think you can if you are going to succeed. So how many believe they would find themselves in a situation like that because they didn't perform? But I agree that from the general angle that if a team develops a bad rep with players it certainly matters.

maybe - but in general it's not strength that goes first, it's reflex speed. So in that case getting shorter to the ball could certainly help - it's sort of what Cabrera has done - shorten everything up and give up his power to maintain his abiity to get to the fastball to at least maintain some OBP. But look at Javy in the field - does it look like his reflexes are going? The curse with the Tigers hitters seem to be 'being in between' - which you see looking at Haase, Maton, and some times Torkelson and the fix for that is as much mental as physical. But javy is so abnormal at the plate that it's admittedly hard to tell what's going on with him just watching. Obviously some of these guys just can't hit MLB pitching, but some like Haase and Javy have shown maybe they can.

If the Tigers want to be rid of Javy they can just bench him and he will opt out. Of course it could get pretty ugly in the clubhouse but that would be the price. Of course if they can't put some kind of reasonable replacement on the field in his place it might make for an interesting MLBPA grievance.

Maybe it was a packet and it was sent UPS/Fedex and then subcontracted to the USPS for Sunday delivery? AFAIK USPS still does not to Sunday delivery of US Mail but they do sub-contract delivery on Sunday - which is what the recent SCOTUS case was about.

How he votes on bills is not as important as that his vote keeps Schumer in place instead of McConnell, No comparison matters much beyond that one because that is what stands between us and effective control of Capitol Hill by the Freedom Caucus.

Because in a normal world it's probably considered abusive, prejudicial, and even malicious for the legal system to make any public announcements about prosecutions other than the actual filings. When he is charged it becomes a matter of public record - that's how it's supposed to go. The system doesn't really anticipate perps using their prosecutions as means to politically martyr themselves!

So lots of reporting about Javy's current problem being that he's late on the fast ball and all kinds of mechanical prescriptions about what he should do. But all this ignores that Javy didn't used to get beat on fastball with his current mechanics. I believe Javy's problem on the fast ball is the same one Tork has had, which is that you are late on the fastball when your confidence sucks because that uncertainty delays your natural reflex ability just enough that you can't pull the trigger quickly enough. Watching this team try to 'control the zone' is mostly telling me that there is a point where too much concentration on looking for pitches just makes it more difficult to hit any of them. I've becoming pessimistic that this current Tiger org has enough understanding of the important *non-mechanical* aspects of hitting to be successful coaching their hitters.

never underestimate the vanity of an American politician of any party.

Would also probably means Manchin sees no route to re-election to the Senate - which is depressing for the Dems.

never a doubt....

Lange. I hope this doesn't get interesting.

Au Contraire!

This lead may not last long but at least they got Manning off the hook.

hard to believe this team wouldn't be better with two guys off the street replacing Maton and Haase.

RUNZ! after WALKZ!

Cuas breaks up the shotout.

Torkelson gets another chance to do something EDIT:OK -Make it: Carpenter gets a chance to do something.

Haase can't square up a middle-middle FB on pitch one then flails at a couple of pitches out of the zone and pops out. he's lost.

Riley "WillieMays" Greene sends his greetings from CF.

Unbelievable how many of these aszholes don't really care if the country just goes down the tubes as long as they get to stand on the bridge as it sinks below the surface.

Yup - just out of whack a little one inning. There are simply no words to describe the ineptitude of these hitters. Greene and Torkelson off their feed even a little and it's shut out time.

Hinch has gone really passive. Why isn't Baddoo running there? You've got the backup catcher in, he's catching on one leg and you have good speed on 3rd. Odds are Fermin isn't even going to make the throw. Make KC make a play why not!

That's a Willie Wilson double.

yeah - Spencer is swinging out of the zone, which is the one thing he's been pretty good about - so not good to see.

and wrong base anyway - he wasn't throwing him out at home.