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re the game call: We also don't know that even if Kapler may have wanted to play maybe his FO agreed with Det about protecting pictchers - or whatever the rationale ended up being. Or maybe he wasn't mad about the game call at all but what bitcing about the schedule making the makeup difficult.....

6' 6" china doll.

I'm sure they were in the loop but you can't assume the two sides agreed in the end either. It's not like you can horse trade to get to an agreement where both side get what they want - it's a binary choice. If two sides don't agree, someone makes a decision and someone else goes away unhappy. It happened at least once to the Tigers last season - I don't remember which side of the decision the Tigers wanted but I remember the home team did not agree and that's the way it was.

And if the Giants sat around believing they would play when the rain stopped and the Tigers changed their minds, he's got a legit beef. Given the Tigers' pitching injury history I can believe they meant to play but then bailed exactly because it was getting cold and windy.

So if I remember the rules and they haven't changed - a game that hasn't started yet is up to the home team, one that has is in the hands of the umpires? You could read between the lines from the video that Kapler wanted to play but the Tigers decided not to - maybe.

Yeah - the radar forecast has not changed since about 2. They knew it was either after 6:30 or call it - so this doesn't make a lot of sense. But then these things tend to be driven by frustration logic as much as anything else.

LOL - Shep says postponed Pitchers apparently just going out to get in some work to stay on schedule.

Makes sense where the Wings are in their developmnet cycle. The shuttle between GR and Det can only get busier as more of Yzerman's picks make their way through the pipeline coupled to the fact they there is plenty of pressure to reach the playoffs next season so the value of having call-ups hit the ice running is at a maximum.

If they start after 6:30 they won't have to stop. That's a reeealy long delay but if they haven't called it yet what's another hour?

Nice. Basia reminds me of Flora Purim and the smooth jazz days

style reminds me of an old Tears for Fears video.

I'm afraid that one is not going in the books.

There was a lot of buzz about Workman when they drafted him but the 40% K rate dampened the enthusiasm pretty quickly. If he has found a way to fix that the power part of the hitting tool was supposedly there.

I guess the plan is to wait for the second front to clear. LOL - the Weather Underground future radar says that should be about 6p!!

SSS but so far Jeimer's OPS as LHB is 200 pts better that last season. If he keep that up he will have a better season than last.

if they play it in 2:30 there may be enough window between the little cell there now and the bigger cell to the S-West but if they delay the start much probably no hope.

The 'future' radar show a pretty narrow band - could come and go quickly if that's accurate.

Neither one has 500 MLB ABs yet. Check in again when it gets closer to 1000.

The one thing that kind of bothers me in the reportage about this is the seeming assumption that it's allowing lower ranked people access that makes the system insecure. I would say BS. There is no reason I know of to assume a guy that achieves rank is a priori any more loyal a citizen or less corruptalbe than a good grunt. I would think the real issues are document distribution control/management as well as management and oversight of handlers of classified material at all levels, exacerbated by having too much stuff classified in the 1st place.

Del Pozo and Diaz both give up a pair of runs tonight. Madden taken out after 1 IP with 36 pitches and only 18 strikes. he gave up one run on one hit and 3 BB spread between 3Ks. There's your good news bad news outing.

Tigers have won a series.

chalk one up for the old dude.

time not to waste it.

He's still been on base twice today. That's a 400 OBP.

It's still quite the contrast from last year when the chatter on the Tiger IF was mostly in Spanish. Of course Javy didn't have a great year last year either! But just following on Dtrains comment that he looked more like a happy camper on his National Team.