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Stance is improving!

they're going to have to regrade the warning track by the time this one is over.

Man - I thought Tork had that one.

ERod at 88 pitches. Need to get him out of there on the 1st baserunner next inning - if he goes out at all.

Sorry France, but that should be automatic - you don't throw the bat.

He's not helping himself.

Fielding stance working for Maton.

Baddoo had no idea where that ball was.

an out might be nice.

Funny they were talking about Baddoo needing to bunt more and he bombs one. But Monroe was probably right. 3B was playing SS against Akil. If they are going to play him like that and he lays it down the 3b line he can walk to 1st.

Last pitch of the inning - perfect.

ERods Strike throwing down this inning.

good thing the wind is blowing in tonight.....

Keith. Malloy, Meadows 0/14 tonight. 😥

Maton with a new stance. Looks like he's jumping at the ball out of it though. That prolly won't work.

hate it when guys take middle-middle fastballs on 3-0. A lot do, but I still hate it.

Had it all the way.....

I know they want to start giving Greene and Tork more DH and off days, and Hinch is probably brilliant to have realized Greene must be exhuasted after 5 days off.

At least he's not at 3B.

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From the Tigers perspective they probably hope he does catch on somewhere - saves them a quarter M. 🤷‍♂️

At the time there was also a story going around that Fenech had dissed Kate Upton in a way a husband might well not be willing to forgive. Considering the way other players and orgs supported JV even in contravention to league rules I think there's a fair chance something like that was at the root. It was striking how little support he got from anyone, even his editors didn't try to do much for him in the end.

but he was also a total jerk and he was always pushing a step beyond the limit. I remember him getting in trouble at ST because he would not abide by the filming rules and kept trying to shoot surreptitious video on his cell phone. That kind of stuff wears out your welcome and means you're going to get no slack when other stuff hits the fan. I assume he found some other career because he seemed to disappear with nary a trace.

IIRC Willie Mays could close his hand on a baseball. And he threw as hard or harder than most pitchers.

The trick is trying to understand/figure out if the person you are dealing with is your enemy or if the org he is dealing with is the enemy. If it's the latter then you want to recruit mutual empathy so he becomes your advocate in his org. That's the situation where being angry is counterproductive because it makes it easier for him not to care about your problem. Conversely, if you believe the person you are dealing with is the immediate problem, then a threat (if it's a legitimate one you can back up) becomes more useful/needful.