gehringer_2

ridiculous inning.

Something...mumble.....freedom....(?)

LOL - I was just reading scouting reports on this that claimed his arm strength is less than elite! I think the media types are all just riffing. The teams have the hard metrics and they don't share them.

I would look at this from the standpoint of Russian internal processes. The "West is all against Russia" is central to Putins entire narrative structure. It was becoming clear that the pipeline had little chance to produce $$ for Russia because stopping gas flow was becoming an imperative for both sides. Given that, that last political value he could salvage on the home front would be to sabotage it, blame the West or Ukraine and take it as another example of Western biligerance againt Russia. And I can imagine that when Putin was weighing options he asked the question "but if we blow it up now can we fix it later" his minions certainly assured him - based on Russia's underwater capabilities - that it could be done - without having given proper consideration (if any) to the damage salt water intrustion would have done by the time rolled around for a repair to be attempted.

Serretti?

I think a big question mark for these nutty State GOP legislature with be to what degree they meddle/micro-manage their state universities in such manner that they become unattractive to the best and brightest applicants. For any state, having the best students leave home to go to colllege somewhere else is one of the worst 'brain-drains' since most of them won't come back.

I'm ready to move on from J Schoop and I want a 3b who can go to his right.

This inning more on the IF than the BP.

I hate 0-2 hits.

It's too bad the tigers don't seem to care to put someone at 3rd who could make some of the plays they aren't making. Ryan Kreidler anyone?

Schoop needs to make that play.

LOL -- then Maton walks one in!

Torks upper cuts it too much, not deep enough to score even Vierling

Riley took a couple pitchers he should have hit, but it goes for a walk so can't complain too much. Loads them up for Tork!

pretty good outing for Wentz

Carpenter doesn't seem too worried about how he feels. Stinger maybe?

bottom hand on the bat - RH batter. You are correct Sir!

baesball gods farting in the O's general direction early.

McKinstrey's bat dies a hero

Oh NO! I turn on the TV, hear Monroe, mute the TV and turn on the radio, on the 1st commercial breal there is Craig hawking stuff. I'm cursed.

Home game - maybe we get Gibson instead of Monroe?

That little head-bob clip is going to be his 'Dukakis looking stupid in a Tank Helmet' moment.

Javy probably told Hinch he was fine and then when they got on the field his throwing was maybe not so good.

By and large, individual players don't matter - it's total roster value. The key to moving a guy like ERod is that you do it at the point where you can get more wins back for him they he is worth to you - so you get better. THAT was Avila's single biggest failure. There was reasonable rational for moving most the players he moved, but he failed to get back the value that should have been there and that was the justification for those trades to begin with. The better example was when DD moved Curtis Granderson, he got back Austin Jackson and Max Scherzer. Max is going the HOF and AJ was potentially a perrenial 5 WAR player before the leg injuries accumulated. The idea of moving guys to teams reaching for the brass ring is that they are enough in WinNow mode to give up more absolute future value because the present value you offer is multiplied for them. But sure, if you are the seller in that situation and do not get more back then you gave up, then you have Avila's Tiger legacy.