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Yeah - Margot's ticket gets punched when Vierling comes back.

that is a stupid explanation - or an explanation of a stupid rule.

Javy and Nate Thomlinson out there agreeing that NY is nuts.

IDK, before the last few days I would have thought Ibanez was on the thinnest ice but he's looking better with bat and has been solid at 3B. You can't send out Kreidler unless Vierling is so close that Riley wouldn't have to play many more games in CF.

Malloy comes through. Was definitely doubting him today.

I just meant that educational attainment cross-correlates with income so the two effects are not trivial to separate in social survey work so if you want to prove it's anti-intellectualism vs income you have your work cut out.

Tigers 3, Dreckman 1

Casey Mize's career: better late than never - way better in fact.

If there is reasonable correlation between educational attainment and obesity that would go toward your case. The confounding factor would be that in the US, cheap food tends to be unhealty food and you get a cross correlation with income.

Did not have Ibanez high on my card after his slow start.

Umpire not making either side happy.

the infamous 6 miss walk

Have I mentioned how thoroughly unimpressed I am with Margot? I understand beggars can't be choosers when injuries leave you desperate, but I hope is is gone soon. Jake certainly saved his rear there.

Moreno's Angels are a lot like WCF's Lions. Give the fans a really big star or two and everything else should take of itself.

True - but there is another way of looking at it, which is that if I'm good at what I do and bust my ass always being the best I can be, why do I want to keep serving the profits of an incompetent FO/ownership that can't or won't perform at the level I hold myself to? That may be just a little Ayn Rand-ish, but even as an everyday working stiff I've been in jobs where I resented the incompetence of the people I was working for. I can only imagine how much worse it could have been if I was as dedicated to my performance level as a pro athlete has to be.

I could be wrong, but I'd estimate the two things killing Americans at XS rates in recent years have the opioid epidemic, and the fact that Americans are epidemically obese. Not sure why it's so much worse here than in other developed countries, but we are a stunningly overweight nation, and right down to the elementary schools now.

I wouldn't be surprised. Seider is at his best when he is skating hard all over the ice. I always thought Lalonde played him too many minutes to keep him fresh. I'm not sure but from the boxes I've looked at since McClellan took over I think he has cut Mo's TOI some, but he is still always the highest on the team. The thing with Seider is that you sort of have to make up your mind what you want him to do. Since he's big and strong you can have him be that physical presence but if he plays that game hard it's going to take a lot out of him being able to the play the skill side puck possession game he is also capable of. OR TL/DR, the wings need to be a tougher, stronger team across the board so Mo doesn't have to be the only guy on that end of things.

So we have them right where we want them - ripe for regression!

Need to respect the wind today. Walk Judge and pitch the left handers inside.

No crash but no bounce either. Market down 1.5-2.5%. Bitcoin and Tesla under pressure. Someone(s) trying really hard to support Tesla at 230.

WAAAAA! if you don't give me what I want I'm going I'm going to shoot myself!

So in the 7th inning of this game, the Tigers pinch hit an infielder for an outfielder (who is a converted infielder) and sent one of the other infielders to the outfield on defense. In the 8th inning, they again pinch hit an infielder for an outfielder and moved a 2nd starting infielder to the outfield. All Hinch needs now is a catcher who can move to the infield and the whole defense would have an outward flow going.

No joke, it wasn't 5 min after I read this post I got a fund raising text from Hines. 🙄

Dammit Lee! I'm an engineer, not a mind reader! (--apologies to DeForest Kelly's memory )

Notable that after how badly the trajectory of these two teams seemed to be diverging after 3 games, we come into this series only one game behind the Yankee's pace. The bronx bombers have scored a ton of runs, but they have also given up as many as the Tigers have scored. The air will be cold but the breeze will be out to left today and tomorrow. Some advantage for the Tigers' RHH with the Yanks starting a lefty.