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He was trying to get to Naylor before bringing in Alexander, which would have been great if it worked. AJ just got a little greedy there. They've been on a role, I guess he hoped luck would hold.

that really wasn't necessary. Not sure what more kind of signal Hinch was looking for there.

It's time AJ. The fastball is flying arm side. Tired pitcher.

Sinema has a vacuum between the ears, I wouldn't guess what idiocy she might come up with, but I don't see how it benefits Manchin for the Senate to gridlock on his plate.

I don't believe you need 60 to make a committee assignment. It's a case where even if there some kind of rule a simple majority can suspend the rules for a single action. It's a case where there are rules about the rules I guess. But as long no-one is voting that seat they can't even do a rule suspension.

She needs to resign completely so a new Dem can be appointed so they have a majority to make a new committee assignment.

no - - sort of backhand syntax there - I meant it has never happened to my memory. IOW those claiming sexism don't actually have a very comparable situation. May have been some around Teddy K but it wasn't this split and at the end it was clear it wasn't going to be much of a wait for him to pass. Infirmaty hasn't been Manchin's issue, just intransigence - no comparison there.

LOL - You can't beat something with nothing, and outside of Trumpism, the GOP's got nothing to offer. DeSantis is trying to do Trump Lite when Trumps biggest appeal to his fans is exactly how unLite he is.

That's cool, but taking nothing away from the play being as good as it was, I don't know how one would rate that better than Kiermiers catch against Vierling. I would consider most things with a leap as tougher catches than a dive. A lot more to worry about and alot easier to get the timing wrong. Maybe not as much ground covered but that's not the only thing that lowers catch probability.

Hey, we had a Governor called 'Soapy'

I'm old enough to remember a situation where a male democrat was holding up vital work in critically balanced Senate and not being criticized for it because he was a man, but I don't.

one extra player is allowed to be brought up for a DH but AFAIK it can be any player.

Exactly. Do what you have to do for your team and it's future, you can't really expect orgs to act against their self interest. You can expect them to shut up about it.

I can't agree with Sargent's analysis. The Dems may well love the idea of triangulating with moderate GOP House members, but the political value to be gained is less than the political cost of allowing the border to descend back into the kind of mess which has been common in recent years. That's just a political reality. So as much as the Dems want reform, I think the Admin believes ( and I would agree) that they will lose all credibilty with the moderate voter if they can be cast as just 'leaving the door wide open', at which point their ability to do that triangulation disappears. Basically Sargent argues the Admin gains credibility by being less severe at the border, but my reading would be the opposite. It's absolutely true it's cruel policy but that Suburban voter expects a competent government to be able to create some kind of orderly process. The current 'asylum' system is completely broken and 100% gamed by the vast majority that are trying to move for economic reasons. The US has to re-establish a credible reality that if you don't have a valid asylum claim, you are not crossing the border and that valid asylum claims are not trivial to prove. That is the only thing that will eventually stop the chaos. If that is established, then maybe there can be more reasonable discussions about upping admission levels. But as long as legal admission levels have little to do with actual entry rates, I don't think there is any political route to get there.

Streak at 5. Tigers had two 6 game winning streaks last season, no 5 gamers.

Turnbull with some innings under his belt - due for a better start tomorrow, right?

I wonder if Elias has numbers on that. Can't have happened for... 30 yrs?

Liked that Foley was staying away from Rameriz. He's the one guy in that line-up you'd rather walk that give in to. So some serious defense from Vierling, and pretty much the whole IF. Big difference when you catch the ball better than the other guys.

Jake sporting a 364 OBP in this last 7 games.

Yeah - Price is wearing down. His elocution isn't wasn't it was and he's losing his train of thought more often and Dickerson is filling more the time himself. But a failing Jim Price is still a lot more listenable than an energetic but grating Craig Monroe.

It was such a break to have Gibson in the booth for few games. OTOH, Monroe may be doing wonders for Dickerson's ratings - he is here anyway.

that was nice. I didn't think he had that kind of play in his fielding playbook.

Eric apparently never met nor hear of the Koch Bros, or Exxon Mobil, or RJR, or the Telecom industry, or Trial lawyers, or the AMA, or the Health Insurance industry, or ADM, or the Auto Industry, or ............ Of course there is an answer to his concern - it's called public campaign financing. What do you say Eric?

Remember, the beauty of the MVP award is that 'valuable' is in the eye of the beholder.

And in fact, Mason Englert is prolly the team MVP to this point. Who saw that coming?