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yup - now we need to see him on one he has to run for. Mize replaces Jobe to get a little work. I think the question with Jobe remains command/concentration. The stuff is great but like any pitcher he can't get behind with non-competitive pitches.

he did, and made a good, pitch, but then lost him on the next

Javy just got the dreaded line drive almost right at him but survived.

but this is getting to be a pattern, a couple of world beater inning, then bang -- walk and a bomb. He's still goes into 'here it is, hit it mode' and he's not quite JV or Tarik Skubal yet.

Didn't Billy Corgan keep firing drummers at Smashing Pumpkins? I was never a fan but my kids were so I got the second hand rumors.....

Interesting that you are having these issues. My experience has been of an increase in lost packages in the last couple of weeks. An associate of mine had a package criss-cross the country twice and then finally arrive too late for a project we were working on, and I just had an order of my own get lost. And again - strange complexity to get it replaced. There were three items in the order, the associate could only re-order one, I had to accept a refund and place another order for the other two items - what sense does that make? Then the weirdest thing was that the associate went through a long struggle with the fact that the order had been sent to my local pick-up box, he finally said he could not route the one item he could replace there, it had to be to my home. OK fine. Next day the replaced item showed up - at the pickup box! I kid you not. So yeah - I wouldn't disagree the ship seems to be taking on some water.

I was disappointed to read today that they expect Perez (one month minimum) to be back before Vierling. I thought the report the other day was that Vierling was closer than that. I guess not.

there is a definite tension over this kind of issue on a larger scale which I think drives a lot of middle/lower class frustration that has led to Trump. Society has both an obligation to the individual's rights, but also to social order, and I think there is strong undercurrent of feeling that we too easily sacrifice the social order rights of the many for the sake of the liberty of the few, who too often don't benefit anyway. That we have lost the 'ordered' part of the 'ordered liberty' concept of the founders. I don't necessarily want to litigate the truth of falsity of that sensibility, but just to recognize that it's something with a pervasive presence out there. It's the lower classes that have to deal with the social dysfunction while the upper classes can go live in their gated communities and send their kids to private or gilded suburban schools, ergo unpopularlity/resentment about politics considered liberal/progressive 'preaching.'

I wasn't all that impressed with Margot last night either. Maybe he was trying to do too much to impress the first time out, but he made a pretty meh throw to third that wasn't close to getting a runner, and flubbed a chance in the corner he probably should have just played on the carom. Pretty clear he has 'grown' out of being a CF, and by 'grown' I mean horizontally.

that's an interesting question. I would probably take the argument that there isn't anything intrinsically different about balls hit to center vs left in terms of a certain percentage dropping tantalizingly close in front of you, but I would accept the argument that that under most game conditions the CF is going dive less often because the dive with 412 behind you may be a lot riskier than with 370 behind you. The overall difference in chances is real, but it works out to about one additional chance per two games. As I've thought about it, I think it has mostly to do with the backup running. It's the running they want him avoid. I'm not totally sold that isn't a fools errand in the end for a baseball player, but they clearly have their reasons.

LOL - you got the "your input has been circular filed" form letter!

"suspensions aren't working" LOL - back in the bad old days, suspended once, expelled permanently the 2nd time. I know that doesn't solve the kid's problem, but it does solve the school's and the rest of the students'. 🤷‍♂️

would be a nice fairy tale ending if they let him start and he stole a game or two to get them to the playoffs, but we know he'll likely be sitting in reserve.

The critique is at a higher level though - the idea is that you actually want your adversary to understand you better because it's lack of understanding that leads to the most catastrophes so the effort to make *everything* as opaque as possible can be counterproductive. You can even extend this to capabilities to some extent, and in fact the military does occasionally believe demonstrations of 'secret' capabilities is a useful thing. The problem is that while I understand the principle, when you get into the actual weeds of protecting tactics and assets, it's just so much easier to try to close all the doors so there is a practical side to it too.

the quote was 'elite defender' 'when he was on the field' and he didn't qualify the 'on the field' part. Also the context was in regard to the center field issues. Still certainly possible Petzold put Harris' statement into a more explicit context than he meant it. But it's not like there is anything out of the ordinary about a SS with decent speed being a good CF. A lot of guys make that transition successfully. The question for Kreidler is always around his bat. Is the circumstance of needing the glove enough to carry the bat?

There is a certain view - not even necessarily more leftward - but just secrecy scepticism - that thinks 95% of security secrecy is BS anyway. Sort of the John LeCarre style jaded view that in the end all the secrets are just a form of futility that don't really protect anything - they are just cover for each side believing what they want to about the other. (Read his "RussiaHouse" to get the full idea). It not a progressive tenet per say - but I think it an idea that can find a fit in a progressive mind set. I have a certain sympathy to the view - certainty not at the tactical level where you have to protect people and capabilities, but at the strategic level I am fairly sceptical that keeping everything you are thinking secret is all that useful.

LOL - that's were Torkelson has thrown a monkey wrench into their plans. NOBOBY thought he would come to ST and out OPS both Keith and Malloy by 300 pts. The did the right thing in planning for his failure so it should be the kind of dilemma you want to have, it's just not very convenient right now. There are four off days before Arp24, I suppose they could go with 12 pitchers and carry the extra position player - they'd like to have both Malloy and Tork against the Dodgers.

well sure - he still can't hit, but they are getting to where that's a luxury they may have to do without.

It's hard to tell from watching televised games because you almost never see a first step in real time and that is such a big piece. Just casual observation I think Kreidler has looked at least as good or better than Perez in CF which is what matters I guess, though I don't think that is a very high bar. I think Perez is one of those guys who makes some catches look a lot harder than they need to look. I'm not sure I get the fixation about Riley in LF being all that much healthier for him than CF. There are more plays at the wall in LF, and LF only averages one half less play per game than center. I suppose in terms of just the running, the CF has to back up to both sides, but the LF also should be backing up 3rd if the ball goes to the RF corner. It just doesn't seem a big enough difference for any trained athlete, less then running once hard around the bases, and we still expect him to be doing a lot of that!

later in the story he quotes J. Powell downplaying the connection between sentiment and the real economy. Could be something to that - but even if so it's still an indication that there is a lot of negative news for Trump's economy out there getting through to the public.

No, but Harris says he is (even if he doesn't use plural verbs right), which is what matters: https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2025/03/25/detroit-tigers-parker-meadows-matt-vierling-wenceel-perez-injured/82644366007/

Elmer has 10 pts in 23 games playing 13min/gm. That's a 50 point season pace for a guy playing 18min/gm.

So Petzold reports that Margot was picked up as a spare corner guy *before* they knew Perez was going down. Which says to me that if they had know about Perez they probably don't send Kreidler down and don't bother with Margot. Now, if they want to carry Kreidler for CF, who is probably the only good CF they have other than Riley, Margot gives them one too many OFs again.

it seems everyone makes their own choices on audio bit rates - and it infects back the other way - over the air FM broadcasts, which have limited fidelity compared to digital, are often degraded even from what they could be because source MP3's they are playing are far worse than even FM broadcast quality. On the baseball games it's also the production quality that is bad - mixes, levels, basic stuff where either no-one is paying attention or cares.

True - Vance isn't doesn't even get close to Clarence Thomas territory on this one.