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the most coherent explanation I have seen is a remotely or autonomously guided submersible that blew itself up under the span. Strategically, it would have been much more devastating to have dropped a section of the rail bridge, but the psychological impact of this should be shattering enough -- for the time being. Or just this....

and the official blows the call on a Michigan subsititution. And then a PI.

I'm hoping, maybe foolishly, that Hronek is a better player this year. He seemed to be skating in molassas last season and hopefully that was a physical deficit he has gotten over because he had been better than he was last season. Maata looks OK.

Erne had some nice shifts last night, but last year had to lower his stock. Also they may need the physical intensity that is Smith's calling card less on a team with more size.

the balance is between the turnovers and the ability he does have to use his size and reach to regain posssessions in situations that the alternative's can't. To me the Wings single biggest weakness for the last few years was having enough guys who could 'erase' opposition players and take back possession. You can see Lalonde's emphasis there in the uptick in Veleno and Rasmussen's forechecking intensity. Edvinsson brings more of that, the question as you note is the cost balance. The other consideration is that they want him on special teams and if they can't figure that out for Det, that alone might send him to GR until they think he has developed to where he can break into the lineup for the PP or PK in Det.

This a great post. But on Cabrera while I agree in general, I would say the issue with Cabrera didn't really become an issue after 500/3000, but it happen later. Up until roughly the ASG, Miguel was carrying near enough to the best OPS on the team to be where he was (720 on July 5, which for this team was probably 1 or 2 or 3 at the time?). The problem was that the knee pretty gave out completely immediately after that and there was no recognitions or willingness to deal with the change in situation. So again, it goes right back to failure to recognize what the *current* situation is as compared to being on auto-pilot with your prior expections or personal preferences. Now Chasfh also makes the completely valid point that some of the behavior seen once it was clear the season was lost began to be driven by non-competitive considerations. The question of whether you accept that as OK is a philosophical one, rather than an objectively competive one.

it's the constant battle between workers and managers. Managers are psycho paranoid that somewhere, sometime, a guy in a blue collar might have 10 extra minutes in his day, so they schedule the drivers with a slate that can only be met under perfect circumstances. The guys push back by making sure that even when things go completely perfectly they take the full time allotted for each job - (knowing if they do finish early they just get a heavier schedule next time), and then when things do so South, the schedule can't be met. The customer is the collateral damage in this eternal guerrilla warfare. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

shoes need to drop until BWNDITWB* is never again heard in the Tiger org..... *(butweveneverdoneitthatwaybefore)

so far, so good.

he will kill the academic rating of his system, which he probably doesn't care about - but it will mean more of Florida's best and brightest will leave the state to go school, and when kids leave home to go to school as often as not they don't come back.

yeah - makes it a little hard to judge the D especially. I though Edvinsson did a nice job pinching guys off several times, but who was he doing it to?

Morning after videos show that rail section has not collapsed 🙁 https://twitter.com/LucaBianchetto/status/1578708463026606081

fair point

Kerch bridge hit. Section of auto span in the water, fuel train on the rail span on fire. If that burns long/hot enough it will cause structural damage.

There is a certain consistency in the mindset though. "I say I love my son, therefore I do. I say I am a Christain, therefore I am a good person". There is a certain mind set for which to profess something is to call it into being, regardless of the emptiness of the profession. You can guess where in American society you are most likely to find it....preached.

I thought Hronek looked like he was moving better than at the end of last year. Hopefully his fall-off last season was just that he had gotten beaten up a bit by the end of the season.

I think when the puck came off the boards to Elmer the three Leafs all looked at each other and they were all like "*you* check him" so no-one did.

he doesn't need to hit for as much OPS to be valuable at 3b compared to 1b, but obviously we still hope he turns into the hitter we thought we drafted.

Chatter on the radio was that there is only one contract available between the two of them.....

Tork has been impressive enough on GBs that it makes me wonder if they pulled the plug on him at 3b too soon - or maybe the arm just isn't there.

you can't unteach 5'10" though. Even Tork is a bit on the short side for what you want in a 1b ideally. Still, if Torkeson does not straighten out, he may be the best choice on the existing roster. Harold certainly doesn't have the bat to be there.

I think Haase is a servicable enough OF, but is his bat good enough to displace a healthy Meadows or effective Baddoo? He certainly can't play in place of Greene. Haase has been the best bat amidst a terrible offense, but he still only managed a 750 OPS and it's easy to imagine Meadow and Baddoo doing better than that. But if you add him to the DH mix, play him against LHP you are protecting Baddoo from, and catch him occasionally you can get him another 300AB. But since Baddoo and Meadows are still pretty much lottery tickets, he could easily be in the mix for a lot of OF ABs. I think you need to hold on to him though because Rogers is also nothing more than a lotto ticket at this point.

So Harris interviews both these guys in depth, and maybe he sees Hinch's overall approach to team building and Lombard's approach to individual player management both match his philosphy closer. Probably not likely but certainly easy to imagine. The Coolbaugh situation would play into this. We don't know which side Hinch was/is on here. If he proactively went to Harris and said "we need to upgrade our approach at hitting coach" vs, Harris having to tell Hinch that Coolbaugh "had to go" could play large in Harris' evaluation of Hinch's best role.

the thing with Lebron is that everyone had known about him from the time he was about 12. Media is a lot faster now but it's still hard to compare how 'inevitable' Lebron seemed after already being on the radar for so long.

we'll see if they are committed enough to this to say goodbye to both Cisnero and Soto.