gehringer_2

Lange way too amped

No

Haven't heard much about Foley's rehab. Out of sight, out of mind I guess.

about as silly as arresting junkies and leaving pushers on the street, don't you think?

Bennetti is not what bothers me wrt losing the game flow, it's the remotes, and those are not his fault at all. If I never see another remote during a ballgame I'd die a lot happier. During a ball game I don't care about players' families, kids with sign art or fans doing bucket list stadium tours. All that stuff is exactly what pre-games should be there for. (...and stay off my lawn!)

He's been mostly OK with the Hens. He had 6 walks across 3 games in late July, giving up 5 runs in one of them, before and after that only one other walk in 14 outings - so we shall see.

'Financial Advisor' I wonder about. I would guess people with enough means to managed will continue to afford themselves the luxury of a warm body to interact with. But maybe that will be a generational thing.

I don't think the Tigers trust Cruz's glove.

Verlander's camp had made it clear he was going to be a difficult signing and IIRC it did go down to the wire getting the deal done. Give the Tigers credit for the choice and the perseverance to bring it home.

We face Tyler Alexander and he rises to the occasion like Cy Young, Paddock comes out against his old mates like wilted cabbage.

That exactly nails it.

ETTD, why would a house plant be exempt?

LOL. (and I wonder if I have owned that book!?) This reminds be of a tragi/comic bit I read (and again, I can't remember where) about an Renaissance period philosopher/mathematician writing to his son, bemoaning that he had wasted his life foundering on the rocky shoals of pursuit of proof of the parallel postulate, and imploring his son not waste his own life following in his footsteps. Now I'm going to have to find it.

In theory at least, it would make sense if that rule were waived if the guy on 1st is running on the pitch, but in practice it would likely turn into an umpiring nightmare.

Tork's recent OBP surge gets him a 3 spot.

so I think what makes it difficult looking at young players is that there is an interplay between their ceiling and their 'history' that combine to create their current performance level. A guy with a sub MLB ceiling may look great at a low level because he has worked hard and had good coaching and thus is already near his ceiling. How do you distinguish that guy from the one with the much high potential who just hasn't made as much progress along his own development curve? Or maybe will never have the drive to? I doubt it will ever get to be a simple 'plug and play' process. I think the best thing for any org is to do all the player research they can and stay a little humble about what they think they know and be prepared for guys to surprise in both directions - since they will. And of course, "luck" usually favors the prepared!

Fox crew stat guys apparently not very good. Late the game - Early in the 9th, Smoltz said he thought MN pitchers must be over 200 pitches and it just sort of hung there - either no-one was looking it up for him or they couldn't do the math. Eventually - maybe two batters later, they came up with that they were over 210.

I don't think I can agree with this, To hit major league hitting or command a major league breaking ball, you have be blessed with a set of genes that you aren't going to find in any Joe on the street. You can master all the developing capability you can and I still don't think you would ever make a major leaguer out more than a tiny subset of the population. Who you pick matters. You have to discern and draft a player that has the potential, then you have to make sure he reaches that potential.

Over the last 10 games Cleveland has now actually lost a game on Detroit.

Sour Sweentney

fake outcome under fake baseball. (for Lee)

Well, their pitcher's error was worse than our pitcher's error.

he gets out of it but the lineup come around to where you have to face Buxton again if you don't get them in order.

the little 'Pen that couldn't

yeah - it's not a tough play when the throw hits you in the mitt.