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There was a story back in the day that when Dylan heard the Turtles version of It ain’t me babe, that he didn’t recognize it as something he wrote.

Trevor Story to Beantown 6/140 (sound vaguely familiar?). Initial plan is he moves to 2b and Bogaerts stays at SS (wouldn't be my choice!) https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/2022/03/20/red-sox-sign-rockies-ss-trevor-story-play-2-b/7117373001/

I don't see how it works. There are only two ways to remove Putin, the Army, or a bullet. Hard to imagine anyone left close enough to him with the courage to kill him, and the Russian army? Has never been their style.

the other thing with the Beatles if you are just my age was that pretty much except for side 2 of Abby Road, their celebrity had eclipsed their music. Nobody thought Rocky Racoon was great music, but we did spend hours taping the White Album anyway so we could play it backwards trying to solve the deeper mysteries of existence, or Paul's lack thereof.....

It will be interesting to see if Correa out produces Donaldson this season. I guess Minny is moving Arraez to 3rd, so if Donaldson vs Correa is a wash then you are really looking at Arraez vs Simmons which would be an improvement, but none of that addresses their pitching. Minny's problem was runs allowed, and that wasn't because they had Donaldson and Simmons on the left side. Normally the fact that they got younger by moving on from Donaldson and Simmon is a plus, but if Correa is just a rental.... But no doubt it works better for MN with Austin Martin and Royce Lewis in the wings than it would for Det.

LOL - still, it does matter if you don't see anyone in your system that is going to be at SS in 2023.

and Purdue

He had some pretty devastating stuff when he 1st got to pro ball - threw a no-hitter at AA IIRC, then there were velo issues then the TJ. There could still be some serious talent there, or the physical window may have closed for him. But he and Wentz and Brieske will be the arms to watch for the chance of a break-out this season.

Beatles and Zep are too much apples and oranges to even try to compare. Beatles were song writers first and foremost. For Zep the 'songs' were really pretty secondary - they were just the scaffolds to hang their sound painting on. But jf you asked me which I would miss more if I could never hear a track again, it would be Zeppelin. But in part that's probably because of how old I am. I wasn't quite old enough for the Beatles music to mean as much to me when I first heard it as Zeppelin's did. Heck, to my HS cohort, the second side of Abbey Road was definitely a statement the Beatles could play in the album rock genre if they put their mind to it, but to us they were playing catch-up to what we were already listening to on WABX. So there is no way to separate that personal history from an 'objective' analysis. But that said, I listen to a lot more classical music than either today.

Devastating news. Reports are he will pull through.

Minnesota's #1 and #2 prospects are SS. Correa as a one year rental is probably fine to them. We have Baez for 2 yrs (or more) at age 29. If he walks at 31 I'm not going to be heartbroken. But I wouldn't be all that wild about investing 35M in Correa at age 27 and only having 1 yr committed - seems like a waste unless you were sure he puts you over the top, which would be a silly thing for either MN or DET to believe.

Still a bit surprised the Twins were willing to go that AAV.

A lot more drama in that graphic than in the trade I'm afraid.

Soto and Skubal pitched well, and Faedo is a prospect again. Life is good.

Nivaldo Rodriguez gives up a grand slam. Ooops.

The too long delayed debut of Alex Faedo on the mound for the Tigers. Walk, GO/FC, WP, IF single/error, K, GO. FB 94-95. The year Faedo struggled his velo was down. Be interesting to see where he tops out if he can throw 95.

Reyes with a 13 pitch AB - finally popped out.

Soto throwing 98 but a little wild. Mid-season form.

4K in two IP for Skubal, who looks like he put on a few pounds in the lower body.

Baddoo having problems getting the ball out of his glove. Double clutched on the Kiner single then did it again and then almost threw it into the stands after the nice running catch....

so they are limited the shuttle to the minors to 5 times per player? That really isn't much of a limit. I suppose it will stop any teams from deliberately shuttling their starting rotation... And Grossman with the long ball. Tigers getting some good swings at Severino

I know the Wings try to be conservative with young players, but even given that it's frightening that the Wings haven't thought/don't think that one of their system's top prospects like Berggren wouldn't be an improvement over the offensive ineptitude of this team.

🥲 ST just got less interesting.

Yeah - you know the Twins are absolutely banking on him opting out at the end of the season, so if he gets hurt or falters and doesn't, they will not be happy having to pony up another $34M!

Kraken are going to score within 10 seconds of the Wings pulling Ned.... well, it took a minute - but 4-2 Seattle. What a depressing performance. Frustrating to watch how much space opposing players always have in the Wings zone and how completely covered the Wings always are in the other team's zone. How did they put together such a poor skating team?