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“Dillon Dingler has an absolute hose!”

He’s a professional.

Yeah, I’m with you on this. The runs he gave up today were kind of bad luck as it was mainly on his fielding error (which helped Montero’s ERA but not his own, which I may have never seen before). He did give up the one sharp single, but he also got the last seven guys he faced out, including three swinging strikeouts. This outing didn’t hurt his standing.

Sac fly but still only one run, and ends on a good strikeout. Seabold wasn’t terrible, so unless he completely implodes, he’ll get another chance at it.

I know we don’t love the idea of Seabold in this situation—bases loaded, one out, up one in the eighth—but this is the time to see whether he can handle it.

Right. Rule 5.09(a)(1): “A fielder may reach into, but not step into, a dugout to make a catch, and if he holds the ball, the catch shall be allowed. A fielder, in order to make a catch on a foul ball nearing a dugout or other out-of-play area (such as the stands), must have one or both feet on or over the playing surface (including the lip of the dugout) and neither foot on the ground inside the dugout or in any other out-of-play area. Ball is in play, unless the fielder, after making a legal catch, steps or falls into a dugout or other out-of-play area, in which case the ball is dead.”

Fair point

Prepare to die.

I’d be fine with that, although I like Dan as a radio guy.

If Trump dies, I think it’s at least 50-50 the remainder of the cabal goes hog wild on Iran, then Cuba, then the US people, before anything breaks our way. They won’t pussyfoot around anymore, to the degree they are still doing so.

I think I qualified my statement well enough.

I don’t disagree on principle, but rule 5.06(b)(3)(C) is pretty clear that when a fielder tumbles into the stands after a catch, the batter is out, the ball is dead, and all runners advance one base, and the rule does not draw a distinction between fair and foul. There were no runners on base here this time, but imagine Adell making that catch in a tie game on the road in the bottom of the ninth with a runner on third a one out. The winning run would get to trot home, the game would be lost for the Angels, and the catch would be good only for his stats and his reel. And if he makes the catch in that situation while going into foul territory, then he would be 100% at fault for losing the game by making the catch at all instead of letting it go.

And promoting it properly. Chris Ilitch is definitely born-again hard as a team owner.

So … replacement surgery? 😉

Just how NBC planned it! 😝

I don’t think we need to litigate this in a court of law or anything. Based on my own experience in similar contexts, I’m willing to accept that the brain can effectively map out the difference. YMMV.

I will say this about the Benetti hire: I think he has done as much as anyone to rekindle interest in the Tigers among the non-diehard part of the fan base. Most people regard it as a pleasure to tune him in, and I can’t help but conclude that he is a key reason the Tigers more than doubled their TV ratings in 2025 over 2024, as more causal Tiger fans discovered him. From that standpoint, it was a genius hire to bring him on.

This is all defensible, and consistent with some of what I’ve posted about Benetti as well. I get why he is so popular, and I do like him on balance, but he can be grating on me when he lets his cultural muse get the most of him, especially when Dirks is feeding it with his own. That said, when Benetti stays on point, he is objectively one of the best in the business, especially from a local guy standpoint. I actually wouldn’t mind if Benetti stayed permanently—god knows we can and have done much worse than him, and almost certainly will after he goes—but I don’t think he’s going to be here for much longer, because it seems pretty obvious to me his goal is Al Michaels’ career, which is 100% national on major networks.

Not only that, but if you play each position enough, your brain can map out the difference between needing a certain-sized glove at one position versus a different-size glove at another, even if the difference is a fraction of an inch, basically because of the thousands and thousands of balls you have fielded at each.

experts are dubious

This is one of the things I couldn’t wait to stop having to race with the rats. The idea that they would even try to manipulate employees in this way, smiling at them while stabling them in the backs, is simply an evil one. It’s so slimy.

This is one step removed from his forcing Catholics to show up anyway and actively participate in an evangelical Protestant service, as a way of proving how much power he has over them.

This among other reasons is why the Trumpublicans are not going to just sit around and allow anything as stupid as a free and fair election to boot them out of power.

No way Trump will try to get the guy back. Trump will probably be all like, “Do your worst to him, Ayatollah Assahollah, you can’t make him talk …”