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You're right, it will not come from CNN or any other one entity. CNN is not leading this, and I am not suggesting as much. They are part of what might be a building wave. I just think it's good to see. The pessimist is allowing a little hope to seep in.

I would normally agree, although this hopeful pessimist wonders whether there might be some turning point evolving as there appears to be increasing pushback on Trump in general. As his approval goes down and the business community hammers him on the economy and the international community unites more against him, among other things, he might start blinking even more, and he's already blinked a bunch.

Thank you, CNN, for using the L word.

Apparently, if we get rid of pennies, the mint would have to make even more nickels to make up the gap on small value transactions, and nickels run at even more of a deficit versus their value than pennies do. A penny is worth 1¢ but costs 3.7¢ to make, whereas a nickel is worth 5¢ but costs 13.8¢ to make.

That's a big part of it. Stay is staying healthy. Or at least that has always been the thinking. The Tigers appear to be upending that one, too.

Does the hitting team earn the run when the pitcher makes an error but not when any other fielder makes an error? Is the hitting team more deserving of credit when pitchers make errors?

Speaking of roll, I think it costs us more than fifty cents of our time to put fifty pennies in one of those paper rolls.

It would be nice to take credit for compiling it, but I just copied it off website and posted it here. I did go in and clean it up some, and added a few things, e.g., the Pete Rose pardon and the Gov of PA mansion fire.

But he's not making the error while he's pitching. He's making the error while he's fielding. Why should it count against his pitching record?

Remember when major leaguers left their gloves on the field while they came up to bat? Neither do I. And neither do you unless you're at least 80, because the rule requiring players to bring their gloves off the field was adopted during the winter of 1953-54. But, as with every rule change, there was vociferous opposition by the conservatives in the game. Well, going into 1954, those conservatives included the American League itself, which voted 7-1 to not require their teams to enforce the new rule. They objected partially on the basis of it never hurt anyone before (dubious claim), but, also, on the basis that it would unnecessarily delay games. Why, just imagine a player stranded on second base with the third out. All he had to do is trot to his glove just a few feet away and he's ready to go. But noooo ... now he's got to trudge all the way back to the dugout to get his glove and then go back out to his position in the field. Can you imagine how much time that will take?? Why, ball games will balloon to three hours if we make players take their gloves into the dugouts with them!

Curious why you believe this?

While he may never become a top of the order hitter, I am reasonably confident Sweeney will eventually hit better than he does now, considering both his first-round-draft pedigree and that he hasn't even logged 200 big league plate appearances yet. If he can be a 100 OPS+ hitter with a decidedly plus glove, that would get him over 3 WAR. I think that's within his upside, and quite possibly within the next two or three seasons.

Here's another Old Friend of Ours. Minor-League Transactions: Cubs signed RHP Michael Fulmer to a minor-league contract.

I think that's a big part of it, yes.

And I already found a few things not there, like pretending not to have heard about PA Gov mansion fire and then offering no condolences.

It has been not quite 100 days and while we are still getting blasted by his fire hose, it's hard to really appreciate just how hard the spray has been. So I picked up this list of his "de-complishments" from another website and thought I would share it here as a reminder. And this list will be out of date by end of business today. When you see the scope of what he has done all listed in one place, it is absolutely gasptaking. Pardons all violent Jan 6th criminals 2 Israeli ceasefires collapse Ukrainian ceasefire collapse/fail to launch War with Houthis; Signalgate 1.0 and 2.0 Let’s Houthis shoot down 10+ reaper drones Threatens invasion of partner countries; alienates allies (Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Panama) Threatens war with Iran Threatens NATO alliance Does Russia’s bidding against Ukraine: propaganda, pulling aid, intel, capitulation to land demands Mark Fogel released for Russian cyber criminal Dismantles foreign cyber crime defense Multiple aviation accidents/blames DEI DEI historical removals like Jackie Robinson, Enola Gay Releases millions of gallons of water in CA to wrong place after fires Addresses none of deadly tornadoes in central plains (busy winning his own golf tournament) Markets down 10-20%; worst month since depression/market manipulation Blows up his own trade deals and erases trillions from the market with dollar down 9% Giant tariff tax, global trade war, tariffs on everyone including penguins but not on Russia Crypto scams: Trump and Melania coins Pardons Silk Road creator and crypto crooks Pardons Pete Rose and pressures MLB to reinstate him US boycotts, travel warnings, prolonged detainment Froze NIH research grants and preventing federally funded scientists from traveling or talking about their work. Gutted USAID wasting billions in aid and costing thousands of lives Cuts funding to public media like NPR and PBS Took over Kennedy Center Hangs mug shot in White House Lets Elon's kid put a booger on resolute desk Hosts Kid Rock dressed like a rodeo clown after supporter in media slagged Zelenskyy's attire during WH visit DOGE chainsaw to Fed agencies with no DoD cuts and an actual increase in federal spending /mass “DEI firings” Stops loans and programs like Farm to School Invites dictators to the White House Loss of 1st and 5th amendment rights/deportation for opinions/due process/deporting homegrown "criminals" El Salvadorian detention camps, Guantanamo Bay failure Threatens loss of 14th amendment - birthright citizenship Threatens 16th amendment rights- congress setting tax rules Threatens 19th amendment - save act/women’s voting rights Threatens 22nd amendment - 3rd term Weaponizes justice department; Tesla vandalism = terrorism/ Jan 6 revenge Measles + bird flu Wasted 30k real eggs on Easter F-47 jet and proposals for his image on currency, Rushmore, airport naming Canceled Ebola prevention funding Eliminates FDA regulations on food Opens federal forests for logging and opens protected ocean space for fishing, drilling White House = Tesla dealership Golf trips EVERY weekend and some weekdays Wastes taxpayer millions attending Super Bowl, NASCAR, UFC events Trump Gaza; wants to create golden idols of himself Attacks and sues private, state, and federal entities over constitutional rights = extortion Attacks on trans, including troops Attacks the independence of the FED Pro repeal of child labor legislation Gets rid of price caps on medicine like insulin Reverses student loan forgiveness Tries to reverse overdraft fee protection Reverses climate legislation, guts EPA Violation of Separation of powers; criminal contempt Mass Deportations of Undocumenteds Masked secret police kidnapping of people on street in plain view Revoked citizenship for hundreds of thousands of refugees Mass protests in all 50 states Didn’t know about dead soldiers in Lithuania/golfed with Saudis instead of being there for dignified transfer of bodies Refuses release of Epstein Files Says “these things happen” after Florida school shooting Welshed on “no tax on tips/overtime” Brain worm autism theory; persons list Fruit Loops made with real colors SOH gets robbed and does glam shoot with foreign prisoners DOI lies under oath "A1" sauce, secretary of education Trump GOLD card for Russian oligarchs Announces military parade for his birthday “Got rid” of PaPer straWs Made shower heads Great Again Baby bonus/mommy medals 100ft flag pole at the White House GulF of AmEriCA

They have been so far, but we all know his limitations, and last night was one of them.

Yeah. photos don't render particularly well when you upload them to most websites, this one not excepted.

So, Old Friend of Ours had a rough go: six innings, ten hits plus a walk, only four strikeouts, and six runs yielded. And he still got credit for a Quality Start. Why? Because only three of the six runs he gave up were earned, because he himself made an error to extend the inning and all three subsequent runs, including a bomb he gave up, went into the books as unearned. Baseball!

I don't think anyone's arguing Workman has no future whatsoever. It's probably not a future as an everyday major leaguer. And that's fine, not everyone can be that. Who knows, maybe he'll surprise us. I wouldn't place any action on that prop, though.

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I did a presentation a few years ago maintaining that the American Leaguer was a tougher, stronger, better league than the national league, full stop. That was before universal DH, which I think had a greater effect on the disparity than people at the time were willing to admit.

Gage Workman was in the Tigers system for four years and never even made it to AAA, so, no surprise he washed out of Wrigley Field within a couple weeks. Maybe he’s salvageable and can have some kind of big league career, or, maybe he’s simply an organizational soldier type which, that’s cool, there aren’t enough actual prospects to fill every position in the minors, so maybe he can still get on field work for a few years before he goes into coaching.

TBF, i don’t think anyone voting that day saw Eric Adams as a red hat in normie’s clothing.

Gotta love those devils you know. 😉