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Man, that groovy music anchored by the flute sounded old even by 1985 standards.

Fair, although if you’re 21, you have to go two on that particular hit.

We’ve had a dish since 1999, and occasional weather mishaps notwithstanding—which is 100% mitigated with Internet backup now, anyway—we have had almost no trouble outside of boxes failing, which happens every four to eight years or so. We just like how darned convenient it is just to touch one button and browse our recordings, or plug in a three-digit number we’ve memorized for a quarter century (like 254) to get a channel. For convenience, it beats navigating through frequently changing menus. The only thing even close to being as convenient is accessing recently viewed or up next from practically all the streamers centralized on the home page of the Apple TV app located on the Apple TV box. Everything else, it’s multiple pages and clicks to get to the thing we want, provided we can even easily locate it on the streamer home page.

So If I’m seeing this right, McGonigle might be only the 8th hitter in modern history to debut with four hits and six or more totals bases. I got J.P. Arencibia, Brant Alyea, Billy Bean, Willie McCovey, Ed Freed, Art Shires, and Mike Mitchell.

I think Lou did? Actually he was 3-for-5, so not even as good. Answer is no.

I have Sirius XM. Easy as it gets.

I guess it's a little more expensive, since my all-in cost for Extra Innings through DTV is $175 on the dot. I look online and see that MLB.tv alone costs $149.99. So I would have to consider the marginal cost of $25 as being worth it, and I think it is.

Maybe my sticking with DirecTV Extra Innings with the free mlb.TV add-on was not the geriatric bad idea I hear people tell me it is.

He also did the opening, name-checking the Tigers throughout. The so-called perks of an MLB-prodcued broadcast ...

Kevin McGonigle with a 4-for-5 debut and Dillon Dingler launching a bomb! Without no doubt:

Kevin McGonigle is definitely not done hitting today, unlike some players I can name ... 😏

I don’t know where Anderson’s head is at, but when you come in late with seven-run lead, you don’t have to pitch too carefully.

Last time I went to one of those places, I was living in Warren in the early 90s and had a boarder living at my house, a guy who worked in my industry. He talked me into going to this place on Mound Road just south of 12 Mile. I was not comfortable being there at all, and the turning point was when this young woman sidled up to our table uninvited and started doing this dance to a song that had the phrase “gang bang” in the chorus, which she leaned over and shouted to us whenever it came up. All I could do was stare at the table top to avoid making eye contact with her, hoping it would be over anytime soon, but it seemed to go on forever. Just as I was about to hide under the table, my buddy gestures me over and shout-whispers to me, “you gotta tip her now.” So I pulled out five bucks and handed it to her, but she wouldn’t take it in her hand—I was supposed to tuck it into her panty bottoms. I did, turning eight shades of red, and then told me buddy I wasn’t feeling well so we should go. He was not happy, and in fact, that moment changed the tenor of our relationship for good. I left Detroit for good a few months later, sold the house while he ran out the string there, and we never talked again, even though he was in my industry.

And a leg single reduced his career OPS to 2.667. Send him down.

Perhaps if the regime focused ICE and CBP on going after actual undocumented criminals, instead of indiscriminately sweeping up undocumented agricultural workers and domestic workers and preschool children in a visibly cruel manner, they might be doing a better job getting them off the streets to prevent tragedies like this happening, and enjoy broad bipartisan support for their efforts besides.

Well, that was a Parker hit, and even that was good for two runs.

You’ll get your chance when the Tigers start struggling and he comes back in to whinge about it.

Two at bats in and still has a 3.000 OPS!

Man, that second double was a couple feet from being McGONEigle!

Billionaires don’t have to marry ugly.

3.000 OPS!

So, I hate baseball throwing in with gamblers as much as the next guy. That said, I actually don’t mind the bet365 logo at the top right. It is actually less obtrusive than the MLB logo you typically see on MLB-based broadcasts, which makes it easy to lose in the crowd in the CF shots. We will see if/when/how the gambling odds get weaved into the broadcast via graphics or drop-ins, but so far, through three half innings, nothing yet. Tell you what I definitely don’t miss: the constant crawl at the bottom of the screen. So thrilled to see that get ****-canned.

Skubal in a jam and then back out. That might be the Padres’ last chance against him.

Probably more outlier than progress.

Nick was probably a spoiled pampered elite athlete his whole life, bot inside and outside his own house, so maybe he never had to learn to become mature and play nice with other people.