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If he could deliver a .340/.410 line for a .750 OPS, I'd be thrilled. He's more of a singles hitter now than ever before, though, so I'd like to see him get it in gear.

All due respect, I'm not asking you. You stepping in is letting him off the hook. What do you say, Bunker? Would you be happy to see Trump elected president? Or would you be unhappy to see it?

He's an empty batting average, although he appears to still have plus-D. I don't know, he seems to have more past than future. I suppose you could put him out there in place of Ibanez. Just don't be surprised if he does exactly as well. I'm guessing the Tigers don't act on this. I wouldn't think they would want to do musical roster because of the sense of chaos that would project.

Looks like he's found his level!

This is exactly the world 2A people want, and we know they want it because this kind of event is inevitable when everybody gets to carry guns in public with as little vetting as possible, and yet 2A people still want everybody to be able to carry guns in public with as little vetting as possible.

Would you be happy to see Trump elected president? Or would you be unhappy to see it?

I cannot add any more reactions today, but I 💙 this post.

McKinstry doesn't hit the ball even average hard, which is a bit of a red flag, so he probably won't be quite this good (wxOBA, walk rate, strikeout rate) permanently. Pitchers in the new league are going to figure out how to better exploit the holes in his bat, probably by pitching to contact and allowing him to get himself out. But he is definitely hitting well now and is serviceable at multiple positions, so he's worth keeping around for as long as we need him.

It doesn't have to be either or. It would be nice if he could do both, as well as the thing you don't mention, which is range to his right to stop balls in play. But he's almost certainly never going to have any range, which is why he is overall a below-average first baseman. Once he starts losing even the skill to scoop balls, stretch and do the splits, that's when he will need to be moved off the field entirely. In the meantime, he needs to hit enough to overcome his deficits on defense, and it looks like he's moving in that direction pretty nicely.

I don't know about that fight, anyway. Could be a false flag. 😏

O'Hare is a place where mobs take over all the time.

Nope, that was after my time. 😁 I did have a Yes poster at some point ...

You bastard ... 😅

Another article about chess. 😀

Sure, I can do that. Just make sure I have the script in hand a few days before I swing by. I'm not very good at improv.

I was looking at it versus January, which was before the invasion. March of last year was after the invasion. I get why a few points peeled off from last March to this March. Last March was immediately after the invasion which was the high point of top-of-mind awareness. After a while I imagine a marginal amount of people just forgot about it. It's the same principle as when George Bush Jr scored a 84% approval rating among Democrats in the days after 9/11 after being in the 20s just the day before, and fell down to under 50 by the follow June. It's not because he was doing a great job as President overall. It was the heat of the moment.

More people see Russia as an enemy today than did a year ago.

Flip side, consider the audience. How airtight does the propaganda really have to be?

Can I come over for Thanksgiving this year?

Two things: The last paragraph is titled PRAYER, which made me laugh when I saw it, but nothing following reads like a religious prayer. Is “PRAYER” an actual non-religious legal term in this case? As we have learned over and over in the past few years, even if someone is outright indicted, it doesn’t mean they are going to be convicted, especially in a venue friendly to them politically.

Smart guy is lonnnnng gone.

Tork has been botching foul popups for a couple of years now. It’s a component of his terrible range at first in general and also part of what makes him a below-average defender. I don’t know yet how much of that is teachable (learning to read the ball off the bat better and getting to the right place) and how much is not (naturally bad jump; speed to getting to the spot). Any ball in play that makes him move to go get it, especially to his right, is going to be iffy. But Tork has a sure glove. If the batter hits the ball right at him or to his glove side, he’ll snag it and make the out. He’s also very good at scooping throws, and he is surprisingly good at stretching and doing splits to retrieve them. That’s a core skill that shows up as much in other guys’ numbers as in his own.

I might counter that his generally poor ability to catch foul pop flys is the bigger reason he didn't catch it.

Sure, why not? They're not prospects but we need a body in there today, and neither of them are going to be around next year, anyway.

Running to just meet the ball is something that I as an outfielder have recognized in myself, cogitated at length, tried to change in the moment, and failed to overcome my instincts. Now I'm just too goddamned old to worry or even care about it.