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Maybe Sandwich Guy should run for Mayo.

I'm pretty sure the MAGA response will be there are more important countries to worry about spying over, like China, and/or there are more important issues to focus on, like rooting out murderous illegals.

I don’t think I would give up a #35 shortstop prospect for an injury-prone 32-year-old underachiever.

Man, with those back-to-back 5-4 forces, followed by the wild pitch, this inning is a slog.

Tigers being hoisted with their own petard by the A’s dinking, doinking, and baserunning.

Riley’s got 99 ribs now.

After Carpenter and Riley missed plum pitches middle middle, Riley sure didn't miss that last one!

Bobby Scales is definitely bringing his radio-level analyst skills to the TV booth tonight.

This is early season Charlie we’re seeing right now.

If you want to kill a few minutes before first pitch, Verlander is pitching in SF against he Cubs.

I don't disagree. I like the idea of winning the division.

Magic numbers are typically done for winning division outright, versus for tiebreakers or playoff spots or other things. I'm going to continue to post to that. I hope you don't mind.

lol doink! I'm such a dummy!

I replied above before I saw this: I know it’s not important to any degree. I’m not trying to cure cancer. (Although there are some people in this world I wouldn’t mind sending to Jupiter.) I just like making observations and talking about stuff like this. It’s like detective work, like a puzzle. I find it interesting, and since this is a random randomness thread, it seemed like a fit to me.

I’m not sure Reddit is right on this one. When looking west, north is to your right and south is to your left. Here in our part of the Northern Hemisphere (40° to 45° N), when you look west toward the sunset in December, the sun sets to your left (south), and in June to your right (north). That gets flipped around for the Southern Hemisphere: sun sets to your right in December and to your left in June. That’s what’s happening in the picture.

Let them perish by sky fire. You can start a new civilization of aloners.

What even is “open borders”? If open borders is EU-style walk from one country into another without being required to go through customs or a passport/visa check, then we definitely do not have open borders.

Tigers suffer heartbreaking defeat at the hands of A’s 8-3, but even so …

Man, all those wasted runners in the top of the inning …

Fun fact: Jacob Wilson has struck out in only 7.6% of at bats. Only two qualified hitters have struck out at a lower clip than that. One hundred years ago, in 1925, 63 qualified batters struck out at a lower rate than Jacob Wilson does this year.

Apropos of nothing, I have long wished the Athletics would have just the A on their hat without the apostrophe s.

Carpenter would have been out at third with a good throw. Which is why we make them make the throw.

Ok, Skoob, you got your run. Go to work.

Eight home runs in 30 games would be a 43-home run pace. Carpenter has 22 homers in 102 games, which is a 35-home run pace. Reaching 30 may not be very likely, but it is very doable—in fact, he has hit eight or more home runs in two different stretches of 30 or fewer games twice already this season, including nine in his most recent 29.