IdahoBert

Partly sunny? Does this mean winter is finally over and the ground hog is scurrying about? And a 7:10 PM start time instead of 6:40 PM?

The first time I watched Napoleon Dynamite I did not get it and I was annoyed because everyone else appeared to get it. Given that I have intimate experience of Southeast Idaho where it was filmed - since my wife grew up there and I’ve spent lots of time there - it shouldn’t have been that much of a stretch for me. I think the innate awkwardness of so many of the characters reminded me more of myself than I was prepared to admit. The faux confidence, and earnestness of so many of them hit too close to home for me. Learning to laugh at myself is a good thing and this film helped me do that. Every time I have re-watched it, I have to pause it because I’m hemorrhaging with laughter and I just can’t take it.

That sounds like something AJ would enforce. Picking your battles carefully instead of having a one-size-fits-all approach.

Have the Tigers become worthy of Joey Cora’s aggressiveness or is he making better choices? I just remember when we used to complain about him and we don’t seem to complain about him anymore.

Cleveland and Toronto were plunking each other’s all stars.

What a team! What a team! And it’s an actual team, everyone contributes.

8-0

We are BABIPing the A’s to death. All these balls that have been going right to fielders are finding daylight

Eight triples for Zach

Two seeing eye hits in a row

An easy uncomplicated 1-2–3 inning from the relief staff is a blessed event.

Enns has a colorful history. I wondered if he was young guy why I hadn’t heard about him and now I realize he’s not a young guy, but he did damn well today.

Carp single. It’s a start.

5-0 Tigres

All-Star All-Star All-Star All-Star All-Star All-Star

Torres 2run hr

I don’t think the way Tigers hitter’s 10 to 15 years ago were flummoxed by a rookie whose “stuff they’d never seen” is possible now. So good luck to. Enns. There’s a lot of data out there that didn’t used to be there and although in-game real time facing a pitcher is the gold standard, even facing a rookie now guys are not going in blind.

Loss. Move on to tomorrow.

I thought the Athletics had crappy pitching. Yeah, we got to them last night. I guess this is the payback.

Jack is really undermining his possible trade value if that was ever a consideration.

Three run homer for Kurtz.

Jack’s dislike for the strike zone is causing me some consternation.