You can argue against Dale Murphy. I don't, but it's possible. But my God, you see Murphy next to Jeff Kent and choose Kent? What the hell is this!

I don't disagree.

OTOH, taking your insurgents metaphor another step forward...

Their state-sponsors (i.e., largest donors, both private and institutional) have jerked their leash. Insurgencies need money too and in this case, the insurgents want to win elections and keep their cushy jobs.

I should have been clearer. The visibility and clout can be enormous. The political professionalism and personal political skill of the players is often less than the offices would suggest.

More generally, one of the great lessons I learned as a young lawyer was that statewide politics are not the Big Leagues many assume them to be.

When P died, we had D to give us without question the finest tribute of many with his "Sometimes It Snows in April" on the Tonight Show.

That there is nobody today fit to do the same for him today is tragedy heaped on tragedy.

Also maybe avoid conceding the division at the trade deadline. I'm never going to get over the way they managed the second half from the top down.

Of course getting upset about a country song seems fairly normal for someone struggling with dementia.

His explanation makes even less sense than leaving Shota in. If he "didn't consider" putting Soroka in, why have him warming up? Almost makes me wonder if he had the opener foisted on him by the front office, bc it's so logically inconsistent.

Why even have Soroka up? And if you're going to let him face Machado twice, why use the opener to begin with?

Blake Treinen