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The 2003 Tigers finished with 119 losses. The last three games were against the Twins, which clinched a postseason berth, and sent out a lineup of September call ups for the last two games, which the Tigers won. There was speculation that Ron Gardenhire was either resting his regulars in meaningless games or sparing Alan Trammell the embarrassment of tying the loss record. Probably a little of both.

Buster Olney said today that if the White Sox won every game for the rest of the season they'd still finish 10 games under.

I'm at PNC Park watching the DBacks and Pirates. Our old friend Dennis Santana entered the game, which was 1-0 in the fifth. Dennis walked the first two batters, then hit the third in the shin. He did not get to face a fourth batter. The next reliever got an infield fly, strike out, walked in a run then got Josh Bell to strike out.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Or a 17-game series! The Mets will be going to visit the White Sox for a three-game series beginning August 30. By then, the Sox will probably be the hottest team in MLB. I can actually go and see one of those games! Awesome!

Chad ochoseis wrote: Minneapolis is a rather nice place. But most cities do have convenient ways to get to the ballpark from the airport by train. Even LaGuardia now has a free bus to the 7 train. The only cities I can think of that don't have easy airport-to-ballpark access by train are Detroit, which is car oriented for obvious reasons, and Los Angeles and Dallas, which are beyond redemption. Good call! I didn't see one in Phoenix, but we were renting a car anyway to go to the canyon and picked a hotel withing walking distance of Chase. Getting to the park in DC via Metro sure was easy!

Will Leitch had good things to say about the Mets, including the team in his ranking of who did best. 4. Mets It is sort of remarkable how quickly we have collectively adjusted to the Mets making smart, prudent, small-scale moves. For all the bluster from the ownership box, they are operating like a team that knows it is good enough to compete this year without blowing up everything in the future. The Mets needed a left-handed bat, so they got Jesse Winker. They needed some rotation depth, so they got Paul Blackburn. They needed bullpen arms, so they got … a whole bunch of them. And they didn't give up anything they will miss. Even better: The Braves, the team they're chasing in the NL East and the Wild Card, didn't do much other than try to make it 2021 again by science or magic. The Mets keep doing smart things. Eventually it'll stop being surprising.

Our Mets, 57-50, and their newly stocked bullpen are completing a three-game set with the friendly Minnesota Twins, 58-48, in a nice 1:10 p.m. start. Pablo López, 9 - 7, 4.73 ERA is on the bump for the guests and Luis Severino, 7 - 3, 3.58 ERA is on the mound for the home team. Now that we know he's not leaving in a fire sale, do we try to sign Sevi to an extension now rather than have him offering his skills to all others in the off-season? Here's a cool thing about seeing the Twins in Minneapolis: That city has an excellent light rail system. You can hop on it at the airport -- which is a pretty cool airport -- and take it all the way to Target Field, which is the last stop. The other direction goes to the Mall of America, which is really like every other mall you've been to, but bigger and with a theme park in the middle. The theme park shows you where home plate used to be for the former Metropolitan Stadium, and there is a stadium chair hanging on a wall representing a Harmon Killebrew moonshot. It's worth going to just for those things. But head the other way to Target Field, which is a spectacular park. Today's Minnesota musician is probably associated more with our homeland: Bob Dylan. Everyone knows his big songs. But let me introduce you to this gem from Slow Train Coming, released in 1979. "I Believe in You" is beautiful. He performed it on Saturday Night Live. I was not aware of Mark Knopfler's involvement on that album! [media=youtube]TifIuXBAv_o?feature=shared[/media] A win would have the Mets eight games above .500 for the first time this season. Once the Twins scoot out of town, we greet the Oakland Athletics, who aren't even pretending to win.

I like that we're stockpiling bullpen arms.

Jack Flaherty to the Dodgers Garrett Crochet staying put. Surprised at the White Sox for this. Did Luis Robert go anywhere?

The Mets are acquiring starting pitcher Paul Blackburn from the Oakland A's, according to ESPN. The 30-year-old right-hander has a 4.41 ERA in nine starts this season and has a 4.83 career ERA across 404 innings.

feature=shared[/YOUTUBE] Human did help put Human League on the map. It's a good track but some lesser known songs I prefer such as Fascination and Electric Dreams. PS..I am a DJ with an 80's rock show 😉 LGM! An 80s rock show? I'm in! That sounds great! "Fascination," "Mirror Man," "The Lebanon," - all great tunes! I love this gem, which came out a little later: "Heart Like a Wheel." [media=youtube]HZ6VGG7sU1s?feature=shared[/media] No Trevor Rogers for the Mets. He's an Oriole. So far the pundits are flailing miserably.

The 58-47 Twins take on our Mets, still smarting from the 15-run butt-kicking from Monday. David Festa is on the hill for the Twins, with a 1-1 record and a rather lofty 8.16 ERA. He's making just his third start. Don't confuse him with Matt Festa. David is from Jersey. Sean Manaea starts for the home team. He's 6-4 with a 3.74 ERA. Minneapolis musicians of the day are the producing duo of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. They did a lot of things with Janet Jackson. But my fave is "Human" by the Human League. Jame and Lewis wrote and produced the song after they were brought on board when the band was slumping. It went to No. 1. I like the Human League and this is my favorite from their catalog. The Stereogum guy doesn't like it much. But I don't always agree with his opinions. [media=youtube]s1ysoohV_zA?feature=shared[/media]

Now this would have been a good game for Diekman.

Edgy MD wrote: The problem is that interwoven, two-tone [FIMG=15]https://s.yimg.com/it/api/res/1.2/OpnaYQMuBnlNMOapaOz0yg--~A/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7dz0xMjAwO2g9NjMwO3E9MTAw/https://s.yimg.com/cv/apiv2/default/mlb/20230410/500x500/minnesota-twins_wbg.png[/FIMG] is pretty much the most inscrutable-and-yet-beguiling hat display in the game. Kids everywhere have become smarter and better people asking questions and learning answers about that insignia. The interlocking TC is really cool. They kept it for the home and Twin Cities uniforms with slight modifications.

The Marlins wished they looked this good. I kinda like the Twins new uniforms, especially the Twin Cities alt set. The City Connect cap is really cool. The rest of the CC uniform is a little too busy. Here's an article about the whole set: https://uni-watch.com/2022/11/18/minnesota-twins-unveil-new-uniform-set-for-2023/https://uni-watch.com/2022/11/18/minnesota-twins-unveil-new-uniform-set-for-2023/ I went to see a game a few years back at Target Field and loved it. I adopted the Twins as my American League team. Sorry Tigers.

Buster Olney and Jeff Passen said the Mets were a possibility for Blake Snell. The part that scares other teams is that he has a $30 million option for next season, and the two thought the Mets were one of just a few teams that could absorb that, plus build a rotation for next year.

Minnesota Twins, 58-46. The team is in second place in the AL Central, 4.5 games back and holders of the second wild card spot. Tonight we get former Mets prospect Simeon Woods-Richardson, 3-1, 3.27 ERA, against Jose Quintana, 5-6, 4.02 ERA. Twins are good. They have nice new uniforms. Some of their players have been rolling their pants up above the knee, which I don't get. I've actually seen then in person twice this year, first in Arizona and then on Saturday against the Tigers. They lost both. Carlos Correa and his questionable ankle finally gets to play at Citi. Picking Prince as our musical representative of the Twin Cities would be too obvious. We get the Replacements. I like this song a lot. I tried to get into the Replacements once. But this is the only song I ended up really liking. [media=youtube]ftTOEJfzdq0?feature=shared[/media] Splitting with the Braves was disappointing after winning the first two. But if we had won, say, the first and last games instead of the first two, people would be happier.

Seeing a report on MLB.com that he is headed our way.

I can't think of a worst fit with the Yankee culture than Jazz Chisholm.

Sounds like an awesome day at the ballpark!

White Sox watch: I knew they were bad, but I didn't realize they were this bad. The Southsiders are 27-78 -- that's a robust .257 winning percentage -- and this is before they start dealing their better players this week. They could end up being a 45-to-50 win team!

I know moving Baty would be selling while his value is low. But I wonder if a package of him and a mid-level prospect would entice a bottom feeder. He didn't meet our expectations, but I could see a team in a non-pressure situation throwing him out there every day and let him find a groove. Some of these sellers are going to need bodies on the ML roster once they start sending people out. Kind of like the people we were pushing out there last year.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Severino loves that OMG sign more than anyone else. The Meet at the Apple podcast interviewed Iglasis and he talked about how “Sevi” loves the sign and is the keeper of it in the dugout. It was a funny interview! This has been an enjoyable game so far.

This is either really exciting or it is going to raise my blood pressure.

Ridiculous.