Michael Cecchini

#genreroulette
#bluesmonday
#musicchallenge

But nobody wants to die…

youtu.be/kg5XAZWpLG0

Brad Holmes has been an excellent drafter

But he traded up to take Jameson Williams 12th overall in 2022

Pickens’ price was depressed—“character” BS—he went 52nd

Greg Cosell among others liked Pickens > Jamo

Lions still don’t have a true X WR

Okay, so this should be solved next year—

Except with a 2 challenge system only instigated by players, they could very easily use them before the 7th or 9th inning

Just make it full abs at least for the playoffs

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

It’s already as heavy as it can be

youtu.be/o0AOG7ciuJo

Me too, we’ve got a bean counting mba gm and cheap owner, maybe they can be the brewers

There’s no way and no one else who could’ve possibly ever reached a deal before all this was accomplished—

He’s probably too good for this, but I’d be thinking about how one team improved its lineup and my team did nothing

The Mariners deserved to win

Seattle had lineup holes and plugged them- Naylor was the game 5 MVP

Harris/Ilitch went cheap and added 7 middling pitchers

- one was DFA’d
- 3 were left off the ALDS roster
- 2 weren’t trusted enough to use
- Finnegan allowed a run in game 2, 4 and 5.

#genreroulette
#soulsaturday

Super lo fi super high alt r&b

youtu.be/C8mkh9eUseE

Thanks Adam Amin for calling out Aurelio Lopez as the OG “senior smoke”

(Also it isn’t “lefty,” we shouldn’t be recycling specific nicknames)

Why in life was Gleyber — your no 2 hitter with some ownage on Kirby — bunting on 0-1

NFL week 6 picks ats

Season, locks
45-33, 6-4

NYJ +7.5 Den
LAR -7 @ Bal
Car +3.5 Dal
AZ +7 @ Ind (check Kyler status)
Sea +1.5 @ Jax
Mia +4.5 LAC (L: o43.5)
Cle +6 @ Pit
NO +3.5 NE (L: u46.5)
TN +4.5 @ LV
SF +4 @ TB
Cin +14.5 @ GB
Det +2.5 @ KC

Atl +4.5 Buf
Chi +4.5 @ Was

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

A total beauty from an underrated album—

youtu.be/0MZQsNj-AbU

Eagles are an abomination

“Oh well why don’t you figure out how to stop it, huh huh??”

You couldn’t beat the shift in baseball either. It sucked to watch. Harden ball in the nba. Etc etc.

Leagues change rules for aesthetic reasons all the time

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#worldthursday

Jamaican reggae/dub with killer horns

youtu.be/YtCen7JQJ-E

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#progrock

Gabriel insanity—

youtu.be/fz0yI_kOdL8

Skubal threw fewest changeups in a game on Sunday (22%)

This was intentional by DET

Mariners were 3rd in wOBA & wRC+ vs LH CH

They also K’d 3rd most vs LH CH

Polanco HR came on a slider and sinker; the latter is only Skubal pitch with a .208+ BAA

Dance with the pitch that brought ya

Shota HR issues this season

FB% up 10%
HR/FB% up 1.4%
Brl% up 3%

More fly balls and more of them went out

FF down 1 mph (91.9 -> 90.8)
FF SLG: .470 -> .578

Splitter location = didn’t drop as much (‘24 v ‘25 heat maps)
SLG up 100 pts
Splitter SwStr%: 26% -> 19%

Watch for spring velo

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

youtu.be/27nelE9BuHo

#genreroulette
#americanatuesday

Billy Joe—

youtu.be/blDyrKRQ10s

Ohtani struck out looking on a L v L changeup

We wrote about his susceptibility to this pitch in a (still relevant!) playoff preview:

open.substack.com/pub/michaelc...

Yeah, we definitely don’t want to limit opportunities for these petty bullies to make mistakes, influence outcomes, and toss guys for little reason

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

Congratulations, Ohioans! You elected a president who plans to destroy our only national forest! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A capitalist society is depraved when every other commercial either targets the infirm directly for specialty medicines (including for schizophrenia!) or features insurance companies—whose large ad budget is the result of denying as many claims as possible—and almost zero manufactured things

I’m confident McGonigle will hit, but I’ll be damned if every Tigers prospect isn’t modeled on Gleyber Torres’ frame/fitness plan.

Detroit’s 77 SB attempts last by a mile (Giants 92)

Hinch teams ran with Houston but they had the personnel to do it

#lookandsee
#musicchallenge

Lou Reed—

youtu.be/aqW6vFc2VEY

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#musicchallenge
#blues

There’s an incredible Cale record - just him, Leon Russell and a killer band

youtu.be/Dgk3GpZEJEw

The Tigers set a playoff record by taking 17,563 first pitch strikes

Hinch has a lot more confidence in Finnegan than I do

Of course it would’ve helped if the Tigers didn’t take every first strike

Ok but listen, Egbuka’s separation score only ranked 53rd this week