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I didn't think it would ever come to this, but I am becoming afraid of this generation.

Elon released a statement about the orbital data centers. They were based on 175kW supply power. That's so little compute power/cost a medium size business could just put the equivalent in a shed behind the building and have it in house.

FIFA is one of the few organizations with corruption on par with the Orange pedo turd

No, I'm not, but then, our top two CFs are hurt, and our CF of the future is in AAA, so I didn't expect much out of them, anyway. But that's fine, I'll back down. I only wanted to confirm how seriously we should take you, anyway. I'm going to go out on a limb and conclude there was never any magic solution any GM could have abra-cadabraed in exchange for a bag of balls that would have fixed our situation with above-average CF production for just long enough until Max Clark puts him out of a job.

................................by Harris.

So we need somebody running the team who can see into the future? The defense of Scott Harris never ends, huh? Any waiver wire players available? A Harris speciality...🤣🤣

Yeah, the bats didn't preform much. I was hoping for Suarez, it was a position of apparent need and he wanted to come here. But in hindsight, he didn't do much after he was traded. Bullet...dodged

Inflation up to 4.2% in May. So. Much. Winning.

Inflation is way up. Where are all the folks who were screaming about inflation as Joe Biden was rescuing us from Trump's horrible reaction to the Covid pandemic?

Not me, win or lose we need to trade him. If anyone gives him $400M it'll be a Zimmerman, Miggy's last, JAvy level contractual bungle. He's injury prone with probably 2 good years left at best.

but that doesn't satisfy the "do something" itch.

And then the Tigers would have outfielders blocked. But we could use a player for CF until Clark is ready. Maybe a stud for RF too? But losing Skubal, even the thought of it, sickens me. I hope we extend him.

Fun fact: Tigers did better at 3B between Colt and McStinky after August 1 than the Mariners did with Suarez. And we still have Troy Melton. Scott Harris FTW. 😉

For the record, I would have been open to including one of the Briceno/Rainer for Johan Duran and potentially both for Joe Ryan, but not any of them for any of the bats that were available.

Today is a bad day for massacres. The movie Anthropoid is quite good if a bit friendly to the history on the first one. The second one in Oradour-sur-Glane is like something out of a Mel Gibson movie (The Patriot) but this actually happened. 1942: The Lidice Massacre In a brutal act of retaliation for the assassination of top SS official Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazis destroyed the Czechoslovakian village of Lidice. All 173 men and boys over 16 were executed, while the women and children were deported to concentration camps. The tragedy is documented by the The History Place. [1, 2] 1944: The Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre Four days after D-Day in France, soldiers from the Nazi SS Das Reich Division committed one of the worst single-day atrocities in Western Europe. They massacred 642 civilians—including 207 children and 245 women—in the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane. The village was never rebuilt and stands as a permanent memorial. You can read about the grim details on The History Place. [1, 2, 3]

And even further, fans have been speculating a haul we could get for Skubal since last trade deadline. My attitude is it makes interesting reading but if Harris can't even make minor deals, people expect him to make a blockbuster trade? I don't see it happening, even if it makes good reading.

The Diamondbacks were the specific team mentioned that required Melton to be included for Suarez.

As has been reported here, many outlets claim the Dodgers have an entire OF blocked in the minors. So I'm now going to propose a trade, we'll see if it's approved: Skubal, & Javy to the Dodgers. So we get some salary relief too. Tigers get all 4 OF prospects. DePaula, Hope, Quintero & Sirota. Rotation is Valdez - Melton - Montero - Flaherty - Verlander - with Mize/Madden/Jobe still in reserve. Mize still available to trade for 40HR RH hitting 3B.

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Yeah, I agree. Its not really the young player we need(ed). Its more like the player who loses his job to the up and coming young player. Like a rental, just until Clark is ready. But is it really that hard to find a .250 hitter? Kinda sad that even a weak hitter would be an upgrade.

why didn't Harris give up assets to acquire a 4th string CF? is an easy question to answer

You want production too? Any good CF who can also produce offensively is not going to be blocked. The question is whether there was a good field no hit guy available.

I dont follow the minor leagues enough to know which players are ready or even available. All I'm saying is it shouldn't be that hard to replace these 3 guys who fill in at CF. Are you happy with their production?

Could he hit .180? That would be an upgrade over Perez. These 3 guys are total black holes this season;

No, come on, I’m being serious. You know MTF, we do this kind of thing all the time, where we propose trades. We all do it, so join the fun. Who are the blocked center fielders you see out there we could have gotten, and who could we have traded to get them? None of us have insider information but we still take a swing at it. You clearly feel very strongly about it so you must have some idea?