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From the Senate Judiciary Committee on the investigation into attempts to overturn the election

I now like Juan Soto even more now, your seasons over but you still get front row tickets to a rivals ballpark just to support a former teammate. Bonus points for wearing his old jersey too!

My wife Mary (27th anniversary was a couple of weeks ago) has breast cancer. She found out she had it on the same day she found out that I likely gave her Covid, in late April. She was detected early, thank god, but it took 2 surgeries for them to get rid of the cancer, and now she is going through chemo. She's now more than halfway done with the chemo, so she's rounding 2nd base in a way. We are holding up well. It's been a big help having my son home during this trying time. We appreciate any thoughts and prayers. Thank you.

Tip toppidity trolling. Gotta hand it to him.

They might have tried to cut their budget but never have they wanted to defund and eliminate police.

Lebron and AD don't bother me at all. But the rest of the team is getting gross. And reminds me of the 2004 Lakers...

It’s worth noting that the Supreme Court upheld right of the states to require vaccines in times of pandemic in Jacobson v Massachusetts in 1905: The liberty secured by the Constitution of the United States does not import an absolute right in each person to be at all times, and in all circumstances, wholly freed from restraint, nor is it an element in such liberty that one person, or a minority of persons residing in any community and enjoying the benefits of its local government, should have power to dominate the majority when supported in their action by the authority of the State. It is within the police power of a State to enact a compulsory vaccination law, and it is for the legislature, and not for the courts, to determine in the first instance whether vaccination is or is not the best mode for the prevention of smallpox and the protection of the public health. There being obvious reasons for such exception, the fact that children, under certain circumstances, are excepted from the operation of the law does not deny the equal protection of the laws to adults if the statute is applicable equally to all adults in like condition. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/

Gross. Just gross. Can we get a 76'ers-Suns final in 2022 please?

Gross. Just gross. Can we get a Bucks-Jazz final in 2022 please?

The vaccine should absolutely not be mandated. Rules limiting what people that are unvaccinated can do in public places should be.

i want to see him get to the basket and challenge defenders. no more fading away at the bucket to avoid contact.

I've said this before and I mean it. If some fool decided to harass me, they get a one foot buffer, they step inside that one foot, I'm going to feel threatened and If I feel threatened I am going to react accordingly.

Classic mountain out of a molehill.

yes, but assumption is that he has found something that works and would want to stay. he made $1.5M* so makes sense to have him stick around for $3M. good for him if he can get more elsewhere. *Urena got $3.25M and Tehern $3M

With my wife being a nurse who works 3PM-3AM I end up watching alot of shows by myself. I finished Ozarks a while back but felt she would enjoy it so I watched it again with her. She really likes it and calls it one of her all time favs now. If you have not watched it (Still one season to be released) you should.

Is there a way to trade Peralta to Dombrowski in Philly for the next Eugenio Suarez?

Aducci is working on a treaty to give Toledo back to the state of Michigan

I just noticed the awkward "tiger beat" wording. I think this deserves this

An ignorant mans idea of a smart man, a poor mans idea of a rich man, a weak mans idea of a strong man.

Potential future Tiger Chris Taylor walks it off with a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 9th.

Chris Taylor walk off jack!

let's see willis perform against a top college team before we anoint him the next lamar jackson.

I'm cheering for the Dodgers because I like the defending champ sticking around as a target for other teams, and with 106 wins (16 more than STL) I want the regular season to mean something.

I guess I dont get why his comment was bad PR. As fans, we have talked over and over about the impact past contracts have had on payroll and how it impacts being able to make additions to the ballclub. I dont mind the fact that he's acknowledging that. And that a goal of his going forward is to avoid being put into a similar situation in the future. If anything, I appreciate his candor on that. Not making excuses for any bad decisions he has made as GM, but I understand where he is coming from with his comments and didn't have a negative view of them.

I just took Avila's comment to mean that he desires to build a roster that is successful and financially sustainable. Which, IMO, is a reflection of the constraints that, as a GM, he has had to live with as the Tigers have been working through past deals. However one feels about his abilities as a GM, no doubt, payroll constraints have probably been a source of frustration and haven't made the job any easier. I don't think it was meant as a deliberate shot at Mike I or DD or anyone else. Nor is it necessarily an excuse for how bad things got at points in the rebuild. But perhaps a window to a source of frustration for him over the past few years.

I'm the rare non Dodger fan rooting for the Dodgers tonight. I like Scherzer, I loathe the Cardinals, and I don't have the same level of dislike for the Dodgers as I do the Yanks or Sox

And no wonder the GOP does nothing similar

Btw I hate the bland look of the new court. I always hated courts that don't even paint the key. It just seems so amateurish.

I don't see it as a negative thing except for people in the business. Most fans won't even know he said it. Al isn't polished but if he's building a good team in the offices, which it seems now that he's doing.... then so be it. A good leader listens to his people. A good leader knows what he's good at and what he's not good at. From reading things about Dombrowksi it sounds like he was a lone wolf. Maybe Avila is content to share the spotlight and not get too big for his breeches. He doesn't need the President/CEO title. He's content to be the old fashioned general manager that rode the train with the newspaper boys.

Limb was under a lot of pressure with all the others on it...

Headline: Redwings cut bait on Codd

Ilitch's (sometimes crazy) spending was not the issue; the lack of success of drafting and developing was what brought it crashing down

I feel like that part of the south park movie where they realize they can swear...... it's about to get really interesting in here.

We have 10 affiliated minor league teams here. If a major league team landed here, Charlotte for instance, we would likely lose a couple of those teams, the Charlotte Knights for sure. I’m not the MLB fan I was years ago but that’s for another discussion. I enjoy minor league games as they are, for the most part, local. We’re one hour from Charlotte. From where we live I can see four different minor league teams within 90 minutes of here. Years ago there was a push to place a MLB team in the Triad area (Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point). Thankfully that never occurred. Currently all three of those towns have a professional baseball team, two are affiliated. High Point now has a professional team that plays in the Atlantic League.

Good to know things are going well. My wife caught her diagnosis very early. Lumpectomy found everything. Two years later still clean. The follow up drugs tend to knock her flat however.

Six year survivor here. It's rough on the patient, but very hard on the support person as well. Take good care of yourself, too.

was it though? Maybe Chris Ilitch understands more than any of us since it affects their personal wealth what the free spending his dad took part in did to their bottom line the last 7 years. Its possibly an indictment of Dombrowski and Mike Ilitch. Dombrowski was fired and Mike Ilitch is dead and the only ones who care about talking about that part of his legacy are the family. They might agree with Al in that regard.

I received a positive result on a PCR test yesterday, despite having gotten a negative rapid test the day prior and having been fully vaccinated as of early May. I have two foster children in the home right now. One of them I went and picked up from school last week because he was ill and the other got ill shortly after him. I was the third to get it and my symptoms have been milder than either of them, which makes sense since I was vaccinated and neither of them were. Just a runny nose and sore throat. They're both dealing with fatigue and a bit of a nasty cough. I think the first one got it from school (there isn't a mask to be seen for miles in Macomb area schools right now and I am getting daily exposure notification emails) and then gave it to us. I'm pretty sure one of them gave it to my (vaccinated) parents too, because they're complaining of similar symptoms now too. Both my parents are getting a test today.