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as I'm not a legal expert, the bit about the punitive damages not being subject to bankruptcy is the good news I needed today.

the one thing I don't quite understand about this game is why I'm still watching it.

Tampa Bay Rays (56-49) at Detroit Tigers (42-65)

The rebuild is... OVER!!!!

BBBBBryan Garcia

I'm just talking about 2022 and 1984 (since the theme of the weekend is Lou Whitaker). I am not attempting to dampen your optimism about the fantastic re-build in any way.

meanwhile - at the game. On gameday I saw a HR go up for TB leading off the 2nd but now it's a K. Good edit.

Skubal in long relief?

Jeimer! 1-0

He's been in the organization for years without anyone noticing.

i thought illitch was mad DD was rumored to be talking to the red sox?

What an awful exercise of futility. Are you still in Tennessee? Go get some fresh air. Do not feed the bears.

Aside from the splitter Mize was also thought to have a plus FB as well due to the movement and command. Here's a snippet I found pre draft from bless you boys about the FB with quotes from Law and Sickels. "Mize’s fastball is no slouch, though. According to Sickels, Mize has sat between 93-95 miles per hour with the fastball this season, topping out at 96 mph. “The pitch has above-average movement yet he commands it well, which is almost unfair...” added Sickels. MLB Pipeline also graded it as a plus offering, in part thanks to “exceptional” command of the pitch. Law echoed these sentiments, giving Mize’s fastball a plus grade. Mize pounds the lower half of the strike zone with the fastball, leading to plenty of ground balls. Said Law, “Between the fastball and splitter [Mize] could probably go entire games without giving up a fly ball on nights in which he has better command.”

There is absolutely no one here who ever WANTED him to play next year. We were just saying that that was the most likely outcome and that there was nothing that anyone could do to force him out. And that is still 100% correct.

Hoping Turnbull and Erod add to the 2023 staff, plus some of the others currently injured ones are not lost long term.

I wanted Stafford to go and win a Super Bowl to prove all the haters wrong. He did it. My grieving process is over. It's time to move on and what's best for the Lions is for the Rams to lose as many games as possible.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/34348525/los-angeles-rams-coach-sean-mcvay-says-matthew-stafford-elbow-pain-abnormal-quarterback Now that Staff has his ring I wouldn't be heartbroken if he misses time or is ineffective this year and the Rams lose bc of it.

just give him a literal GIANT CHECK for $40M; stretching it out might give Chris too many BS excuses over the next few years to not do something

As for Miggy, maybe the Tigers can structure a Bobby Bonilla-type payout: instead of paying him $32 million next year, maybe they start paying him, I don’t know, let’s say, $5 million a year from 2028-2050. Something like that. That frees up payroll from the next few years, then the Tigers can pay him out of the pile of money they’ll have from all the championships they win. 😏

I will be making my last pilgramage of the season to Detroit today to find @IdahoBert's six runs.

I said it in the game thread regarding Cabrera's knee and the games off that he will get while remaining on the active roster and I'll repeat it here: Why not just put Cabrera on the IL? His only purpose is to hit and he doesn't do that well enough to hold a roster spot for him if he's physically unavailable. I understand there aren't many bats on the 40 to call up to replace him, but they're limiting their bench opportunities. This is a chance to bring someone up and give them a look to determine if they're worthy of consideration for 2023. Its completely asinine and irresponsible roster management.

Why not just put Cabrera on the IL? His only purpose is to hit and he doesn't do that well enough to hold a roster spot for him if he's physically unavailable. I understand there aren't many bats on the 40 to call up to replace him, but they're limiting their bench opportunities. This is a chance to bring someone up and give them a look to determine if they're worthy of consideration for 2023. Its completely asinine and irresponsible roster management.

But Time magazine rated it as one of the best cities in the WORLD. The WORLD, man, The WORLD !

That first outing of his was legendary... cannot remember seeing such a disastrous outing end in 0 earned runs lol

chris. illitch firing people is hard. saying the rebuild is over is easy.

I wonder if they’ve considered trying CastroW at SS?

I generally consider a lot of talk to be a negative, but his talk is so insightful that I consider it a positive.

Big deal—I want to know what his record was in “Pick the Stick”

As a non-attorney I would highly recommend just ignoring it. That always works well.

Again... Riley Greene is a ROOKIE. And you're trying to compare him to the 1984 Tigers. So answer me this: Who amongst these Tigers was a rookie in 1984? Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, Dave Rozema, Dan Petry, Lou Whitaker, Kirk Gibson, Darrell Evans, Lance Parrish, Howard Johnson, Tom Brookens, Willie Hernandez, Chet Lemon, or Aurelio Lopez?

Deplorable.

7 wonderful years!!