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Apropos of nothing, I would look at that handle and think, “nine and a third cats”.

I wouldn’t count that chicken yet. It was good to see vintage Swift, but I’m not sure that one solid performance at home against a team with a terrible defense that is 3-13 is indicative of sustained success. 7 carries for 31 yards against the Vikings the first time around, 5 carries for 6 yards against the Dolphins and 5 carries for 19 yards against the Bills all stick out to me. Those are three games where he was active, lost by a collective 11 points, any one of which could have been a win with a stronger and more consistent rushing attack.

I like how GM's seem to be judged by the masses. In the offseason, it is how much payroll you add. During the season when games are actually being played, it's for signing those minor league free agents that busted out, or player development turning that role 40 player into a 3-4 win player. And, more and more, having that starting rotation stay healthy.

He's only had two years of pro ball, and only half season above A ball, with a fairly high k rate, and he has done nothing (yet) to show he can stick at third. He would have to make monumental leaps this offseason to be ready for the bigs. Possible, but unlikely.

Most of these kids do not have anyone to show them the financial ropes. I was lucky and both my grandpa and father were into investing and I learned a lot from both of them. Not just markets, but saving, not using credit cards, keeping a good credit score, etc. Most of you seem financially literate. If you know a young person I would encourage you to take a few minutes and talk to them a bit about finances. Tell them how having bad credit costs you a lot of money in the long run. Don't use payday loans, don't buy cars from "We finance anyone" lots, don't finance phones or even buy a new phone ever 18 months. Get that six month emergency fund. If your employer matches 401k contributions, its free money risk free. If they don't have a 401k then tell them about IRA's. We started to offer a 401K in the last year. I found a 401K calculator online and entered some very conservative numbers. Starting at age 30 with $0 and retiring at 65, making $45,000 a year contributing 10% with 3% match and 6% return on average you will have over $900,000 when you retire. I put it into Excel and printed off 400 copies and passed them out to each employee. They were blown away at the amount of money they would have. When I go into work now I get more questions about finances than I do actual work. These kids are not dumb and they are definitely not lazy. Not everyone had a grandpa and/or dad to teach them these things. They want to learn and are willing to learn. Their elders (us) have just failed them miserably.

Totally agree on the costs of a home. Once people couldn't buy homes, they jacked the shit out of rent so you can't afford to rent either. And how many can/do save enough to come up with a down payment on a house? At least one that helps them afford it. When you have no savings, that loan isn't happening. The age of NINJA is over (thank goodness). If you follow the markets this topic (due to interest rates) is usually a hot and widely discussed topic - so I am not unaware of the problems. But I'm still bewildered to have watched people go out and buy an overpriced house with interest rates at all time lows and think they got some kind of a deal . People that bought a house in the last 2-3 years (maybe longer) are now underwater (adding on edit; unless they put enough down) with the current interest rates. Maybe that won't matter if they want to live there for years, but they are going to get hosed if they sell now, if they can sell at all.

i would be STUNNED if the seahawks lose at home to the rams. the rams have nothing to play for, its on the road, and the seahawks are a better team right now with all the rams' injuries. i give the rams a 10% chance to win at best. knowing the lions' luck, seattle will losr and then the lions will lose to the packers, giving us no playoffs and a worse draft pick because...its the lions.

fields isnt a very good passing qb if you havent noticed. he's great at making things happen with his legs, not his head.

This guy can hit! Maybe, he can change the Tigers offensive indentity. 😀 Or maybe the Mets, Yankees and Dodgers can stockpile more talent. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/kbos-kiwoom-heroes-to-post-lee-jung-hoo-after-2023-season.html

Did you mean Rookie of the Year or Republic of Korea? I'm uncertain here...

From the milennial perspective, a lot of us came of age and entered into the work force at a pretty Godawful time (ie. Between 2007-2012). Jobs were more scarce and, as far as leverage for positions go, there wasn't a lot, which I suspect is part of why Gen-Z does a little better in that poll, as employees do have more leverage now. I know from experience (anecdotal, but still) that the entry level position I hired into coming out in 2012 would have paid a decent amount more had I come out in 2018 or after as well. Just a lot more competition for fewer job openings back then... and it's not hard to see how the difference in entry-level salaries can have lasting consequences in terms of career earning potential. I'm sure these will be taken as excuses, not necessarily intended to be but more of an explanation of some of the legit stressors that exist for this cohort.

no running back at 6!!!!!! no no no no NO!

It's always been a big thing, but more so now. You can never ever have too much starting pitching!

When we read our New Year’s predictions from last year at dinner today I predicted that the Tigers would win at least 86 games in 2022. Out of my 12 predictions the only one I got right was predicting that Keith Richards would still be alive which is sort of like cheating because we all know he’s deathless.

I caught the 84Lives fever.

The Lions and Packers are both objectively superior to them at this point, yet they have 12 wins. I'm sure there are other examples, but they seem like one of the bigger high-seed frauds of the past decade at least.

i bet the tigers will lose more than 60 games next year...

2 rhetorical birds with 1 stone

I’m still trying to comprehend these teams scored 8 TD’s in 8:25 of game time in the 2nd half. Absolute madness! I can’t recall ever seeing something like that before.