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On some days, being 70 reminds one that a) growing older is not for sissies and b) growing older is a privilege reserved for the fortunate few.

But we might we wasting an elite pitching staff and a star turn with Riley Greene.

Jacobs Field - Cleveland, OH Game Time Forecast: 73 50% Rain Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: Bally Sports Detroit Starters: RHP Kenta Maeda LHP Logan Allen

I see them as a .500 team. Their pitching staff is as good as their hitting is bad. I was thinking at the beginning of the season that they could be a contender in a weak division, but so far it's not looking so weak.

Which all goes to the point the prosecution is trying to make, which is that they didn't want all of this to come out before the election.

Btw, let’s file this under the “of course we knew he wasn’t going to do that” category.. EDT Trump Appears To Be Ditching Son Barron’s Graduation For Minnesota Event

Yikes

Jim Adducci played a lot of positions.

Money and power is very attractive. As long as Gores gives the new president full autonomy, I don't see why it wouldn't be an at least somewhat attractive job for those two reasons mainly. Also, the Pistons have talent. Cade, Ivey, Ausar and Duren are all very talented but the question is how they fit together. They'll also have a high draft pick even though it's a bad draft and cap flexibility with no real anchor contracts tying them down so the new guy will have an opportunity to mold the roster as he sees fit, cap flexibility is a real big thing for executives that are looking to make big changes. It's certainly more attractive of a job than the one Weaver took on.

Not sure what you mean by nobody to spend it on They lost over 80% of their games. If a player was in another teams top 7 or 8 man rotation, they are better than most players on the Pistons roster. That means pretty much every free agent with a pulse is worth spending on for Detroit. What is wrong with out draft assets? We have all of our first round picks except maybe the one we have to send to NY. And as bad as Detroit is, there is a real chance that turns into two second round picks and we never lose a 1st. We will also be in the Flagg/Bailey mix next year, along with Dylan Harper who is another excellent prospect. Bad team with most of its first round picks = a great place for a talented GM. Bottom line, a competent GM/President would love to come here. Star player in place. Draft capital. Cap space. No bad contracts to unwind. Nothing to tear down. An almost blank slate. Owner who is more than willing to spend. Anyone with talent would love that.

Not gonna lie, I wouldn't mind seeing some prospects moved for legit MLB hitters about now. This pitching staff is good enough to contend for the AL crown, and it's being wasted on this moribund offense.

How much evidence do we need to say that AAA and spring training stats don't matter?

This reminds me of when my High School AP Government teacher allowed us to filibuster when talking Congress. Eventually 60% of the class got annoyed and voted for cloture.

I thought maybe we were giving the team the silent treatment.

That case was done as soon as Cannon was assigned to it.

draft lottery is tonight. the wings are slotted 15th. prediction: they somehow end up picking 20th.

Meadows fields and runs the bases so well, if he can be an average hitter, he will be very valuable for the Tigers.

exactly - it really doesn't matter if Daniels what says today is objectively true, all that matters to the case is whether she is accurately depicting what she would have said in 2016. As a practical matter any witness lying doesn't help the case of the side that presents them, but here the prosecution can still get a net positive spin if they can make the arg as given above work.

I will rent the private plane to take him to LA.

Let's say he had 100 PA and 40 K. We'll give him 10 BB and 3 HR. So that's 90 at bats, 18 hits (15 are not homers). That's 47 balls in play and a .319 BABIP which is very doable. It's also a .280 OBP which might not be tolerable on a contending team even with his defense.

The NBA needs to find a way to shorten the regular season and extend the playoffs.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/07/nyregion/trump-trial-hush-money-stormy-daniels Ms. Daniels has said they ate dinner in his room and talked, and he asked her about the porn business. [Trump] asked her to sign one of her movie DVDs, and said she reminded him of his daughter. Then, she says, he told her she should be on “The Apprentice,” his reality show. Ms. Daniels says she scoffed at the idea that a porn star could be on the show, but he insisted he could make it happen. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have said that they intend to argue that Mr. Trump’s interactions with Ms. Daniels concerned only her possible appearance on the show. After she went to the bathroom, Ms. Daniels has said, she emerged and found him on the bed, and they had sex.

We’re at a Durham Bulls ‘Education Day’ game this morning. Our old friend Eric Hasse will be catching for Nashville. (Milwaukee)

Competent people running your organization will always trump draft picks and/or cap space.

One thing I feel like has been lost in this rather sad thread is the reclamation of Joey Wentz. Here is his savant page. Obvious SSS but I would not be surprised to see him get some more leverage innings.

The strikeouts are fine if he has a .200 average.

SGL to the 60 is the obvious move. If another spot is needed, Brendan White had the yips.

I don't think this is about Baddoo... I think it's a 100% need for maximum position flexability. IMO.

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels will appear in court today per AP. I would think this will make today more exciting than yesterday.

Deactivate the game result notifications?

Cool we can sign some teams 8th guy to a cumbersome contract that eats up space and provides 4 more wins. All is solved! (there is nobody to spend it on, who you know, is good. There better? Yes lets run out to sign Tobias Harris he's the piece we're missing for a 3 seed and a shot of a championship.) Yes that would be a problem. Losing a first round pick and being unable to trade any because of it hanging there would be a lack of assets. The pistons have 15 picks in the foreseable future through 2030. The Wizards have 28. The Hornets 17. Trail Blazer 19. Spurs 35 etc. See the problem here? We have far less draft assets than other teams at the bottom. Those assets are used to add young players or package together to add an established player. We have less than other bad teams. So will other teams. And they will have assets to move around if they really want Flagg and miss out. We, don't, its all about ping pong balls and another year down the train, another year closer to cade leaving. This is just a rose-Pistons-everything-is-going-great way of looking at it. We don't have a star. Cade looks good, he's made zero all star teams or done anything meaningful. Seems on the upswing but can we call him a star? Daft capital...except not really. Cap space....wooo to add nobdoy! no bad contracts! cool that can actually be a bad thing for a team on teh rebuild where a cap floor is requried. Nothing to tear down! Woo that means no assets to replenish what you have. Owner willing to spend! Yes in a capped league that's great. I'm not saying everybody should say no. There are only 30 jobs out there. But, come on you can't call it attractive. Troy has driven it into the ground, so far that even the world's greatest GM is going to take years to just reach compentent let alone fighting for a playoff spot. It not a good opening because you're already coming in knowing your going to be saddled with losing and after three or four years of it, no matter where you start from, the seat starts getting hot.

From Charlie Campbell:

in the Winter of '27, Harris will be done assessing and will makes some a-ma-zing moves, just wait, it'll be awesome

I am not sure on giving a guy like him a long term deal. I was surprised he got the money he did so that shows what I know. I was never high on the guy. I think he fits in when he’s among talent but not a key guy. The Tigers were bent on tearing it down despite what they say.

OK...I'm gonna be needing some lottery numbers from you. 😆

Not sure people are familiar with the challenge system, but I think it is the solution. I also wonder if some of the recently promoted umpires got too dependent on it.

Torkeson covered the distance to get to it, but didn't come up with it on the dive - so sure, I say a guy with better hands could have made the stop.

If he bats third, it will be 3 fewer solo home runs😃

yeah - Pick wasn't wasted, early rounds of that draft have not produced much of anything - a couple of pitchers but the Tigers wanted a hitter.

"Add this item to your cart to view the price." How about you **** off. You could pay me $100 to take the item and I still wouldn't do business with you.

Chief always has to have the last word tho.

I am hoping for a ceasefire agreement to have both sides, Bombers and Pfife, not post anything in this thread for 48 hours. All those in favor?

omg. 😂. I laughed a bit at that. Wondering when my doctor is going to trip me up with that during my next visit. I am older than dirt. I have more senior moments than I’d like to admit. …. But my cat doesn’t seem to notice, so that’s good.