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The WSJ's credibility when down the tubes when it became a Murdoch property. It's Fox news for the Lexus crowd.

youngest player at Erie, younger than Jobe; had injuries after trade; has found more power but without losing BB rate or an increase in K rate; and production appears not to be related to fluke BABIP; very encouraging; solid, at a minimum, Harris move

Greetings from beautiful Erie, Pennsylvania!

All IMHO, I have been saying for some time SHarris (and the current regime) have to start adding the right pieces yesterday. This 'core group' thing is just kicking the can down the road. All GMs have the job to not only identify what the team will look like now, but two years from now and further. Current Team: they have to be able to tell what players fit. They have been evaluating now for 1 1/2 yrs. It does not have to be conclusive, but a good idea should be there and if not - the wrong people are in charge. The other players then can be potentially dealt if better value can come back (in their eyes). Trades: Here is where some things can be done 'now'. They do not have to wait. Identify a player(s) they like and get one or two. You do not have to trade your top 4-5 prospects per say to get a player on a team that is young but his position is blocked (see LAD, Balt., etc.) and/or another MLB decent player who a team may wish to rid ex expiring contract, etc. IF we do not think Mize, Manning, Tork, Baddoo, etc. are not 'core' players then I bet there are teams out there willing to take some of these under their wing. I would like to see a value for value trade. Perhaps we see someone who we feel can help us out, who is in the same boat on another team - then we can use that phrase 'come here and get better' . Prove it. A good GM can identify and make trades. We need to find a Carlos Guillen, JD Martinez, Doug Fister, GSheffield, etc. type. Sure not all will work out, but some players have to be obtained this route... So far? Maybe Vierling, Lee, JHM. Yet, (a lot more versatile INF types who seemingly 'work the count': Kennedy, Maton, Rizzo, Skolak, Nevin, etc. have not worked). No it is not easy but a good GM can do this. Free agents: I do not think you can just say, 'OK we are pretty good right now and we need to add a player' then all of a sudden a particular player becomes a free agent. FAs are random. Just because we need 'X' does not mean 2-3 are ready for the taking - or that position is even strong in FA at that time. Besides other teams have interest AND Comerica is not a great sell for offensive type FAs (pay or not - the good ones can often choose). That is why trades are so important. Identify and go after. To me it does not seem this team is really interested any FA players to long term deals (maybe not even their own-yikes) - and I actually agree here probably 90% especially SPs. SHarris has a track record of short term deals. Incentive type deals. Ps that are the rebound (did this at SF as well). Sometimes this may work ex Rodon & Cobb ('22), Lorenzen ('23) and so far Flaherty ('24) and sometimes not Junis & Boyd ('22), Boyd ('23) and so far Maeda ('24 & '25). Its a crap shot and 50% is not bad really. Here the front office needs to identify and then have ownership's backing. AA got this far, then FA failures and injuries prevailed. IMHO, AA did not have anywhere close to the right development people for most of his GM tenure, then what little he did later was too late (ex AJ and Garko). SHarris seems to understand the FA aspect part of this. Drafting and development: This needs to take place and is number one with putting together a mid to small market team. I/we hope this has and is getting better... My point is once again, acquiring good players needs to take place. Not all will be through drafting and development and certainly SHarris is not a big FA type GM (and maybe for good reason). Good players can be added through trades. Some of it is luck and the most under rated aspect is injuries. They are always there, hence depth, especially with pitching, is a must. My Humble Conclusion: I would like to see SHarris (JGreenberg and this group) find some 'gold nuggets' with a couple of trades. My biggest point is there is no need to wait here. This can happen at any time. Find the players. If he cannot do this - then he/his group is only going to be 'holding up the bridge' for the next regime - who will want 'time' to rebuild and give us their rendition of 'the plan'. ; ) Go Tigs!

Why is Vladdie not there? Oh, right he’s a genocidal monster!

So at the dinner-dance after our daughter's high school grad the other day they played Don't Stop Believin' and even Vancouver teens like to sing the South Detroit part. 16 years to the day since the Wings' won their last Cup, in '08. When my daughter had just turned 2. Bookends. I'm a sappy ol' dad ...

I have no problem how the Lions handled Sutton situation. I forget sometimes that we have a female owner and may look at these situations with zero tolerance and I am good with that as well.

Am I crazy or are they .500 in an era where 85 wins gets you into the playoffs?

Eisenhower had two speeches ready for the aftermath of the DDay invasion. One if it was successful, the other if it failed. This is leadership, taking responsibility. Also related, Bedford, Va a mall town between Roanoke and Lynchburg, had the largest per capita of men killed during the invasion. 38 men from the town served in Company A, 20 were killed. There is a monument to those who served there. It's been a few years and too many trips along RT 460, I need to stop on my next visit to the Valley https://www.stripes.com/special-reports/featured/d-day/2024-06-02/bedford-boys-dday-wwii-virginia-army-normandy-14056070.html#:~:text=Thirty-eight men from the small town of Bedford%2C Va,20 were killed in action.

Just rewatched. It kickstarts all the feels.

I've been wondering whether Baseball self-reported this particular incident by design because they want to characterize players betting on baseball as marginal nobodies who don't even know how to do it right, and who are not good players anyway, which certainly means they could never influence a game or a play in the service of a bet. That way, gambling seems less threatening to the integrity of the game, and Baseball gets to protect their uber-lucrative association with gambling interests. I mean, really, just look at the way we're all making fun of it. Jesus, what a doofus! He can't even break the damn rule right! What we don't know, and could probably never know, is that they may also have discovered multiple All Stars with high merchandise sales attached to their names betting on games in which they have a duty to perform, and there is exactly zero chance of our ever hearing anything like that unless it's somehow leaked to the press. I'm not saying Baseball for sure did this, and I'm not even saying that I believe they did. What I am saying is that if they ever did it, we'd never know it, because they would bury it fast and deep to protect the enterprise. Tell me why I'm wrong.

Scott Harris is known to rush up prospects to save a mediocre team :).

I was noting to some vet buddies of mine that about half an hour to an hour ago (my son is in Germany right now and we talked to him around midnight) 80 years ago, the Pegasus Bridge glider landings took place at the Caen canal and the 101st, 82nd and 6th(British) Abn divisions were in the air and enroute. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

With tyranny on the march **** the fascists

Globe Life Field - Arlington, TX Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: Bally Sports Det Starters: RHP Kenta Maeda RHP Jose Urena

Matt Vierling on Have a Seat https://youtu.be/DueaVKE4Tfk?si=SNQIiOUxHEtQIvFu

And still he’s pissed.

Exactly. Next time I’m asked in a job interview to tell about a time I faced adversity, I’ll bring up the time I threw my partner out a window. /s

Bannon going to jail July 1 for four months. Will the BOP let him wear 3 shirts?

I remember when the Tigers were so good that we had off-day threads just to keep us all going for a day. Ahhh....the good old days!

"Virginians deserve the freedom to choose" that doesn't apply to all things according to Younkin.

Will he move to El Salvador sooner than later?

They are decent enough now where they can try to win, but not good enough where they should trade away top prospects for short-term solutions. So, I think it makes sense to make more acquisitions like Canha who can give the team more offense without losing young talent or making long-term committments. If they are still within a couple of wins of the wildcard near the deadline, then I don't want them flipping good players for prospects.

I think yes... unless the return makes the major league team better. I don't think he's going to be flipping guys for prospects anymore. No more Daz Camerons.

Since the Steelers were able to find Sutton, they should be free to sign him.

Those BAbips are really high.

Yes... this. Also... Harris wants to populate the minors with "his type" of player. Even if a guy never makes it to MLB... having rosters filled with players that "control the strike zone" per Harris's description... influences every player coming up through the Org, IMO.

This was also tight coverage by Davis.

Why does it need to be a rebuild? How about going out acquiring three legitimate bats and see if the lineup protection can help Greene and Keith (maybe Tork) improve as well as support Clark and McGonigle when they are ready. The draft is a bit of a crapshoot—I like the Dombrowski model where you improve through trades for more proven players.

if Conservatives wanted to cripple the progressives, by planting an awful, annoying, vapid idiot as one of the main faces of progressivism in the US, they would have grown Gray in a laboratory and unleashed her on the progressive movement. like any zealot, she is right about every issue, either 100% right or 110% right - just ask her!

That's all well and good. Neither is an effective option right now.

I loved his lineups, as we all did. There was something comforting knowing that a slender infielder would always bat second. I felt affirmed by his lineups. I felt “seen” because I could’ve put that lineup together.

172 pitches for the bullpen tonight. Good thing they have a couple off days coming up.

I can’t see anyone putting in a claim for Wentz with the current steak he’s on. He’s completely imploded giving up 16 ER in his last 6 outings.

Nice couple.

Artist's renderng of Chris McCoskey contemplating Sub-Replacement Level Ex-Tiger Jose Urena's start tonight:

check sarcasm meter

hes on the IL

Tic-tock...got out of the jam, but tic-tock

I don't care if Wentz gets bombed...in fact I would prefer that to these walks.

When is enough, enough for Wentz? Hes just not a major league pitcher.

We saw Hao-Yu Lee Jack a three-run bomb in the first.

Don’t know if this is real but it’s funny

I think the possible future at 1B is Colt Keith

Totally forgot Gardenhire was the manager here for a couple years.

Speaking of hard to fathom, try this on your imagination: my dad was twenty years old when he stepped into the Dachau situation. What were you doing when you were twenty? I don’t know you or your background, but I’m going to take a flyer on the answer “nothing even remotely close to this.” Me, I was ****ing around most of the time, which my dad’s service ensured that I would have the freedom to do if I so chose.

Three brothers. One already past draft age, one drafted into the Navy, one lied his way into the Marines at 17 to get away from home. The Patriarch was a shoe-maker and the eldest son had a business in custom orthopedic shoes. When each of his younger brothers went off to war he hand made them a leather wrapped handle assault style knife about the same size as the standard issue Navy MK-I. Youngest son disappeared into the PTO and never wrote home. At some point the Dept of the Navy informed the family that he had been wounded in action but they knew nothing beyond that. 2nd son posted to a ship also in the PTO and on one return to Pearl Harbor someone stops him and asks him where he got the unique knife he was wearing because he had just seen another just like it. And that is how my father found his wounded brother half way around the world in the middle of WWII. I still have both my father's MK-1 and the knife my uncle made him, and I'm sure my children will someday have no idea why there will be two old knives in a box at the estate sale.