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Regardless of what Langford does, I’m on board with the Clark pick (I was not at the time). He’s a better fit in Comerica and should be more well-rounded. Looks like a legit leadoff guy, which we’ve lacked for a long time.

I imagine they lost some fans when they traded Verlander. If nobody knows Skubal, it is because nobody is going to games since they are are a losing organization.

And item 1 is not? 😏

Just like Sinclair Lewis wrote....

He makes it up—way to call him out!

But he doesn't look like he is, and that's the whole ball of wax, isn't it? You can rant and rave at voters on this point all you want, but they're still gonna vote based on it, so rather than shaming them for feeling it, the age/health thing has to be positioned in some way as being a non-issue, which most would agree is a tall, tall order.

Speak for yourself, asshole ...

haha that's awesome. Welcome, btw. I get the impression you're on the conservative side of stuff and we tend to run conservatives off so hope you stay and fight about politics with us. We're not very nice all the time though Also my experience is that a copy and paste into the textbox on the site retains the source formatting. For headlines it's actually kinda cool.

Don't go chasing pop flies. Stick to the comebackers and bunts that you're used to.

The reason why I don’t like AOC. She’s 100% theater and 0% substance.

Expand the court.

Well you have said that there is no way Skubal is going to resign with us cause of how bad we suck so in that case why wouldn't you trade him for prospects?

There's a real fan for you!

Keying in a bit on your item #3, the return for Jack Flaherty is now going to be a lot less than we were hoping a couple weeks ago it would be, so we might be in qualifying offer territory now.

We can't have nice things.

I'm enjoying Dan Petry in the booth and Andy Dirks at the desk.

It might be more common than you think. My reason for saying that is during either COVID or a work stoppage it was mentioned that Ken Daniels, play by play guy for the red wings was an independent contractor. I could see it being easier for all involved. “Here, you get $2500 a day when working for us. You figure out the taxes. Payable to CM LLC”. Especially in a situation like sports where you have multiple jurisdictions and counties involved. I don’t think his on air performance had anything to do with their decision. Once you see those allegations surface you cut bait as fast as you can. And that’s one reason you to the independent route. Far less employment rules.

Items 2 and 3 are bad news:

HAHA it was more of a dig on you homie! You like to post pics of RW women and talk about how much work they have had bla blah. Just ribbing my friend.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=2024-07-01&sportId=14 You can change the date but you always have to select Single A games because it defaults to MLB. Also not all parks have it so it is hit and miss. Also please forgive my terrible paint job.

As we have seen “It sure CAN happen here”.

One guy an ace, another a 4/5 type starter. That is pretty good yield, as you suggest.

She looks like the responsible person in government who decided to leave the top job when she knew it might be an issue. RBG we are looking in the direction of your ghost which should haunt the halls of the Supreme Court because you didn't leave this mortal coil with your work finished.

They would have replaced our top trio of Norris, Boyd, and Fullmer.

This is all fine and dandy with me, but this is about the general voting public. The median voter. Winning this election isn't you and me, it's about putting the best foot forward for those voters (along with keeping the base motivated). And on this front, this has been a losing campaign to date in my view. Something needs to change... Whether it's through Biden quelling these fears or stepping aside and letting Harris take the baton

Two years ago our ‘Big Three’ were going to be Mize, Manning, and Skubal. Manning is indeed a distant memory. Mize hasn’t lived up to the hype that preceded him for one reason or another. Skubal is a stud. I guess that’s considered a successful yield with today’s starters.

Could easily be a 20/40 guy in the bigs. Hate to make comparisons like this, but his potential reminds me of a slightly smaller, less powerful Mike Trout. No pressure, kid 🤣

this lost season might be the best time to convert Holton to a starter.

Not too strong. The enabling acts were just codified.

Would that considered to be an "official" act. Just asking for a friend.

They actually in their own words in oral arguments, disregarded the facts of specific case and claimed they were making a rule for the ages. I'll take their word for it.

Well to be fair the moron's you list don't have exclusivity on this playbook, it is found in the right and the left.

Franyerber!

I think I would have come out with Barrett on this. There has to be some amount of immunity, lest Trump's DOJ prosecute Obama's drone strikes after Obama's DOJ prosecuted Bush's bungling of the global economy (and his War on Iraq, amongst other things overseas), but "properly conceived, the President’s constitutional protection from prosecution is narrow," and there was no need to go back down to the District Court on these specific charges, because the facial allegations in the indictment alone are clearly so far removed from the realm of official conduct. Ultimately though, as a matter of evidence for trial, I don't think you can avoid doing a piecemeal formulation of what is official and what isn't, which is getting to what SkyBlue is saying.

This is some Kellyanne Conway level of nonsense.

I think Seattle and Philadelphia and Atlanta and maybe very few other teams are willing to move big time prospects. But most teams just won't do it.

Was it ever believed that Presidents didn't have immunity for official acts? That's where I keep getting hung up... like you can't prosecute W because of the Iraq War, you can't prosecute Obama for Drone Strikes. You can't prosecute Clinton for hitting the wrong targets when going after Bin Laden.

Pipeline updated their ranking today. Clark 10, Jobe 11, Jung 42 and McGonigle 65.

whether its true or not monroe will be let go. there are plenty of people to do his job without the drama.

yeah, that was the dumbest move ever. How could anyone think that was a good idea?

Probably more like a 100 million. It is a bigger industry than all the professional sports put together. Or so I'm told. 😀

Today was a day that initially left me feeling dismal….….…. ….. but then I remembered that Steve Bannon spends his first night in lockup this evening. So, there’s that.

I don’t get the love for Quentin Grimes. He’s a young player that probably has some value with a stronger established roster where he can be asked to play a complementary role around better players. I don’t see how he would excel with this Pistons team that would probably ask him to do way too much.

No one knows who Skubal is. Probably the most unheralded, low key superstar in Detroit sports. If the franchise could withstand trading Verlander, who everyone knew and loved, they’ll get over trading Skubal. Might take 48 hours, but it will happen.

Stood outside SCOTUS starting at 5am to get a front row ear to the opinions today. I think what will stick with me the longest is Roberts' saying "I wrote the opinion in Trump v. United States" and the deafening sound of a hundred people leaning up in their chairs, moving to a fresh notepad, and clicking their pens. FWIW, I don't think this is the affront to democracy that the dissent makes it out to be. What if Trump had directed the DOJ to prosecute Obama for conspiracy to commit murder on day one, on account of his drone strikes? There just has to be some level of criminal immunity provided to the commander in chief. The question at the end of the day will be how far the periphery of that presumptive immunity will go, which almost has to be anecdotal and case-by-case in nature, because (hopefully) so few Presidents are getting indicted and charged with crimes. At the end of the day, voters are who should be holding elected officials accountable for their official acts. That being said, if the Court comes back next term after a Biden victory in November and says "sorry, but a President inciting a violent mob and violating RICO in an attempt to overthrow an election is within that umbrella of an official act", then that's a different conversation, and the dissent will be right to be livid. I don't think they'll have the five votes to get that far though, especially when the political pressure of an election is removed.

More to the point, ten games in July will be against Cleveland and six will be against Minnesota. That's two-third of all games coming against division rivals above us in the standings. This stretch will determine whether we are buying or selling this deadline.