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Remember when the House had the impeachment inquiry and they had a "whistleblower"? I mean... I'm sorry but if refuting false statements and faking fun of ridiculous opinions is "bullying" then I question the validity and strength of those opinions to begin with. The fact is the right wing as it existed 10 years ago no longer exists. It's been replaced by fringe elements with extremist views.

I’m heading over to the Orioles Hangout to bang out a deal. Wish me luck

I highly doubt ownership will be the deciding factor here but don't let that get in the way of a good ol' dead horse beating of Illitch being a bad owner.

Not a subscriber so I don't have any details but I saw on Facebook that Baseball Prospectus' updated their top 50 post draft and 4 Tigers made the list. Jobe at number 3, McGonigle at 20, Clark at 35 and Rainer at 50.

What a cool kid.

why is anyone wasting time on this guy?

Joe Biden is miles closer to center than Trump, not sure how thats not clear.

The thing is that there's a bunch of them that I vehemently disagree with who, on the whole, are institutionalists and are relatively trustworthy (ie. when they give their word on something legislatively, they follow through on it).... Cornyn, Thune, Moore Capito, others. There's upwards of 30 of these types in the chamber as we speak. But these generally are folks who came to Washington to actually legislate and get things done. They aren't the type that hunt down the cameras any chance they get. I don't have much use for the latter (really in either party if I'm being honest).... and Hawley is among that group.

It’s not just a US senator, it’s from someone who was in favor of overthrowing the government.

I've never seen a US Senator who sits on a ton of committees lie their arse off before sincerely, no one

Kiley's thoughts on our Draft Best value: Bryce Rainer, SS, No. 11 overall Where best player drafted ranks on team list: 4th (Rainer) Sleeper to watch: Ethan Schiefelbein, LHP (No. 72). I saw Schieflbein pitch a few times over the summer, but he had another gear when I saw him this spring at the NHSI tournament. He was toying with hitters, throwing a fastball 88 mph then the next one at 95 mph; I had to check my video to make sure these weren't different pitches. He threw four average or better pitches and showed plus control from a projectable 6-foot-2 frame. One big thought: The Tigers' new regime clearly still isn't scared of taking high school players with top picks, but it usually leans into safer sub-demographics within prep players -- for instance, last year's top picks of Max Clark and Kevin McGonigle: up-the-middle prep hitters with long track records of hitting, the ideal group of high school players. Rainer draws questions from some analytical types on his hit tool due to his mediocre summer and being old for the draft class, but scouts aren't worried. Schiefelbein gave me Zack Greinke vibes in terms of advanced pitchability in high school while Owen Hall and Zach Swanson fit into the riskier power righty demographic, but both have good breaking pitches.

Tigers play 12 straight days ending with a Wednesday off. What drunk wrote up this yrs sched?

Are we sure if that is a good or bad thing?.....

I don't think this is necessarily the case. To me prep vs college is more a matter of confidence in your evaluation skills, the depth of your scouting, and swinging for the fences than the time differential. It also dovetails with a management believing they can bring players further faster with their development people than players can progress in 2/3 yrs in the NCAA. Just the fact that in the minors you can push a guy up to keep him playing against his ceiling instead of having him basically waste a year outclassing his NCAA average competition has to be an advantage. Hitters especially don't learn much playing against bunches of pitchers then can hit 400 against.

It is beyond me how anyone can listen to any of this garbage. Be it Democrat or Republican, it’s all BS.

Trump is such a rambler. But he kept it mild and on his message. Did not trip over his words. Dems need to get their *hit together and beat him.

And I’m getting pretty damn annoyed. I’ve been wanting to watch my local news for an hour now. I need to know what the weather‘s gonna be like tomorrow and the road conditions, and if there were any more shark sightings down the Jersey shore. I also wanna know if the Mr. Softee ice cream truck has been handling the excessive heat or is this cream melting all over the cones. I need my local news. Enough of this convention bull****

He said he’s going to just get rid of it right away.

There's a golf term called a Fallwell. Pro golfers are usually paired in threes the first two rounds of the tournament. If two players have a great round, but the third is struggling and missing out on the fun, that is a Fallwell. On the other hand, if two players are struggling and one is having fun on his own, that is a Toobin.

I've watched a lot of Mayer. I think he's exceptionally overrated. He's a solid but not plus defender. He has a decent hit tool. He doesn't drive the baseball with any type authority. If the hit tool falters at all when he gets to the big leagues, he's barely an everyday player. I fail to see a carrying tool anywhere in the profile. I wouldn't push for him as a headliner in a deal.

Glad this game is on Apple TV. At least I get something out of this subscription which fortunately my son pays for. Today I watched the first three episodes of “Sunny” which is based in Kyoto, Japan and the sets annd shots are amazing. Rashida Jones plays a tough American expatriate whose Japanese husband dies under suspicious circumstances and is assigned a robot friend for companionship by his dark, secretive corporation. She hates robots and enjoys saying “eat a ****” to them. She’s really charming.

Not if he makes the announcement *before* the election. People would know exactly what they'd be voting for. It would be Biden's way of stepping aside while keeping complete control of his pledged delegates. It puts a younger person in the office with his program but kneecaps all the people trying to torpedo Biden without having a candidate or plan, which would make the convention into a disaster. Granted - a very, very long shot, but if I'm strategizing how to step aside without total chaos ensuing, that is the only way to do it. Any idea that the Convention would be some kind of unity love-fest or that someone would emerge in some kind of big consensus if it were thrown open is fantasy of the highest order.

Exactly this! You don't think wealthy Democrats want tax cuts too? Of course they do! Trump will give them that.

i expect cade to take a significant step forward this year.

I can’t help but notice governors, even the ones thrown around as replacements, still support Biden.

“Whistleblowers tell me”…. & Josh Hawley. Hmmm. lol. How much of that could actually be trustworthy as verifiable facts.

I actually don't know where Trump stands because I don't think he has any real beliefs. He is a populaist demagogue who loves attention and power.

Seriously, don't leave, I do enjoy having someone participate from the "other side". But please don't complain that we're attacking you. We're passionate about this stuff and have strong opinions, but at least from my side its not personal.

Five anonymous posters just messaged me and told me you are leaving the board by this weekend.

I mean if the price is right, pull the trigger. You don't turn down a king's ransom for Skubal out of some short sighted sense of pride. You also don't have any need to settle for a meh package because you need to trade him. He's got two more years of control.

I have messages from 5 posters that tell me they would like to post in here and debate but all you guys do is bully everyone that does not agree with the back patting gang. Look at how many jumped on me immedialty. AOC post something you bow down and say how right she is (for example). We wonder why you are a bullet away from a civil war. You say thats crazy but here we are on the brink. This is just a microcosm of that in our little forum.

No, we all didn’t come to the conclusion Biden is toast.

Slash released a blues/r&b album and collaborated with some big names. Top to bottom it’s phenomenal. This is from someone who can take or leave Slash. Killing Floor is the biggest surprise.

You draft talent, not timelines.

Edman and Mark would know better but Ive always been under the impression that most teams and in most instances teams just take who they feel is the bpa(except for money situations) and not based off of a specific timeline. There are exceptions like when DD drafted possible mlb ready relievers high that one draft but for the most part Im of the belief that things like big league needs or timelines aren't taken into consideration.

man this is boring like the lies aren't even fun either

This speech is really low energy...

I do love Wordle, though. 🙂

You can't advocate for theocrats and then claim you defend the constitution.

That was Jerry Falwell.

Another thing is if you are in a STEM major, you don't hear anything about cultural issues in most of your classes. You might take an elective where they talk about that, but you are only in that class to boost your GPA because your major courses are a lot harder! 😀

When people on the internet decide he isn't in the plans, he might as well just hang em up

If I’m the VP Marketing for Redfin Canada, I’m blowing my entire 2025 budget on TV ads during the Democratic convention.

I really hope this isn’t true because it’s a ****ing train wreck if it is.

Just a quick antidote from about 40 plus years ago. We lived in the shadow of Pat Robertson's CBN complex in Va Beach. I'm assuming now it's all part of the Regency University complex. We had a friend who went to work as a bookkeeper for CBN. One day the copying machine in one of the main offices stopped functioning. After a bit of hand wringing The staff gathered around the machine held hands and prayed. Karen walked up to the machine and gave it a quick kick. It started working. Miracles do happen

Five days from Butler and still no word from the Republican candidate's physician. The American people need to know how minor or serious his wound was, and what is his mental condition. Getting shot at and wounded could do some serious damage to a 78 year old's mental well being. https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/donald-trump-ear-injury-official-medical-report/

they are probably also beginning to look at limiting his innings where convenient.

I think the main thing is to remove the stigma of NOT going to college and pursuing trades or anything else. And college doesn't have to be expensive if you choose to do that. What I resent too is this idea that a kid at the age of 17-18 has to "figure it out". I took longer than 4 years because I didn't know what I wanted to do and refused to get sucked into some trap. Yes, I did **** around my first year in college but I went to a strict HS and the freedom got the best of me... oh well. I was 17/18. I don't apologize for it. A few friends would mock me as a slacker (The Tommy Boy joke about a lot of people going to college for 7 years, they're called doctors, was a common one) but I knew I had the rest of my ilfe ahead of me and now I am blessed to have a good paying job. I took some risks and did some low level work early on in my career but made the connections and that got me to where I am. I know people I graduated with who weren't as fortunate and wasted a lot of money. But hey.... they graduated from college in 4 years! I also think there's a misconception that everybody who goes to college is getting some stupid degree that's not relevant to finding a job. No. A lot of the student loan forgiveness is for people who took noble but low paying jobs because we collectively as a society decided those don't pay as well, but they are just as important as yours or mine. Value isn't always what the bottom line rewards, especially service type jobs. Social Workers... teachers.... that kind of thing. And some of these recipients were victims of predatory practices, like racking up tens of thousands of debt from a for profit university when they could have gotten the same certification from a community college for little to nothing, only to get a job as a nurses aid or medical assistant making $20 an hour. I have no issues with helping those people out. If the government is giving handouts away I'd rather it go to them than some millionaire or corporation.

maybe. maybe not. even with Javy's contract, they are $50 under the ML midpoint for payroll, so "we can't do anything big until Javy's contract is over" is pure nonsense; they can spend if they wanted to, with or without his $ on the ledger IF - and that's a huge IF - getting rid of Javy's contract would lead to more FA spending, then great, but it currently should not be stopping them