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I’m on vacation and promised myself I would disengage from anything for the week but… holy ****. I haven’t read any responses and glanced at twtitter. God bless Joe Biden for what he did for our country and let’s ****ing go Kamala! I’m all in.

I can't believe it, even if this is the right call. I do believe Biden has done a tremendous job the past 3.5 years.

There's been a lot of nasty stuff that went back and forth throughout all of this, but we need to recognize how excruciating this decision was. I think he made the right decision, but by no means was this easy. I am proud of him

I shed a tear for the great man he is. He deserved better. But, he's really showing his wear.

I hope Biden resigns, just so the Trump campaign has to burn a lot of funds on 48 merch after throwing out the 47 merch. That's the only reason.

Can we not rehash the whole Erod thing yet again? Nobody here actually knows what happened.

Yes, you’re right, I misposted, this will be Harris’s second deadline. He got Hao-Yu Lee for Michael Lorenzen. The jury is still out, but the prevailing opinion at the moment is that it was a good flip. I don’t think Eduardo was Harris’s fault. Eduardo, with his agent, pulled the rug out from under everyone at literally the last hour. That was very well-documented.

As long as the season is still playing out, Baez is going nowhere.

Based on nothing more than gut, I have a feeling Hao-Yu will be a starter on playoff teams for us and will be hailed as one of Harris's savviest moves.

Yes, of course we're supposed to trust Harris, because what's our alternative? Seems like the only real alternative is to quit following the Tigers. You're talking as though Harris has already failed us on multiple occasions as Avila did. In fact, you are strongly implying that Harris is Avila. If you're not willing to give Harris even one deadline chance, then how can you ever be satisfied with anything? I mean, I get the self-flagellating attraction of fatalism, but doesn't there have to be a limit to it at some point?

It helps that they aren't a cult that's centered around one guy...

If Trump wins will Harris certify? 🙂

If the Democrats really cared about unity they'd nominate Trump.

Biden made the right choice. It has been pretty obvious for a while that his communication skills have diminished to the point that he is no longer an effective campaigner and his disastrous debate sealed it. I feel like they were not going to win with him as the candidate. A new candidate might do even worse but they also might energize the voters and win the election. It's a chance that had to be taken.

Erod has yet to pitch this season for the Diamondbacks due to injury. Not saying he's not hurt or taking the sloooow road back. He burned bridges in Detroit and Boston it seems as both teams made zero effort to sign him back in free agency. Harris probably had a good trade with LA versus no/bad trades with a team not on Rod's no trade list and when Rod and his agent verbally agreed he did not expect a last minute "stick up" for more $$. I applaud him for not mentioning this afterwards or complaining to the press. He acted very professionally. It's unfortunate but not his fault. Remember the LA GM Friedman also thought it was a done deal.

Big part of it is likely that they have used four of Baddoo's five optional assignments. Given the temporary nature of this move (Meadows is probably back in the next week or so I'm guessing), you don't want to burn one for Baddoo. Also, it's been less than 10 days so you wouldn't be able to except for the fact that it is technically a corresponding move for Olson's IL placement.

Step One: Find a for profit company masquerading as an impartial data collector committed to democracy. Step Two: Tell them the result that you’d like to achieve. Step Three: Pay them lots of money Step Four: Release results to the media that are so rabid for clickbait they won’t bother to check or corroborate any of the polling.

From the story: About a month ago, Swanson took a trip to Detroit to pitch in front of the Tigers’ front office. It was the only team he had time to show his talents to, and immediately made an impression. “They’re excited to get me," he said. "They paid good money for me. I feel they got the steal of the draft.” Well, at least somebody thinks so, anyway!

And honestly we saw what it was like without him. Not a super fun time having Kriedler and McKinstry as your SS. Now if we could pull someone like Nacho Alvarez from Atlanta to fill in that SS hole for next year that would be great.

I mean Harris has already turned Gregory Soto into Matt Vierling who while not being a star has shown the ability to be a league average bat who can play adequate enough defense and be an everyday player. Also turned half a season of Lorenzen into Hao-Yu Lee who has been one of our more exciting prospects.

Saw a guy driving down 94 and he had a bumper sticker that said TAXATION IS THEFT. --- As he drove down a paved road, under safe and sturdy overpasses, things paid for with fair dust, I guess.

I for one am exhausted with what I feel is the over emphasis of platooning. McStinky in left field and bringing up Captain Bligh just because their lefties feels like a reach. Neither have and now or future in their game. Just let Ibanez and Verling play. They have a future with us.

Why on God's green planet Earth is the SS Navagito playing CF for Toledo? Can we stop moving everyone around to play every GD position? Let the dude play short. 2 run error because he has no idea what he is doing. Let's have Tork catch, Dingler play SS, Jung play 1B....what are we doing? I get having lineup and defense flexibility but not everyone was born to play every single baseball position.

If Trump wins, I hope Biden runs again in 2028.

Good. Then Trump looks weak and scared.

Like she’d let him. 🤣

Part of the issue is that, because of the atmosphere in 2020, her greatest asset as a candidate (being a former prosecutor) was something she couldn't really deploy. Times have changed, for better or worse. I do think she can use her whole biography a lot easier in 2024.

I think she couldn't pick a lane. She wanted to appeal to the Bernie Bros and attacked Obama and that proved to be a bad idea.

Obama was inspiring, but I think he was hurt by his inexperience especially in working with Congress. In retrospect, Biden should have been President from 2009-2016 and Obama from 2017-2024.

He won't have that problem when they move him back to 3rd.......

Tim's right on this... They likely had a bunch of stuff in the can for his nomination, now they have to start from square one. Obviously the challenges are bigger for the Dems, but this comes with some challenges for Trump's campaign too

Jimmy Carter only served one term. Still eligible.

Lol....no worries. One of them is on my ignore list now. I don't tolerate personal attacks. I can have a rational discussion with anyone who wants to express an opinion. Even if I don't agree with it. 😄

Not true. It's all over reporting from the time, both local and national. And Harris did take responsibility. That too is in the reporting of the time. Eduardo simply flaked out and blocked the trade, and he was able to block the trade because Al Avila, not Scott Harris, gave Eduardo a no-trade clause. So when Eduardo flaked out, Harris's hands were tied. It looks for all the world like Eduardo never really wanted the trade, intended to go to the market in the offseason anyway, and just wanted to give the Tigers a big middle finger by stringing us along on the way out. I have no idea whether that's what happened, but hey, it's as good a hypothesis as any. And look, it worked: he got more money from another team than he would have had he approved the trade. Sometimes "evil" wins. If as you say Eduardo is a player is an airhead who can't be trusted to keep his word, then thank god he's gone. I know you would have liked to buy out his opt-out clause and keep him here, but thank god he is gone.

This one stinks. His emergence after arriving to the organization has been fun. His quiet demeanor compared to Skubal’s fiery mound presence is a bit of a wrinkle, too. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious and it’s just a short term issue. I think a rotation beginning with those two and Mize is a pretty good start. Montero could work his way in there, too. Get another SP project for Fetter/Nieves to work with. Jobe lurking and Gipson-Long recovering in Toledo. They’ll need to find some younger AAAA arms with possibility yet to stuff in Toledo. As we’ve seen recently, there’s not ever enough pitching.

Trump wants everyone to think he was shot when we was actually hit by glass.

and 3rd R pitcher from SD and 6th R SS from C-Irvine signed; no word on $

Isaiah Williams.

Ray Lane's call of the 2nd of Northrup's grand slams that day. 6th inning. northrup's 2nd grand slam - june 24 1968.mp3

And Andy Ibanez. Harris hasn’t been perfect. But no GM has been perfect over the last two seasons.

Also picking up Holton on waivers.

The 25th is the remedy for sure, but that solution evokes a lack of stability. I think there is legit concern from someabout voting for someone who cannot make it thru the term. Even if the remedy exists.

I personally like to learn about different religions and/or beliefs, and have had interesting discussions with people who are in the Boston area here for their mission work. If they want to pass laws requiring me to follow their religious beliefs and practices-that is when I object.

Can anyone help me get a replacement bracelet ? In the past 14 years I have worn one completely out, the other just snapped yesterday. Thanks, G.Reaper