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Simple. It's okay when a man does it. In fact, it means that he's unselfish and frees him up to serve his constituents without the distraction of a wife and children.

The job is in Bates hands. I hope he can master it.

Colt Keith is signed through 2032. I think they will find a spot for him.

One thing I always respected about DD was that when he was trading for premium proven talent he flat out said he wasn't trying to "win" the trade, he knew he was getting a proven commodity so in turn had to give up the best guys he had to get them even if it meant looking foolish in the long run. He didn't say to Miami "well you can have your pick of 5 of our guys but Maybin and/or Miller are off limits", no he gave them both. Same with Anibal Sanchez, it wasn't a "no you can't have our top prospect in Jacob Turner.." instead he gave it to them. With the Red Sox it was the same thing, he gave them Moncada who some had as the number 1 overall prospect along with Kopech who was the arguably the best pitching prospect as well for the proven guy in Sale. He accepted that to get the proven stud you had to make sacrifices even if you may "overpay" with prospects. And guess what? He won multiple division/pennants and World Series by going with this approach. It's a shame that more GM's aren't like this anymore. Furthermore I earlier mentioned about the "settling" part or taking prospects that other teams feel are expendable for them. That's what Avila did with JV, the Astros didn't want to give up Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez or Forrest Whitley so he settled for the guys they were willing to and it burned us. Same with the Cespedes trade, the Mets weren't willing to budge on Zach Wheeler so we settled for Fulmer, I don't want another repeat of that now that we have more leverage. Make the other team "overpay" with prospects and give up guys they don't want to, don't settle for the players that may be great prospects but have question marks hence them trying to force you to take them. Like DD always did and said(to paraphrase) "If you're getting premium talent you have to give up premium talent that you otherwise wouldn't want to get rid of."

Balk off?

Max Clark 3-5, with a game tying, 2 RBI triple in the bottom of the ninth with two outs.

I had the pleasure (?) of knowing several 'Bernie Bros' in 2016, and they seemed more interested in getting 'revenge' (for what I don't know) against Clinton than in defeating Drumpf. There was even one coworker who pointedly said that as a white man, he 'didn't have to worry about anything anyway.' As for Sanders, if he wants Harris to win, wouldn't it be more productive for HIM to speak forcefully about how much better she will be for the working class, and everything that the Biden administration has been working on for almost 4 years?

Mitt Romney is another example - I've said some charitable things lately about him, but he had to shapeshift *a lot* during that 2012 Election to appease the more extreme views of the GOP. It just goes with the territory. I think the bolded is what makes today a lot different. "Evolving" or "flip flopping" has always been a feature of this game, but the degree to which ambitious pols (particularly in today's GOP) will entirely change their persona in the pursuit of power and the degree to which it is just sorta priced in (ie. "that's just politics") is really breathtaking to me. Aside from JD Vance, the other one I'd put in this category is Elise Stefanik.... after the heel turn she made, in a logical world, she would never be taken seriously or believed ever again. But it's not a logical world, is it?

I guess somebody could try to explain to him that some people want to try to leave the world a little bit better-not because they expect to get something out of it, but because they have empathy and kind hearts. Then again, I suspect that whole concept is foreign to him.

Because a woman’s purpose is to have kids and be servile to the man. Lindsay and Tim go go avout and have kids any time.

from Trade Rumors article (I assume it is correct) Pending the revelation of the PTBNL (who cannot be on Seattle’s 40-man roster or one of this year’s draftees), it’s a future-oriented package for Tampa Bay.

Why all the focus on women?

That is already the case between claiming dependents and child tax credits.

I don't have kids, so I guess I don't get to vote. **** off, JD.

he's starting to do a pretty nice job on the DP turns as well. Not sure what he thought he was doing on the that last fly ball to RF though......

while I understand what you’re saying, we did the same thing when Hillary Clinton ran for president. She got called Hillary. When Donald Trump wants to insult Nancy Pelosi, he doesn’t call her Pelosi, he calls her Nancy. i’m just saying that as a woman, I am noticing it much more than I did even 5-10 years ago. While it’s never maybe by most people meant intentionally as a disrespectful thing to call the senato, or the Congresswoman, the presidential candidate by their first name, nonetheless, it does, make an unconscious impact. I hope no one here is taking my meaning wrong, I am no way looking to say that anyone here is disrespectful in calling her Kamala. I’ve only just more recently been making myself more conscious about not referring to her by her first name.

Good news. Carpenter getting close to a rehab assignment.

Well, I guess I should pay better attention to what the hell is going on. I blame society. I blame society for my inability to pay attention to obvious facts.

The game is in Detroit Bertalicious.

Or they just won't pay their original writers what they are demanding to stay on and end up with the 2nd string doing their scripts.....

This screams Shapiro, Cooper or Walz to me... But could be a diversion, who knows

Kudos for using Drumpf - the old family name. 👍🏻

Frankly, I think you’d have a difficult time of it if you tried.

I remember watching the movie, being bored out of my mind, and asking myself who the hell directed this mess, Ron Howard or Clint Howard?

empa- what?

*Ducks*

If I see what someone else said and I agree or like it or otherwise want to share the comment then common courtesy is to share it directly rather than either pretend I came up with it or point out “this person said this…”. And by providing the link a person can click on it and view it directly.

Thanks, saw that a bit ago. I had posted a Mullins for Seranthony trade, so this is close. I can assure you this is a precursor to a bigger trade.

Might as well crush the Twinkies.

I would also add that while the threat posed by a potential Trump/Vance presidency are real, the Harris campaign and other Dems need to balance those stakes with the need to project both a more positive image and an image of being "happy warriors" in this fight. Because this will draw a distinct contrast between the dark vision that Trump/Vance is putting forward. Engage in the serious stuff, but don't lose your humanity in the process.

particularly when they ban IVF because it wasn't in the Old Testament.

Not premium talent, quality players!

Good point, but also, this:

It's amazing to think that... I mean the starting rotation was supposed to be out major strength with lots of depth! We sent a guy to triple-A who could easily have been a starter in lot of teams rotations. Now we're struggling to field 3 guys.

Again, his comments framing higher tax rates as "punishment" for childless families is kinda the issue here IMO. Just no political sense whatsoever.

#CJK5H #RememberTheFive #JDVFAC

That's going to seriously complicate trading for him. He wants an extension because he's worried about his health.... Hmmmm... So what's already barking, right now, I wonder...?

Final note on this completed 4 game series; Colt Keith started and play all 4 games without striking out a single time. Pretty impressive. He's fitting into the 2 hole pretty nicely.

Wouldn't be surprised if he gets called up soon.

Must have been pesky google maps.

my own guess is that in general, the reason you aren't seeing the bigger reaction you would like is that TPTB think the best thing to do is not give these people any media oxygen, since that is what they most thrive on.

They really need to stop referring to her by her first name. Extremely disrespectful and rude. And, of course, deliberate.

I do think it’s fairer to say that we can expect Skubal to continue breathing fire every fifth day through the end of the year and then into November, while still saying whether Holliday and Basallo will rake in the majors is still speculative. Burnes has been better than Skubal over the past seven years. That’s a fact. No dispute here. What I am saying is that Skubal is better in 2024, on practically every relevant metric, and that’s also a fact. (Sorry, I couldn’t isolate just those two on iOS screenshot.) Please note that I am not saying that Skubal is the greatest pitcher in history of the world and that Burnes is complete dog shït. Definitely not. They would, without no doubt, be 1-2 in your playoff rotation. I’m just asserting that Skubal would be that #1, and with 15 pitchers in between them on the list above, that it’s not particularly close. Now, in 2018 or 2021, Skubal’s not better. Burnes is. But then, you’re not trying to win in 2018 or 2021. As for the injury thing—you’re right, and he does have 123 innings already on his wing this year, so that would be a legitimate reason to not do the deal, and that’s fine. There is no imperative here to liquidate Skubal. We’d be right chuffed to hang onto him and have him open for us in Los Angeles next March. But injury is a risk with any pitcher you pick up, and I’m not necessarily sold that Skubal is an abnormally higher injury risk than your other options, even with two surgeries on the elbow. But every trade harbors that risk, so caveat to the emptor. But if I am right—if Skubal continues to mow down everyone crossing his path for the next three months—you might sorry to see him to land on one of the teams that runs the O’s out of the tournament. And that’s the risk of not trading for him. All this said: I still put the odds of Skubal going anywhere at something less than 10%, because getting rid of what casual fans have heard is the best pitcher in the league pitching for our team in exchange for a bunch of guys they’ve never heard might be enough to drive those casual fans away from the Tigers for a long, long time. Go Lions!

I don’t think trying to get a close or even trade value through a computer model is the goal here. Skubal is a known quantity and value right now. Everyone else is a projected value. I want more in return of projected value than what Skubal is physically giving right now. All it takes is for one of those prospects to get hurt badly or flame out for it to be a massive W for the Orioles. We have to get a good sized perceived value advantage in order to do the deal.