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Of all the evil things this administration has done, sending migrants who may or may not be gang members with zero due process here is among the most despicable. This is a mega prison in El Salvador where prisoners are beaten, starved, and killed. Not all of them are gang members. And here is this melted plastic hag dehumanizing them. Disgusting.

Here ya go;

Has anyone else complained that is stinks that the first series of the year is super late at night? Just wanted to get that off my chest because I'm sure no one else has complained yet.

Romad and Micro may be the only ones that get this one, but it is pure gold.

he has an OPS of 5!

That goes in the religion thread.

You are all welcome.

The game is on at the bowling alley!

Here's a look at former Tigers players who have made the Opening Day rosters for the other 29 teams in the league. Arizona leads the way with 4 former Tigers. P Gregory Soto (2019-2022) will pitch out of the Orioles bullpen. P Justin Wilson (2016-2017) appears to have made the Red Sox bullpen. P Mason Englert (2023-2024) breaks camp with the Rays. P Max Scherzer (2010-2014) continues his HOF career with the Blue Jays. INF Nick Maton (2023) has won a bench spot with the White Sox. UT Mark Canha (2024) appears to have made the cut with the Royals. P John Schreiber (2019-2020) will pitch out of the Royals bullpen. P Michael Lorenzen (2023) is a member of the Royals starting rotation. INF Willi Castro (2019-2022) follows up his first All-Star season with the Twins. INF Gio Urshela (2024) breaks camp with the Athletics. 3B Isaac Paredes (2020-2021) will be the Astros starting third baseman. OF Derek Hill (2020-2022) takes advantage of injuries to claim a spot in the Marlins outfield. P Reed Garrett (2019) begins his third season in the Mets bullpen. OF Nick Castellanos (2013-2019) is a mainstay of the Phillies outfield. UT Kody Clemens (2022) makes his first opening day roster with the Phillies. INF Jeimer Candelario (2017-2022) looks to rebound from injuries with the Reds. C Eric Haase (2020-2023) will be the Brewers backup backstop. P Tyler Alexander (2019-2023) has made the Brewers bullpen. P Elvin Rodriguez (2022) reappears in the majors with the Brewers. P Joey Wentz (2022-2024) rides a strong spring into the Pirates bullpen. 3B Eugenio Suarez (2014) continues slugging in the desert with the Diamondbacks. P Eduardo Rodriguez (2022-2023) begins his second season in the Diamondbacks starting rotation. P Joe Mantiply (2016) starts his sixth season in the Diamondbacks bullpen. P Shelby Miller (2024) lands with the Diamondbacks after being dumped by the Tigers late last season. INF Jose Iglesias (2013-2018) breaks camp with his 8th team - the Padres. P Robbie Ray (2014) continues his Tommy John recovery with the Giants. P Justin Verlander (2005-2017) finishes (?) his HOF career with the Giants.

Frank Robinson trivia; On June 26, 1970, Robinson hit back-to-back grand slams in the fifth and sixth innings in the Orioles' 12–2 victory over the Washington Senators. The same runners were on base both times: Dave McNally was on third base, Don Buford was on second, and Paul Blair was on first.

How far does that move them up the FanGraphs projected standings?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/03/padres-trade-rumors-eguy-rosario.html Eguy could be the guy we need at third.

I think the language works to locate someone as a militant Vatican II rejecter.

And just think - next off season they'll add Kyle Tucker, Bregman and the Japanese player with huge HR power.

Here is how I used to make money with the lottery. A local speakeasy I used to frequent had two lottery machines (Ohio) where you could buy all sorts of tickets, including Keno. Beside the two machines (which could also check for winning tickets by reading the bar code) was a trash can. Or, you might say, the pot of gold. I would grab a handful of tickets when I was there and scan the ticket (losing ticket) into my Ohio Lottery phone app. Each ticket was 5 points for the most part. You could scan 1200 points a month. I used two phones so I could double up. Once I got to 10,000 points I would redeem them for a $100 gas card. So about every 4 months I got a hundred bucks in free gas. Some thought I was nuts for diving in the trash but I could care less. Free money is a good thing. 🙂

Ok, that just made me snort-laugh. 😂 Post of the day. 🏆

Pure idiocy from Fain here

Kinda like the last time we made it except with Blake. We were likely going down easily against the Bucks but Blake playing on 1 leg killed any hope of us making it competitive.

Torkelson on pace for 162 HRs, 648 walks and 162 TOOTBLANs

It’s the MLB.tv free game of the day.

He is not. He was ruled out yesterday.

I tell you the only relevant difference: the question of Hillary's emails was asked and answered during that campaign and is now firmly in the rear-view mirror, while the Signal debacle is a clear and present danger to American security today within the current sitting government. So, relitigating Hillary's emails is nothing more, nothing less, than a dodge in order to excuse the current criminal behavior happening right now, not nine years ago.

Football teams that won't join the Big Ten.

Even so, he'll still need to get better if he is going to reach the level they seem to have targeted for him given the conract commitment.

Hold on, autocorrect typed in “Freddie Patek”. Who were you actually typing in there?

To be fair, we are short a few key offensive pieces.

Six person team and half are missing? Is your team name "Detroit Tiger 2025 Outfielders"?

I haven’t read back through the thread to see if this has been posted (and frankly don’t have the desire). Fanduel is available in the prime app on your smart tv if the fanduel app isn’t available.

I think I've used all of those guys in Immaculate Grid in the last two weeks.

The last Tiger to do it was JD Martinez in 2017 (2 HR, 4 walks). https://stathead.com/baseball/player-batting-game-finder.cgi?request=1&timeframe=seasons&ccomp[1]=gt&cval[1]=1&cstat[1]=b_hr&ccomp[2]=gt&cval[2]=4&cstat[2]=b_bb&team_id=DET

Wow. That clip I posted didn't do it justice. Crazy.

Tork had five walks in May last year and zero home runs in April. He has to be feeling good about his start tonight.

It is just one game, but Tork looked good at the plate and that makes me happy. He was collected and patient at the plate and when he got his pitch, he made the most of it.

well, I've been watching baseball a long time, have never seen a 4BB 1 HR night.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never paid any attention to that cause I thought it was just MLB glitz and BS.

I hope when we score 6 in the 9th they do a montage of all the celebrities with their jaws dropped instead of high fiving after the Ohtani HR.

Thanks to Spencer tonight‘s glass is at least half full.

TOOOORRRRRRRK!!!!!! A walk and a HR all in one game. Loving this new Tork.

OBP MACHINE TORK HOMERS

Honestly this Tork is very playable if he hits with power. I’ll take low BA with high walks and plus power out of him.

Good job by Kriedler to not strike out before the wild pitch

This app will be your friend. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pro-baseball-live-radio-stream/id1131246043

There was a story the other day (ESPN?) about the Royals to the effect that they are working a program to try and improve their pitchers' health - one the things they are pushing is to get their pitchers to use more change of speed to their advantage - i.e. don't throw max effort all the time. I could only think of Skubal as I read that and wished it was something he would do. I've always tended to the belief that one of the reasons JV lasted so long was that he used his top end judiciously early in his career - always a lot of variation within his 4 seam fastball - though in a recent interview I saw, even JV himself has wondered whether he would be able to have the same success pitching the way he did when he came up if were coming up today.

The FanGraphs staff is giving the slight edge to the Tigers to win the AL Central: Even though the projected standing on the site have the Tigers two games behind the Twins. https://www.fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=Standings

The pitching staff is so strong and deep that, if they stay healthy for the most part, we'll be a top five staff in all of baseball. So, that by itself is going to make the early going interesting. I'd be satisfied taking one of three in LA.

Whatever happened to Casper Wells? I heard he was friendly but a little spooky.

I emailed John James about Trump pulling Stefaniak's nomination and asked what his internal polls are showing. I told him if it's classified, he can message it to me on Signal.

it was a blessing for montgomery. the bruins were due for a big regression. speaking of which, would the wings sign marchand?