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Ottawa, Illinois... Was not able to attend personally, but impressive given the population base

Off to the local protest soon.

Just imagine how it sounds to the rest of the world's nations when Donald complains that WE are the victim of others' exploitation or strong-arming.

If losing money means nothing, and in the end people won't miss it, then billionaires should be happy to give up some of theirs to help maintain the infrastructure and the people of the country that's supposed to mean so much more.

this - and every economist worth their salt makes this point: NO ONE is going to make investment decisions based on the policies of guy as mercurial as Trump, especially when he's driving the economy into a ditch - making a political reversal likely even if he didn't change his mind. If you want to persuade investors you are serious about US manufacturing, you need to start putting law and tax policy on the books that makes a commitment to its well being. But of course that requires serious people who have some idea how to formulate serious policy and how to get it into law. Good luck with that in this Admin.

2/4 so far tonight. Sitting at 1.323 OPS WM wins its opener 7-0. McG 2/4 2 doubles. Clark 1/2 3BB.

What is this guy even talking about? Nobody is becoming a slave to foreign powers. We've got the strongest most influential country in the world and assholes like him are trying to destroy it.

Opening Day forty years ago, when the champion Tigers got their rings.

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.

How about not have a pre-planned celebration? Just be sponaneous and real.

We lead the league in 1st inning runs. Don't let The Tigers get hot....😁

Win! 4-4 record. No apologies for getting to beat up on the hapless White Sox, after having to start the season at the powerful Dodgers.

“hE’s DoInG eXaCtLy WhAt He SaId He WoUlD Do!!!”

I think spring training bought him some time in an otherwise likely dump him before 2025 season is over scenario. This outing where they had to burn Vest isn’t going to sit well. This outing against a hapless Chicago lineup isn’t going to sit well. I liked his acquisition, I thought it made sense. But he may be done as a major leaguer. I appreciate him changing his off-season regimen to account for his poor 2024. I was hopeful that would help him this season. And his spring seemed to encourage as well. Maybe it was one rough outing, but he’s at a point where he can’t have many of these.

Tigers playing good defensive ball today.

I think I like THIS version of: TORK!!!

Sign seen earlier today in Boston: IKEA has a better cabinet!

They are so out of touch with today’s MLB. The subject should’ve read: Phils deal Dodgers first loss. FanDuel now has the Dodgers +300000 to go 161-1

I don’t want any part of the Pacers. The knack they have for miraculously winning games at the end sets up the potential for a gut wrenching series.

Would you believe me if I told you Amen is about to block this shot?

I do want the Pacers - because the two teams hate each other and that'll be fun. We haven't had anything close to the Wings-Avs series' for over a decade now. Pistons-Pacers could be like that. Stupid schedule maker didn't have these two teams play the entire second half - and they're in the same division. Just odd.

Playoffs Clinched ! What an accomplishment. And doing it without Ivey most of the year and without Cade the last couple of weeks. Stellar job, J.B. - Coach Of The Year right there. Need to keep Malik around a couple more years. Imagine how much better they could have been if Fontecchio played like last year.

Listening to Sam Stein and Tim Miller yesterday. Stein was talking about how this kind of market crash and a recession/depression would break the fever dream. Tim Miller wasn't having it citing the case of a global pandemic made fundamentally worse by the RW media and the MAGAs and that had not sufficiently broken through evidenced by Jan 6 and response. I personally think Biden won because of the obviousness of the failed COVID response with regular people but the recovery went too well and people returned to their tribes and comfortable narratives aided and abetted by the oligarchs creating those narratives that suited them best. I think the roaring twenties were still the roaring twenties after October 1929 but things really got faccacta after Smoot Hawley. I think the roaring 2020s will still be the roaring 2020s until the real effects of the tax cuts to aid the billionaire class create a sucking chest wound to the social safety net occurs and that is felt. Might take 6-12 months. I don't think the environment where people are seeing life savings wiped out by golfing idiot and a drug addicts wielding chain saws is cutting all medical and scientific research funding is going help in marginal elections but the real change in perceptions has yet to occur.

**** that’s the only word needed for this entire thread. Perfectly summarized

To be fair to Shawn Fain, given that none of us new what these tariffs were until Trump ambled out there and held up that board, do we even know how the UAW felt about these tariffs? The policy is disastrous enough, and certainly people didn't consider the word case scenarios enough... but still, nobody knew what the **** he was going to do going into it either.

I agree. More than Hutch though. They lost several guys, it's amazing they went 15-2. I think they'll get there within the next 2 seasons.

So is the skyrocketing inflation and stock market crash still on Biden's bloody hands or can we put some pressure of the Trump admin yet?

That clinched it? Nice. Real gunslinger coming in tomorrow night.

Money, it's a crime Share it fairly, but don't take a slice of my pie Money, so it's said It's the root of all evil today But if you ask for a rise It's no surprise that they're giving none away

LOL, not quite. Reality? It's money that is real, countries are social constructs.

The last couple of minutes of an NHL game with a goalie pulled is arguably the most exciting thing in sports.

That’s what they get for firing Sparky.

The Cincinnati Reds have not scored a run in the last 33 innings.

Time to call up Ben Malgeri. He's hitting .750 in the minors. That's incredible. Do you realize that if he continues to hit like this all season he's going to hit..........what..........750 ? Why do we have to suffer Kreidler? It's Malgeri Time !

Correct. They should be OK. It would be nice to see Cade get a few games in before Milwaukee to knock the rust off.

I didn’t pay good money and sit out in the cold to watch this game be thrown away! Oh wait I’m sitting in the comfort of my own home. Never mind.

Interviewing Paws is a lot more pleasing than the hearing from Insurance executives

I’m sure they’re sold. It’s just that everyone you don’t see in them is inside the nice warm club nibbling on swell food and drinking top shelf drinks. Just as with so many other organizations, the Tigers ae targeting super high net worth individuals and companies at the cost of the terrible optics of all those empty seats on showing up on TV.

4 suckers and losers are arriving at Dover today. markets are crashing. but Trump is getting out his shine box for his Saudi owners in Florida and MAGA still pissed at Biden because of some trans DIII volleyball player when an administration is not punished - but celebrated - for its lies, incompetence, ignorance and cruelty - how do we even move forward as a country?

154 games won’t net much in terms of better weather. And they are not going to force teams to play a lot of home games in April because they are in a dome or warmer climate

1 out I think. Sweeney had struck out. Then Harvey bounced out to third and they got the force at home, then McKinstry Kd. The Dingler single really wasn’t hit deep enough to send Keith home—he’d have gotten thrown out if the throw was remotely decent. Then again, the Ms airmailed like 4 throws to home from the outfield this series….

I got a call from my Dad, his entire church coffee group...people aged 75-95 will be protesting on April 5 in Oceana County wherever the big event is. I think the county seat in Hart. I'll be coaching a softball game that day unfortunately.

I like City Connect. They are Fun. And serve as a reminder that it is Friday. And that nothing matters but the weekend. Plus fireworks. And that I get a two-day reprieve from my oppressive job and terrible workmates. And my internal demons and horrible thoughts temporarily subside. Yes, I like City Connect.

I'm also asking my Congress Critter (Paid for by Newport News Shipbuilding) for a 5 point bullet summary of what he's done for residents not in that tiny area of his district

This is a DOGE cut.