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Was firing Auditor Generals on there? That's setting up for some major grift.

I wasn’t even aware he existed then so you are cool.

Referee crew announced. Silver sent in New Yorker, Zach Zarba, to officiate tonight's game. Tibbs reinforcements have been parachuted in to save them. I hope Beasley is angry about not getting 6th man, because I was already expecting a Knick conga to the free throw line. We're going to need to shoot ourselves ahead in this one for any chance at winning. That Boston/NY matchup is a truck full of money the league doesn't want to miss out on.

My dad used to say "quit crying before I give you something to cry about." The Pistons should tell Brunson "quit flopping before we give you something to flop about." Lol

I have no specific reason for it. But I hate OG with a passion.

Stewart mad there is a fight without him.

This is why there shouldn't be off-days.

Damnit. Chuck picked us to win in a blowout. We’re cooked.

The Texans already traded two 5ths (this year and 2027) to the Browns for their 6th and two 7ths. I could see Brad doing something similar... trading our 6th and two 7ths for a couple of 5th rounders, with one in a future draft... especially if he has a "Lions 3rd round grade" on a guy they really LOVE and he's slipped into the 5th round... It would make sense to chase quality rather than quantity...

You're right, it will not come from CNN or any other one entity. CNN is not leading this, and I am not suggesting as much. They are part of what might be a building wave. I just think it's good to see. The pessimist is allowing a little hope to seep in.

It won't come from CNN or other major media entity. Surprisingly, the best hope is the big business community. They won't help us, but they might limit the damage and allow a Trumpless future. He will soon make some half ass deals and call them the best deals ever and his cult will be happy.

It's the Trey Sweeneys that are one of the things that separate good orgs from bad ones. There solid players out there all the time and some teams identify them and get them, and other teams don't, and it's the strength in the middle and bottom of a team's line-up that is usually made up of those players that make for winning teams.

He also stopped making pennies. He's on a roll.

Because it was his own fault runs scored. His job is to get batters out, if he fails, those runs should be earned. I'm not saying it makes sense, i seldom do. 😅

i thought draymond nudged him and he lost his balance. i dont think anyone was at fault there. just bad timing. however, draymond has been a real menace this series. he's unhinged and is going to hurt somebody. laimbeer was a whiny baby and way too physical sometimes, but everyone played that way in the 80s. draymond is a whole different kind of crazy.

Remember when major leaguers left their gloves on the field while they came up to bat? Neither do I. And neither do you unless you're at least 80, because the rule requiring players to bring their gloves off the field was adopted during the winter of 1953-54. But, as with every rule change, there was vociferous opposition by the conservatives in the game. Well, going into 1954, those conservatives included the American League itself, which voted 7-1 to not require their teams to enforce the new rule. They objected partially on the basis of it never hurt anyone before (dubious claim), but, also, on the basis that it would unnecessarily delay games. Why, just imagine a player stranded on second base with the third out. All he had to do is trot to his glove just a few feet away and he's ready to go. But noooo ... now he's got to trudge all the way back to the dugout to get his glove and then go back out to his position in the field. Can you imagine how much time that will take?? Why, ball games will balloon to three hours if we make players take their gloves into the dugouts with them!

I could post this tomorrow but why wait? Lakeland lost but Rainer had quite the game and what I love about him being in the FSL we get statcast data.

Jamo is as good as gone in a year or two IMO and out of the Gibbs, Branch, LaPorta and Campbell quartet, I could see LaPorta being the odd man out. One or two of these guys are getting moved or just let go, we should come to terms with that. Just keep drafting well and the Lions will be fine. My biggest concern is that they had two golden opportunities the last two seasons to win a Superbowl or at least get there. Up 24-7 against the Niners in the NFCG and 15-2 last year while they had cap flexibility with a bunch of key players on rookie deal. This is Year 3 of the Superbowl window IMO and the last year with cap flexibility depending on how they stagger the new contracts so the clock is ticking because the cap crunch is coming and the Lions are going to have to pay the piper eventually. Teams that don't have elite of the elite QBs have relatively brief SB windows, the Lions need to cash in on that the next few years (this year in particular) because it's only going to get tougher. Looking at the schedule this year? Yikes, the Lions are going to have to REALLY earn it this year. It has to be one of the toughest schedules in the league. There will be no 15-2 this year.

I'm on board with this too.

I was going to say Emmanwori... Who could also function part-time as a SAM on a WAG... the Lions LOVE versatility!

draft pools out. Tigers pick 24, 34, 62, 98 in first 3 rounds Mariners: $17,074,400 Rays: $16,699,400 Angels: $16,656,400 Nationals: $16,597,800 Orioles: $16,513,100 Rockies: $15,723,400 Marlins: $15,187,400 Cardinals: $14,238,300 Pirates: $14,088,400 Brewers: $13,138,100 Royals: $12,794,700 Twins: $12,653,000 Red Sox: $12,409,300 White Sox: $12,169,100 Reds: $11,836,800 Rangers: $10,991,300 Tigers: $10,990,800 Diamondbacks: $10,917,800 Athletics: $10,563,500 Blue Jays: $10,314,600 Guardians: $10,198,100 Cubs: $9,636,800 Braves: $9,081,100 Dodgers: $9,031,300 Giants: $8,403,300 Phillies: $7,849,400 Astros: $7,181,500 Padres: $6,569,100 Mets: $5,465,900 Yankees: $5,383,600

Yeah, but give it up to chasfh for compiling it. I'm definitely not celebrating the atrocities

... of stupidity, fascism, cruelty... Etc.

This was my main fear heading in. The league would love a Boston/NY series. They aren’t going to try and fix the game but they can do subtle things like this to make it easier to get the matchup they’d prefer.

Comedy is subjective, like music. Hardest I ever heard my dad laugh was seeing the movie Big where Thom Hanks is eating the mini corn like a corn on the cob at the Christmas Party. I mean, it was funny, but not as funny as HE thought.

Agreed! Lower minors being strong while the parent club being strong as well is a good sign. The injuries they have had from an OF perspective has also weakened Toledo. In the near future you will probably see Malloy, Perez and Jung or Sweeney in the Toledo lineup once Meadows, Perez, Vierling are back in the mix.

This is often the case with good franchises that are contending for the postseason every year. It’s another nice sign the organization is turning the corner.

I think that's a big part of it, yes.

It has been not quite 100 days and while we are still getting blasted by his fire hose, it's hard to really appreciate just how hard the spray has been. So I picked up this list of his "de-complishments" from another website and thought I would share it here as a reminder. And this list will be out of date by end of business today. When you see the scope of what he has done all listed in one place, it is absolutely gasptaking. Pardons all violent Jan 6th criminals 2 Israeli ceasefires collapse Ukrainian ceasefire collapse/fail to launch War with Houthis; Signalgate 1.0 and 2.0 Let’s Houthis shoot down 10+ reaper drones Threatens invasion of partner countries; alienates allies (Greenland, Canada, Mexico and Panama) Threatens war with Iran Threatens NATO alliance Does Russia’s bidding against Ukraine: propaganda, pulling aid, intel, capitulation to land demands Mark Fogel released for Russian cyber criminal Dismantles foreign cyber crime defense Multiple aviation accidents/blames DEI DEI historical removals like Jackie Robinson, Enola Gay Releases millions of gallons of water in CA to wrong place after fires Addresses none of deadly tornadoes in central plains (busy winning his own golf tournament) Markets down 10-20%; worst month since depression/market manipulation Blows up his own trade deals and erases trillions from the market with dollar down 9% Giant tariff tax, global trade war, tariffs on everyone including penguins but not on Russia Crypto scams: Trump and Melania coins Pardons Silk Road creator and crypto crooks Pardons Pete Rose and pressures MLB to reinstate him US boycotts, travel warnings, prolonged detainment Froze NIH research grants and preventing federally funded scientists from traveling or talking about their work. Gutted USAID wasting billions in aid and costing thousands of lives Cuts funding to public media like NPR and PBS Took over Kennedy Center Hangs mug shot in White House Lets Elon's kid put a booger on resolute desk Hosts Kid Rock dressed like a rodeo clown after supporter in media slagged Zelenskyy's attire during WH visit DOGE chainsaw to Fed agencies with no DoD cuts and an actual increase in federal spending /mass “DEI firings” Stops loans and programs like Farm to School Invites dictators to the White House Loss of 1st and 5th amendment rights/deportation for opinions/due process/deporting homegrown "criminals" El Salvadorian detention camps, Guantanamo Bay failure Threatens loss of 14th amendment - birthright citizenship Threatens 16th amendment rights- congress setting tax rules Threatens 19th amendment - save act/women’s voting rights Threatens 22nd amendment - 3rd term Weaponizes justice department; Tesla vandalism = terrorism/ Jan 6 revenge Measles + bird flu Wasted 30k real eggs on Easter F-47 jet and proposals for his image on currency, Rushmore, airport naming Canceled Ebola prevention funding Eliminates FDA regulations on food Opens federal forests for logging and opens protected ocean space for fishing, drilling White House = Tesla dealership Golf trips EVERY weekend and some weekdays Wastes taxpayer millions attending Super Bowl, NASCAR, UFC events Trump Gaza; wants to create golden idols of himself Attacks and sues private, state, and federal entities over constitutional rights = extortion Attacks on trans, including troops Attacks the independence of the FED Pro repeal of child labor legislation Gets rid of price caps on medicine like insulin Reverses student loan forgiveness Tries to reverse overdraft fee protection Reverses climate legislation, guts EPA Violation of Separation of powers; criminal contempt Mass Deportations of Undocumenteds Masked secret police kidnapping of people on street in plain view Revoked citizenship for hundreds of thousands of refugees Mass protests in all 50 states Didn’t know about dead soldiers in Lithuania/golfed with Saudis instead of being there for dignified transfer of bodies Refuses release of Epstein Files Says “these things happen” after Florida school shooting Welshed on “no tax on tips/overtime” Brain worm autism theory; persons list Fruit Loops made with real colors SOH gets robbed and does glam shoot with foreign prisoners DOI lies under oath "A1" sauce, secretary of education Trump GOLD card for Russian oligarchs Announces military parade for his birthday “Got rid” of PaPer straWs Made shower heads Great Again Baby bonus/mommy medals 100ft flag pole at the White House GulF of AmEriCA

I wonder if the pre-DH NL to make up for the lack of offense from a pitcher had to — at the risk of sounding clichéish — play a scrappier more aggressive kind of baseball where they had to get creative and manufacture runs and they have retained that practice which with the addition of the DH has given them an edge.

I’ll keep mine to the last 25 years. Anchorman Stepbrothers Borat Tropic Thunder Honorable mention to: Superbad, Team America: World Police, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

Imagine how big the disparity will get by the end of the season when the Chicago White Sox have played 48 games against the NL….

I did a presentation a few years ago maintaining that the American Leaguer was a tougher, stronger, better league than the national league, full stop. That was before universal DH, which I think had a greater effect on the disparity than people at the time were willing to admit.

Right now on April 24 in interleague play the American League is losing to the NL by 54–67. The Twins and the Athletics are largely the cause of this by going 7–17. And who hasn’t played a single game against the NL yet? The White Sox, so the disparity is certain to get worse.

Toledo W 8-4 Lee 0/3 RBI K Jones 2/3 2RBI 3B HR SB Erie W 10-3 Bigbie 1/5 RBI Melton 3IP 4H 3ER BB 2K WM L 5-2 Clark 1/3 2BB K (.913OPS on the season so far) Briceno 1/4 Gold 3/4 2 2B K Serwa 1.2IP 2H 3ER 2BB 3K Lakeland W 5-2 Rainer 1/3 RBI Franyerber 1/2 RBI BB Rucker 0/4 Fana 1/3 2B Wilson 2IP 2H BB 4K Sloan 3IP 2H 2K

I just ran the numbers on Tiger ERA. Starters (aside from Keider) 2.78. Relievers 2.80 (including Maeda. It's 2.18 sans Maeda.). Amazing to think that we really had one starter for weeks last season. By the way, has anyone mentioned Dingler's record setting throw to second to catch Tatis. Fastest time ever for a catcher's throw to second (maybe to any base. Not sure which one.). 88+ mph. This is just damn exciting stuff.

At least you finally shut up about the Stewart trade 😄

I think you misspelled Kreidler.

.600 ball y'all

I want to remind everybody that I completely gave up on Dingler about 3 years ago.

They'd be trading Jamo because of future cap issues so they're not trading for a guy that will likely command an even bigger contract. It makes no sense to trade Jamo now. He's not going to net a return that would make it worth it and they have 2 more years of team control, cheap rookie contract next year then they can franchise tag him the year after like the Bengals did with Higgins. Then let him walk if he's so good that he'll be too pricey to retain and get a 3rd round comp pick so you squeeze 2 more years out of Jamo and still get a 3rd anyway.

Good job electing this corrupt grifter, NYC

I really hope this puts to rest the Hendrickson nonsense. They can't afford him and they are going to reward their homegrown players.

I played Edge Of Seventeen on the air this afternoon in honor of Dingler and told the listeners every time he hits a home run in a day game, I'm playing it.

Hell yes.

Really happy for Olsen today. What a great game, and Friday we start Mize. Looking forward to the return of Meadows and Vierling almost feels greedy.

Done! Only the 2nd home loss for Cleveland this season.

Well isn’t a significant portion of the lotto money “supposed” to help fund education?

Well put, balanced take and I totally agree. For what it's worth, I re-watched the game last night. I was going to do that anyway, but since we were talking about it I paid particular attention to KAT and Tobias. Harris actual did a phenomenal job of not leaving KAT to the point where he gave some open looks to other guys when maybe he should have switched. He was always between KAT and the ball, denying the pass and not letting him get any catch and shoot opportunities. That's the assignment against someone as soft as KAT. As far as KAT taking the ball into the paint. Three of his makes in the first half were against Cade (missed switch), Duren (prayer that went in), and Reed. He had a couple of nice post ups on Tobias, but Tobias also stopped him a couple of times in the paint. In the second half KAT had 3 opportunities in the paint. Tobias stopped him in the post on the first one in the 3rd quarter. Then, in the fourth quarter KAT had 2 chances. One was a post up and one was a drive. On both of them he was smothered by Tobias (and some help) so he had to pass out of them and couldn't even get a shot up. As you said, KAT could have been less of a punk and kept going to the paint to demand the ball, but we all know that ain't KAT. The few opportunities he did try in the second half were shut down by really good defense. We already agree on all this, but I just figured I'd post some details here since I re-watched it with this in mind.