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RIP Alex Delvecchio...

ceci and lindgren get paid by OTHER teams. that's absosmurfly fine. the kings are finding out just how bad ken holland actually is.

I... have receipts.

The video is kinda funny if that is out yet. He showed clips of some of the players talking about him and then roasts them in return.

Erie Moon Mammoths: Detroit's Double-A team gets rebrand from John Oliver

Maybe, he should get a different job.

Pentagon heard about Tork-bombs, wanted to learn more, so summoned Spencer and some Tigers

Are you related to OklahomaBert?

johannson is the one getting the most buzz. wallinder and buium already passed by him and likely asp. tuomisto will likely be back in europe or in the ahl for a while. i guess if you just need size...

In terms of the “blackout” rules, I’m fortunate to live in the Northwest and the only games on mlb.tv that are blacked out for me is when the Tigers play the Mariners. That’s something I can live with. I’m glad I don’t have to deal with what the rest of you in the Detroit viewing area have to endure. Several years ago when one of the two IP addresses associated with me was mistakenly assigned to Bartlesville Oklahoma, instead of Boise, Idaho (a not uncommon error a highly skilled tech person for my Internet provider explained) I was blacked out for Astros games, Rangers games, Braves games, and I think Cardinals games all of them somehow within my alleged “viewing area”of the God forsaken no man’s land of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. This makes MLB.TV almost entirely useless for some fans. To their credit when I explained this to MLB TV they made sure I had no blackouts for that remaining year so I could even watch the Tigers play the Mariners that season.

This is not a bad signing day for Yzerman. A bad day would have been signing bad contracts to fill cap space for the heck of it. It isn’t a great day, because no upgrade yet, but it’s not a bad day.

“The jerk store called…”

I’m in favor of anything Sophie Cunningham.

John Leonard gets a 1 year deal for some Grand Rapids scoring, scored 36 goals in the AHL last season

The rich get richer 🙂

He's right... It should start getting him the hell out of here.

I say we start with the guy wearing the TACAO hat and his sidekick who looks like a character from Pinky and the Brain

Just saw a post that said you can't do a sign and trade for a 2 year deal, which is what was originally reported for Schroeder (2 for 30M). So, the announcement of this new deal for 3 years (the last year could be an option) might actually mean it's more likely that there is a S&T involved and that could have been the hold up with Sacramento trying to structure a 3rd year on the contract to make it work. Just speculation, but interesting.

That is one reason. But I don't think Detroit would do it. The big one is it would let them keep their mid level exception they are using on Schroder. They could sign more free agents or trade for a guy that fits into the exception without having to send a player out. It basically would give them more flexibility.

He probably shouldn't have tweeted that, but Schumer did everything he could. Dems are in the minority. Elections have consequences. In hindsight it probably wasn't a good idea to run campaigns to uncommit and abandon your candidate.

ESPN says that Sunday Nights game was up 11% vs. the normal ratings and up 66% vs. a "comparable game"(i take it as non Yankee/red sox/Dodgers who probably boost the overall average).

I'm unable to respond by order of the Peaky Blinders

If we are going to be your 51st state, at least wine and dine and firework us on our big day.

Rumor saying teams were ready to give Jake Allen $5 million a season lol, kudos to Yzerman for getting ahead of this awful goalie market

Nothing gets signed until the 6th, right? They could pull a reverse-Boozer 🤣

you would think it a sane world, the GOP house members from blue states - of which there are there are still plenty more than are needed to stop this kind of thing, wouldn't stand for it. But that's the measure of the cult - they care more about DJT than about their constituents.

Mark Chadbourn: "Iranian hackers are threatening to release 100 gigabytes of private emails from Trump’s circle, including Roger Stone and Stormy Daniels, Reuters reports." — Bluesky Don't threaten me with a good time, Iran.

I doubt they are in salary trouble now that Turner left. But I would be on the phone with Indiana asking about Nembhard, Nesmith, or McConnel. Any one of those would be better than Monk and Robinson. Also better than LeVert, but you can't go back on that deal.

If you go, there's also Fort Malden from the war of 1812. Nice restaurants and ice cream by the waterfront park.

If you like the real country music or alt-country, with poetic storytelling and incredible songwriting, you'll love Drayton Farley's American Dream. Love this guy and really love the working class thematics here in the song.

Its like a Thomas the Tank Engine episode come to life :--)

similarly there should be an underground railroad terminus site in Canada. Maybe St. Catherines where Harriet Tubman lived.

So I have two Mt. Rushmore's. One is of my favorite moments in sports and one is the all the bad moments, blunders, stupidity, and SOL. Favorite Mt. Rushmore . . . 1. Michigan wins the National Championship in 1997 and the iconic picture of Charles Woodson with the rose in his mouth. I was a kid then and my dad and I were fist bumping and high fiving when Michigan won the Rose Bowl. 2. Red Wings win the Cup in 2008. Went to Joe Vision for Game 6 when we beat Pittsburgh that year and what a time we had. I had just turned 21 that year too. 3. Magglio's walkoff home run during the 2006 ALCS. The call on this one from Thom Brennaman is great too. 4. Lions beating the Rams for their first playoff win in 32 years. I had never witnessed a playoff win as I was like 4 years old the last time they won a playoff game. I still have beer stains on the siding on the porch awning from us spraying beer all over each other.

SGA agrees to the 4 yr 285 mil super max extension with OKC.

Just like Bert was talking about the comic strip with the guy had a cloud following him.

I'd like to see the Rouge Complex and the Willow Run plant put on as the Arsenal of Democracy site.

Looking through the tentative list and while there are some significant sites on there, Ellis Island should be next.

Happy Bobby Bonilla Day everyone!

he should sue his dad.

Had to momentarily unblock these to screenshot...

I should explain a bit more about the Domestic Reserve List. It is the limit of minor leaguers you can have rostered: 165 in the regular season. This started up a few years ago and was actually reduced from 180 to 165 last year, so last year is when things started getting pretty tight. I've got the tigers around 162 right now (but haven't given it a scrub in a while). Players in the majors don't count; players in the minors on the 40 man do count. Players on the minor league 60-Day IL and full season IL do not count, nor do suspended or restricted list players. You can only have 15 players on the minor league 60-Day IL at one time, and the Full Season IL is only for certain surgeries and prohibits a player from certain activities if they are placed on it. Last year, a bulk of the cuts around the draft were low level players or mid level third catchers. There's lots of players many on here haven't heard of who are just taking up spots on rosters who would be released well before the Kreidlers and Workmans of the world are. Also, injuries have a way of making roster crunches work out. There's ways to juggle playing time beyond that.

And no, the start of Joe's downfall was not the Billups trade. The start of Joe's downfall was hiring Flip Saunders. Flip was a good coach, no shade being thrown at him here. But he was an offensive coach, and Detroit was built on defense. It was like mixing oil and water.

Has Mark Stone been put on LTIR yet?

Meh was kinda hoping Berggren's rights would get traded this offseason

I don't ever want to hear anyone who supports these law makers to pretend to be "Christian" again.

This weekend on 107.1 (stylized as 107one in Ann Arbor) we are doing a celebration of Back To The Future. It turns 40 on 7/3 and at 8am (the time when the movie starts) - -every hour we are featuring a different year (in random order, starting with 1985, of course). It's the Time Travel Weekend. We're covering 1980-2025 and the key to a special weekend like this is playing a lot of OH WOW songs that people don't hear much, but were huge in their day. This is a massive undertaking, as we are a small station, with basically two people doing all the grunt work - and this has been 80% on me, (curating the playlist, finding and loading the music, writing and producing all the between-song imaging). because it was my idea and I am the Program Director. Our station has never really done a specialty weekend like this before (because we're such a small staff. But, it should be a fun listen, if you're looking for something a little different. You can stream us at annarbors107one.com. Anyway, I am putting together the songs for 1999 and came across this one-hit novelty song and as I was loading it into our system this morning, I found this incredibly moving, even though I had heard it 1,000 times, but not for over a decade. Maybe it's because I am 60 now and regretting a lot of things that personal fears prevented me from doing. I hate fear. It can be all-consuming. Can't get the years back. I just wish I approached things then with the "who gives a f what anyone else thinks" attitude I have now. Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '99: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; or never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4 PM on some idle Tuesday Do one thing every day that scares you Sing Don't be reckless with other people's hearts; don't put up with people who are reckless with yours Floss Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself Remember the compliments you receive; forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements Stretch Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't Get plenty of calcium Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't Maybe you'll divorce at 40 Maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance; so are everybody else's Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own Dance Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room Read the directions, even if you don't follow them Do not read beauty magazines; they will only make you feel ugly Get to know your parents; you never know when they'll be gone for good Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the People most likely to stick with you in the future Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you Should hold on Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft Travel Accept certain inalienable truths: prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old-- and when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders Respect your elders Don't expect anyone else to support you Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85 Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth But trust me on the sunscreen

I guess I never really considered Blues Brothers a comedy. It’s one of my favorite movies ever. I have 2 DVD copies. It’s in my DVR. And I will watch it when it’s on. I have it memorized. I recite it constantly. Maybe the humor is ingrained so much. Oddly enough recently I just noticed a detail I’d never noticed. After they go into the soul food joint for the Aretha performance they go to Rays. While perusing the merchandise Elwood approaches a toaster oven and pulls out a piece of white bread from his coat pocket to see if it fits.

One of my favorite post Clemente Pirates. Had a chance to see him play in A Ball in Salem Va way back when. RIP The Cobra

This is the inevitable result of a funding model that relies on people paying for something they don’t use.