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Pretty impressive for a rookie

"BIG CITIES" "DEMOCRATS".... nothing but buzzwords devoid of any logic or critical thinking. When you see those words in the sentence... ignore it. It's like the word "thugs". You know what they mean

https://www.axios.com/2025/09/01/violent-crime-rates-south-homicides-fbi-red-states Rural states in the American South and West had some of the nation's highest violent crime and homicide rates in 2024, driven by violence in small communities, according to an Axios analysis of FBI data

He only has scandals when the media is not paying attention

which is why rates are used for comparison, no?

what they mean is 'where the blacks are'

driven by violence in small communities

He might be coming back. But that wouldn't be the first time he posted something meaningless and cryptic just to get some attention.

I actually hope mamdami does win. We will have a front row seat watching the democrats destroy NYC so it will hurt their chances in future elections. NYC is already a liberal cesspool so nothing lost. All these cities run by democrats have declined and the voters are somehow fooled by their line of BS to keep electing them and asking for an even bigger disaster.

From mlbtraderumors.com on top 40 trade candidates: I definitely agree with their analysis and the chances of him actually being traded. 40. Tarik Skubal, LHP, Tigers | projected $17.8MM salary; controlled via arbitration through 2026 Wishcasting on a trade of Skubal from other fan bases began before the Tigers were even eliminated from the postseason. Skubal is entering his final season of club control and is likely to be named American League Cy Young Award winner for the second consecutive season later this month. As a Boras-repped ace with a pair of Cy Youngs under his belt, the chances of him signing an extension range from minuscule to nonexistent. That’s led to plenty of calls — even some from Detroit fans — for the Tigers to cash in on a significant return. The chances of that actually happening only seem marginally higher than those microscopic chances of an extension, however. The Tigers are firmly in win-now mode. At his end-of-season press conference, president of baseball operations Scott Harris spoke of World Series aspirations and various avenues to improve his club for 2026. Significant as a return for Skubal might be, there’s basically no plausible scenario where the Tigers are better next year after trading their ace. That we’ve seen several teams move their top players in the final year of club control in recent seasons only fans the flames. The Astros (Kyle Tucker), Brewers (Corbin Burnes, Devin Williams) and Padres (Juan Soto) all come to mind as prominent examples. However, each of those teams was facing considerable financial pressure. Astros owner Jim Crane was seemingly adamant about remaining under the luxury tax in 2025 at the time of the Tucker trade. The Brewers (as previously noted with Peralta) always listen on their top players late in arbitration. The Padres payroll outlook had changed after the unfortunate passing of owner Peter Seidler. There’s no such pressure in Detroit. Quite the opposite, in fact. Javier Baez and Colt Keith are the only players signed to guaranteed deals beyond the 2026 season. Baez’s contract runs through 2027. Keith’s $4.775MM average annual value is a drop in the bucket. The Tigers may not be likely to extend Skubal before he gets to free agency, but they have the payroll space to sign him long-term even if (when) he reaches the market. Skubal is included on this list primarily because teams will try to pry him loose. Harris probably won’t expressly turn offers away and isn’t the type of executive who (to this point, anyway) makes definitive public declarations about his players. But the Tigers already have a deep farm — Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark are both top-10 prospects in the entire sport — along with a blank-slate payroll outlook and clear World Series aspirations in the short term. A Skubal trade would be genuinely stunning — the first time in nearly 20 years that the best pitcher in MLB was traded prior to free agency, harkening back to the Twins (another payroll-strapped club) and their 2007 trade of Johan Santana. Other teams can go ahead and try, but it’d be a pretty bold claim for Detroit’s front office to trade far and away their best player and still claim to be in win-now mode.

Dan Dickerson's thoughts on this matter Dan Dickerson shares what Detroit Tigers should do with Tarik Skubal https://share.google/XoA7vGrsfz6qB1ftn

Crazy fact of the day.

Says the guy supporting the socialist president

Agree totally. If he was 22, then maybe, but they have 5 years before they need to worry about FA. By that time, who knows how the many catchers we have drafted (and Liranzo) will look like. No reason to lock in Dingler now. McGonigle or Clark on the other hand, I could see them trying to sign shortly after they’re up.

Probably not. Not reason to risk a fluke and getting stuck with a long contract. He’s cheap just take it year by year

Retain Flaherty, QO to Torres and see what we can work out Go get another bat... Work on the extension to Skubal soon to shut down all the other fan bases from flooding my inbox with AI slop trades.

wait, you mean to tell me all that chatter about "all they gotta do is....." is not that informative? That Doug from Fowlerville isn't more informed than the team of attorneys and number crunchers that work for Scott Harris?

pretty much. He's probably right about keeping him this year being worth more than any trade option, but getting him resigned is a low probability outcome. It's not a matter of 'creativity', it's a matter of total dollars. Every accountant can figure the net present value of even a 'creative' offer.

I'm pissed about who isn't on the ballot.

Looking at teams who could make a trade, Bitonio from Cleveland may be a better option than Zietler since he’s an actual LG. Last year if his contract and playing well.

As opposed to the corporate socialism by Republicans like Trump and the Heritage Foundation. Under Corporate Socialism this is what we get (h-t JV Last) So why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China? https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-the-real-commie-mamdani-sanders-democratic-socialism?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

It occurred to me maybe a year or so ago that as reprehensible as MTG and her views are, she is not the bridge troll that Lauren Boebert is. Of course, that's a super low bar.

MTG was on Maher and honestly, it wasn't that bad. I'm not saying she's smarter than I thought, but I got the feeling that while she may have headed to congress based on some incorrect views, she really is trying to do a good job. (Not saying she's going about it correctly, just saying I got the vibe she wants to do good work, she not there just to grift/troll) The other guy on the panel, several times, seemed perplexed, not because what MTG said was so ridiculous, but because he was shocked what she said actually made sense. I will admit I was a bit perplexed too. We definitely don't need to worry about President MTG though, she is not smooth in front of a camera.

Mazur and Danielson are still over a ppg at least I think it is a good thing they added the vets to the Griffins roster, it seemed like last season the team really suffered from not having that element. It certainly is a better team in front of Cossa which is what I was hoping for so he'd have a better chance for sustained success. Danielson not having to literally do everything for the Griffins should allow him to maybe focus on his offense a bit.

I don't think I have ever asked you guys anything about this before. I have shares in a company that is connected to the administration and is considered very reprehensible. You can probably guess which one it is. (You can guess but I will not confirm either way.) When I bought the stock, I thought of them as a good AI play, nothing more. I had no ideas about who they are or what they might engage in. Now I do. My stake in the company has gone up by 14x (yes, that is fourteen x) in the two-plus years since I bought it and is poised to go up even more. Ethically, I would never buy the stock today, but I already have it in hand. The question is whether I should sell out of it immediately to cut all association with them. On the one hand, I shouldn't be supporting this company at all with my money. If my association with them entailed my giving them x amount of money every y number of time periods, then it would be an easy call: stop giving them my money. Done and done. On the other hand, they've already gotten all the money they were ever going to get out of me over two years ago. I have not put any more money into the company, and they are not getting another penny from me anytime in the future. They already have all they're gonna get, so whether I sell today or a year from today , it will still be the same amount of money they will have gotten from me either way. It's just that now the value of the stake I gave them my money for has exploded literally exponentially. So whether I were to sell the stock I own in them for $10,000 or $100,000 or $1,000,000, that would not change the amount I put into the company. That part is fixed and done and over with. So, while I am loathe to claim any ownership stake in this company—such as that "ownership" is, anyway—I am leaning towards hanging onto the stock as long as it's going up so I can extract as much money out of them as I possibly can when I do sell, and I may then turn around and try to do something good with the original stake, something that's opposed to how they are helping the regime. I actually have implemented a series of trailing stop limit buys to sell it as the price drops through a series of trigger points. The price has not even threatened that first trigger, though, and the triggers keep rising with the stock price. If any of you were in this same position, how would you handle it?

Let’s offer Joey Cora to the Jays in exchange for Trey Yesavage.

Meanwhile, let the rumors begin;

No, I mistyped that - I am saying OSU is going to blitz like crazy and Michigan is going to throw a bunch of screens and score a bunch of points. I will not believe OSU is going to even beat Michigan by 1 point until I see it with my own eyes. Day has a Michigan problem like Harbaugh had an Urban Meyer problem

He just signs whatever his handlers put in front of him. Much like what they've accused of Biden.... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7ek63e5xyo

That's probably not enough money. I follow dirt track sprint car racing. There are two main touring circuits of cars. The cars are pretty much the same. Some costs I am aware of; Engines (some teams with maybe two, and others with half a dozen or more ) = $74,000 each Complete rolling car with engine = $100,000+ and they all have at least one backup. Haulers are commonly sold for several hundred dollars given they are full blown semi-trucks now. Two years ago one team disclosed they spent $1.3 million in travel expenses for the year. These costs don't include a shop to work out of. Even in this crude form of racing top teams need millions of dollars to run one of the circuits between the car, travel, and shop costs. This year, with 4 races left, the top winner made a little over $800,000 (World of Outlaw circuit, one of the two big ones). Not near enough to cover all the costs. Indy car, NASCAR, and F1 budgets would put these guys to shame when it comes to cost. Like the old saying goes "want to make a pile of money racing? Start out with a bigger pile." So true.

What is Trumpism aligned with? It ain't the democracy I was taught in school. It's much closer to Orbanism, when the ruling multibillionaire class controls everything despite the charade of Democracy.

Welcome back! Hope to see you in game threads next year.

hate shootouts

If Brock had slid instead of going in standing up in ‘68, and if IKF had gone in standing up instead of sliding last night, the outcomes of both of those World Series may have been different.

This is what happens when you looked at the futility of the pistons for the last 15 years - including the worst record in franchise history - and said, "wow, i simply must hire the guys who created that team!"

But it’s socialism for business just like in Hungary. Not help for Americans who voted for the Big Orange One who pulled himself up by his dads bootstraps

We need Offensive line help more than we need another Edge rusher.

I'm not ready for autumn/winter. I want more Tiger games, I want more bike riding, I want more lawn mowing, I want more windows down in the car, I want more short sleeves and shorts.

The only way teams like the Tigers, or the PIrates or Royals or Rockies for that matter, could effectively compete on an ongoing basis is if MLB were to substantially delocalize baseball as both a fan pursuit and an industry. This is something the NFL and NBA have done very effectively. The NFL did it through pooling television and licensing revenues among the teams, and even though all teams keep their local money, because practically all 32 teams sell out every week, the local money is pretty close to the same for everybody. This is in large part how the NFL can have the teams in Green Bay (#68 ranked DMA in the country) and Kansas City (#32) be considered among the elites in their sport, while franchises can survive and even thrive in small markets such as Buffalo (#54) and New Orleans (#50) The NBA has effectively delocalized their sport via the strategy of marketing players over teams, a tactic that by nature has generational appeal (i.e., young fans are more attuned to players as personalities than older fans are). That’s how Oklahoma City (#48) can come to be considered THE elite NBA team for decently long periods of time, as well as the league being able to support franchises in Memphis (#51) and, again, New Orleans (again, #50). Of course, there are also key structural differences when it comes to baseball versus football and basketball. Football is a sport dominated by a quarterback personality who controls the ball for roughly half the entire game; plus, as a once-a-week event, every NFL game is considered a spectacle worthy of national or super-regional broadcast practically regardless of which teams are playing. Basketball is a sport where one guy out of five can take over and control an entire game or stretch of games or even a whole season, touching the ball and making magic happen practically anytime he wants; plus, the games are also somewhat locally event-like in that there are only one or two games in town in any given week, and since the arenas are relatively small and similarly-sized, there cannot be vast attendance differences among the teams. Baseball is practically the opposite of all of these things. In terms of players, even a superstar comes to bat only four or maybe five times in a game, and he hardly ever touches the ball on defense (not that you would want many of them to do, anyway). As for pitchers, superstar starters pitch only once every five or more days; and superstar relievers, who already have short shelf lives career-wise, are in the game for only one inning at a time, if they come into the game at all. Plus, while the stadiums are humongous all around the league, the attendance differences are vast between team groups such as the Yankees/Dodgers/Cubs versus the White Sox/Marlins/Rockies. (Baseball even has two teams playing in literal minor league stadiums right now!) Low attendance versus stadium capacity occurs in part because a team will play at home every day for a week and a half several times a year, almost eliminating the possibility that games could be considered must-see events. No amount of marketing can change the effects on the business of any of that. MLB could go a long way toward fixing this inequity among franchises by, again, delocalizing the money part of the sport by pooling all revenues—national broadcast and maybe even local broadcast, licensing, digital media, perhaps even ticket sales and other gameday sales—into one pool and dividing it evenly among the 30 teams, with perhaps some minor concessions to local cost of living differences (e.g., a touch more to New York teams, a touch less to St. Louis). They could also implement and enforce a narrow band of payroll, marketing, and perhaps even infrastructure spending, requiring a low ceiling and high floor of spending to ensure that none of the 30 teams have a substantial spending advantage over any of the others when it comes to attracting and keeping top players—something the NBA does right now, and very successfully. That would go a long way towards equalizing opportunities to compete among the 30 MLB franchises. The dirty little secret, of course, is that there is exactly zero appetite for any of this at either the team level or the league level. The league makes much, much, much more money overall when the Big Six teams (Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, Cubs, Dodgers, Giants) are successful on the field versus when they are floundering; and too many small franchises are only too happy to spend next to nothing on players, fielding 90-plus-loss teams year after year, and pocketing the money from whatever revenue they do get, while franchise valuation continues to skyrocket and gives them attractive parachute options when it’s time to cash in on that. So, really, the only way fans of franchises outside the Big Six could enjoy seeing their teams rise to the level of contender for multiple seasons at a time is to go through natural cycles where they compete for a few years and then have to reload for a few more years, because they simply can’t generate the revenues needed to compete for decades on end like the Dodgers and Yankees do; or like the Mets, Red Sox, Cubs, or Giants all could if they were simply smarter organizations when it came to the actual on-the-field baseball stuff.

The Lions do t have cap space for Hendrickson. They need to roll cap over from this year. Hendrickson would blow that all up. He’s also not even healthy and Muhammad has out performed him. The Lions need first round picks because they have to keep supplementing the roster with cheap talent. The downstream impacts of Hendrickson would be enormous and not in a good way.

It don’t matter to me. But if you’re a Christian Nationalist it might matter to your brood. Especially if you’re trying to hold a crazy faction together. I don’t give a flying fickle of fate about what they believe. It’s how they practice what they say they believe. These guys are in your teepee not mine

fool's gold

Where it matters is whether the batter will call for the challenge. Because determining whether the ball is a strike below the zone is harder than in other areas, it will be harder to call for a challenge below the zone than inside, outside, or above the zone, and the cost of being wrong on the challenge is high. So a catcher will probably benefit more by framing pitches below the zone than above it or to either side.

Per Harris: “I hope that I've demonstrated here that we're focused on winning baseball games and trying to win a World Series, not winters or deadlines,” Harris said earlier this month. “Sometimes that means that we're going to go into a winter and we're going to chase the flashiest name, and we're going to offer a lot of money. And sometimes that means we're going to go into a winter and focus on more targeted needs. I don't know exactly what this winter is going to be.” I don’t think I actually believe he’s uncertain about what he wants to do except for the goal of winning the World Series. But of course he’s not going to be open about it.