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I am looking forward to a screaming headline mentioning SCOTT HARRIS and 3-WAY together to see how adroitly it’s handled given the fact that proofreading is a lost art in journalism.

slipping in a little DD speak!

I haven’t watched any interviews, but when I read where Harris said “no one is untouchable“ and that he’s willing to “listen” this means the organization is not desperate, that they’re not panicking, and they will not be easy prey and it’s going to take quite a bit to pry anything loose of substance from the club. It’s his way of dealing from strength instead of weakness regardless of optics. Of course I’m an inveterate optimist and I like reading the most positive intent into things.

I think it does. The idiots on twitter who listen to too much radio make dismissive comments beyond his performance. “Scotty boy”. “Haircut”. Stuff like that. They thjnk he’s weak and timid. Most of them are overweight pretend jocks who think they are teasing the nerd in high school.

Purely off of the awood video it looks like Rasmussen and Soderblom actually had some good moments, winning puck battles and cycling in the offensive zone. I like that when Sherwood hit Raymond in the head at least a couple Wings approached him and then JVR actually skated hard and threw a big check. The Wings have to show some sort of fight.

8/350. Just do it Harris

They have no starting pitching signed beyond 2026 and nothing in the high minors. It's both a short and long term need. I don't get how waiver claims and minor league signings is the way to go. I don't see any swing and miss bullpen guys in the minors either. Just a strange way to build a major league team. They just roster hoard and think that they will win on the margins. The 'on the margins' moves like short term pitching contracts have been epic wastes of money..I just don't get it.

It's only a shame for the sake of your headline that it's unlikely the team from Minnesota will be involved....

do it like they do in hockey. very open and transparent with what teams need to get in. the formula is known before the season starts and teams know what they need to do.

I just started a rumor that Eric Ebron was in Allen Park and is planning a comeback.

Haven't seen any rumors about Tigers making an offer except for one Skubal turned down in 2024 I believe.

They would have done so if they were going to. He gone homey.

It would hurt our negotiating position for him to be so open at this point.

3 years $70 mil for Edwin Diaz is absurd. That contract is going to suck for them, not that they care.

I saw it and agree, disappointing. He doesn't have to committed to anything, but just one time say something like "we love Skubal and certainly want to have him.be a Tiger for life. He has options and has an agent who tends to go with the highest bidder. We intend to try." Instead we get the same statements, which to me point to Skubal being gone. Here is the interview via FB https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AsPaM7Z6H/

and, you know, they are supposed to be non-profits...maybe the threat of the tax man will do it....

Something something Biden autopen

TP Stands for Toilet Paper, right? That's what I think every time I see it.

He is not great at talking to the press. Needs to get flourescent golf shirts and a butt chin.

Gibson was good. Canucks had a ton of point blank attempts, not necessary all grade A but still otherwise undefended and he managed them all. He let some rebounds get away but he had some luck with that not hurting him. Canucks outplayed the Wings over more than half the game but the Wings executed a couple of very slick plays for their scores. Always good to get a win in the Pacific time zone, but the Wing's inability to clear their own zone against a not very good offensive team was a depressing thing to watch.

I would trade ASP and Danielson +++ for Quinn Hughes.

It was odd. Like others have noted the Canucks did seem to have a lot of chances with Gibson making a lot of good saves, but maybe I'm so jaundiced given how badly the Canucks have been dumped on by fans and media here, as I never really expected the Canucks to convert those chances. I never felt uncomfortable for the Wings. Even though the Wings got decisively outshot, I still felt the Wings were clearly the better team.

Not Asia - Australia! And do they call them 'NorthPaws'?

The Eagles have a championship defense. They have weapons everywhere on offense. Their problem is Jalen Hurts has forgotten how to play Quarterback. This is the defending Super Bowl MVP and he’s been lost the last 5 weeks.

Tearing down the wall that separates church and state???

My father is white, male, older boomer, high school education, factory worker, listens to country music, lives in Macomb County, and hates Trump and never voted Republican. He fits the stereotype of a MAGA voter to a tee. The one exception is he doesn’t watch Fox News.

One thing about the Detroit area is that you never know what is going on from the exterior. I find this to be more the case than other metros i visit. Some very MAGA looking types who have family genetic disposition to the democrat party and some very left-coded looking people who seem to have fallen for the cult.

Thanksgiving Day football games began as a college tradition. Stolen by the NFL.

If Lane Kiffin has taught us anything, it's that loyalty can be bought by the next highest bidder. The right dollar amount makes anyone go anywhere. Honor is as high as the last number on the check.

I have to assume Harris thinks he can just flip the switch on his drafts - go pitching heavy and have Fetter & Co. turn them into several Cy Young candidates in 6 months. Hard to see what other plan is in place.

Luk... I'm just kidding.

1934, actually... and, this is going to ruffle a few feathers, the Lions didn't invent Football on Turkey Day. They weren't even the first NFL team to do it. What made the Lions effort unique were two things: First was the fact that Lions owner George Richards also owned WJR, which was part of the Blue Network (which became ABC) and the Lions game was broadcast nationwide on the radio. And of course the second thing was that the Lions would go on to do it (almost) every year after. (They didn't play in T-Day during WWII.) So the Lions didn't invent it, but they were the ones who made it wildly popular and cemented it as a NFL tradition. Lots of the info here was pulled from the wikipedia article on NFL on Thanksgiving Day if you want to read more. Some numbers (also pulled from there): The Lions have played 85 T-Day games. Second closest is of course the Cowboys with 58. The Bears and Packers are tied for 3rd place with 38. Most wins also goes to the Lions with 38 wins. With them also having 46 loses and 2 ties that's a sad .452 WPct. Second place is unsurprisingly the Cowboys with 35 wins. The Arizona Cardinals have the 5th most T-Day games as they used to host them quite regularly in the past in their various stops around the country. As the Chicago Cards they hosted 1922, '24, '33-'35, and '50. As the St. Louis Cards they hosted on '75 and '77.

What does pejorative even mean? Shut up college boy.

“College Boy” is just a way of making fun of people who disparage education as a mark of inauthenticity although they would scratch their heads at the use of the term “inauthenticity” and utter resentful banalities about “the wisdom of the common man” being slandered. They’re the same people who are against the practice of the term “doctor“ being used for anyone except a male MD.

Yeah, boo!

We can get this hammered out before noon.

The Eagles made trades. How could this be happening?

good Rosenthal article about The Skubal Decision in the Athletic. Basically, if you keep Skubal, get better now. If the Detroit Tigers want to keep Tarik Skubal, president of baseball operations Scott Harris can’t stay in his preferred risk-averse mode...No one is suggesting he do anything reckless and make a free-agent splurge that could set back the franchise years if it goes awry. But if the Tigers keep Skubal – and they should, seeing as how rare opportunities are to win a World Series – it’s time for Harris to get uncomfortable.

He was released at his request so he could play for a playoff team. He definitely isn’t Branch or Joseph, but he does have a decent career.

You couldn’t define a group of open bigots even more if you tried. Speaking of, this guy that had a Nazi symbol in one of campaign ads years ago posted about *four* randomly chosen people.

i forgot westbrook was on the kings. westbrook, derozan, and lavine all on the same team! the other two guys on the floor with them must be so bored on offense! westbrook with 20+ and a triple double in a kings loss by double digits to one of the worst teams in the league is SO perfect. i'm sure russ had a press conference to remind everyone of his triple double...

I have many. But this was so hilarious putting together... I just couldn't pass it up! PS: Ask me about my baseball card collection (I know, what a kid am I ... !)

I would support this as long as they’re going to pretend like this is still college football and not have the Big Ten and SEC leave everyone in the dust. All nine conference champions (not including the two-team PAC-12 or Notre Dame) get an auto-bid. Plus 11 at-large teams, as determined by a computer. All teams are ranked #1-20 based on the computer. First round is just #14 vs. #20, #15 vs. #19, #16 vs. #19, and #17 vs. #18. Which will be mostly MAC and CUSA champions against lesser at-large teams. Re-seed after every round.

I wouldn't worry about depleting resources. With a lot of kids coming up our payroll should be able to handle a few vets, even if they are costly. But Skubal isn't signing a free agent contract this offseason with us. So this isn't even relevant until offseason 2026. Any FA's that sign with Detroit aren't signing because Skubal is here ONLY in 2026, or HAS an extension or DOESN'T have an extension. There are only two reasons a FA will sign with Detroit this offseason, and neither have anything to do with Skubal: 1) Money 2) They WANT to be here.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-sign-pitcher-drew-anderson Harris quotes about Mr. Anderson: “He made a really good impression with us in the spring of ‘24,” Harris said. “I thought he worked really well with our pitching group. I thought he accessed some additional velocity and fastball quality that he carried to Korea with him. In Korea, he was able to hold his velocity across a pretty big workload for a starter. He also added a kick-change that became a real swing-and-miss weapon for him. He still has a curveball.” “We feel like with the added swing-and-miss secondary pitch, and the familiarity and the foundation of innings, that he can be a real addition to our team,” Harris said. “We’re really excited to add him.” “At this point in December, generally we’re just trying to add as much pitching as we possibly can, trusting that we’re going to be able to figure it out in partnership with A.J.,” Harris said. “I think the thing that really sticks out with Drew is that it’s not just the foundation of innings, it’s the performance, too. The [rate of] bats that he was able to miss in Korea [was] pretty staggering.”

ESPN just said that fans egged the Philly's offensive coach's house after they lost to Chicago. It must be the TP Philly representative. 😅😅

alabama also had better wins than notre dame. if notre dame wants to make it to the playoff with a 2 loss record, they can join a real conference. i dont have sympathy for notre dame and their attitude. that said, i think each of the teams involved - alabama, notre dame, miami, and byu - all had a case. what is odd and what gives notre dame a bit of a legit grievance is they were ranked higher than miami and then got jumped for no apparent reason. and notre dame was very impressive down the stretch -albeit against "lesser" competition - than bama or miami or byu.

Wrong! With Jobe, McGonigle, Anderson, Clark, Olson, Melton, Bicerno, Hamm, Green, Torkelson, Dingler, free agent signings, and whatever prospects we get for Skubal (if he is traded) we will NOT go backwards!!! One more year only for Skubal and a prospect in 2030 is malpractice IMO and is more than likely what we are going to get.