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The ****er is on TV bragging about bombing and taking away their electricity and killing people but tell me again about that being the Christian way. He’s rambling in a way that Biden never did but dumb ass saps eat it up as gospel.

well, its just pre-season. the tigers shouldnt be too concerned...

And to think people still wonder why women will choose the bear.

“When Republicans disparage elites, they don’t mean rich people. They love rich people. They mean smart people.” —Fran Lebowitz

This is way worse than Iraq. The impacts of Iraq were fundamentally local. The impacts here are global. A huge mistake Trump has made (among hundreds) is backing Iran so far into the corner that they have nothing to lose. At this point they are perfectly happy to see the whole Western energy economy in the toilet. What's it to them? Trump isn't offering them any off ramp worth taking. Iran knows all they have to do is hold out somehow for a little while 30 days, 60 at the most, and Trump will have to fold. $150+ $/bbl oil with every country at each other's throat trying to insure their own supply, employment down, inflation up, every multinational will be pouring millions into political efforts to end this. He thought he held all the cards, but he should have read Dune "He who willing and able to destroy a thing is the one who controls it" That's Iran, the Straight of Hormuz and the world's energy economy.

It’s a logical fallacy to think one can have a logical conversation with a troll.

There is no question that men are more dangerous than bears.

it's a logical fallacy to believe what is wrong or right in the specific must also be wrong or right in the general, or vice versa. That it is a good idea not to go to work on a day you happen to be sick does not mean you should stop going to work period. The fact that apples are good to eat does not mean every apple is edible. Happily, the human brain has the wiring to learn to make such logical distinctions, if the brain in question is willing to make the effort. the corollary is that platitudes are no substitute for judgement.

Evan Petzold@EvanPetzold 12m #Tigers lineup today vs. Tampa Bay Rays in Grapefruit League: Wenceel Pérez (CF) Javier Báez (SS) Dillon Dingler (C) Riley Greene (LF) Spencer Torkelson (1B) Kerry Carpenter (DH) Austin Slater (RF) Kevin McGonigle (3B) John Peck (2B) Framber Valdez (LHP) McGonigle is going to Opening Day.

Easing the sanctions on Russia is definitely one of Putin's war aims.

I have never understood how people who slobber all over Trump can honestly complain abut elitism.

Oops! Too easy to mix up Detroit sports teams that stumble down the stretch.

punk ass was quiet for days while things went in the ****ter and dough boy boards up one of the windows he shattered and suddenly it’s good news.

That was the easy part. Nobody is better than us at killing people and blowing stuff up. Nobody!

To the untrained eye like mine he "looks" like a shortstop and plays very smart. What does that mean ? Not much but he has momentum and I like his chances to hit enough to stick at shortstop with KMac at second and Rainer at third. Because Defense does play. But nobody's asking for my opinion yet there you have it. 🤔

Lions have one 9 win season after winning 12 and 15 games and it’s mediocrity in perpetuity. The irony is, elite teams don’t always spend big in free agency.

It's easy, just grift stupid taxpayers out of their money. If you're famous, they let you do it.

Not to mention it helps fuel the fantasy that they too can become rich someday if they just want it badly enough.

This is hilarious. I guess it came down to Hronek, Boeser or an orca. The Orca won.

George Straight would appreciate this part of the thread.

No they aren't robots, but the vast majority of fans don't know enough from a small sample in order to detect whether it's real or just noise. It's fun to guess though.

You got that strait.

He's not hitting either.

You were just following stupid.

LOL - yes. And anyone who lives in De'Troit should know better!

The majority of players will be playing multiple position, so Perez playing center field in spring training could just mean that they want him to be ready to play the position when the need arises.

Happy Tampering Day everybody!

I'm against 30-year deals for running backs

FYI: It's strait, not straight. Straight = straight line. Strait = thin body of water (as in larger than a river) between two larger bodies of water. Unless this is just a joke I am missing out on...

Most people want the same carefulness and thoroughness for all people regardless of what they club they are in.

If Verlander gets shelled in a bunch of starts at the beginning of the season then sure, but arguably the best pitcher in Tigers history is not going to lose his job right out of the gate to a guy with career 44 innings and a 6.50 ERA.

I don't think there's a single person on here who wants to go after people not guilty of a crime. But in the past being 'too careful' has too often meant no investigation at all.

I think the spot belongs to Verlander until he proves he can't do it just like Cabrera.

For sure, love to see it for him.

Regime change here too. He’s Putins Bitch and he’s Bibi’s bitch. Those are the ones we know about.

Live look at the new Khamenei...

Every year fans go up and down with ST stats, thinking someone is winning or losing a job, and then the season starts and they forget all about it. Spring training stats don't matter, the samples are too small, the talent too variable and the players are making adjustments and ramping up. Mechanical adjustments that correct weaknesses matter, increased velo and improved pitches matter, health after an injury matters, etc. Stats, they just don't matter. They may or may not reflect an underlying issue, but staff will be well aware of it whether the stats reflect it or not.

If you have a smart phone or an iPad and you have the app on your phone, you can mirror it to your TV if you have a smart TV. It actually works pretty well for other things. Haven’t tried it for this yet though.

Playing through

Playing the Miami Heat?

I’m just really tired of this spring training BS where the games are only of theoretical importance and which is only made worse — for me — by the shallow spectacle of the WBC where national super teams compete against squads of semi pros.

This gave me the idea to ask Claude what the opening day roster should be, based on ZIPS projection for 2026, and this is what it came up with: Remember that ZIPS is kind of a blunt instrument and doesn't take spring training into consideration, but this ain't a half-bad-looking roster. Verlander isn't on it because Claude sees him as a starter only, and he is the seventh-best starter according to ZIPS. Interestingly, Reese Olson projected as the #6 starter, behind Drew Anderson from Korea. ZIPS thinks this would be close to a 100-win team even without a projected superstar.

the hardest part of a limited 2 week military campaign is the first 6 years.

Your monitor functions as a two-way mirror. It has been this way since April 30, 1993.