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Does this reflect the expected return from a trade of Jack Flaherty?

I just love how the public falls for these non-sequitor arguments. *if* you actually could prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon with all this noise, they you could argue about the value of that vs gas prices. But the premise is false. We couldn't prevent Pakistan from developing a weapon, we couldn't stop India from developing a weapon, we couldn't even stop N. Korea from developing a weapon. If a country as large and well educated and financial sound as Iran wants a weapon, they will get it. They could already have had one by now it they had really wanted a program that was more than a bargaining chip for them. The objective truth is the only real way to stop Iran from eventually developing a weapon is for them to decide they don't need one - that the costs aren't worth the payoff. You sure as heII don't accomplish that by attacking them constantly.

I will root for the team to win whether we keep our front office and manager or we broom them instead, but anyone who thinks the Tigers will become perennial winners by dumping Harris/Hinch AND ****canning analytics to go back to the kind of eyeball-based scouting systems in force when we were eleven years old is hepped up on goofballs.

Maybe he can apply for some of that $1776 Billion Trump Money

Hobbes is going to get fat if he doesn't dance soon.

That was the only way we were scoring here with Short up and 2 outs.

I am not interested in calling guys up from the minors whom the organization believes require proper seasoning to play at an MLB level consonant with The Tigers’ Way. I’m not interested in acts of desperation derived from frustration.

When you have a Pope who can quote Tolkien, there just may be a smidgen of hope for humanity .

I feel like they rid themselves of Kenta at the right time. I think they have dug themselves too big of a hole to save this season, but they also aren’t gonna lose 100 games. Not that it really matters. Losing 80 or losing 100 still leaves us watching more football than we would like.

It’s pretty wild to me that even as of today the tigers are still about 1 in 5 chance of making the playoffs. A lot can still change in the next two months, and there will be a lot more clarity where all teams stand and who may or may not be able to justify being involved in a Skubal trade (including the tigers).

Somehow, given the weather we have had in the Midwest, they got the Indy completed. Little rain delay, but what a race. Was a great show all day. Great finish too. Neat video below;

They still would have been in the thick of the race if not for all the injuries. They did the right thing in keeping Skubal. It was fun seeing them have success the last two years.

I think A.J.’s job is a lot a lot more secure than that.

I'm aligned with what Bryce said on Duren. The most he's comfortable with offering is around 28M. That's where I'm at as well. It's also what Allen makes and he outplayed Duren. Now, he also said he thinks they'll wind up paying more that that, which is probably also true (sadly). End of the day, I'm not going over 30M. If he wants more he needs to find a sign and trade. Of course, I expect that Sam is right and the team will sign him for somewhere between 35-40M because they feel like they have to.

That's more stupid than violent. It amazes me that so many people will think that's funny.

The end of Colbert’s show was great. Goose bump inducing then this last night. He did joke about it during his last monologue.

6 runs a week is not a Bert.

A bittersweet Friday night. CBS Radio News is signing off after 99 years. For many years growing up and into my adult years top of the hour CBS news was a staple in my life...and as I entered adult hood, I had the privilege of working for a station that carried the network. My wife had the privilege of managing news departments of CBS owned stations in Chicago and Detroit (both all newsers) as well as Norfolk, Va. I had an ancillary role as a traffic reporter for Chicago's All News station for several years. The media landscape has changed over the last 50 years, but I will be raising a glass of ginger ale to what was once the gold standard

Sounds tempting!

Which mythical team is giving him $30 million per? Only 2 or 3 teams have enough cap space to do that. One of them being the Lakers and that only is true if they cut ties with LeBron completely. If he retires, sure. But if James plays basketball next year I find it hard to believer he wont be wearing purple and gold. The Hawks could in theory get there. But they have to cut ties with CJ and Kuminga to do it. So I rate that as unlikely. That leaves Chicago and Brooklyn. Nets have a center so unless they trade him, they are probably off the table. Chicago is a legit threat with over $60 million in space to play with. One thing to remember, almost nobody signs offer sheets anymore. Six players since 2019 have signed offer sheets, combined. I don't think anyone has since 2023. It is a bad way to acquire talent. The big problem is, your cap space is tied up for the 48 hours Detroit decides if they want to match or not. It actually could be longer if you agree to a deal on July 1st because you can't sign it until July 6th, then Detroit has until the 8th to decide if they match. In a class that isn't great to begin with, it will be slim pickings on July 8th if Detroit matches. The second reason nobody signs offer sheets is cost. You almost always have to overpay the free agent to entice his current team not to match. Overpaying for assets is rarely a good move.

WAR May 22, 2025 vs May 22, 2026 Dingler 1.4 vs 1.8 Greene 1.3 vs 1.7 Torkelson 1.3 vs 0! McKinstry 1.1 vs -0.4! Baez 1.1 vs 0 Torres 0.9 vs 0.5 Carpenter 0.7 vs -0.2 Keith 0.3 vs 0.1 Rogers 0.1 vs -0.1 Harris challenged these guys at the end of 2025 to go home and work on getting better. Two did so far. Three lost more than 1 WAR each. Injuries have been a huge issue but this is the core of the offense. They have to get better performance out of these guys.

On this date Apollo 10 came within 9 miles of the lunar surface and about 150 miles from the site of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. There were always rumors that they put less fuel in it to prevent them from landing but that's not true. First off, these were military guys who would not disobey an order. Second, they had plenty of things to test out that needed to work before a landing could take place. They came close to crashing. A switch setting was flipped by one crew member, and the other didn't realize it, so they switched it back. That tricked the craft from thinking an abort was taking place. They came within a few seconds of crashing into the surface. They begun to spin wildly above the surface. A bad word was said, which was a scandal. This is the only flown Lunar Module that's possibly still intact. Previous versions were crashed into the moon, Apollo 13's burned up in Earth's atmosphere. Snoopy, the name of Apollo 10's was jettisonned into orbit and a few years ago a team said with 98% confidence they found it orbiting the sun.

Around 4pm we will see something insane they have been holding off releasing for the Friday before a holiday weekend.

Given the crazy **** that happened the last two years, I am not giving up in May.

this is a huge part of MAGA's success. "flood the zone with sh|t" and normal people get overwhelmed. Trump's corruption is boundless and MAGA just loves every bit of it. 1/3 of the country either does not care or does not understand or does not know what he is doing.

Welp. I was in Detroit for a work meeting this morning….broke down and bought a ticket for $15. Probably should’ve just gambled that money at the casino

Congratulations Governor Benson. I’m emailing John James with the good news.

I do think the RWM is the linchpin of this whole thing, and if that ecosystem could be somehow decimated, that would go a long way toward breaking the spell.

Gotta start a winning streak at some point. Might as well be today.

And the Pirates have won more games than the Mets this year. 😀 And Tampa Bay has won more than the Dodgers!

Pass. He will be 35 when the playoffs start. Coming off of a major knee injury and already had a shaky injury history before that. I did get a good laugh looking up his age on Basketball Reference. They list one of his nicknames World B. Flat.

McKinstry getting picked off with two on, no outs. That was a fail of huge import.

always respected Barney - he knew his stuff. If more people in Washington understood economics like Barney did we'd be in a better place.

Susan Collins doesn’t understand things just like Mike Johnson has never heard of them. Pathetic, disingenuous hacks.

I'm sure that just like always, a few Senate votes to support him will assuage Miss Suzie's disappointment in him. really though, how long can a lying scumbag keep play acting at stupid before her constituents figure it out? Platner's stance is that she is either a liar or incompetent - I hope Mainers realize that is exactly true.

We could’ve just went to the Jerk Store and got Tyler Collins

You fool, it’s a baseball player store, not an outfielder store. LF are in aisle 7, CF are in aisle 8, and RF are in aisle 9.

We signed Valdez because he was likely the best caliber pitcher we’d be able to acquire via free agency or trade as a potential fall back in case we lose Skubal. It hasn’t paid off to this point, but it was a good move.

A) that tweet is awfuly written. B) POD described it better in the comments

That's all you needed to say. You can only go so far when every player on your roster is a choice between offense and defense.

The outright corruption is breathtaking and will be studied for decades to come.

In my defense I just popped three vitamin C gummy’s so I’m flying…

I wish these were votes and not mere polling.

I’ve seen a lot of cardinals lately. I love the brightly colored birds. Even blue jays even if they are loud jackasses. And the smell of a lilac bush on a nice spring day.