Shades of Deivi Cruz

IMO, gift giving is (by far) the worst part of the holidays.

I say this with absolutely no due respect whatsoever. "Go F___ Yourself, Mr. President."

I've been rewatching Tires on Netflix for the third time. It's such a funny show, and each episode is only 20-25 minutes, so it's easy to breeze through. "I'm trying to get these bikini girls into this shipping container. It's harder than you'd think."

Every time I see Trump reading a speech, I think of this.

Poor pirate lady has nearly been killed by Carol twice now, and she will still have to be nice to her.

Except all the reports say that he was talking to Catherine Lucey.

Someone should have asked if he applies that same philosophy to Charlie Kirk.

For a moment I thought "three squares" was referring to the TP allotment you thought would be sufficient, and I thought "man, that's harsh."

I can't say that I've thought about prison life a lot, but one thing I would have assumed is that toilet paper is provided as-needed for anyone and not considered as a "special privilege".

I am not a fan of death metal at all, but holy hell that's amazing. I love that she did that.

Beneficial to a team that appears to be loaded at certain positions in their system.

Absolutely! Which is why I'm pretty forgiving for these kinds of movies. However to me there's a difference in suspending disbelief in something unnatural/supernatural (be it aliens, voodoo, or a super killer) vs things like police behavior or using tech. It also depends on the reality that is put forth in the movie. If you are largely showing the police as competent, yet stumped, you can't have one of the big reveals be that they completely overlooked obvious clues. If they were being shown as bumbling idiots, then that's a different story.

I liked the POV changes. I thought that worked quite well. I won't get into too much else, since I don't want to post spoilers for people. But yes, what you mentioned was a big one.

Watched "Weapons" on HBO last weekend. Liked it, but didn't love it. A couple of plot holes were simply too large to suspend disbelief for. Still, was a worthy watch.

We both know this isn't true. That's Cory Snyder.

If we are listing trades where it seems like the Tigers got the raw end of the deal, there better be a server expansion in the works.

I love Casty. He's not a great player and certainly has his deficiencies (especially defensively), but I've always found him easy to root for. I don't want him back on the Tigers now, at this point in his career, but I hope he does well wherever he ends up (unless it's Cleveland).

The year before he came to the Tigers, Maeda was 6-8 with 117 Ks in 104 IP and a 1.2 WAR. Last year with the Giants, Verlander was 4-11 with 137 Ks in 155 IP and 1.2 WAR.

Bringing JV back holds virtually no appeal for me. To say he's a shell of his former self is still an overstatement. The only difference between him and the Maeda/Cobbs of the world is what he used to be for us.

I'm conflicted because I don't think Skubal will sign anywhere prior to free agency, which points to trading him in the off season. On the other hand, our history with trading for prospects ranges from terrible to awful to laughable.

"Who are guys I don't want to rely on as everyday players, for $100 Alex."

What? You don't want to add another rung to this amazing ladder?

With the way he was rushing/panicking, there's a really good chance he botches that throw to first anyway. I agree though that he committed to going home the moment he fumbled it. He may have realized at the last fraction of a second that Realmuto was pointing to first, which could explain why the throw home ended up so bad. He was rushing/panicking AND reconsidering.

But in the regular season the Tigers scored 29 runs in 6 games vs Seattle. Regression to that mean is 4.8 runs. So if Skubal pitches to his mean against Seattle, they score 3 runs and the Tigers 4-5. Tigers win!

Just asking, but why in your scenario are the Tigers reverting to the mean but the Mariners performance against Skubal this season is not?