Jim Cowan

If anything, it is under-reported because it happens every week and people get desensitized to it. The sheer volume of dead kids is overwhelming.

I agree, I was just throwing it back in Reggie's face. It always seems so hypocritical to demand a gargantuan contract while at the same time admitting that they need a whole bunch of good teammates.

Pudge is a great example. If someone offered Correa the Lindor contract - no one will, but if they did - he would grab it in a heartbeat and wouldn't think twice about the organization's winning potential. This whole thing about "wanting to play for a winner" has always bugged me, I think Reggie Jackson was the first to say it out loud. If you are as good as you think you are, your team should be a winner by definition, shouldn't it?

I was just thinking "hey there's Gloria Allred"

Yes, and not only that but what are the odds in any country except the United States? It's a damned disgrace and it's getting worse, it's a horror show.

Yeah, generally speaking guys who strike out at ridiculously high rates just keep on doing it. I don't know if he is on any top 30 lists but I don't think I'd put him on one. The Tigers disagree or else he wouldn't be at AFL.

So, you signed it in June? You were stupid in June.

Mixed bag I think. If you ignore an insane 11 game streak the results were disappointing, to me at least. I was hoping for a lot more OBP than from his Tigers career, and he didn't settle into a steady defensive role. He's still very young though.

Also, which city does your wife like better?

You could appoint - not elect - a commie-style Political Officer in each region.

Lol he's waiting for your answer. The fact is, there could be a difference in the money that is so overwhelming that "winning team" becomes secondary. If the money is close then of course winning matters. So you can't write a rule about having to play for a winner without also acknowledging that there is an amount of money, such as Lindor's contract, that Correa would accept without regard for potential to win if no one else offered anything close.

In your example no of course he wouldn't take an extra $10 million over 10 years. Change your example to where the losing team offers an extra $100 million...now what?

I think he wanted Lindor's contract and believed that he could get it.

Agree.

That fourth dimension, a lot of people underestimate how valuable it can be.

I think that these are the good old days.

Oh, that guy? Yeah I remember him from Stanford, and then we both ended up at Goldman Sachs for a while. He was a striver, wanted to hang with the group of us who actually had real money. Married a rich girl I think.

OK so check out that wish list you made out. David Chadd - gone. Coolbaugh - gone. Kevin Rand - gone. That's my whole list. Is there anyone else we should take bets on?

That's all true but it isn't just his bat that I'm not thrilled about, it's his glove too. I don't want to bet 5% of the payroll on him.

And him delivering on his "projections" is dubious.

I would also be worried that his age 30 season, just completed, was outrageously superior to his entire previous body of work and only his rookie season was even close. What changed? Can he repeat it? For the previous 4 years he is a .920 OPS guy with a lot of missed time. I think I'm not in on this one for the amount of money that will be involved.

I think it is incorrect to say that $7 million is irrelevant. It doesn't matter that Ilitch can afford it, of course he can. But he is likely to give a Harris a fixed budget and $7 million could be as much as 5% of the total. That's a lot of commitment for one guy of dubious value.

Assholes. Negotiate directly with Russia, as if Ukraine is some sort of US territory. Lots of people are vying for the Neville Chamberlain award but I still like Kissinger for it.

Hey those weren't supposed to be for the public, it was just Trump and Bob Dylan and the rest of the guys (except Levon) down in the basement experimenting with new sounds.

There's a guy on that list of casualties that we have been talking about here for 15 years.