Jim Cowan

Every washed up guy has a track record.

It doesn't matter what anyone here wants. He's playing. There is no credible scenario in which he does not play in 2023.

That's exactly right, his OPS is .612 but he has intangibles up to here.

We used to laugh about this years ago, the guy who plays center has to lead off and be a base-stealer.

That's so true. Never once have they tanked, if tanking means deliberately assembling a bad team in order to earn a reward such as improved draft position. They have never done that. They have simply assembled bad teams, while trying to assemble low-cost teams. They were never trying to lose.

No one "wants" him. Everyone here, without exception, would make that 8th year disappear if it were in their power to do so. But we can't, it is there, and he's going to play and there isn't any fantasy world in which he isn't.

That guy who said "only 46 cases" was a climate change denier too.

It didn't even occur to me to watch it.

Yeah, he's not going anywhere, he is playing next year for his curtain call. I don't mind at all, he is one of the few interesting people on the team.

Yes the intelligence on the ground today defeats any 1944 style deception. I was just musing about 1944 and nothing has changed except Hitler has a satellite to observe enemy movements. Would he even believe the evidence if it conflicted with his point of view?

Those inflatable tanks at Dover might still look good from a satellite, but it would be tricky to assemble and transport them. They would need wheels and a wooden base, a small motor, and a driver. You couldn't just assemble them on-site or push them into position, being watched by a satellite in real time. Real tanks would have to arrive at the assembly area in advance, to drive around and leave so many tracks that it wouldn't be obvious that the fakes weren't leaving any. What about a heat signature? This is too complicated for me.

Drafting guys named Jace and Troy, boy I don't know. You should only draft guys named Mike and Nick and Chuck.

Then how would going to Toledo change anything?

Yes

That sure sounds like shitty coaching to me and a manager who can't control the flow of information.

Hitler was a charismatic leader whose subordinates obeyed his commands. That doesn't sound like Hinch to me.

Tonight my wife and I walked across the street for drinks with 6 other friends from the street, which we haven't done in about 15 years. It was just great, I did not think about the 2022 Tigers even once.

I really want to see him in Toledo in August.

Clearly, he is a Mason.

Poor Biden, nobody told him that Jared Kushner already achieved lasting peace in the middle east.

Lol, that explains a lot.

You can tell a lot about a player from his nickname. Avoid "Spaz".

Yes and we are stuck with him, thanks to Al Avila outbidding himself with the only offer that Hinch received.

What MB said could not have been more clear.