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Maeda Guy Who Won't Make Team Guy You forgot about Prospect who is three years away Jason Foley Guy You never heard of Maeda Manning (Guy who won't make team) Tim Naughton (Guy you forgot about) PJ Poulin (who?) Matt Gage (Warm body) Chase Lee (Guy who will drop off the 40 man when Jose Quintana gets signed)

Correct me if I am wrong. Is there any team more boring in the NHL than the Minnesota Wild? No notable history No stars Even when they signed a couple big free agents (Parise & Suter) they both went flat No long or exciting playoff runs Not really known for anything. The North Stars made some history, they had some moments. But who comes to mind when you think of the Minnesota Wild. I instantly think of coach Jacques Lemaire and his style was the most boring of all. And that's a hockey market. Imagine the blandness of the post Zetterberg/Datsyuk years with the Wings. Imagine that was your entire history. Yeesh.

Maeda Guy Who Won't Make Team Guy You forgot about Prospect who is three years away Jason Foley Guy You never heard of

Yeah, but it's like opening a Christmas gift to find out that it's just socks. Sure, you need socks, but it's not very exciting.

I never know if streaming the game is actually allowed. Years ago it was not, they'd have to go to other programming. But you know what, there is something about driving on a sunny day with baseball on in the car. I am willing to waste a little gas for that.

Wow, even for an exhibition game that's a pretty brutal lineup. I know it's 3 innings for most of these guys, but yikes.

The only AM radio I have anymore is in my car, so I guess I'll just drive around a bit and listen.

I'll tell ya what, the Pistons are a great story. Top 4 is not out of the question here. Home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. This has been a fantastic turnaround. It seems like they are maybe one really good player away from elite status the way they are going now. J.B. Bickerstaff should be a finalist for Coach Of The Year. He won't win it because there are two teams at 45-10, but he's done a great job. Cunningham is a superstar, and you don't hear about anything other than basketball with him. Duren is turning into a well-rounded player (he still has plenty of detractors, but keep in mind that he just turned old enough to drink 3 months ago. Malik's a fun player that brings energy, a fan-favorite type of guy and I think that Thompson is starting to click. This is fun. Too bad they have no more games against Indiana. Pretty silly scheduling, to go the last 35 games without playing a division rival. But that may be good since the Pacers seem to have their number. It's nice to care about them again. I don't like what the NBA has turned into, it's hard to root for many players anymore. I liked the NBA a lot more when it was actually about basketball.

Oh, there is no way Tony Dalton could do it. I am talking his college years. I mean, obviously Lalo is a very educated guy. He's the Salamanca that they sent to prep school so he could infiltrate society.

If there was any other spinoff from Breaking Bad that could be interesting it would be about the younger years of Lalo Salamanca. Very interesting bad guy.

No, it's just you

So wait............MLB wants out of the ESPN deal? Because of "minimal coverage"? Want to as the NHL how separating from ESPN went for them? Be careful here, Rob.

The rest of the NHL has the toughest schedule remaining. They have to face The Toddfather But I feel like this long break interrupted the flow too much (even though they lost the last one). Same for the Pistons, they were on a roll.

Yep. Same here. He would have taken credit for it if they'd won, so I am glad Canada won.

YES !

Anything about Casey Mize so far?

I am getting tired of hearing and reading media outlets and you tube people (some actually have some credibility) saying the Tigers "failed" to sign Alex Bregman. No they didn't. He was never coming here. The Tigers were used as leverage. Offering a 31 year old (who may be in decline) 6 years and $171 million is not a failure. It's a better-than-fair offer and it's proof he never was coming here, since he seemed to be demanding at least 6 years. You could also make the argument the Tigers failed to sign Juan Soto because he was never coming here either. The big question is what will we get out of Gleyber Torres and Alex Cobb. If Torres can hit a lot of line drives to the power alleys at Comerica then it's a win. I know he's hit as many as 38 Home Runs, but that was 6 years ago. He seems to average 25 Home Runs. Switch Yankee Stadium and Comerica Park and that 25 might be closer to about 19 or 20. I think Torres may start a lot of games as a DH. Cobb? I feel like he was the insurance piece in case they couldn't sign Jack or another better starting pitcher. Don't even know what Cobb will be. I hope he's not Kenta 2.0. I'll give the Tigers a C. It was a D until Jack Flaherty came back. The Tigers didn't do anything to make themselves worse, but we don't know if they'll be much better. I feel like a good bat (other than Torres) would have been nice. I also have to keep remember that we're not in the olden times and that the league average is .243, meaning Torres was almost 20 points higher than average last year. I'd like to see that OBP get a little north of .330. Line drives, baby, line drives. I don't think they'll be any better than last year, but the top 4 in this division in 2025 might finish within 5 games of each other, so going 86-76 again could win the division or place you 4th. Really, the Guardians, Royals and Twins did about the same as the Tigers this offseason. I think the White Sox might be the most improved team, they might only lose 105 this year. We did better than the Mariners and Orioles. Actually, we should be grading LAST year's offseason since we have a year of data to look at. But last year's offseason was pretty "meh". Flaherty was an A. Chafin was a B- and Canha, Kenta and Urshela were flops. So, it was another C. But they made the playoffs.

The Saint Paul Saints and New Orleans Saints will sue

Had me checking.............

Nashville will have a MLB baseball team by 2030. Either relocation or expansion. The other possible places are Salt Lake Sacramento Portland Orlando Charlotte Montreal Rhinelander Burlington Guam But not Indy because the Cubs, Cards, White Sox and Reds would never allow it.

Never EVER trade with the Salt Lake Rays

Salt Lake Scorpions. (They have many varieties of Scorpions in the Utah desert)

They really seem to want to stay in FLA, even though FLA doesn't seem to care all that much. Nashville will go GAGA over a Major League Team

The Rays are headed to Orlando, Nashville or Salt Lake City.

What happens is that the people that run the city need to use money to run the city and not coddle billionaires. They are right to tell these rich bastards to pay for their own park, but then they suffer for being right. They've offered to help pay for things, but not the whole thing. The fans in Oakland are good fans, but yeah, they don't show up when the team sucks. Same thing as here. Comerica Park was pretty empty until the end of August. But if the Tigers pulled what Fisher did and intentionally tanked to drive down attendance "See, they don't support us", Detroit would react the same way Oakland did. So would most other cities. The A's will have more support in Sacramento than they will in Las Vegas. Sure, the first year in Vegas will be great, but after that, they'll be drawing about the same as they did in Oakland. Too many other distractions in Vegas.