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7:10 is Sucker Time. 7:25 is probably the first pitch. They'll do the team introductions. First they'll say "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the team from somewhere else" Then for the Dodgers, when each player is introduced they will have a 5 minute bio video (and this includes trainers and equipment managers). Ohtani's will be a 2 1/2 hour movie. His translator will be pixeled out.

looks more urine-colored to me.

Adoption agencies were upset that we were making light of adoptions and asked us to stop.

Oh, I didn't realize this was going to be an ESPN game. It's gonna be Dodgers vs. some other team. It's going to be hard to take.

Keith at first, Tork at DH This makes no sense to me. Tork improved at 1b last year, Keith is shaky there.

Taxes A puzzle? What's the point. You put it together and it's over Laundry? I'm in radio, what's the point? OOTP is not a substitute for real baseball. Can't bowl, it's a hand thing. My spices are on a shelf over the stove, there are 5 of them and they are already in alphabetical order Movies are for Winter. What ELSE what I do when I listen to the podcast. A Quiche ? I'm a REAL man. I never brought my snow thrower out. Never needed it.

But it doesn't happen to US It's supposed to rain all day Sunday. What the **** are we supposed to do all day? Stupid Manfred.

I would think that Flaherty taking on the team he got the ring with is a no-brainer. It would be wise to have Jobe and Mize start against the weak-hitting Mariners. How is there no game on Sunday? What a clusterfoible.

Is that a guess or is that the lineup?

Doesn't Snell have an ERA north of 6 against the Tigers?

Guessing the lineup Greene, lf Ibanez, 3b Torres, 2b Keith, dh Torkelson, 1b Margot, rf Sweeney, ss Baez, cf Rogers, c

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

I know OKC and Cleveland are having monster years, but J.B. is Coach Of the Year. I know he won't win it, but he should.

Hey, my cool uncle was friends with Bernie Carbo's brother and a guy I did radio with once got into a fender bender with Milt Wilcox.

If they have a lot of ground ball pitchers, you want grass there instead of dirt. Try to slow the ball down just a hair and even if its only 4 or 5 plays a game, it probably makes a difference. MLB The Show 25 is suing.

What reason did they give?

I don't know. One drummer, Jimmy Chamberlin, was fired because he was doing heroin with Jonathan Melvoin when he died from an O.D. He came back to the band after being sober for years and I think he's still with them now. For those younger posters, the joke is that Spinal Tap's drummers all die in strange ways. One spontaneously combusted during a concert and another died in a "bizarre gardening accident". Which is weird, since Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro died after an allergic reaction to an inhaled lawn pesticide. It wasn't that alone, but it triggered his death. This was 8 years after the movie.

I'm not putting this in the political thread, this is about MLB standing up for something. Take them to court. You can't tell MLB who they can and can't honor. I mean, what the hell?

There is talk that MLB might cancel Jackie Robinson Day over fear of reprisals from the Trump Administration over DEI rules. I don't know that I'll ever forgive MLB if they did this. Stand up for something, Rob Manfred. Have a backbone. I mean, Rachel Robinson is still alive. What a horrible thing to do to her. Probably want to think about that part too.

Being the Tigers Centerfielder is like being Spinal Tap's drummer.

To Live And Die in LA is the most underrated and underappreciated movie of the 80s. No big star in it (William Peterson and Willem Dafoe were unknowns then). Great car chase too. Even better than the French Connection (same director). Plot twist in the move that is VERY unusual for Hollywood movies. Look, I am not calling it a masterpiece, but it is highly underrated.

I should ease up on Tork. He actually did improve his defense last year.

I feel like they're better off just trading Malloy for someone who can play Center. Malloy just looks like a guy who will never be a good fielder anywhere, but not as good as Nick Castellanos at hitting. They have 3 DH guys already in Torres, Tork and Keith. Its so weird. All this time we have been looking for a right-handed hitting outfielder and now we don't have a legit left-handing hitting centerfielder. I mean Kreider? McKinstry? Ick.

It will the the year of close races (except for the NL West) Get ready to check and double check the tie-breaker rules. AL East 1- Boston 89-73 4-New York 89-73 Baltimore 85-77 Toronto 81-81 Tampa Bay 79-83 AL Central 3- Detroit 86-76 5-Cleveland 86-76 6-Kansas City 86-76 Minnesota 83-79 Chicago 57-105 AL West 2 - Texas 86-76 Houston 85-79 Seattle 83-79 The A's 81-81 Los Angeles 55-107 Dark Horse Team - The A's Surprise Good Tiger - Casey Mize Surprise Bad Tiger - Gleyber Torres AL MVP - Bobby Witt Jr, Kansas City AL Cy Young - Logan Gilbert, Seattle (Skubal's in the top 3) AL Rookie - Jackson Jobe, Detroit ALCS Texas over Boston NL East 2-NY Mets 90-72 4-Philadelphia 88-74 6-Atlanta 87-75 Washington 70-92 Miami 59-103 NL Central 3-Chicago 86-76 Milwaukee 84-78 Pittsburgh83-79 Cincinnati 79-83 St. Louis 78-84 NL West 1-Los Angeles 108-54 5-San Diego 85-77 Arizona 84-78 San Francisco 81-81 Colorado 57-105 Dark Horse - Pittsburgh NL MVP - (why bother) NL Cy Young - Paul Skenes, Pittsburgh NL Rookie - Gage Workman, Chicago.........just kiding, Bubba Chandler, Pittsburgh NLCS Philadelphia over Los Angeles World Series Philadelphia over Texas Yep, the Eagles and Phillies in the same year. But I couldn't pick the Dodgers, there's something too easy about it. Steve Cohen will freak out after not winning the Series in 2025 or 2026 and offer 60 million a year to Tarik Skubal. I really think the American League is a toss up between about 8 teams. An injury here, a surprise story there. Every race goes down the last weekend, except the NL West.

That is impressive I'll take 4 flukey goals and a win any day