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Wow, talk about a meltdown. Houston gives up a 63 yard return and one of the Texas shoves his special teams coach ON THE FIELD and gets a 15 yard penalty. So KC gets 78 yards right from the jump and turns it into 3-0.

The Lions have no shot of winning this game. They're getting destroyed. Remember the 41-10 drubbing in 1992 ? We're gonna have a similar fate tonight. Only question is - after Goff goes down in the 1st quarter, will it be Teddy B or Hendon? No way the Lions win this game. (I am a living jinx, please understand what I am doing here)

I think what happened with Boardwalk Empire is they needed to jettison Michael Pitt because nobody wanted to work with him, so they had to change directions with his character two seasons earlier then they initially planned. But the last season, with what, a 7-year time leap? That was odd. So Arnold Rothstein goes from being a minor character to a fairly important one and then in the last season his death is only mentioned in passing. I guess the idea was to jump to the end of prohibition, but it was poorly executed.

The cold opens for both shows were great, but the ones for Better Call Saul were brilliant. So much detail to it all. And often with no dialogue. The one in the final season - the Nacho episode. Just panning across the desert floor until you see that blue flower and the broken piece of glass. You have no idea what it means at the time, but when you go back, it's so powerful. No dialogue. No music. No action, just a slow pan. What other show had the balls to do that? The Wine & Roses episode where they are cleaning Saul's house out, the falling ties that shift from black and white to color. It's epic And I think my favorite is the one where the slide rule being put into the mold with that a capella version of In Stiller Nacht. Again, no dialouge. Just showing the process of putting something into a plastic mode. THEY RESPECTED YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND DIDN'T DUMB IT DOWN !

The final game at Tiger Stadium, after the game and players came from Centerfield, Wasn't he the first one out there? I was at the game, I think he was. Gathering dirt and putting it in a baggy. I still get emotional about that place, but also understood why they needed to make the move.

I always wished I had the guts to be as independent as Bill Lee

We were coming out of such a dismal season in '75. They lost 19 straight that year. Lolich, Hiller, Horton and Freehan were all that's left from the glory days and they were past prime. The farm system was another 2-3 years from developing anything. And I remember it VIVIDLY, even though I was just 11. It was a cool and cloudy Saturday and the Indians were playing the Tigers. It was on TV (I think only about 40 games were televised then). His first start. Fidrych gets up there, he's all arms and legs, he was shaped like a stick figure with curly hair and he'd pitch the ball and the catcher would return it and he just couldn't wait to throw another pitch. My dad had me go with him to a plumbing store on Van Dyke near 14 mile. He and the store guy get into some lengthy conversation about nothing that mattered to me and I sat there watching the game on this little black and white TV. The Bird just cruised through the game. Not looking this up, this is on memory, but he 2-hit them, right? And that game was over in less than 2 hours. You could tell - even then, that that cat was different. He looked like he wants to burst out of his own skin, he's stomp around the mound after every out. And 6 weeks later he ws a superstar. In an interview the interviewer said "that was a tragically short career". He said "Tragic? It wasn't tragic, I started an All-Star game, I was on the cover of Rolling Stone, it was great". In 1985 he suffered an injury (working on his truck, of course) and went and got an MRI, which weren't common then. They found the tear in his shoulder and he was told it could be repaired and in a year it could be as strong as ever. He was 30. He could have done it but he just said that he didn't want to set himself up for the heartbreak again because he was happy where he was. How do you not root for a guy like that?

Why did we even ****ing go through all of this? What a pointless exercise. I really hate the ****ing Dodgers. I hate them more than the Yankees now. Just tired of it.

Two of baseball's greatest characters there. Man, that game. The whole country got introduced to The Bird. It's so sad how it didn't last, but I guess the story wouldn't have have been as magical if we saw him slowly age. But even in his last years when he'd be around for interviews he was like a big kid. It's like he was the last of the wide-eyed kids to make it. So many of these guys now are pumped up so much by the time they get to the big leagues they are jaded at 25. Not this guy. That wasn't an act. It breaks your heart that he died so young and so oddly. Guy didn't have a negative cell in his body.

Yeah, but you're Canadian, nothing ever looks normal to you guys.

That game last night. I understand the amount of money the network is making by having the moving ads on the boards, but they shouldn't be so distracting. It ruins watching the game.

Thank Goodness Angel Hernandez retired so he couldn't torment Breggie like he did with Kinz.

Well, the keyword is "elite". I don't think Alex Bregman is elite at all. He's good, but he's not in any rarified air. He played on a very good team, in a lineup that was loaded in a park where a lot of fly balls turn into home runs for right handed hitters -- plus he's coming off a steep decline in his OBP (trend or fluke?) and he's 31. He was really in a favorable situation. Yes, he's a great fit for the Tigers right now and it does not seem like he's really blocking anyone coming up (unless they plan on McGonigle moving to 3b). But is he really a 7 year/200 million guy? His best years were 2018/2019. That was a long time ago. Those 24 or 25 home runs playing in Houston are more like 19 or 20 in Comerica. That's good, but that's not special. If he really was a 7 year $200 million player - wouldn't he be signed by now?

I can see them possibly going 5, with some opt-outs. If Bregman wants a bigger payday than he's being offered - he'd probably do a 1 year deal and bank of himself. But if that's the option, I doubt he'd want to play in our ballpark.

No Pizza for you, Joey. More wheatgerm and riboflavin, yeah come on, Joey, eat.......good boy

Do you see the disrespect here? Do you see how small and off-center the Lions person is. USE THIS !

All the kids want something to do I just wanna sniff some glue.

That's why Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul were very smart and there was very little fat.

I'd love to be 21 again. But with the knowledge about life I have now. Tell ya what, I wouldn't put up with the crap I did the first go round. When people show you who they are - believe them, and run away.

What happened with Lost is that they put it together, initially for either one or three seasons. Then it got wildly popular and they didn't know how to fill the extra seasons, so we got the Nikki & Paulo episode.

Well you can't, so you have to live with it. Live with your pain. Learn to love your pain. Your pain is your only friend. Your pain will never leave you. BWAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I can't not predict the Lions to win because I am a lifer and I know what happens when I expect things. So, prove me wrong, Dan and Jared and Ben and Z and Knuckles and Sonic and Jaymo and Upside Down Guy. Just me and my pain. Together. Ready for the gut punch.

How much more time does Cossa need in the minors?

I've got Washington 38, Detroit 17

One of the guards on Prisoner was Cathy on Neighbors. The Italian family !

Coach should be fired. Don't care about 14-3. if Sam wasn't getting it done, I thought you had Daniel Jones on the bench. Daniel Jones isn't great, but he is a good athlete, he could have created a spark.