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Haven’t seen @BBFCFMin a while. I hope he’s on the beach in Atlantic City for the weekend.

That wind can be so uncomfortable coming off both the ocean and the bay. It can make 55 degrees seem like 40 real quick. Another note on SF, I can’t imagine their car theft rate is very high but they have to have one of the largest car vandalism rates in the country. It’s a nightmare with homeless breaking into cars and stealing whatever they see inside. Not a place you want to park a car on the street even during the middle of the day. Another sad consequence of their way too progressive decision to not prosecute minor crimes.

It doesn’t snow but San Francisco has crap weather. Anytime of year is jacket weather in the 50’s or 60’s with wind.

Maybe Chris can work out a deal where instead he gives Miggy a stake in the amazing District Detroit development project which is coming very, very soon.

The Tigers have to pay him the money and he’s going to happily take it. Whether he plays next year or not is a decision that both sides can make in the off-season.

I’m not exactly sure how it all went down last year with the Texans and the timing of when he asked for the trade and when the seriousness of the allegations came out making him virtually untradeable with looming criminal charges. I think he was pissed because they traded all their vets and didn’t want to be a part of their rebuild and would’ve gotten his wish had he not completely fucked things up by getting exposed as a sexual predator.

He’s now 3-0 against us with 8 hits, 2 ER and 25 k’s in 17 innings this season. Joe Ryan is a first ballot hall of famer if he pitched only against the Tigers.

We tailgated under an ez-up and dealt with the rain. The silver lining was the temperature dropped from 92 to 72 in about 20 minutes. No sweltering heat at the show which is a great thing when you are packed in the pit with a bunch of wooks. The only small negative was they didn’t have the new crazy lighting rig that moves and rotates. The light show last night was great but it’s gets way better when they have the full rig. Not sure if that was a Pine Knob stage issue or logistics from playing last night in Cleveland.

It was touch and go whether there was going to be a show at Pine Knob last night but it turned into one long insane set for 2 and a half hours. Absolutely Bubbleheaded!

This is what the landscape has become for the modern politician. Party always first. Lobbyists and financial backers second. Constituents and country third and fourth. Morality and personal integrity not even on the board.

I don’t think either system works particularly well. An open system doesn’t allow a true reflection of the electorate either. The goal of a primary should be to allow the party to canvass their members to determine who they would like to represent them in a general election. Having the opposition able to vote for an inferior candidate with the sole purpose of undermining the process sure feels like exploiting a glitch to create an advantage that wasn’t intended. There are ways for people to still do this in a closed primary system as MB pointed out but it takes more effort. The open system makes it so easy for people to purposely try to game the process.

The GOP gets what they deserve since are total scum but this is the problem with an open primary system. It allows for an opposition party to legally manipulate the voting process. It does go against the principals of a fair election. You really should only be allowed to vote in the primary of the party that you register under.

Manning has very little upside if his fastball sits in the low 90s. His other stuff isn’t that good.

Shep’s nonstop Baddoo love is almost as pathetic as Avila’s deadline day prowess.

Tigers trade deadline update: Al Avila had a beautiful drive on hole 2 and made birdie at Detroit Golf Club. His group is -2 at the turn.

Better to keep players and get nothing in return than have Al trade away players and get nothing in return.

Alpine needs to go full circle and change back to Renault and rehire Daniel and Cyril.

Here’s his word. This one has officially gotten ugly.

Lewis owns a home in Vail or Aspen and spends a good portion of the off-season there.

I thought the call didn’t have anything to do with Kim and that was just a code that he had set up to check on one of hidden money spots. He got upset when he realized the feds had compromised that one too. The hidden money is gone and all he has left is what’s stashed in his house and that has dwindled down to nothing. I don’t see him as Gene Takovic anymore. He’s the later version of Saul Goodman still in disguise as Gene. Everything has changed with his mindset even to the point where he gets emotional and reckless and chooses to go back and do the last heist even when so much of the plan was blown. Gene wouldn’t have done that. He was careful and very detailed. Saul is not. Can’t wait to see how things play out from here.

Maybe I’m completely wrong on this one but Ferrari doesn’t seem like the place that would be on board with a woman in a major strategy role. Can’t imagine many females breaking into important jobs in the old boys club in Maranello

My guess is the team essentially wrote him off when he elected to not take part in the voluntary off-season program last spring with a reason he was “homesick from family after not seeing them after covid”. He was a late round backup that really needed all the extra reps he could get for his development. Declining those workouts for any reason would hinder him but doing it for that excuse was a death blow for his future as a NFL player. Tough to to lose that not a hard worker and doesnt care enough about football label once it gets stuck to you.

The ghost of trading deadline past.