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The above could be confused with a discussion regarding social security expectations in about five years.

I have long since given up on Grand Funk Railroad getting in. I believe they should be inducted but at this point I don’t see it happening.

Inflation in at 8.3% for April which is shy of the projected 8.1%. 10 year benchmark yield moved up on the news.

Crap!

Lotta looks

Meadows can be a hero here.

Grossman is due.

24 innings without touching the plate. Brutal.

A’s three outs away from breaking a nine game losing streak.

Tork is as lost as I would be in the box.

Solid inning by Garcia.

Big Mike did a really good job.

Twenty innings without a run. Impressive.

Insomnia is no match for this offense.

Well, almost.

Eighteen innings without a run scored by the Tigers

Out of reach with that one.

Barnstormer reaches.

Poor Tork

Big Mike gets it done.

Miggy hit it oppo for naught.

Frankly, until something changes, I believe both scenarios are true. I just can’t get over how long this organization has been in the rebuild mode and are currently as bad as they are.

I admit, I don’t know where the problem(s) exist that are causing this organization to continually struggle. That’s not my pay grade and I won’t pretend it is. I can say, without reservation, this organization is failing. They have had five years to turn this turd around and aren’t going in the right direction. As a fan, that’s all I can know. Everyone on this board has taken a crack at identifying the problem(s). I imagine there are several.

So, the question is why aren’t they hitting home runs up to expectations? We know they don’t come to the park hoping to fail. So, what is the problem?

As a comparison of teams, I look at the Giants. In 2019 the team was in decline. Bochy was moving on after a great run. To this day, I have no doubt that the driver in his decision was the team, under Farhan Zaidi, was going all in on analytics. Bochy saw this and retired, can’t blame him from his vantage point. What else was there to prove. In hindsight I hated seeing Bumgarner leave but that was a good move on the organizations part. To my point, the Giants pretty much undertook an organizational restart in 2020. In 2020 they missed the playoffs on the last day of the season. Last year they had the best regular season record in baseball. This year they replaced Gausman who was huge last year with Carlos Rodon and replaced Cueto with Alex Cobb. Every team in their division has a winning record currently! Zaidi & Company are very good at seeing opportunity. Mike Yastremski is a good example. I just don’t believe the Tigers have the baseball acumen to identify and get players that aren’t playing at levels they’re capable of and capitalizing on their talent. The Giants took a risk of sorts with Rodon based on last years second half fall off in innings pitched. Things can change but as of today he’s one of the better starting pitchers in the game in 2022. The Giants spend, but they don’t waste their money like a lot of teams do. The Giants aren’t alone in this. The Tigers have had ample time to produce a winning team since going total tank. It’s five years in and they’re dead last in the AL and second worst overall. There is no excuse for this but ineptness in the system. I don’t even know where the problems are but five years of futility makes my point. It is inexcusable.