Tiger337

I admire your dedication and enthusiasm to politics, but Trump has been a high profile idiot and douche for 50 years. If poeople haven't figured that out by now, they never will.

He needs to improve his k-rate.

All of them are "wrong" most of the time. It's the nature of the beast. I don't think Morosi simply speculates though. All he said was that the Tigers are very interested in Maeda. That doesn't mean they are going to get him as there could be a lot of teams very interested in him.

You may be making a mistake in assuming we have enough reasonable voters.

I have not been all that impressed with either Manning or Mize so far. Both could still be top of the rotation starters, but they haven't shown it yet and there is a good chance they won't. Skubal looks like a #1 if he stays healthy.

Yes, I think he would have won a second term if not for Covid. I think Trump's response to Covid was a disgrace, but I think any kind of response was going to anger a lot of people even with a more reasonable President.

That's the problem. Most people judge the president on how good the econony is when he's there which makes no sense. They can have some impact later, but how can you ever really know how much? Businesses and consumers do a lot of things that are not directly relsated to what politicians do.

I don't think Obama had that much to do with it either. None of them really do. The average person seems to think that the president runs the country like a small busness and everything that happens is because of him. It's not like that at all and this is definitely not directed to anyone here.

What's an aga?

Given the absurdity of his opponent, I still think he could win if inflation makes a dramatic turn for the better in time for people to notice it. He is a weak candidate though regardless given his age and his poor communication skills. People here have pointed out that he has done some good things in terms of policy, but 90% of the country is never going to notice that stuff. It's all about perception. Today, at thankgiving a dinner, a relative was saying that Biden was terrible because of inflation and needs to go. He said that Trump was stupid but surrounds himself with really smart people and was great for the economy. I asked him to name a smart person around Trump. He admitted that he didn't know and just made that assumption based on how good the economy was. That's just an example of how perception is everything.

I don't know. I am just concerned that voters are currently considering voting for a seriously mental ill person and criminal over the incumbent. That suggests a weak candidate to me.

I was just looking at the real clear politics polls and they just keep getting more and more positive for Trump. I know it's really early, but Biden is looking like a ****ty candidate.

As I pondered the idea of the Tigers signing Japanases pitchers, I realized that the Tigers rosters seems to have fewer minorities than any time in recent memory.

with Kenta Maeda?

Pitchers are really tough to project from year to year, but I agree Eno Sarris is better at it than most.

His best years came when he was primarily a catcher, so I think he should get in. He's an interesting case though.

This is my fear with the organization now. Even if they were to be good at it like the Rays, I wouldn't enjoy that approach. Part of the fun of following a team is having some core players that become part of the team's long-term identity.

I think the Tigers need to try to build a contending team every off-season from now on. That doesn't mean they should sign players to stupid deals, but their goal should be to have a contending team every year. No more silly seven-year plans.

I definitely think it helped. Offense generally benefits from expansion because it's harder to add a bunch of new pitchers than new hitters.

as have stats from every year since around 1994!

2012 was more memorable, but Cabrera's 2013 season was even better than his 2012 season.

21 of them were 4 outs or more. 18 were 6 outs or more.

He caught lightning in a bottle but for that one year you knew every time he came into close a game, the game was over. They have never had another reliever like that. They've had some guys who had a lot of saves, but you were sitting on the edge of your seat screaming at them in every appearance.