Tiger337

Correct! He inherited a strong economy.

Unemployment was close to 9% in 2011 (not his fault of course). It went down rapidly throughtout his presidency, but it didn't get down under 6% until 2015.

Other than the Covid period, we have had strong employment throughout the Biden and both Trump presidencies which probably doesn't say much about either of them.

Fanduel knows.

In 1984, they had Whitaker, Parrish and Lemon.

At my age, they call it eccentric. You're not there yet.

Assuming the Royals are sellers, I'd love to see the Tigers get Lugo. I don't care if he's in the same division.

Some of the congresspeople are incredibly stupid, so you are probably right.

Flaherty is developing into a big problem.

I know he doesn't. He just wants a "win" and for everybody to give him credit if it passes.

I personally have no loyalty to either party. I have been voting Democrat only because there is no other choice. In the past, there have been local elections where I voted Republican and I'd like to be able to get back to that some day, but right now there is no other choice but to vote against Republicans. If they keep winning, we'll lose the country as I know it.

Some independents are engaged, some are not and there is a whole spectrum in between. Whether or not you want to call them independents or undecideds, these people can decide an election and you need to get their votes.

Of course, there are independents. Most people don't spend their lives following every obscure election and every political move that is made. I appreciate the detail in which people on this board follow politics, but a very large percentage of Americans do not follow politics at all. They vote for personalities, sound bites or just go off of how they feel about their lives in the current cycle. These people can decide an election.

After Biden's performance in the debate, I think there was no way he was going to win. That was a stunningly bad performance. I know Trump's debates are always a joke, but it doesn't matter with him. America loves a loud mouth bumbling idiot.

Yes, I don't think they have any loyalty to him personally. He's useful. Very useful.

And they were open about it.

He's right... It should start getting him the hell out of here.

Maybe, he should get a different job.

Delete them. They can't be trusted.

In retrospect, Parrish dropped off quite a bit after he left the Tigers and Nokes had a great year in '87. Gibson sure would have helped in 88, probably would have gotten them to post-season. Morris was old and fading when they let him go, so I don't blame them for that. His revival in Torontro was unexpected. I was more disappointed in 85 and 86. That was a great team and still fairly young. They should have added more players through free agency and trade. Also should have kept Howard Johnson.

Yes and it seems a lot harder than it used to be.

How about "if the draft was redone today based on how good they are"?

The 80s core stayed together for a long time. The problem was they didn't add to the core with complementary pieces after 1984. Their development just kind of stopped and Anderson was not a great manager for developing young players. He was good at managing egos but didn't have a lot of patience with young players.

With the depth of their roster, there is not much reason to acquire a postion player unless he's a star. I think they will acquire pitching help especially relievers. I would never rule out acquiring a starter though. You can never ever have too much pitching.

You don't think the president will follow the rules?