Tiger337

To be fair, he and his children are American people. So, he wouldn't be lying.

None of them for a rental. I wouldn't trade top 100 prospects unless they were getting someone who could help beyond this year.

They were different eras. It was a rule change just like extra inning runners was a rule change. Playing without gloves would be dumber than extra inning base runners because it would be dangerous. However, I still consider the latter to be unacceptable. And now that the Tigers have their most exciting team since perhaps the 80s, it just becomes more annoying to be distracted by that monstrosity.

They do it in Spring training whch is also when the WBC is played! Anyway, I don't think the way they did something in the past has to always stay the same. It would be stupid if they still played without gloves for example. When the old way of doing things becomes impractical, then they can consider making a change. However, I don't believe in fundamentally changing the rules of the game without a really good reason. Even the DH was not a fundamemtal change in the way the game is played. The game is still played the same way. It's just a role change.

Skubal doesn't know how to win.

The WBC and olympics are tournaments, not regular season. WBC is really just an exhibition played by players not in peak baseball condition. Baseball in the Olympics is pretty much the same. Ties may be boring but they do not change the rules of the game for the purpose of a cheap gimmick. Ideally, I'd like to see them keep playing the game the same way baseball is meant to be played until there is a winner. The purpose of ties would only be to save pitching staffs. Ties were part of the early years of the game before they had lights. Ties are not ideal, but they are acceptable to me. Extra inning baseball is not real baseball and I have ittle interest in watching it. Thus, the winner is not a real winner. I'll take a tie over that.

I'd prefer they end in a tie after 12 innings, but having the base runners after 12 innings is preferable to what they are doing now. Extra innings are fun without the base runners. The only real problem is that they mess up pitching staffs.

It was not in the international rules prior to its introduction to America. It was just a gimmick used in tournament games. It's still not used in regular season games internationally. In Japan and Korea, they have three extra innngs and if the game is still tied after 12 innngs, then it's a tie. That's the way to do it. You can protect pitching staffs without bastardizing the game with cheap gimmicks.

The Tigers now have a better record than the Dodgers. It's so unfair!

It's bad enough reading things in my own voice. The f word means everything from bad to good now. ****, yeah!

Give him a pass? LOL, I think they should put him in an orange jump suit and fly him to El Salvador! But, we should stop worrying about his stupid distractions and concentrate on his real trangressions. Also, I didn't know we were allowed to say "goddamn" here. You are going to be arrested by the Anti-Christian bias commission!

Maybe they thought the Tigers could have done better in the first half...I doubt they put that much thought into it though. I think it's either they were punishing him for the Houston scandal or they mailed in their votes befor the Tigers clnched a playoff spot.

She has been at odds with Trump for a while. It's not surprising. She has always been a con woman who craves attention and money. Birds of a feather.

It's always hard to tell with him, because I don't think he distinguishes between truth and reality. He just says what will get a favorable reaction from his cult.

That's where we could be saved. As much as Trump needs control and power, he also needs to be loved.

That's why I think mass protests are important. Right now, the Republicans feel as if they can just gaslight the nation and everything will go the way they want. If they know the public is on to them, it won't be so easy.

What happens if we have competitive authoritarianism where leading democrats see how easy authoritaianism is and they decide do it too when they get back in charge?

So, how do we stop authoritarianism?

I think it's going to take mass protests to wake everyone up. Authoritarianism is happening fast. Waiting until Fall, 2026 (and optimistically counting on a blue wave) may be too late. it's not 1993 anymore.

It could come from mass protests by the people. I think that would require a substantial eventto trigger it though.

I've always thought that errors should be treated like like an HBP where they counted in on base percentage as a time on base. I don't know if I'd treat it the same as a hit though because I think should count against the fielder. I believe the UZR fielding metric stil includes errors in the calculation since it is known that the fielder should have turned that batted ball into an out.

The run itself is illogical because a run scores without anyone getting on base. I will never get used to it. I lose interest in games as soon as they reach extra innings now.

I believe him in this case. It was not a funny joke though.

I still see that as a bad mark on his historical record and I think a lot of teams felt that way which is why he was available. I was never angry and I am certainly not angry now. When all is said and done, I think he may go down as the best Tigers manager ever.

Like the extra inning base runner?