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2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Trump engineered the gerrymandering of the House through a pressure campaign, and after Callais, no fewer than eight states redrew their maps in his favor that experts estimate should pick up 10 to 12 seats overall, while another estimate says they could gain as many as 16 to 18 seats if all the aggressive redraws were to fully materialize. Link 

I don't know what the benchmark would have to be for you to acknowledge it as a success, and maybe it can be argued that he did not get a 100% uptake rate on the re-draws, and there may be some way it all still falls flat for him in November. But at this point, I don't believe it can be reasonably argued that he did not succeed in his quest to engineer a gerrymandering of the House.

Trump engineered it or someone else did it and he took credit for it?

14 minutes ago, oblong said:

There were also rumors he got it from jumping from a window or fence when a woman's husband/boyfriend got home.

But without the injury he probably would have flamed out.

I don't know if he would have totally flamed out since he was still good in 1977 before the injury, but he might never have lived up to the expectations set in 1976.  He was a finesse pitcher rather than a dominating pitcher, so I would guess that he would have had a hard time sustaining the success he had in 1976 for very long.  

Fidrych was cruising along until this game right here:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/BAL/BAL197707040.shtml

All of the sudden, he gave up 6 runs in the 6th inning and was never the same after that.  I don't know whether it was wear and tear that finally gave out, but the career ending injury seems to have happened in the 6th inning of that game.  He tried to work through it in the next game versus the White Sox and was terrible.  

On 6/4/2026 at 8:22 AM, chasfh said:

This president can’t engineer the gerrymandering of the Senate, so they will have to resort to some combination of suppressing turnout beforehand and limiting access on-site.

He can't engineer anything.  He may have great instincts, but anything that takes intelligence is beyond him.  Getting some thugs to help him limit access is more his thing.  More fun for him too.  

7 minutes ago, NorthWoods said:

If I recall at the time wasn't the knee injury a result of jumping over a chain link fence?

He was fooling around in the outfield catching flyballs.  Rusty Staub warned him, but he did not listen.  

8 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

That worked out better for Blyleven.

The story is that Fidrych injured his shoulder compensating for a knee injury suffered in Spring training.  My suspicion is that his arm was abused during his rookie year and that ultimately led to an injury.  

June 5, 1976

Tigers 3 Rangers 2.  Fidrych pitched an 11 inning complete game versus the Rangers.  Blyleven also pitched a complete game.  No relievers or extra inning ghost runners needed.  

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TEX/TEX197606050.shtml

27 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

edit. This is the approved list. 

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It is interesting that agnostic is allowed but atheist is not.  In the past, I have often seen Christians regard the two as equally "bad".  I have always thought that every person with any curiosity at all must have experienced some agnostic thoughts in their lifetimes.   

56 minutes ago, casimir said:

Yup.  There were “too many” starters in spring training.  And then May happened.

You can never ever have too many starters.  

On 5/25/2026 at 8:37 AM, chasfh said:

I suppose it’s possible, although I do have trouble accepting that a guy mentioned, like, 38,000 or something times in the Epstein files wasn’t involved.

The dirt on him might be that he had a competing rape factory.  The hints are there - his modeling agency for girls and girls working at his Maralago spa.  He got mad because Epstein was stealing his women.    

7 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

 

I never saw that one before.  Thank you.  I love his interviews - so genuine and unscripted and of course the Massachusetts accent!

34 minutes ago, Shelton said:

I also know that motor city bengals is one of the worst sites out there and would never visit or read. 
 

Byb is barely tolerable. 
 

Rogelio works hard and I appreciate the coverage but I don’t need their opinions. You guys here do a much better job.  

yes, this site is the best place to get news, facts, opinions about the Tigers.  It's why I come here so frequently.  

Mize could have a short DL stint.  Of course, that assumes no setbacks which is not a very safe assumption for him.

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/tigers-casey-mize-trending-toward-short-il-stint/

"Mize (adductor) tossed a bullpen session Tuesday, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports."

That reminds me how Jeff Leonard was called "penitentiary face", even on national broadcasts.  This was widely viewed as funny at the time.  Even though I don't think it was mean spirited, it was surely racist and wouldn't be allowed today (at least not on national TV).  

Just now, I was reading that Dave Bergman was the one who came up with that nickname.  He was previously called "prison face", but when he told everybody, he wanted to be called Jeffrey instead Jeff, Bergman changed in to "penitentiary face"

7 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Sometimes, voting for an All Star is more career recognition than it is for how they are currently doing. Totally unfair but it's the name some fans vote for and not the recent stats.

Or sometimes it's just fans stuffing the ballot box for players on their favorite team.  yeah, this is worse than the Hall of Fame!

7 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I like doing both although Hall of fame is usually a more robust conversation 

I do like evaluating current players, but the period of time leading up to the allstar game is arbitrary.  It's basically what a player does from April through June.  So, when you later call someone an allstar, it just means that he had a good first half of the season one year.  Allstar Zach McKinstry!  I also no longer care about the game itself so evaluating what a player does from April to June has to particular significance to me.  

3 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Maybe you disliked him because he was an a-hole and a racist. 

I was not aware of that at the time, but I probably sensed it.  I suspect the game is filled with people like that.  They are good entertainers though.  

15 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

It was probably expected, but Nick Castellanos has been designated for assignment. 

By Dombrowski

26 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

the Tigers following the path of the Orioles quickly back into obscurity was always a possibility, but more based on them just having not built as strong or sustainable an org as they thought they had.

The premise that the Tigers might could become the Orioles is plausible, but there is nothing in the article to back it up.  It's just lazy writing.  

6 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

For some reason MCB has tricked Google's SEO, and I have not been impressed with their current crop of writers, this one included.

Is there any independent Tigers writer worth reading on a regular basis? I haven't paid much attention the last few years. 

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

If by “worse” you mean better, then I think both are equally worse.

while I think both voting systems are very problematic, I am more interested in discussing merits of players for the Hall of Fame than for the allstar game.  One is for an entire career whereas the other is for a half-season.  

I saw it too, but I didn't say anything.  

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

another pretty great game. Melton killed it, both the catchers killed it, even if one wasn't catching.

speaking of which, I don't pay much attention to the league as a whole, really just the Tigers. what kind of competition does Dingler have when it comes to starting the All-Star Game?

Dingler and Langeliers are the top catchers.  Langeliers is the better hitter, so fans might vote for him.  

7 minutes ago, oblong said:

What’s the source for saying Harris is “difficult” to deal with?

That is a good question.   I don't know if they really said that.  I was speaking hypothetically.  If he is difficult to deal with, I would not necessarily view that as a positive.  

1 hour ago, smr-nj said:

I just can’t stomach listening to that voice and the absolute drivel he subjects us all to.

Shame on all of us that this has been allowed to continue.

This is exactly it.  When is America going to get tired of this clown show.