Tiger337

I can debate most topics and see some point on the other side, but letting 2A go as far as it has is a mistake we have made as a country.

yes, but that's not the point. The rest of your post was just NRA propaganda.

I don't give a shit what conservatives call it. It is what it is.

That is the only conspiracy theory I believe in!

I have no problem with hunting or people keeping a gun in their house for protection. I am opposed to people collecting dozens of powerful guns and carrying them around wherever they go.

Isn't that why you come here?

In the old days, they had no surgeries to fix arms. Guys would get sore arms, maybe rest for a while, then try to pitch through it and eventually disappear. You wouldn't hear about it so much because they didn't have anyway to fix it. It probably seems like guys get hurt more because so many get TJ surgery.

Oh, I see why Archie is upset. The shooter is a right wing extremist with views simiar to Tucker Carlson. Must pivot to abortion.

Biden is not a liberal.

Your statement was an opinion, not fact.

It's you who think abortion is the same thing as killing a live person. Many people have a more complex view where they think that abortion is not always OK, but sometimes it is depending on timing of the abortion and nature of the pregnancy.

It is less of crapshoot today, but there is still a lot of luck involved especially with pitchers.

Hope it's a big lead.

Why just a breather? Remove him from the role permanently. Too many walks.

Soto

She's not wrong if she thinks that abortion is not murder which is the opinion of many many people. Furthermore, I would say that a kid being slaughtered by a gun touches a lot more people than an abortion. Those school massacres affect entire communities for years and familiies and friends forever. in the majority of cases, the only person affected by an abortion is the mother.

It's OK. He already looks bad. 😄

I was going to make the old joke about "hard throwing lefty with command problems", but when I looked him up I saw the term "pitchability lefty". I think that's term for a prospect who is not established enough to be a "crafty lefty".

I think it would affect nothing short-term. The team is probably going to come out of their slump soon regardless, so the new management would probably get credit it for it without really being responsible. Any real effect probably wouldn't come until the trade deadline or off-season.

Yeah, I am pretty sure they are going to hit a lot better. Practically everyone is playing below their expectation and I agree with you on Torkelson. The injuries to Mize and Manning will be their biggest hurdle. They needed at least one of them to break out big this year and now I am worried about both of them. Their pitching has been surprisingly good so far, but there has been some luck and I don't think they have enough healthy horses to get through a 162-game season.

I was thinking 83+ wins was possible before the season, but I think they have dug too deep of a hole for that now. I doubt they are a lottery team, but it will be hard for them to finish above .500.

If there is a battle between philosophy and money, we know which one is going to win.

You also told us that you believed his good hitting with the Mets was a sign of real improvement as a hitter. Baez has been exactly what he's always been which is a lot better than they had before.

I think teams that are forced to trade good players for prospects lose the trade more often than not, but I believe that the Tigers have failed in that area worse than most. It really is amazing how much talent they've lost with virtually no return. You can take all those players individually and rationalize why they couldn't have done better. Ownership hasn't helped for instance. However, when you miss so many times, something is wrong.

I am just saying that managers don't matter that much. I have seen a lot of fans saying that Hinch turned the whole organization around last year, but a manager can't do that. I don't think Avila has been good. The one good thing is that he has stuck to the plan and hasn't made any fatal mistakes like trading away young players too soon. His trades have been mostly bad and his drafts have been mediocre, but he hasn't been nearly as haphazard as Randy Smith. I don't think Avila has been as terrible as some say, but the results are not there after so many years, so I wouldn't mind if they fired him and tried somebody else. I am not sure ownership is very helpful either.