Tiger337

It's such a shame. There is no need for any of this at all. The country was doing fine. There are always problems, but there was nothing happening in the US that required any radical change in the foundation of the country. We really screwed things up for no reason. Not really sure what plans to make. Are you talking about leaving the country? That's hard to do if you are not wealthy. Another problem there is that we are dragging every developed country in the world into this and many countries in Europe are having trouble as is. There aren't going to be a lot of places to turn anymore. Can't even think about Canada anymore!

I think some people might want to see that, but how many will actually want to get involved in the violence themselves? Anyway, I think you are right that the hook will be violence A smaller protest broken up by a police or military shooting might be the hook for wider protests.

Probably not, but that wasn't my point anyway.

I would guess that the amount of resources going into mass deportations is at least as much as any money they have saved.

According to this, if 3.5% of the population peacefully protests something, change will inevitably happen. That is roughly 11 million Americans protesting together at the same time. You'd need a tangible hook to get them together and it needs to stay peaceful which is no easy task. It's not out of the question though. What's the hook going to be? And what would be the best timing? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world?fbclid=IwY2xjawIchxxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbbJWj1jH5x68Ow9FHqrOVdHBaeHRctXVb-nhvlozk5mnjlfDy-DWy0X9g_aem_5yTVKCyQZQGZhWCNRPqzmQ

It doesn't matter when it originated. It's still a huge conflict of interest (to put it mildly) to have someone who is receiving more money than anyone overseeing the funding by the entire govt.

I don't think many are salivating over Arenado either. He is already in deep decline and has three years left at 30 million. I would think that acquiring him would be more about taking on salary than giving up players of value.

I don't know, but Hegseth seems to be an idiot. In his first term, your president made some respectable military hires. This time, his whole cabinet seems to be clowns. It's almost like he is deliberately hiring unqualified people.

I have no idea what you are talking about. I'm just here to trash your fuhrer.

Nice photo op. It reminds me of the Trump photos at his fake McDonalds shift.

My father left me a helmet he took from a German soldier killed in WWII. It has a swastika on it. He never displayed it publicly. He showed it to us but never put it on display anywhere in the house or elsewhere. I will never display it either. He was very bothered by any swastika displays he saw anywhere.

If the Tigers had him for three years, then what happened in 2028 would be someone else's problem!

The difference between his contract and other big contracts is the fans aren't going to get stuck watching him be useless at aages 35,36, 37. I hope there are more contracts like this in baseball.

Tigers fans have this syndrome where they hate young first basemen Tony Clark Carlos Pena Spencer Torkelson

They can contend in the Central Division. According to FanGraphs, these are the projected wins: Minnesota 83 Detroit 82 Kansas City 81 Cleveland 77 Chicago 63

I don't know why they didn't appear to have interest in Chapman. He was my #1 target. Perhaps, it was easier to convince ownership to get involved this year after making the playoffs last year.

I think signing him would have substatntially boosted their chances of making the playoffs the next couple of years.

yay! Prison camps for young drug addicts

I would also rather they develop hitters. Pitchers are fragile and thus it's difficult to build a foundation centering around pitching. There is always going to be a need for pitchers whereas I think you can build a position player foundation which lasts for a few years.

I am glad the Tigers apparently made a solid offer to Bregman. It gives me hope that they won't be shy whe the right players are available. As for hitters not wanting to come to Detroit, the flip side is they were able to sign Flaherty probably because Deroit is is a favorable environment for pitchers for multiple reasons.

They aren't. 😀

I would assume that any pitcher they acquire by any means has a skill set with which they think they can work.

Yes, there is that, but you coud say the same thing about a no name pitcher pulled off waivers. .

I know he'll make it. That was just my way of saying that he doesn't really improve the roster if everyone is healthy.