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Randy Smith, for one, found it very hard to find success with high draft picks.

Bringing Olson north is the right move. He pitched better than Manning last year. I felt it was between Mize and Manning all along. They will all be needed eventually.

Same here. There is no wiggle room at all.

So, they are allowed to keep the documents forever? As I said before, it is very obvious that the lower level people don't have access to these documents. I (and I think eswieg) was arguing that they have access to other documents which they are are not allow to share or maintain and probably have less leeway than higher level people.

Who was Avila's choice?

So, if it wasn't for Trump, they probably would still have them now. I am in no way comparing them to Trump. I am just saying that they broke rules that lower level people probably wouldn't have gotten away with.

I dislike and distrust Trump so much, I consider Pence more on my side than Trump's side.

It seems unlikely that they both would suddenly "discover" it right around the time Trump was being accused.

I can't read the article, but I see Chris Fetter's name in there. He was hired durig the Avila administration.

Why didn't they just return them? Why did they have to be reminded? And would lower level officials be given the same leeway?

I thought it might be a good idea for them to pursue Martinez before they signed Canha, but there is no role for him now. Martinez is little better hitter than Canha, but Canha gives them more flexibility.

Obviously, he doesn't have access to the same documents, but even lower level people often work with documents which they are not allowed to share or allowed to carry beyond designated areas.

Yes, it would have and that is a problem throughout our entire legal sysem. I think it is pretty much accepted that higher ups can get away with things that lower level people can not. I also believe there are informally agreed upon parameters (among the elites) as to how far they are allowed to go. A lot of it has to do with convenience and efficiency, but it sure opens up the possibility for carelessness and ill inent.

Trump has given me no reasons to like him in over 40 years. I will never say anything good about him. I will criticize his enemies including Biden, but I don't think Biden comes anywhere close to his level on committing crimes.

I also don't know if they would have developed under Avila's system. I don't know that they wouldn't have though and they aren't fully developed until they succeed in the majors. Having experienced the Randy Smith era Tigers (and I know many others here also remember that time), it's just hard for me to see Avila as the abject failure he's been made out to be.

Thanks, I thought what Henning said was accurate and non-controversial. Bascally, Avila inherited a mess, did some things which will help the current and future Tigers, but had weaknesses in some areas - including the same areas where the Tigers have been weak for most of the last three decades. Now, Harris needs to take them to the next level and seems to have the ability to do so.

If he's just talking about 2024, then he's correct.

Ted Cruz has charm?

I think Trump is more interested in humiliating people than killing them.

I am under the impression that Biden cooperated a lot more than Trump which I think matters. It doesn't matter to Trump and his supporters, because they think he's above the law. It's like most people know they can go 10 mph above the speed limit and be ok. If they go 20 mph above, they know they are in trouble. Then one asshole goes 100 mph above the limit and tells the cop to **** off when he gets caught. Then he whines and cries victim when the cop treats him poorly. There are no excuses for someone like that.

Americans are not happy like Europeans. https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/world-happiness-report-americans-top-20-0f59cf98?mod=hp_lead_pos11

People that commit those kinds of crimes are always wealthy and connected. That is why they don't get punished and that's not right. They should be punished more often. Why are you so sure that the penalty was exorbitant? Isn't he being asked to pay back what he gained from his criminal behavior? As for the politics, if Biden or Obama had committed those crimes, the Republicans would have been all over them. You know that 100%. Politics is nasty and Trump is an easy target, because he thinks laws do not pertain to him.

I think he should have been punished severely for his financial crimes a long time ago. If they had did done this 20 years ago it would have been better. I don't feel bad for him at all. He's getting what he deserves. I think they didn't try to convict him in the past or succumbed to his delay tactics, but they are more motivated now due to politics. I understand that the timing makes it look bad to some people, but I am confident that his crimes are real and his presidential ambitions do not give him immunity. They should start nailing some other big fraudsters now BEFORE they think about running for President.

The remaining free agents will do better in May.

I have no idea if Ohtani was involved in gambling, but the story about his money getting stolen by his interpreter sounds unlikely. It's easier to believe that he was paying his interpreter's gambling debts. They probably won't be able to prove any wrong doing on his part (if there was any), but his name is going to be dragged all over social media in all kinds of conspiracy theoriies. His image may be tainted and perhaps his marketing appeal takes a hit.