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What does that mean? The peril is there whether I underestimate him or not.

I'd take them over Trump though.

I agree he is a great salesman which is important in business, but I am not his target audience! Becoming president does require good sales skills, but being president requires so much more than that.

I think he is good at marketing and self promotion and getting people worked up, but I don't think it's calculated (at least not by him). I don't even think that part is all him as I am sure most of the online stuff is written by somebody else. A lot of it is intentional, but if he gets challenged on things on the spot like in a debate or press conference, he often melts down and I don't think that is intentional. When put in a situation where being somewhat intelligent might be to his benefit, he fails. It's frustrating to me that all the influential people in the country keep letting hm get away with it, becase he is easily exposed. Harris, who is no rocket scientist, totally manipulated him in the debate.

Toddlers know how to manipulate people too. That doesn't make them smart.

Nah, he's dumb. It's just that his strongest supporters are even dumber.

Every hitter on the Tigers active roster has a wRC+ of more than 100 except Jace Jung.

The difference between 2006 and 2025 is that in 2006 it always felt like they were lucky and would start to fade. This team feels like a really good team that came together faster than expected.

So, the GOP wants to increase taxes on the rich and Trump supports it? I wasn't expecting that. What is their angle here? https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trumps-plan-to-increase-tax-on-rich-could-hit-most-u-s-businesses-b829753d?mod=home_ln

Yeah, he threw almost as many innings as today's starters.

I think he made the allstar team in 85 and 86 based on reputation. You could make a case for 85, but in 86 he wasn't even that good anymore.

Yes, he was a good reviever for several years, but 84 was the only year you could say he was a star. I don't think he deserved either the Cy Young or MVP though. When Verlander won both the Cy Young and MVP, he earned both of them. I generally don't think a pitcher should get the MVP (because pitchers have their own award), but if you allow pitchers to win the MVP then Verlander deserved it.

Yes, he was known for that. He was also known for diving head first into first base base and making occasional bonehead running plays. He was an excellent athlete though.

I talked about him in the game thread, but this makes me sad. The 80s Tigers will always be my team and he was one my favorites.

yeah, I forgot about them. Hernandez was certainly a star but also kind of a "one year wonder", so not as much impact.

Me too. You don't hear as much about Lemon because he was surrounded by so much talent, but he was really good. Almost Hall of Fame quality. It's going to be difficult seeing the 1980s stalwarts pass away. I believe he is the first big star of the 1984 team to die. Aurelio Lopez passed away a few years ago, but it didn't have quite the same impact.

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That's bully psychology 101.

It's a demoralizing season for the Rockies.

The Marlins were 33-14 last year with a run differential of -57.

This is one of the first times I have watched an extra inning game since this silly rule change started. I wanted to see Torkelson bat since I'm concerned about his little slump. It's hard to get emotional watching fake baseball, so I'm viewing this with an unfeeling mathematical eye. Just add one to the win column.

chat gtp is usually pretty good if you give it clear directions, although it recently told me I am married and have three children which suprised me. I am unmarried and have no children. I think they confused me with my father who has almost the same name.

They could have smoked the Red Sox too, but they didn't.

They were entertaining. This team is more my style. Entertainment is subjective.

They can manipulate him because he's an idiot and also because he loves to be praised.