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**** Allen and Dave Parker have been elected into the Hall of Fame. Allen was one of the greatest hitters in MLB history finishing with a 156 OPS+ lifetime. That is 18th best ever. He deserves it. Parker was a Hall of Fame talent for a few years before he blew out his knee, but he didn't have enough years and I think he was a weak pick. He is kind of in the Jim Rice class as far as peak versus career. He was a better player than Rice, but just not enough years.

I put Sweeney in the Jung category - has some promise, but not certain enough where they would forego an upgrade.

He's a shortstop and good fielder. He was a 5 WAR player before the injury. The injury definitely complicates things though.

My job would be in trouble too.

If they do make massive cuts in order to save money, they will affect people including MAGAs. There is some waste in government and I have always been in favor of making selective cuts here and there across the board (not easy to do!), but I think people will find that cutting entire departments and firing thousands of employees would have undesired and unexpected effects that are going to hurt people that they know. It won't hurt the wealthy though. They'll be fine.

That is a good point. My 99 year old father was in an emergency room for over 30 hours a year ago because there were no hospital beds. He had both Medicare and VA insurance, so he could go to either. VA was a cost savings for certain things.

14 black ink numbers! Ducky Medwick had 15 in 1937 https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/medwijo01.shtml

I go to assassination circle jerk dot come to get baseball news and talk. You can avoid political discussion a lot easier on that site. Even if you only follow sports posters on Twitter, you can't scroll half a screen without geting flooded by far right propaganda.

It's going to be hlarious when everybody finds out that crypto is all a ponzi scheme.

You know what else is inconsistent? Tigeraholic being a conservative Trump skeptic for years and then going full MAGA instantaneously. wtf is that?

They should. Even though we know it's coming, we should. J6 (including everything that came before and after) is a huge stain on this country.

I'd rather focus on bigger threats.

What they did to Mike Pence was inexcusable and threatening. I just didn't think the gallows were practical or would be used for anything. If they wanted to hang him, they could have done so without the gallows. I don't think there was a plan to hang him, but all it takes is one crazy person to do something and Trump did nothing stop the rants ot the riot. In fact, he seemed to enjoy it . That is where my focus lies.

The customers (students) seem to think it does.

Part of university learning is being introduced to people who have diferent backgrounds and different viewpoints from you. DEI definitely has a place at universities.

I always thought the gallows was just for show. I really doubt there were any plans to use it. I am not condoning anything that happened that day or the events that led to it. I just don't think the gallows was anything to be concerned about beyond ugly symbolism.

I like reels. They have the only online engine that gets me. They give me Tigers highlights, math problems and beautiful women running up and down mountains. What more could I ask for?

I have heard both pitchers and batters complain about the clock. As for going home early, I think they may like it, but I also think pro athletes are highly motivated and competitive and likely take the game home with them more than say a 9-5 office or factory worker. Given all the travel and post-game BS they have to endure I think it probably takes a full day off for them to wind down which is why these are baked into the CBA. They probably don't like the really long games more because it takes them out of their rhythm and tires them out fot the next game more than wanting to punch out early. My original comment was about whether fans liked the extra inning runners. I have seen a lot of fans say they hate it. I have seen a lot of fans say it's tolerable and practical, more and more each year as would be expected. I have't seen much enthusiasm for it, but the group of fans I followed is biased.

They get done 20 minutes earlier though!

The billionaires will get to keep doing it though.

Small towns would last the longest, guns or not.

Petzold mentioned that the Tigers are making a push for Ha Seong Kim. He's very interesting and will likely sign a little shorter term than other big names due to injury concerns.

Then why do they complain about the pitch clock, something which makes games shorter every day?

20% of Democrats own a gun. That's about 20 million people. That's more than enough to provide powerful resistance. It's not like there is going to be millions of people fighting a war on the streets. The United States military could crush the left and right if so inclined, but I don't think that is a likely scenario.

What percent of farm employees would that be?