RatkoVarda

Trump's ability to take both sides of any issue not only comes with no downside to MAGA, but now it is a positive as the press will attack Dems who call out his extreme positions and says Dems are unfair; effectively having the press weaponize his flip-flops to defend Trump. Insane.

example 1,592 of the corporate media holding Dems to an impossible standard while simultaneously holding the GQP to no standard. Trump said they exchanged love letters, but THE WASHINGTON POST fact checked the DNC and said love letters may not have been written by Trump. WTF.

i am starting to get suspicious of RFK Jr's true intentions

B+ grade for DNC Day 1. Some clunkers. But no huge gaffs. Not sure there is a bump to be gotten from the convention considering Harris' recent surge. But if next week she is holding steady +1 to +4, that's fine.

Riley broke his wrist, so Gio will start for them.

they could report on GQP's detailed policy plans in Project 2025, but they think, probably correctly, that a lot of Americans are more interested in gossip. saw a lot of tweets that Dems did not remove all of the references to Biden's 2nd term in their platform documents. I suppose that's a short story: sloppy work by the Dems. But that's a great opportunity because if they DID remove Biden's name, the story could be: Dems erase all traces of Biden, blah, blah, blah

NYT Headlines: Trump's racism did not work, so in a dramatic and, some say, even bold pivot, he is trying racism

the woman behind him almost starts laughing at him at one point

i just don't see how Malloy can be deployed in the outfield in Comerica; too big for him

GQP has nothing to offer anyone who is not weird.

Trump is going to force Swift to come out against the fraudulent GQP AI endorsement; and then she will endorse Harris; genius move guys!

forget what injury ended his 2023 season, but hoping it was not back issue; will still make All Eastern League lists, considering his great age 21 performance; just stay healthy, learn some 3B and take over for Ibanez eventually

Hasty recalculated his maths and sent out this new post re Liranzo. Slightly different #s, but same wowza. Bonkers OBP!

Trei Cruz and Lee done for the year per Lynn A day later, Hao-Yu Lee, a second baseman who this year blasted into the Tigers' top-5 prospect range, played his last game of 2024. A back problem, stemming from a 13-hour bus ride from Portland, Maine, has finished Lee for the year, although it’s expected he will be fine ahead of 2025 spring camp.

Harris added Lorenzen and Boyd, and then Flaherty and Maeda. He is going to add 2 SPs this Winter. Probably too much health risk to have the 2nd of those SPs be either JV or Max, but maybe Harris feels differently?

McKinstry does not have options so they need to DFA him I think. Doubt he gets claimed. No loss either way.

well, that does it. We'll never see the end of Ibanez now!

not obvious at all

the crazy/horrible/repulsive/MAGA NC GOP candidates for GOV and school superintendent should be a huge help to Harris; to either drive up DEM turnout or drive down GQP enthusiasm

even with watered-down September pitching staff, these 39 MLB games are a lot better indicator of where he is than some ST games

randomly: Tork will celebrate his 8/26 b-day in the majors. when Greene is back soon, do they DFA McKinstry (no options) or send down Malloy for 2 weeks and recall him Sept 1? they pointed out how crazy young line up was last night. next year Baez, Ibanez will be 32, Rogers 30, Vierling 28, Carpenter, 27 and then of all people Dingler 26 could be 6th oldest. Madris will be 29 and McKinstry will be 30 but don't see them in Det

JV signed 2 year contract for 2023-24. also, there is a 3rd year at JV's option IF he hits 140 innings, which he will not. so there will be no 3rd year of that contract. JV has nothing to activate and Houston has nothing to decline

cant get both but both Max and JV are FAs, just saying

they have cost certainty on Mize; they are not letting him go