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Maybe Malloy blossoms into more than just a RH DH; maybe Ibanez crushes LPH all year instead of 1/2 a season; maybe Dingler puts up a OPS over 500; even so, they need RH power hitter; does not have to be a free agent; easier written than done, but if they can pry from another team an established young bat - maybe one who is on same time line as the current core - they can then spend FA money on pitching

didn't they make a big deal about his health preventing him from continuing in the Land of Cleve?

He was using a cane on picture day in September to get around, so it could be that he is actually not comfortable traveling? Possible he fits as a RH defender behind Keith and Sweeney, but you are 100% correct that his approach just does not fit at all with what the Tigers want to do.

Hinch has been in playoff mode for 2 months now, yet they play so loose. If they scrape together some runs, they will keep winning.

need a Don Kelly 2.0

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AJ just wanted to have lots of guys pop their playoffs cherries

she said she was 14 or 15 when Rose started "dating" (raping) her. rose said she was 16 (age of consent in Ohio) and they only had sex in Ohio (not other states with stricter ages of consent). just a vile human being. another less upsetting Pete Rose story: in the 70s, one winter he went to Japan where they were starting to go crazy over baseball. He did some appearances and card shows, and came back to Cincinnati with $10,000 cash in his suitcase. When customs asked him what was going on, he said he wanted to get paid in cash so he did not have to pay taxes. They called his lawyer and he came to the airport and assured them that Rose would declare the $10K and pay taxes. The next winter, he went back to Japan, did some appearances and card shows, and came back to Cincinnati with another $10,000 cash in his suitcase. When customs asked him what was going on, he said he wanted to get paid in cash so he did not have to pay taxes. Again, they called his lawyer and he came to the airport and assured them that Rose would declare the $10K and pay taxes. just crazy example of guy who has no intention of playing by the rules, even when he is caught, and the system totally enabled him to break the rules.

it is hard not to be pessimistic about our future

there is a significant number of Americans (10%? 15%?) who literally do not live in our reality. It's a horseshoe, and they are not all MAGA, but a majority are. Doomed is right.

Refs helped Lions out when it mattered. That's what happens when you are one of the Chosen Teams! Not that concerned about secondary, assuming Branch is around for playoffs and Arnold gets a bit better. Still have no one opposite Hutch. That was/is/will be a problem.

SFG Giants fired Farhan Zaidi; Buster Posey is now in charge. Could not close the gap with the LAD.

IMO 14 - Rogers, Dingler, Tork, Keith, Sweeney, McKinstry, Jung, Ibanez, Greene, Meadows, Carpenter, Vierling, Perez, Malloy. 12 - Skubal, Olson, Jobe, Montero, Holton, Vest, Foley, Brieske, Guenther, Hurter, Hanifee, Mize Madden and Maeda are out

As AJ said, fantastic to clinch at home, and with a win. Royals I'm sure are thrilled, but they are on the road, and backed in after a loss, waiting a few hours to see the Twins final collapse

I think Jobe starts Sunday, not likely but not impossible he makes playoff roster

G1 Skubal v Burnes is going to be awesome

Twins just rolled over and died. LOL

I'm gonna frame this.

Tigers are no longer eligible for the 2025 draft lottery!

before the season, if you told Tiger fans that Brant Hurter was about to go 6-1 with a 2.58 ERA as a bulk reliever and get the win in the Playoff clinching game, most fans would say, "Who the eff is Brant Hurter?" Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking like Detroit at Baltimore

Vogt, Quatraro, Hinch and Espada all could win it

people are looking at this wrong. yes it's unseemly for a "billionaire" former POTUS to be hawking all this crap. but the real issue is money laundering. $10M seems to be the going price for a bribe for Trump if Egypt report is correct. so pick any oligarch in the world; he "buys" 100 watches at 100K - that's $10M. he does not even need the watches to be delivered. if they are, fine, throw them in the trash. Trump is accepting payment in bitcoin which is key to evading taxes, sanctions and audit trail

Flaherty has pitched 55 good innings for LAD, he was a little better in Det, but regardless, Hinch covered those 55 innings just fine. (with added bonus of getting 3 young arms some ML experience). assuming Javy would have season-ending surgery in either scenario, having Sweeney as SS is a HUGE part of the surge; I don't think it would have happened with Kreidler and McKinstry at SS