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one of the worst things Obama did was to expand Title IX to force schools to become investigators and adjudicators in cases that can destroy young lives (and it is almost exclusively young men facing down these tribunals.) Think about all the times professionals get it wrong, and now we have amateurs doing it. The lack of due process protections is just horrific. (And Tucker is an idiot who deserves to be fired.)

so, she politely waited for him to ejaculate before ending the call? Tracy said she thought to herself, "Oh my god, this is happening, and I can’t stop it." In the moment, she said, it didn’t occur to her to hang up. Eventually she said something along the lines of, “If you do this, I don’t ever want to hear about it, we are only friends, that’s it.”

Joe Rogan's shaman is going to rub garlic and sauerkraut on Aaron's ankle; should be back to start 2nd half.

Avila sat on a valuable asset - a young, cost controlled starter, ROY, All Star - until injuries set in and that asset became a middling, old, blah reliever. If GL joins Wentz and Olsen in the 4th to 8th starter roles, great! Avila perhaps got a useful piece yet again. Fulmer just another example of Avila's failure to maximize his assets.

Cruz-Bigbie-Jung carried the Erie lineup since Keith, Wenceel and Dingler were promoted, but Cruz has fallen way off his early pace and Bigbie is now in Tol. It's Jung and a bunch of blah.

not sure if this is a serious post or not, but he has played 8 games at Lakeland. No real analysis can take place based on that.

Jung ties it in the 9th with solo HR; hits 2 run HR in 10th; Bigbie hits HR as well. 4 HRs in 2 days for JJ

Maton adds a double 5/5

also noticing that the system is improving, even with a decent number of guys stalling out or washing out or getting demoted, as you would expect every year. Pacheco, Santana, Graham, Sequera have all disappointed Couch, Serretti and Cruz flashed for a few months, but not much talent there IMO Workman got demoted; Cabrera looks done

he and Alvaro Gonzalez both moved to Toledo because, to be blunt, they are not priorities so no concerns about how moving them will effect their development

Jobe again has no walks; happy to see a young guy throw so many strikes

On Earth 654, in 2022 Avila got a contract extension when the Tigers finished 1 game shy of the Wild Card because Greene does not break his foot at the end of ST, Austin Meadows does not contract Covid, Candelario hits 50 doubles, Robbie Grossman does not turn into a pumpkin, and ERod’s wife never finds out he is sleeping with the nanny.

was mentioned earlier, but Malloy and Keith don't need to be added to the 40 this winter, so in (I assume) April 2024 they will be added to the 40 and 26 man rosters and come North. the tigers have at least a rational reason (defense) to keep them at Toledo now. that gives Harris two 40 man roster spots to churn all Winter.

Incomplete. It's very difficult to separate Avila successes and failures from any analysis of Harris. A vast majority of the major and minor league players and coaches and staff are Avila's guys. Harris has a few clear, but not crippling, self-inflicted hits: Candelario let go to save $2M with no one lined up to replace him; losing Chafin over money and then downgrading to Schreve; bringing back an obviously cooked Schoop; whatever part of the ERod fail that falls to him. The transactions he has actually made have all generally made sense, both from a big plan perspective and a talent perspective. What I wanted from him was more moves. And that is what I want this Winter. Doing just a handful of transactions this Winter would be hugely disappointing. But I suspect he is going to use 2024 to fold in Meadows, Keith, Malloy and others, and ignore acquiring establish hitters. And that will mean a lot of growing pains. Yet again.

Turnbull was supposed to start for Toledo tonight, but Lael was called up from Erie to start. They need to make room for Diaz. Maybe Boras found more Turnbull injuries?

judge got played

actually, he is a convicted felon; not a hero; these people are delusional

we over-incarcerate in this country all the time - and we shouldn't. the for-profit prison complex is a national embarrassment. I see the DOJ is appealing some Oath Keeper sentences as too light. Maybe they do it with Proud Boys. And the Trump appointed judge accepted the terrorism enhancement, but he just kind of ignored it because these guys weren't Islamic terrorists. Not a great reason, but 15-18 years is a lot of time in jail. Hopefully when they get out they will be old men who can do no further damage to the country.

Manning is so weird; a BB and then 3 Ks on 10 straight strikes