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We have early voting so we will be doing that. It’s in a location we go to all the time. I’m off on Election Day so I thought of going then but I figure save that spot in line for someone else who may not know about early voting. Make if less congested.

So tonight I was hanging out with a cousin who is from macomb. Near the end of the night political ads came on as we came inside and watched the michigan game. During the lamenting of the proliferation of commercials it came out that isn’t voting for trump. He’s a lifelong Republican. He said his mom, he is a cousin by marriage so we don’t know her, ran the macomb gop for years. The issue for him was abortion overall. He was the same with the MI Governor race. He wasn’t a fan of Whitmer. But no way on Tudor. I don’t know qnd didn’t ask if he’s voting for Harris. I didn’t ask as the conversation was high level and polite.

I mean…. Come on. Cleveland is a good team. They want to win too. It’s not always about what our guys did wrong.

I’m going to keep watching because it’s Oct 5 and my team is playing. That’s a blessing. And I can drink beer guilt free.

On the McKinstry play I wonder if he lost it in a glare off a shirt in the stands or something. Maybe it had some topspin. Bright sunny days this time of year creates weird sun angles.

Guessing Montero will get a lot of innings tofay.

Could have had one.

Mickey Mouse broadcast doesn’t show player intros.

I get it about sparky. But I can’t look past the reverence his former players had for him. Tram and Gibby especially. Travis Fryman named his son George in his honor. That has to mean something doesn’t it?

I would not be surprised if the league tries to clamp down on it to be honest. Something that depresses offense is bad to the overlords. I don’t know how the logic would work but if the Tigers opponents complain enough about it not being fair to the hitters to not see the same pitcher twice then there could be movement.

I wouldn’t be surprised if at least 7-8 guys on this roster do not finish 2025 with the team. Thats baseball. You can’t project lineups a year out.

I forgot about the frustration of not knowing the game times for home games until the last possible minute. Wednesdays game has no official start time yet. Makes it hard to plan. I’m pretty sure it’s a 4:00 start since the Yanks are in it. But there could be came 4 for Phillies and Mets that they put on too. Tigers could get stuck with the 1 o clock game. first world problems I know. But baseball is unique in doing this. God forbid fans get to watch 2 games at once.

Not sure this is as meaningful as it sounds. The playoffs have existed since 1969 and they were in the same division every year except for 4 years when the wild card era came about before the Tigers moved to the AL Central. Their only opportunity was during the wild card era and for much of that time they wouldn’t have met until the LCS. They never played the white sox in the playoffs either or the Mariners and they’ve been around since the divisional era came about.

I say that about any team on the road in game 1 of a playoff series. Has nothing to do with the talent or expectations of the participants. They are the lower seeded team and that's the typical terminology used....

This is incredibly satisfying to watch.

I don't think they are worried about making him mad.

I had to mute the word 'haircut' on twitter

Did Skinny Pete and Badger get upset that some blacks were around?

Is that like hearing it said "Impor-ent" instead of "Import-ent". I first noticed this years ago when a young lady was giving us a presentation on our booth layout for a convention and she kept saying "you push this 'buh-en' here, then when you want to bring that up, you push that 'buh-en' over there." Man she was adorable. I blame the Kardashians.

here's his best scene on The West Wing

I'd rather save him for game 2 just because if you can steal game 1, then you are in great shape to come home 2-0. If you don't, you are in great shape for a split on regular rest. There wll be two off days before game 1, and 2 more between games 1 and 3 to rest the guys that go in game 1 and if Skubal has a good game then you only need a couple there. But I see the logic in going 1-4 as well. If they win the series then whatever option they pick will be considerred genius.

and for all we know, Hinch might have helped persuade Ilitch to hire Harris.

You just reminded me of why I shut off alerts from my MLB app. Late in the season I realized they hadn't been showing me stuff, I thought it was a glitch. But you are right. and I wasn't streaming it or anything... just watching plain old fashioned cable. They should put a delay on push notifications of about 20 seconds.

I think Amos fought for his character to die rather than just leave because he didnt want to perpetuate the stereotype of a black man leaving his family.

Unless the Yanks sweep. Typical of MLB they leave fans in the dark until the last possible minute. So we won't know for sure unless there's a split in NY, or a team wins game 3 after going down 2-0.