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Tigers must have hired a solid researcher because their PR account has been great this year.

Before that. A guy named after a battery. That’s the only ones to do it for the Tigers.

I looked into it and the same thing happens in Dallas and Ft Worth for I35. The reasoning seems to be due to the nature of having two big cities so close like that. In Minneapolis and St Paul’s case it’s the river too. The original design wanted to make use of existing routes. I don’t know if the 3 digit bypass was a thing yet but if it were I suspect it was just politics. Neither city wanted to be given secondary status by having theirs be the bypass. 275 here was supposed to connect to 75 near Davisburg but local opposition blocked it. That would have made trips to Pine Knob so much easier for me.

From 2012-2019, in MVP Voting, Trout finished first 3 times, second 4 times.... and in my opinion should have won it the year they gave it to Josh Donaldson.

From the start of his career until July 3 2015, at age 32, Cabrera had 405 HR. From that point on he had 106 HR, 38 of them coming in 2016. He missed a month in 2015 and most of 2018 with a torn bicep. That was when he fell apart. At a similar point, age 32, Hank Aaron had 442 HR. I started tracking his progress at it related to Aaron's similar timeline.

if you've ever studied or read up on the creation of the interstate system you know that the prestigious routes are those endingin 0 or 5. Last week I drove to TN to visit family and everytime I hit the 75/70 interchange in OH I get a warm fuzzy feeling. Like it's something special. I don't hit 75/40 because my family lives southwest of here whereas 75 starts to go east, but 40 runs right through the town there and when we cross it while driving around down there it's recessed pretty low from the mainland so it feels like some separate pathway to the rest of the country. "Ooh... if I get on that and go west I can get to Oklahoma City and Flagstaff and Alberqeurque.... should I just go?" and it's been confirmed with my third trip down in a year that KY Interstate drivers are the worst when it comes to hogging the left lane on the interstate. Had so many problems with that all 3 times. In OH, when you are on the stretch from Toledo to Dayton and it's only 2 lanes, everybody knows what to do. Let the trucks do their thing if they have to pass.... no problems. But in KY something switches. But it's a beautfiul state to drive in. The roads are nice and shiny and the scenery is lovely. I had about 30 minutes of intense white knuckle downpour/30 mph/hope the lights in front of me are going the right way driving so I missed some of it. I love 500 mile solitary drives.

I went to bed at some point right before the rally. After the Pistons game I was drained and have a 5 am wakeup call on Fridays so I needed to get to bed. A nice surprise when I woke up and saw the alerts.

Considering the state of the division and this team's makeup, if they aren't contending in 2026 in July then something happened.

One of them was for sure. The others I wasn't checking for that.

Games in Anaheim during our 'run'. 2016 - 1-2 2015 - Swept 2014 - 1-3 2013 - Swept 2012 - Swept 2011 - 1-2

I've never been to those... are they legit grimey or Livonia grimey? There's a Carter's near me that is..... something. And there's Motz's in Rouge or Ecorse. I have an anti-elitist take on things in Lilly White Livonia. Yeah it's cute to pretend but come one. Once at our office in Dearborn they tried sending over a middle eastern place from Northville or whatever and... let's just say I got a better Fattoush salad from a gas station on Warren.

that would certainly make sense if it was sped up... Jeez. Now they are going to put up 6 foot plexiglass everywhere aren't they?

I believe they are willing to but will not pay someone until they have to. They won't bid against themselves. A lot can happen in 2 seasons. I don't think they will be rash about it or consider their position as contenders and use a window as justification be rash. They are confident in their ability to develop good pitchers and will weigh that. They will be competitive in the offer but the days of over paying to "keep our guys" like Victor and Cabrera are over. Orgs will do well to not be sentimental. If he walks he walks.

The owner of Leon's is a great dude..... Every week of Thanksgiving he gives out free turkey dinners to anybody... anybody.... meaning homless too. I suspect the Fox News thing is just catering to their customer base.... which isn't us. We're a few decades too young. But great breakfast buffets.

I had to call my bank yesterday and the rep made sure to tell me she was from Texas. The level of customer service you get is directly related to the liklihood they would lose you as a customer if you are unhappy with that service.

because all that matters to MAGA is Trump. He could tell them to drink piss and they would do it.

I always think of the time Brad brought out the rule book when arguing with the umps

Yeah it looks like he springboarded out of his seat. Like an ejection. I’m not even sure how you can do that. It was a leap from a sitting position

THAt's WHY LAUnCH ANGLe SUCKZ.

But I think where we are talking past each other, I agree with Lee, is that while what you say is technically and morally correct, in practical terms most people will not be giving it the consideration that you are. The 3 of us are because we're baseball nerds and thoughtful people. Most people don't bother to think about where lines are. I sincerely hope Manfred thinks like we do and if he doesn't then he should not be on the baseball HOF board of directors.

9 grand slams for Javy? Is that a lot?

As good as the season's been it's been especially great for the redemption stories like Javy, Tork, Mize.... and Z-mac.

I did some travelling last week to visit cousins and between that and the Pistons I have so much to catch up on. No Andor yet and we need episode 3 of Last of Us.

Yes, as stated nothing other than the required number of voters voting for him is keeping Bonds out. He's on the ballot. he's not kicked out of baseball. The people entrusted to vote for him at this stage of eligibility haven't done so. When it comes time for the Veterans ballots he'll probably get in, as will the others.

They know it does but they have to convince the minions that it doesn't. One the one hand you have cabinet members and press secretaries and favorite media members saying "This will hurt but it has to hurt in order to work" and their boss saying "We didn't do this' Both of those can't be true.