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I thought it was deeper than it was.

Where was the LF on that ball?

It is. I can’t believe how bad this guy is. He knows he is bad and just doesn’t care. He’s smart enough to understand the analogies fail. And I think spouses are fair game. Underage kids definitely are not. Adult kids are if they engage.

I wouldn't be unhappy because I've already assessed the rest of the season to be gravy. But I think losing hurts their chances quite a bit given they play Baltimore on the road this weekend. Of course, a loss today followed by taking 2 or 3 this weekend negates that somewhat. I want them to go into the final homestand just a game back. If it's 2 or more, I don't like their chances. At that point you may need sweeps by Detroit and MN's opponent. Come Friday, the teams are evened up on games remaining with a trio of 3 game series. You win 2/3 and they lose 2/3, that's a game gained. If they are 2 back in the standings come Friday.... that's kind of a big ask. I want next weekends series with Chicago to be one where the Tigers have their fate in their hands

It was just a week ago after beating Coloradio the first two games with Skoob going Thursday that a sweep seemed certain.

I hate Cleveland fans, if that makes sense, because of the mid 90's when they would flood Tiger Stadium. But the organization? I don't harbor much ill will toward them. They run it well. I sympathize with the White Sox a little bit because I hate the Cubs and the whole frat boy thing they embody. "What's the score dude?" is the stereotype of a Cubs fan. I think if I were from Chicago I'd have been a Sox fan. To be a Sox fan means you are probably a baseball fan, not just a bandwagoner. The Twins? 1987 and 2009... The Royals? As I said.... if htey hadn't won the WS in 2015 I'd not care about them.

During the meat of the season I'm all in on "just win the series", it adds up over time. But now we have 10 games left to make up ground. Whether it's 2 or 3 games is out of the Tigers hands as MN has to play 11 more. So you need every win. It's like trying to lose weight to be healthy but now trying to lose weight to make weight for a wrestling match. When the media says they're only 1.5 games out, that's technically true, but in a postseason sense they are 2.5 out. That's the important number. It dosn't matter if they tie or finish a few games back. They don't make the playoffs.

regarding insurance... shop around. When you get a good deal, or at least one you can live with the best, pay attention. Especially if you do automatic withdrawls. They bank on you not really noticing small increases, then they sneak a 10% in there. It's like cable used to be 10-15 years ago. Stay on top of them. I dropped one company 7 years ago when my insurance would have doubled, I added my son and another car, but still.... now they are after me again to come back at a rate the same as I pay now. I've been through 4 companies throughout this time. My employer makes it easy to switch as they have a program with a benefits provider where I just tell them I want to switch, they call everybody that participates, then come back to me with the quotes, I pick what I want, then they do the rest. Takes me less than 30 minutes of phone time.

I was shocked when I looked it up. 3 winning seasons in 20 years. Further, from 1995-2023, outside of their run in 2013-2015, they had one winning season, 83 wins in 2003. That's 29 years. 7 100+ loss seasons.

Either planted with something to explote based on a message, or hacked to overheat.

I'm using twitter as a term for just overall political engagement and research of issues. They're not doing that. They get their information from Joe at the store and ads they see on TV. I don't know Kamala's team can do to reach them. They need ads targeted to them to peel off what they can.

A friend of mine told me that her son, who is very smart (goes to Carnegie Mellon and very well aware of his privilege), asked her "Mom, if you put your shoes in someone who lives paycheck to paycheck, what issues do you think they are basing their vote on?" It's not about who should they vote for, or who has their best interests in mind. I think we all know that. But put yourself in their shows, living their life. They're not on twitter all day. Trump's rhetoric appeals to them and they don't know it's BS. They don't care about abortion rights. Their heatlh insurance probably sucks. Kamala has to do a good job appealing to those people. We can mock about only caring about the price of milk or eggs but to a lot of people that's the most important issue. Perception is reality when it comes to politics.

I hate the Royals almost as much as the Twins. The Tigers had their run from 2006-2014, throw in 2016 if you like. Meanwhile the Royals suck because they're the Royals. Then they have 3 winning seasons and from that get a loss in 7 games in the WS, then win it the next year. **** that. It's like you are wooing this girl for a long time with dates and romantic evenings, then some greaser comes along, takes her to the park, they do it, then he goes to jail for burglary, and you are left behind. They've won 2 WS since the Tigers last won one. The Royals. They're only reason to exist is George Brett memories.

Yep. I never read Peyton Place but I read about it. That still goes on in small town America

That will lead to a rise in mail in voting so the husband and wife can sit down and “vote together”. seriously it is a good message because I bet a lot of women in rural areas do not know their vote is private and vote one particularly way out of fear.

Even a tie is one game for practical purposes since there's no tiebreaker win opportunity for the Tigers. I don't care how it ends up to be honest. I'm enjoying this season and anything outside of a 3-8 end to the season, I don't think it'll be ruined. I've been waiting for the bottom to fall out for a month and it hasn't so why expect it now?

Yep. Especially since there's the rule that the hitter has to be in the box "addressing" the pitcher by a certain point. If it were really a pitch clock then to me that wouldn't exist. It's on the hitter to be ready for the pitcher. If they want to jump in at 2 seconds while the pitcher's about to throw, so be it.

Last year I brought up the pitch clock having an effect on radio broadcasters, meaning they have to hurry up, or cut back on some things, like setting up the situation, giving hte count, etc. I wonder if that's related to Dickerson's work? Throws them off the rhythm.

Nate not a fan?

This is hilarious. Over 1000 armed pagers used by Hezbollah were detonated by Israel after they somehow infiltrated the network. Wonder how many got their balls blown off.

I dont like to dog on Casey but he needs to come through tonight.

What a ****ing great game to win.

Tork even shot him a look.

I bought he was saying migrants not immigrants. That was my initial thought. My mind went there before the N word. it doesn’t matter. He could have just said it and my opinion of him wouldn’t have changed.