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It's June 3 and the Tigers play the defending champs and have the same record. Is that good?

agreed. And I don't expect, and don't agree, that fans are generally smarter or know was much. They have access to data that we do not. Doesn't mean they are always right of course. You can and should criticize the Tigers for their lack of development overall the last 40 years but to me the Tork pick is immune from that because of the potential top 5-10 picks from that draft... they're all "busts". So it wasn't a case of bad scouting or bad development in this situation. If a few of the other picks were doing ok then it's fair to criticize because they should have at least been able to match the other organizations in that situation and it's fair to expect that Fans don't have to know which one to take in order to criticize. That's not what I am suggesting. But at minimum you can throw out "They should have taken one of the other guys". That's fair. In 2020 there were no other guys.

So who should they have picked instead?

To me a criticism or gripe has to be followed up with a suggestion on what should have been done or could be done to solve the problem. The Tigers development problem goes back decades with multiple administrations, that’s no secret. But a single player is not an indictment by itself, even a #1.

92 Clinton 96 Dole (I was deep into the libertarian stuff at this point and was going to vote for Harry Browne but decided in the booth to vote for Dole given his WWII service and sacrifice) The rest was GOP until Hillary in ‘16. The only Republican I will ever vote for again would be someone against Rashida in my district if it were competitive.

Is it surprising the 2020 draft didn’t pan out for any team? Seasons shut down in March. How much HS and college ball was played?

Who should they have drafted?

There was a rally in Dearborn, at a city owner theatre, a few days after Oct 7, before Israel responded where people were chanting and signing and dancing. I took it to mean they were happily anticipating what was coming be then they could “justifiably” spew anti semetic rhetoric. Hamas are like modern day republicans. They can fight a different game, hide among civilians, not care if 10 Palestinians die if it means 1 jew dies, and the media will always give them a pass and expect the other side to take the high road in the battle.

The original statement was oddly worded. It said “he’s completing rehab” which makes it sound like he’s almost done. That’s why I asked my wife, who is an OT not a PT how long that kind of thing could take. Her experience was that it could be 8 weeks of some kind of rehab before someone like you or I would feel 100%. Of course we aren’t exerting ourselves at a pro sport level.

As an example. I saw someone get a quote for some work on the house that was very high. I’m sure it was an anomaly. But they blamed Biden. And they will wait until after the election since I guess they think Trump will lower prices.

It’s not about loving the country. It’s about who they hate.

Was prepared for a patio under the lights with a fire going night but I got that alert and signed up. Signing up for free trials through Apple is great. Under subscriptions it tells you the expiration date and you cancel right from there. No logging into websites and fighting pushy chat bots. I use it also to alternate between Detroit news and free press subs. One of them is always pushing a 99 cent type promotion.

My wife says this could be 8 weeks of rehab for a normal person.

I did a cursory 10 minute check on Twitter Trending on Katy Tur and I think the criticism is pretty weak. Just seems like a circle jerk.

yeah they did that prior to the 1994 season. I have a Starter windbreaker jacket with that logo on the back. They opened up Tiger Stadium in the winter so you could go down and shop for all the new stuff and I bought it then. I found it in storage when doing a cleaning and just couldn't bring myself to get rid of it even though I haven't worn in in probably 25 years.

Katy drops Phish references so this is a little disappointing...

I blame a lot of the heat on these wannbe fanboys who are all over twitter hyping up the local team to be better than they really are so casual fans set their expectations too high. The org didn't talk playoffs for a reason. Sure in a weak division a near .500 team could contend but we're seeing the ALC is not weak. It's not the fault of Scott Harris that 3 other teams are playing better than reasonably expected so our .500 team is good for fourth place. They'd be around 2nd place in 3 other divisons.

I mean..... I wasn't even paying attention other than what was posted in this thread.

agree. If Chris Ilitch was going to be a no nothing owner content to rake in as much cash flow with as little effort as possible he would not have approved the hirings that went on. They just brought on some people a few weeks ago, along with those made in the past year or so, and throw in Jason Benetti while you are at it.... those aren't cheap hires and could have easily not been made and the general public wouldn't have noticed or cared.

I can envision all of this happening, speaking specifically of potential Trump voters: People are just fed up with the nonsense and circus and will not vote for him. They don't vote for him for the reasons in this tweet. Or it emboldens a base that was growing empathatic. I don't trust the polls to tell us the answer. We'll get it on Nov 5.

because raising money is more important than anything.

He texted him but Jose sent back 'who dis?' that just made him worse.

I can’t wait for the sentencing. Trump will be in a position he’s never been in. The judge will say very mean things to him. Stuff he’s probably not been told since maybe military school. He will have to sit there and listen to it and say yes sir or no sir. Too bad it isn’t broadcast anywhere.