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That's the highs and lows and would not be surprising. This is the first stress I've felt during this team's run going back to Aug of last year. Last year was fun. It was all gravy. They cinched the playoffs on a friday so even though it was close standing wise, those Sat/Sun games against the Sox didn't matter. Even losing to Cleveland didn't sting as they took them to 5 games and afterwards it was still satisfying. This year's team just consistently won series after series and built up this huge lead. Nothing to worry about. I always viewed success this year as being in a competitive ALCS. I'd have been content with that. I wouldn't bet $50 on them making it to the ALCS let alone it being competitive.

I saw a thing that said if the Tigers don't win the division it will be the biggest blown lead in history? Is that right?

I get it. You play 162 and it shakes out the way it shakes out. Games in late Sept. are the same as games in Mid June. My use of the phrase is more about the excitement level of charging up vs falling down. It takes the steam out of the excitement when after a big lead you are losing and have to rely on other teams losing to guarantee your spot instead of keeping the momentum. It's been an uninspired week so far and going from a first round bye to probably getting bounced out in 2 games like HOU last year puts a big damper on what's been a great 56 weeks of baseball for our team.

Today is the 3 year anniversary of his hiring

it's just about making bosses happy and is completely above board... at least that's what this dumb **** was told but I caution against listening to what degenerate gamblers have to say about things.

I do too. I brought it up before and it was said Dickerson said it works more often than not. I don't see it.

All 4 of us are going tonight and Sunday. I'm totally deflated. It's been fun going to games for over a year now. the team is going to, at best, back into the playoffs and lose 2 games to a WC team. Oh well. That's what we sign up for as fans. This is going to kill their ticket sales for next year. Playoff tickets went on sale this week. Luckily they don't charge us until they actually make it and it's only 30+% per round. This week was so depressing. I knew yesterday's game was gone when of course they ran into an out by going on contact from 3B when the infield in.

94 in the city, being recessed and 3 lanes, is hard to manage when traffic is high. The right lane is very stop and go because of the short entrance ramps not allowing enough time to speed up and merge for cars coming on. Trucks cant drive in the right lane because of those short entrance ramps. Then the left lane is susceptible to people constantantly switching between the center and left to get around the trucks, and then in the left lane it's not just slow drivers but people cutting into it to pass while driving in the center. So it's stop and go. When going to games from where we live I often get off at Warren then take that to Grand River. During certain times of the day it shaves off 8 minutes to my lot on Cass.

I don’t keep up on this stuff but did the rules change? When I sold software 20+ years ago we only charged sales tax for customers in Michigan because that’s where we had a physical presence.

Maybe people can sell their FJB signs and flags.

I've heard great things about the Oil Exchange Place near us. They own the garage next door. They were great before and they changed ownership and I've heard from a few that the new people are just as good.

when I saw cover, I"m talking about a very small, symbolic even.... their press release made reference to "community". So like if they think their customers are unhappy then hey... they have no choice but to respond. I don't buy it at all. BUt it's there, on paper. It's worthless though. Anybody who falls for it is.... what words should I use? A dumb ****?

Nextstar wants a purchase to go through. They need FCC approval. They see the FCC chairman doesn't like Kimmel. They band together and take Kimmel off their ABC affiliates over a trumped up charge. That gives them negligible, but non zero amount, of cover that it was some kind of "business decision". Because of that then ABC can claim that same non zero amount of cover to take him off "indefinitely" as a business decision because enough people were mad at Kimmel, for whatever reason.

It’s the artificial intelligence of political analysis. “Just computing it boss”

That’s not far from what they said at Nuremberg. Adults are the ones to distinguish between right and wrong, not just fall back on “legal and illegal”.

Very courageous to stand behind the “well technically they probably can so I don’t see the issue here” argument isn’t it? I still haven’t learned what he said that was so problematic. Yes it does matter. Not some abstract bull**** that it’s just about making a boss happy.

And Nextar has an $6 billion acquisition waiting on FCC approval. I guess they gotta please the boss and this is how they do it. https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-inc-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-tegna-inc-for-6-2-billion-in-accretive-transaction/?fbclid=IwRlRTSAM4NxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrXEEt9e5fdZRJryvfYhmEXjkPqmLUH9lJSiM6lOny8zuUmO5p_hrPVGKK0t_aem_myGBhjWSVNeLK_eKEOomjA

Size doesn’t equal intelligence. I’m still not convinced or understand what about his comments were offensive enough to justify this. MAGA are nothing but intellectual snowflakes.

Yeah me too. It wasn’t until a few years ago I learned who it was. My wife knew. Which surprised me.

This is making me sick to my stomach. I’m going Friday and Sunday. Is it even going to be fun by that point ?

Can any of our resident maga sympathizers explain what was said that was a big deal. I know you are out there. I want to hear it.

I got my playoff tickets yesterday. The wild card round seemed to be an afterthought.

On my latest trips to TN the last year and a half I noticed one in Kentucky not long after I get back on the interstate. But it's right after the absolute best rest area so I never stop at it. The Kentucky Artisan Center is what it's called. https://kentuckyartisancenter.ky.gov/