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He did that in his post retirement too. Also Jason Thompson.

I'm also fearful of what a GOP congress could do in terms of validating the election if it goes against them. If the GOP keeps control...

Gordie Howe was a little bit like that. He was viewed as being too naive and accepting of whatever the Red Wings management told him in regard to salary information. "Oh yeah Gordie, you are the highest paid guy. For sure... don't worry"

I'm not counting out the effect of the Dobbs decision to create that seismic shift.

depending on how far back you go... they had jobs.

I belong to a facebook group called Historic Film Locations where they post before/after shots. There was one of the truck chase scene from the first movie. I always thought it was gratiot but it turns out it was not only Grand River, but a portion I drive on a lot when I go to events at the stadiums or theaters. This is on GR right as you exit off the lodge. The Motor Casino would be right behind you on the right. Up ahead is 75 and on the left would be the "District Detroit", er, I mean the parking lots. The continuity is off though because where the truck ends up is off Michigan Ave and 30th street, just west of the Corktown area... so not really in the direction they are going at all.

Brad Pitt turned 60 yesterday....

The blackouts exist because of outfits like Bally. If Amazon takes them over I can't see them making the games Prime only. That might be too far for the organizations. Amazon could use the cable broadcasts to promote their prime product. For those locally without cable then they'd have to use Prime. So win win I guess. Then the broadband companies will hike their internet prices.

We don’t have to register in MI either but you have to pick a party’s ballot. You can’t mix and match races.

I have a 28 game package so that’s just about enough. Maybe when I retire I will get more but I don’t think so. It’s basically every third game. Friday nights plus another weekday game per series. I don’t make the April games a priority. I know the people around me, some for 20 years. You can’t go all out or else you go broke. I occasionally eat but usually stick to 2 beers. No going out before or after unless I go with a friend I haven’t seen in awhile. If I take a non family member then my guest usually buys my beer. But if can be a grind sometimes especially when you have a stretch of3-4 games on a long homestand.

It feels weird being in here. Like I walked into a bar and realized all my friends have been going there for years without me. I just don’t want to be that guy at opening day of the Tigers getting in everybody’s way that’s there all year.

Yep. They've built up a lot of goodwill this year, enough to even make me pay attention. And honestly.... they do not need the money. I wouldn't be surprised if they walk this back some. I don't like to disrespect you guys by calling myself a Lions fan because I know real fans take the bad with the good. I'm fair weather. It's been a lot of fun to watch this year. I've watched more football this year than any time since the 90's. A home playoff game will be the biggest sporting event in the city of Detroit... ever. Just a single home game. Bigger than a WS game..... bigger than a Stanley Cup and bigger than the Super Bowl when it was here. You guys earned this and for this to happen is lousy, especially right down the stretch since you should be feelilng great as the season winds down.

That's ****ty. I haven't talked to my friend yet but he had tickets from the Silverdome days until about 5 or 6 years ago. He finally had enough and felt like a sap writing that check. A few years ago they reached out to him and he went back. Now this? Of course they see the resale market and I know many who get the tickets, sell off Thanksgiving, plus a GB game and a few others at double the price and end up covering their whole lot so I guess supply/demand is at play here. But I also know many who go to every single game.

Totally. I've come to accept that the GOP has a very good shot at winning and of those running I think she's the most "normal", with Christie, but I don't think he has a prayer of getting the nomination. We have such low standards now that as long as the person is not totally bat**** crazy then I guess he or she will have to do.

I'm not sure yet they are decent. Half the ones I hear about havne't cracked MLB yet. You don't fill in talent with FA signings until you are certain they are servicable MLB players. At a high level I see a few good pitchers with injury issues and a bunch of utilility guys and Greene and Tork. I'm not bashing them. Just not yet sold on most of them.

The annual joke swap on SNL was this weekend. Very good as usual.

How strong is the lure to be the boss of baseball operations vs. the intellection satisfaction of doing things the right way as you see it? What I'm getting at is would Harris have taken the job unless he felt Chris Ilitch will do the right at the right time? Of coruse he could have lied to him. My sense is this feeling that he's meek I see from the usual Twitter folks is simply because Harris won't do something just to do it for marketing and big bang appeal you get in the off season. It will have to be the right move. With the money coming off the books this year and the young talent coming up this is the time to see what they are made of. Don't waste 2-3 years that the big FA signing gives you the performance if we find out these players aren't that good. Then we are stuck with him in the later years of the deal while they once again regroup. 2024 is when we evaluate the fruits of the losing of 2018-2022. Maybe Avila left us something.

Part of me feels a civic duty to support local journalism. They can expose corruption and other problems and prove useful to society. I was paying $9.99 each for the news and freep. I cancelled during a purge on expenses. I’m torn. We do need a strong media for accountability reasons.

He wants them to like him. They don’t need him or any other reporters or columnists. In the past they did serve a function.

They have been asked and openly admit they have nothing. But that’s the game they play. They bark and bark then claim “well the people have questions”. Even the Doocy kid on Fox News has said they’ve been bitching for 2 years without any result.

The one in melvindale. Oakwood and Allen. the corporations say it’s because of shoplifting but that’s just the cover they need. It’s because they do whatever makes the stock price go up.

CVS announced more store closures and one in our area is closing, according to neighborhood Facebook pages, “because of shoplifting”. It’s in a city that borders Detroit. Bonus.

The seats are starting to show age too. There's one behind me that doesn't even open properly. Nobody sits in it during my games because it's a single. Used to belong to a group of 3, they didn't renew. I don't walk around enough in the lower level to notice if they've updated them but the historical displayers and banners could use some TLC. It's been 23 years since the park opened. Perhaps it's time for some Marcus Thames or Carlos Guillen or Jeremy Bonderman displays.

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Tigers getting a new videoboard along with upgraded sound system and TV's. The board doesn't matter to me, they claim it will be "bigger" but I think that just means the previous ad space will have video now but still used for ads.... the sound was getting bad. Sometimes I couldn't even hear the PA guy. And many TV's were not working. But I hope the sound is not too loud to where you can't talk.