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They will blame unwed mothers for not raising better kids.

I think the chance of storms is key. They can play in rain. But lightning is a no go and if conditions favor that then they wait. From a friend down there it opened up and they told everyone to take cover…. Meaning get in the concourse.

They are not playing today. Already a delay. It will be 50 degrees by 6 pm. But I guess they need to get some concessions in first. But since it’s the giants I guess they will try.

This could be tough to get in. Probably can start it.

He’s the Applebees while on a road trip president. Nobody’s first choice. A little stale in decor. You get a peak mid 90s vibe. But if the other choices are a cockroach infested diner or a place where the meat is gray and you aren’t sure you won’t end up with food poisoning… it will do. The beer is cold. The chicken tenders are fine. The French onion soup is comforting especially when they used too much cheese and it overflows along the mug and you get to peel it off and eat as a hunk. None of this will be the best food you ever had. It it’s familiar and will get you thru until you find a 4 star modern establishment at the next stop.

I can’t believe it’s been 16 years.

All of my bitching about the clock making the games too quick came back to bite me. We get a 3 hour game they 9 and we left because we are running a race tomorrow morning so numb nuts missed the 11th!

It’s like Elon’s For You tab.

You know these assholes would have different opinions on such things if it were their wives or teenage daughters that were victims In their mind it's targeted towards black people, poor white people, and just "sluts" in general so they deserve whatever hardship befalls them and any hurt for the child is the fault of the woman. But just the woman. Boys will be boys. What are you gonna do?

If a republican wins in 2024 I fully expect pardons for Jan 6 convictions.

I read on my kindle app. Doesn't bother me. I'm one of the rare ones I guess that prefer electronic. Plus when I'm done they make references to other books on the same topic.

It is a funny show and I snicker but if I had to explain it to someone i couldn't. I can't remember all of that dialogue.

I'm reading a book about the development of the Lunar Module. When reps from Grumman went to Houston for a gathering of all the major contractors for Apollo, while the Johnson Space Center was still being constructed, the Grumman folks had to stay further away because they refused to stay at hotels where their black employees couldn't eat in the restaurant. "He can stay here but we ask that he not go in the lobby and we can fix him something to eat in the kitchen". The race to the moon was impacted.

That's why I always said it would never catch on for casual fans. YOu need something you can easily quantify to a guy at the game or the bar. Most "old" stats provide that. SOme newer ones are just better extensions of that, like OPS. I mean at some point in WAR's calculation there has to be an opinion about the worth of a metric, right? With most other stats it's just a factual representation of what happened. Maybe it's not as good overall and shouldn't be used by front offices that way but for the casual fan it's good enough. Even if you can use an explanation on defensive metrics like "Well they use lasers and high speed camera data to measure speed of the ball and the players and can figure out what plays an average defender makes".... that's something you can express. Just have to trust they did it right.

When I read Halberstam's book The Fifties it opened my eyes a lot to what went down in the South in the first half of the 20th century. Because of the job opportunities up north in the factories and slaughterhouses, black families had to sneak away. The whites weren't happy they were leaving because they needed them to work in their fields and farms. They would patrol train stations and make threats like "If you go up there and get a job your family might not be here when you come back to get them". It was a 20th century version of the underground railroad. Legally the blacks were free but sheriffs and good old boys in the rural towns had their own legal system. They were still fighting the civil war. The North was taking all their blacks and giving them better jobs and now they were screwed. These TN legislators had grandfathers who did that so it was just passed down. I've also heard of the saying, in regards to blacks, "In the north we don't care how high they get just don't get too close. In the south we don't care how close they get, just don't get too high".

I've enjoyed it but haven't watched a whole lot of it. Just random episodes and clips here and there. The fast paced nature requires my full attention so I get "tired" so to speak. But it's really good and deserving of the credit.

So yesterday afternoon I saw a tweet referring to a Tigers play... "Oh, they're on? Makes sense, getaway day". I put on Bally's. I'm working so just 1/3 watching, no sound. "Man, this game is moving fast, 7th inning already?. Aw man, they've got the bases loaded in the 9th.... no way they are winning. Losing 2 extra inning games on the road.... isn't terrible I guess" Yeah I thought the replay was the real game. So them winning is extra meaningful for me.

yeah me either. I mean he's for real in the sense he is really selling it but knows full well his customers are idiots.

yeah that's true. I don't know the particular business arrangements to really suggest the Bally situation affects things. It could be a non issue but who knows. I'd think if the Tigers wanted a guy in there then it gets done. They will pay them somehow. I just don't know if they get paid by Bally's or the organization. I remember once reading that Ken Daniels for the Wings wasn't an employee of either FSD or the Wings but an independent contractor. I forgot the context but it was relevant to whatever story was happening, maybe a lockout or something like that. Who cuts his LLC or whatever the check?

The TV broadcast is low on my wish list for this organization. I realize it's not an issue of resources used to fix that vs the players but.... I'm not watching much anyway. I have it on as filler or just check my phone while watching something else.

This times 1000. It's the #1 flaw with sports talk radio as every idiot that calls in things this is how it works. "All they gotta do is...." The classic example, which really happened, was in the 90's when a caller into WDFN (is that still a thing?) suggested the PIstons trade Terry Mills and Linsday Hunter for Chris Webber. It became a legend. Take my 4 pieces of junk and give me 1 piece of non junk. Aggressively sign this FA so that I can complain in 2 years that he's overpaid.

That's why the "Ilitch was a great owner" statements need context. It was a double edged sword. There's a difference between "I'm willing to spend" and "I want you to spend on this guy". It's pretty obvious that Fielder wasn't on DD's radar based on his comments a few days prior to the signing. Ilitch got too attached and sentimental to his players. He did that with the Red Wings too. Young player scores a big playoff goal? They're a Red Wing for life. It's also good counterpoints to the "Just sign someone to be respectable" crowd. Any player that would make you respectable just by signing a FA deal will either cost too much... or has 20 other teams coming after him. Good players aren't just sitting on a shelf waiting to be added to the shopping cart.

Miggy does too....