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You don’t trade Skubal if you are leading the division unless your staff is stacked. Then you consider it. Otherwise you ride. The Tigers didn’t trade Scherzer in 2014.

I don't know where the line is.... but I'm definitely uncomfortable with the encouragement of it... especailly with the in studio "bet of the day" or whatever they call it. Frankly I think the country's economy would be far better off if all forms of gambling, outside of Casinos in Vegas, Atlantic City, and real Indian reservations were gone. That includes lotteries, stratch offs, etc. I frequent my gas station a lot b/c I work from home and I enjoy going up to get a tea or coffee or banana. It's a nice 10 minute walk. The $$ I see spent on lotteries is insane.

that too.

Getting Dave Grohl vibes.

Rick Rizz could have succeeded here but the Tigers and WJR botched the whole thing. He's very well liked in Seattle. I was watching one of their games years ago during a free preview and thought "I like this guy...." then I realized it was him. So that means something for me.

Mario was a pro. You could put him in any sport in any team and never know he was there. That's a compliment. He did a fine job. If he didn't have Rod as a partner he might still be doing the games... or someone's games.

No light sabers. No force. Just a gritty series. I'd say watch Rogue One because that's the immediate prequel the first Star Wars movie and this is the prequel to that. Not necessary but I consider Rogue One to be #2 behind Empire in the overall SW universe ranking.

Their only use for Catholics is their pro life stance. And I assume JD would turn on them too.

The last time they won was when my wife and I finally got a chance to get away just the two of us, after we had kids. My oldest was 7. This was for our 10th wedding anniversary and we went to south haven. I remember watching the Celtics series. I got tickets Thursday, nose bleeds, for my son and I. He’s now 24. He’s had a rough couple of weeks between a breakup and totaled car. I’m glad I was able to perk him up. It’s only money.

This game was on a 4 hour pace at one point. We left after the 6th. Early wake up call. I knew we would have to go before 9 but I was hoping it would be in the 8th or 9th by then. God I hate Montero. Guy still is able to be slow AF even with a pitch clock. Just ****ing pitch man. Every time he took it down to 0:02.

Just bought our tickets for Thursday.

I do believe that those guys would struggle more in today's world where the pitchers are also doing analysis at a higher level. Attitudes on pitching approach evolved so Mantle and Hornsby would be facing guys who are adjusting. Williams would eat this **** up. Of course I think the strategy for hitters has been the same but we have more ways of identifying and quantifying it so when guys say "they don't do that", they are, they just don't know it. Like Joe Morgan being against analytics but he played the way analytics supports, he just had a bug up his butt. They just call the strategy different things but the concepts are the same.

sure.. they should. But who will fire them?

well the Yankees org owns the field so they should make them bigger. I saw the HR.... seemed very obvious it was fair but I'll concede that I only saw one angle and it could be deceiving but I don't see how.

I used to work at a place on Sunday mornings and we had the same thing on Sundays. Post church, a widower. You could tell it was a big part of his day. There he'd come in his brown suit, beautiful white head of hair. Always in the same seat.

I get Taco Bell every Sunday for my 95 year old mom. I use the mobile app. I go in... there's a shelf for mobil orders. They do not put them there. I get that. People probably take what's not theirs because they are idiots and can't read. No issue there. My order sits on top of a thing about 10 feet away. I walk in. Not one person makes eye contact. All they have to do is just hand me that bag. That's it. Everyone doing their thing in their silo. Usually I get it from one guy making food who is smart enough to recognize he sees me every week with the same order at 1 pm. He's going places. When I worked cust service and retail we were taught to always ackowledge the customer even if you can't immediately help them. Just say Hi, be right with you. The flip side to that is people are rude and will then expect them to stop helping the customer they are working with to address THEIR issue because it's all about them. So consider that a broad peeve on both sides. We can't have nice things beacuse people are idiots all around.

In the 2nd epiosode of the new Black Mirror there's a fun easter egg. If you don't want to know then don't read. Highlight the text in the box.

It’s hard to beat a team 4 times in a row.

“Those who can’t, teach”

Could also be a case where the ones we think of as good hitters made enough money where they don’t have to coach after playing. years ago someone shared an article or excerpt about a promising player who basically had to be left alone until they failed because the coaches and org knew he’d never listen or believe them until that happened.

Some are saying it’s the best SW since the original trilogy. I think I read that each episode takes place like a year apart.

I understand that part of the change could be a reaction to needing more revenue. In the case of my deli and with most small businesses that change hands… the new owner has to cover two nuts now. The purchase plus themselves. Someone spends a lifetime building something and they need their payoff, rightfully so. Just doing the same old thing might not be enough.

My favorite local deli was bought in January of this year. The owner died in 2023 and the kids didn’t want to keep it. No problem there. But now the new owner is a young guy and is on the surface keeping it the same but now their social media is about getting the influencers. They are hyping up DoorDash and uber eats. The counter is littered with business cards from local people. That cheapens it to me. This is a place that’s been around since I was in high school. It’s a legend among Ford workers at lunctime. And frankly any “infuencer” not familiar with this place is an amateur foodie. This guys is acting like he discovered something. And I know they have changed suppliers because the pickles are different. The napkins are. Even the wrap on my sandwich is a little off. I’m giving them a few more weeks before I bail on my Tuesday tradition. This was literally my favorite thing to eat all week.

Definitely depends on the show I admit. When I rewatched better call Saul I preferred the binge due to the pacing. we binged the first 2 seasons of white lotus and that was fine as it’s not so deep. But with severance we binged the first season and few episodes of season 2 to catch up so I think we missed some things by jumping ahead immediately. No time to think.

Did he post a Bible verse too?