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A friend had a washer set to be delivered to their lake house. They said Saturday at 2. They got a call Thursday before from the driver that they are there. “Uh we are an hour away in good traffic. Nobody told us you were coming”. And it’s not like Irish hills is nearby for those guys.

Scott Pleis is out as scouting director. No surprise. No word yet on Chadd.

Phils up 4-2 with one out in the 9th. Love it when visiting teams rally in the 9th. That makes playoff baseball so good.

Last week I went to Windsor to visit friends for dinner and coffee later in amherstburg. Going through customs was a breeze. No waiting. That was the bridge. Last night we went to the casino to see Bill Burr. Took the tunnel. Again no real issues and things were very fast in terms of customs. The tunnel even has an app now you can prepay tolls with via QR code. the peeve? The layout on the US side of the bridge has always been a cluster. Makeshift lanes. Cones. Handmade signs. I get it that they probably have to shift things around as traffic conditions change. on the tunnel US side when you leave customs you go down this very narrow corridor which looks to be incorrect but it was the only way to go. They have barricades on the side that looks like it’s just storage. Portable Speed bumps scattered around in different directions on the ground. I literally thought I was going into a dead end. My son thinks it’s done that way to keep people from speeding away out on to Jefferson.

It's at the Hampton Inn in downtown W Dearborn. He's on the third floor and barricaded. Negotiating with police. He won't be hurting anyone else at this point but the area is on lockdown obviously.

Typically when I have no dog in the fight I root for visiting teams b/c I like to see the sad fan shots. Hey, if I can't party you can't party.

I wish my company didn't block google docs.

"Getting hot at the right time" Tomorrow is my birthday and I get 4 games to watch.

All kidding aside.... where would you put Brandon Inge for all time Tiger 3B?

I would argue that the IF snagging a 110 mph meant the hitter put it in the wrong spot. That's within the bounds of competition. Hitter got beat by an opposing competitor who also did his job well.

How often does the GOP discard someone over outside behavior?

I'm not saying move the fences in to make the team better. I'm saying move it in because I think the product on the field is degraded because of them. The game itself. As a fan I like success rewarded. Someone mashes the ball correctly and is denied b/c he's in 1 of 30 parks... that makes me feel cheated. I like quality baseball. I like when players are out at the plate because of two strong and well executed relay throws. I like to see excellence in action. If someone does their job they should be rewarded. also maybe in 2017 the Tigers would have been way above average in HR.

I'm in on moving in the walls too. Don't have to make it a band box like Cleveland but it's just too extreme the way it is today. I do think it messes with our players heads and their approach. Visiting players not so much because they're only here for a few days so they know it's over soon.

Over/Under on # of Miggy HR's in 2023? 4.

Justin has a player option available for $25 Million for 2023. Will he pick it up? He and the Astros seem to be getting along pretty well and it wouldn't shock me if he picks it up or they announce a 2 year 60 contract. Unless there's some things going on behind the scenes where he'd not want to stay with a team that's sitting on 105 games and he's had the best years of his career and they gave him the deal after TJ with that unknown

I always thought Miller would have been the optimal choice for him at that time.

The weird thing is once mid August and September hit I watched more games attended on a regular basis than the beginning of the season. Seems like things winded down for me and the weather was decent. I went to 3 games last week, plus a Mud Hens game. Because of that I will miss them.

Not quite from my understanding. The lottery only determines picks 1-6 but every non postseason team is eligible to be one of those picks. Not much variance according to this chart between 6th and 7th place.

I really notice it the last week of the baseball season because I often have to put my headlights on for the last 2 games.

Yea the ISS. 220 miles up. Was really cool when the space shuttle would link up and you saw two bright lights.

I saw Sayles in the beginning of some lame movie. It was one that came on after one I had just finished. It was bad. I just thought “that’s the writer from eight men out”. Wasn’t until later I learned his history and he was a legit independent filmmaker and writer. He helped out with Apollo 13 and wrote something that eventually became ET.

I track the space station and in the Detroit area it’s visible tonight. Time: Tue Oct 04 7:56 PM, Visible: 7 min, Max Height: 66°, Appears: 10° above WNW, Disappears: 9° above SE I am a sucker for this. I watch it every time it comes over on a clear night.

I just read a while back they took those off specifically.

That's been on recently. watched bits of it the last two nights. Sad it's not as accurate as we've learned but still a great movie to watch. It's so tight. Every piece of dialogue moves the story along. No filler at all. On a related note I'm reading an oral history of MTV and learned that John Sayles directed Born in the USA and Glory Days. Bruce hated videos but agreed to those two if he'd direct them.

Regarding the federal elections.... do you think we'll know early on which way it's going to go or will it be a nail biter? I think we will know fairly soon. It won't be an all nighter. Some swing districts in the east will tell us the story and what the polls were doing. i'll need some kind of info on key swing districts though. Too often the pundits will just say things like "IL-06 went R" like I'm supposed to know it's competitive.