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The dems need to do a better job at exploiting this. This type of thing could be the "defund the polilce", "CRT" rallying cry they need.

The anti smith stuff is really starting to surface now that time has passed. Rock played in Boston last night, walking in to the venue in a Tigers hat by the way, and tickets were going for $1200. It will be interesting how he responds in the future. Will he just take the high road and let it blow over or integrate it into his act?

and to be honest I wasn't even thinking as good as Fryman and Granderson. I'm thinking guys like Brandon Inge, Matt Joyce, Alex Avila...

To me development is different from talent acquisition. I don’t think players are finished products. The skill isn’t finding the diamond in the rough. It’s creating it from what you acquired. It’s being good enough to have 3-4 guys in your lineup that are slightly above league average at any given time. Then you use your free agent guys to build around them rather than building around the free agents. Some orgs are consistently better at that and it’s not because they tank and fall into high draft picks. The tigers didn’t suffer during the recent “golden era” because they sacrificed some high picks for signings. It’s because they didn’t develop average players from the lower rounds.

Aside from the #1 picks are the Tigers deep? Organizations sustain success by development. Being handed can’t miss talent by virtue of losing is not necessarily development.

I would want more confirmation than Eric. He’s an idiot.

Here’s two franchises that do things right and don’t require five years to maybe contend… not all teams have to do what the Tigers put their fans through due to incompetence. It’s not a natural thing.

Why would they do that if they feared Trump?

Kind of refreshing to have a potus who doesn’t get wrapped up in entertainment crap.

I golfed 36 holes a few times a week in 1993 and 1994. Same course. We'd get there at 7 am and do two rounds. Closest I got was an eagle. 2nd shot on a par 4 from about 100 yards out. After that I might have golfed once or twice a year until the mid 2000's. I always wanted my wife to take up the game as I thought it was something we could do together as we got older. The one time I took her to a par 3 she hit everything straight and I figured that's 80% of it, she's a natural. As it happens she took up running and dragged me into it so that's our thing.

This is one of those situations where I can fully understand each side of the argument. While going up and slapping someone like that is technically wrong I can't get worked up about it when he's defending his wife from an insult, even if it was from a comedian and under the guise of a joke. Sort of like a parent with a kid who got suspended from school for fighting but he was being bullied or whatever. Part of you is proud the kid defended himself. At least that how I would have been under the same situation. I can also see the argument that it's hollywood and the hosts and presenters make fun of hollywood people. It's part of the deal. The only difference I see here is her medical condition being the exception to the rule. Nobody got hurt and Smith doing what he did overshadowed his big win. I see it as self inflicted harm and it evens out.

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it's all out there man.....

And I haven’t thought of Ernie Els since probably 2005.

I find covers often enlighten me on how great a song I heard a million times growing up is. Two recent examples are The Chain by the Highwomen, on Howard Sterns show and Simple Man.

I use that. It's kind of dodgy on Car Play, I have to use my phone to get it going but once it's up it's fine. There's a great Purple Rain cover by My Morning Jacket from Red Rocks. I also pay for nugs but rarely use it. It's $50 a year so I kind of forget about it. I do think they have a proper app now for the TV. We use it for special live shows but the sub fee has nothing to do with those. I just figure if I use something for free sometimes it's good to pay for it.

As opposed to Grohl who talks so much they could have done another song or two. But he's cool. I kid.

The assault talk is a bit dramatic. It was a harsh joke but you don't go up on stage and do that either. He overshadowed the whole night which was wonderful in so many ways.

I love how the anti Dem talking points all revolve around things that are made up....

"Jeff Blashill can't remain the coach of the Red Wings" - fans of the Detroit Red wings <> Fans will remove Blashill as coach of the Red Wings

Growing up, when all we had was the radio and record stores for music, I always preferred the live J Geils stuff to the studio versions... .same with Bob Seger. Like on what planet would you rather hear the studio versions of Katmandu or Must of Got Lost? Reputa the Beauta! I remember reading that Rush would never do something in the studio they couldn't do live.

It was a Kinsley gaffe.

“Biden has health issues” “Biden wearing a helmet when riding a bike is weak”

Agree. I saw them here in 2017 I think and a friend of mine didn’t go because they “get kind of jammy”. I’m thinking “ok?” Do you really want the same thing you’ve heard over and over? The Eagles were like that a few years ago. Yeah tickets were free and it was a bucket list to see Walsh but you could tell if was the very same show they did the night before. No improvisation.