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I’m laughing my ass off at the suggestion that a congressional hearing is “looking into something” rather nothing more than a gigantic grandstanding opportunity in an election year over an issue 3-4 years ago because the majority has nothing else to run on.

I wonder if he can help with curveball.

To me the top Leyland moment is when he broke down after the 2011 division clincher. Detroit had just come out of hte recession, the auto industry hit hard, and you could tell that he as the kid of a blue collar worker really wanted the fans to know how much they appreciated their support given all of that and he hoped they gave them something to look forward to and enjoy. For him to think about that while celebrating tells you what kind of man he is. Like Sparky he always thought about the little people and being decent.

I'm seriously supposed to follow and take serious a story where all I see are pictures of Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rand Paul and a bunch of other anti vax covidiots? Sorry I am not wasting my time. You can wade into that cesspool and get in bed with them and hope you don't get rabies or syphylis.

don't bitch to me. I'm just going by what I am reading today. If you want me to believe that the government created covid so that shareholders could make money... I'm not listening to that bull****. Go talk to flat earthers. I'm not reading the ****ing NY Post. This little crusade of yours on this topic is hilarious and tragic. "Hey everyone... remember this from 3-4 years ago..." Let's talk about Vince Foster.

He suggested to Lucas to implement the scrawl at the beginning of Star Wars. After he showed it to his peers (Spielberg, Coppolla, etc.) Milius is like "Ok but I dont know where or when this is taking place? What's the backstory?" That's the legend at least.... Lucas modeled the story on old serials so maybe it's false. But I like it.

Milius is great. I need to find that documentary on him. I read some Hollywood books on directors and it's fascinating the circles he ran in. He saved Star Wars for George Lucas. Definite black sheep among that group in the early 70's but they didn't run from him. He was one of them and did it his own way. John Goodman's character in Lebowski is based on him.

I'm sorry but you all sound like a bunch of whiny crybabies. Bodies were being stacked in hallways and in portable coolers and health care workers are risking their lives trying to treat people and dying while doing so and it's like "OMG, I had to wear a mask and be 6 feet apart...." So yeah... **** the critics.

I don't think that's an unfair way to look at it. It's the 9th round. By that point you still have good players but there's issues, otherwise they woudn't be there to pick. How many times did they draft someone in rounds 6-12 where they had similar conversations with agents? This one hit. At that point you are gathering as much info as possible and this is just another piece of it. Teams have info on hundreds of players each draft, that's their job. If someone read your comment to mean "They just went in there blind and listened to Scott Boras" then that's on them to be wrong.

and I didn't know until now, after dozens of viewings, that was Anthony Quinn's son. I wanted to know what happened to him. Been probably 20 years since I saw it. He passed away in 2011 of a heart attack.

Love Love Love that scene and the follow up with Berenger. "What do you know about killin'? 6 of you boys against me.... ain't nobody'd know.... kill me" He should have won the supporting oscar that year but I guess he and Dafoe split the vote probably.

There is a McCosky article from 2019 that allegedly shows the thinking. According to this Team Boras pushed them over the edge in making the selection but the Tigers certainly knew of him and had him around that position "along with a lot of other people". When you get to that point in the draft who knows what goes into it. Agents certainly have an interest in selling their guys and clubs know that.... I split this up into two posts because the site was giving me fits.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/08/14/how-unlikely-alliance-helped-steer-detroit-tigers-toward-prospect-tarik-skubal/2007574001/

I don't think so either, especially given how you build organizations. Drafting early is just one piece. I know there's slot money and all of that which goes into it but when you look at a macro level the top orgs over the last 15-20 years you see very few if any sustained losing.

It's June 3 and the Tigers play the defending champs and have the same record. Is that good?

agreed. And I don't expect, and don't agree, that fans are generally smarter or know was much. They have access to data that we do not. Doesn't mean they are always right of course. You can and should criticize the Tigers for their lack of development overall the last 40 years but to me the Tork pick is immune from that because of the potential top 5-10 picks from that draft... they're all "busts". So it wasn't a case of bad scouting or bad development in this situation. If a few of the other picks were doing ok then it's fair to criticize because they should have at least been able to match the other organizations in that situation and it's fair to expect that Fans don't have to know which one to take in order to criticize. That's not what I am suggesting. But at minimum you can throw out "They should have taken one of the other guys". That's fair. In 2020 there were no other guys.

So who should they have picked instead?

To me a criticism or gripe has to be followed up with a suggestion on what should have been done or could be done to solve the problem. The Tigers development problem goes back decades with multiple administrations, that’s no secret. But a single player is not an indictment by itself, even a #1.

92 Clinton 96 Dole (I was deep into the libertarian stuff at this point and was going to vote for Harry Browne but decided in the booth to vote for Dole given his WWII service and sacrifice) The rest was GOP until Hillary in ‘16. The only Republican I will ever vote for again would be someone against Rashida in my district if it were competitive.

Is it surprising the 2020 draft didn’t pan out for any team? Seasons shut down in March. How much HS and college ball was played?

Who should they have drafted?

There was a rally in Dearborn, at a city owner theatre, a few days after Oct 7, before Israel responded where people were chanting and signing and dancing. I took it to mean they were happily anticipating what was coming be then they could “justifiably” spew anti semetic rhetoric. Hamas are like modern day republicans. They can fight a different game, hide among civilians, not care if 10 Palestinians die if it means 1 jew dies, and the media will always give them a pass and expect the other side to take the high road in the battle.

The original statement was oddly worded. It said “he’s completing rehab” which makes it sound like he’s almost done. That’s why I asked my wife, who is an OT not a PT how long that kind of thing could take. Her experience was that it could be 8 weeks of some kind of rehab before someone like you or I would feel 100%. Of course we aren’t exerting ourselves at a pro sport level.

As an example. I saw someone get a quote for some work on the house that was very high. I’m sure it was an anomaly. But they blamed Biden. And they will wait until after the election since I guess they think Trump will lower prices.

It’s not about loving the country. It’s about who they hate.