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It's not as much the cap as the nationalization of revenue share. Green Bay had a successful NFL franchise before the salary cap, it's even more stable now probably with the cap but it could never have an MLB team under the current MLB income system with or without a cap. The NHL has a pretty hard cap, small market teams still fail or can't qualify to get a team to have a chance to fail in the NHL.

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Final 9-3. Tigers control their own destiny

The Democratic campaign has to find ways to make this point without sounding too maudlin, because it is an important one. Pence was an ideological nut job, but he was at least sane and has some institutional ethics. Vance is an arrested development wanna-be who is being played by his oligarchy donors but is too dumb to know it or maybe just too morally bankrupt to care.

I think the Beantowners got this.

that was fairly low stress for an NFL road win.

You won't have **** Nixon to kick around anymore. -RMN, 1962

Ignoring the possibilities of trade/FA signing, I see Vest and Brieske as the two closer options next season. Brieske would have to get his walk rate down, but of the available options he has the velo the strike-out potential for the role. Vest's numbers are actually better, but I'm not sure anyone really trusts Vest ....yet. Foley is Foley. Very nice piece, not optimal in the 9th - esp against teams that are willing to shorten up and play small ball.

yeah - I don't know where Qualcomm was going either. I think for Intel it was just good PR to talk about someone being interested. Intel's big foundry investments will be coming on line over in the next couple/three years. If they execute on those, the foundry business will be fine, if not, not so much of course. They are still "all in" with the plan so to speak other than one plant 'delayed' (read canceled?) in Germany, and this is the lull before the win or loss gets tallied. At this point Wall street doesn't like the bet - of course it doesn't like many bets that far over the horizon! But Intel's balance sheet is strong enough they won't be in serious danger before they get to see if their investments pay off or not. They have also triangulated themselves into status politically as the strategic national defense supplier in US Gov reshoring efforts away from TSMC so its a good chance they are now on Uncle Sam's "won't be allowed to fail" list if any lifelines are ever required. Company still may make more sense in 2 pieces, but I get the impression they are just making noises of due diligence in that direction for the street without being serious about wanting to do it - but I'm just spit balling there - we'll see how it shakes out in maybe a year or so.

ironically, that is an area they have plenty of solid competition.

If Minny collapses and KC and Det both get in Quatraro wins it. If the Tigers miss Quartraro wins it. If KC collapses and Minny and Det make it, Hinch wins it.

Hinch had to have hoped to get more out of Hanifee but he was a mistake waiting to happen.

Hanifee digging himself a hole.

man that was one flat slider.

we have a ball game again.

nothing in human history is ever settled. Every generation not willing to stand up for the good things they have gained will lose them. Not many of the cultures that have moved human history have understood this long enough to endure as long as the US already has. Tired is not a viable choice.

good thing they got a couple already because Suarez is dealing now.

I think Tork should have played for Scotty Bowman. He's beginning to seems like a player who is going to respond more when you put him down/make life hard on him, rather than make him happy.

he's on some kind of meaning of life level roll.

exactly. The interesting question is what a DOJ anti-trust action against Amazon look like? (as opposed to them just being sued by competitors who want compensation). With Standard Oil and Bell back in the day the obvious approach was to subdivide the entity regionally. I don't that approach would make much sense with Amazon. I suppose you could craft consent decrees that would simply limit their prerogatives without directly addressing their market share.

yeah - you have assume that from here on, once they see Orji under center, teams will immediately stack to stop the run instead of waiting to see them move the ball.

did BR ever update service time daily or am I just 'mis-remembering' that because the player's age updates everyday?

Damn. i blew it. Like any smart author I should have left my audience guessing and thinking they were the reason they didn't get it.

Indeed. It's sort of sad to see guys like Romney and Ryan. They're like Miss Havisham in Great Expectation, sitting among the cobwebs in her wedding gown, locked in the past of an electorate that abandoned them at the altar.

I don't advise it - it may be hazardous to you psychic healt