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The Cavs are hardly the Globetrotters, but the Pistons still look like the Senators.

it's also inflation in the absence of much or any interest rate increase and that is significant. It's when inflation drives up interest rates and the price of car loans and mortgages head up that people really feel the pinch. When we stop hearing re-fi ads that's when the Admin will be in big trouble on inflation.

they played themselves out of gas to start the game and have been lagging ever since.

I had Faedo's rehab clock wrong - didn't realize he was 9 months behind Wentz. In Sept he was still only throwing on flat ground. He'll still be pretty much square at best by opening day - maybe not ready to cut it loose till June and then he has to find his command etc....

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Green bitches about not having been picked #1. Mobley just goes out there and plays like it.

Yes, although the Braves had such an outlier experience that they managed to discredit the truth.

why do I care if anyone remembers the good teams or great teams? They aren't remembering me.

65S from 80/90 was definitely epic.

and 7-5 Evan Mobley says "Hi.'

That was Goff.

He did get run pretty good behind the net at one point in the 1st. He sort of stopped like he said "Oh" to himself, then carried on.

T.O.T.A.L..M.O.R.O.N (This guy's J.D apparently stands for Just Dumb.)

Jeane Kirkpatrick was of a similar mold, but never ran for office (that I know of....)

FWIW, it's also true that StL missed much more performance from Pujols by letting him go than we got from Cabrera by giving him the extension.

correct. At least unless you are Margaret Thatcher.

They look about 2 players short to me - and that's assuming they stay healthy. So maybe someone ups their game more than we expect - a guy like Rasmussen or maybe Namestnikov could possibly. Velano could be another upgrade but I don't know if I'd make any bets on him ever being an impact player. So outside chance for this year I guess. But the further horizon is looking better.

well it's heck of a lot easier when you have a Seider managing it at the line who can pass, is not going to lose the one on one if a defender comes at him, and can stop all kind of pucks from getting over the line. It's simplistic to say it but the Wings huge problem has been inability to control possession and now you put Seider, Larkin, Raymond or Bertuzzi out there and you have enough guys with real puck possession skill that you can start to generate sustained pressure simply because you are not constantly giving the puck away.

And Edvinsson and Vrana next season as well.

It will be fun if the Wings can surprise us this season. The concern going into this season was that they haven't yet turned the roster over enough to be a good team, but the way I look at it, add up the bigger off-season adds (Leddy, Suter), the call ups ( Seider, Raymond), the guys that are heathier ( Bertuzzi, Larkin, DeKeyser), plus a couple guys playing better ( Rassmussen, Namestnikov), and you're at 9 guys, so that is a lot of change.

rebound went right out to the blue line and caught all the Wings up ice from Puljujarvi. Nede was in decent position but got beat.

Nede helping his D with some very active puck handling.

Can I get the year for the season I watched him back?

Tiger minor league FAs not much of a surprise. A few familiar names from last year's Mudhens though: Christin Stewart Aderlin Rodriguez Mark Leiter Hutchinson Yareil Gonzalez https://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2021/11/09/detroit-tigers-christin-stewart-minor-league-milb-free-agents/6352961001/

Right. And if Cabrera had demanded a contract through age 42 you let him walk at the end of his first deal. I don't blame Cabrera for taking what was offered but the truth is that they've gotten pretty much zero WAR from him since 2016 when his 2008 contract would have expired. I could be off by one year but even if - the extension has to have been one of the worst return on investments in sport.