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It's really kind of amazing how much a lot of GOPers, particularly ones in Trump's orbit, talk in mob language.

Ahh, yes, the report that he's had 2.5 years to work on lol

Jim Jarvis has been on a bender since getting to Lakeland as well....

Lakeland is actually leading the FSL West standings-wise in the second half fwiw.... (Granted standings don't matter that much)

Meanwhile, the Kansas City Royals.... woof. I still remember listening to a podcast with Keith Law last year where he stated point blank that he thought the Royals were ahead of the Tigers... as hard as the situation has been here, just don't see it.

Lockhart and now Eddys Lenoard.... it's not a bad org to pick up some cast offs from.

Lael Lockhart is probably more of an org guy, but he's been an under-the-wire solid pickup off the Dodgers by Harris' team

It's ironic because they are both Kansans, but his voice reminds me of Jason Sudeikis...

I'll be patiently awaiting comment from Jeff Seidel, but I will not hold my breath

Low key one of Jimmie's best assets was his ability to call out the bad when he saw it. Whether it's because of his stature (ie. being so long tenured with the club) or because he was on radio or otherwise, it's just not something you really get with the other color guys. Particularly on the TV side

As angry as the Fulmer trade made us all at the time.... dude kinda is showing a little value maybe?

I like Bobby Scales more than others probably, but otherwise I agree....

This is 100% true.... he was one of a kind. I'll miss him

Late to dropping a comment, but Jimmie wasn't always the best color guy, but I grew to appreciate him more toward the end..... he had been there basically every step of the way in terms of my fanhood. He'll be missed greatly.

Yeah, I don't think Harris is getting enough credit for taking the arrows on this. Obviously some will come back and say "he shouldn't get credit, that's his job".... OTOH, his predecessor was fine with making excuses.

There was, although that seemed more speculation by the beat writers than anything vetted through a serious legal analysis. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Tigers know more about what happened than what any of us do. If they were fine letting him come back with no strings attached or were fine "giving him a pass", I'll defer to their judgment. The bigger problem, IMO, is the poor communication that happened at the deadline. And as much as people can yammer on about "players rights" and all, in the real world, going back on a decision like that generally comes with long term consequences.

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A couple of points: Other teams that were suitors for ERod's services may well have been on that no-trade list.... by taking those teams off the table, perhaps it limited the amount of options they had to deal him off even more than we realize. How often are deals actually killed via a no-trade clause? They appear to be mostly used as leverage for players to extract more out of teams, but I honestly cannot recall a similar incident of a player actually killing a deal like this. Even if ERod's a headcase, I'm not sure that, in and of itself, you just limit yourself for an event that is unlikely to occur and yes, I doubt very few, including the fans who are currently the loudest about how this went down anticipated this playing out this way. If there weren't other teams who were making acceptable offers or providing the value that the Dodgers appeared to have been willing to provide, why not make the 'calculated risk' to go for the best possible return as opposed to just accepting something that team considered substandard?

Yeah, I'd be fine with him opting in. I'll still cheer for him and wish him success as long as he's a Tiger. But as far as extending or giving him more money, after reading Rosenthal's article, he can go find that somewhere else as far as I'm concerned.

Because the Dodgers were heavily involved in the JV sweepstakes (and presumably would not have traded for ERod if they had won the JV sweepstakes), I'm not sure how easy this would have been to get done earlier in this case.

Thinking of Baltimore, who was often thought of as an alternate destination and who completed the Jack Flaherty deal shortly after it was revealed that the ERod deal was dead, I'd be surprised if that deal wasn't completed or well on it's way to be completed by the time ERod changed his mind at the 11th hour as well. Assuming that the reported timeline of events is accurate.

Yup.

This is fair as well, I just think there was so much focus on assigning blame over the past 24 hours that people really weren't thinking about how to explain what happened. Why it all happened. This is kinda what bothers me.... it doesn't matter if it's Harris or Avila or whoever, just looking at the outcome and assigning blame while not thinking about the process that lead to said outcome and understanding it misses the mark IMO Rosenthal provided at least some additional context, that at least one other avenue was explored (via three way trade) and that the market, past LA, may not have been as robust for ERod's services.

Rosenthal's piece spreads the blame around as opposed to just entirely sticking it to Scott Harris, so I suspect that may be what he's getting at.