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I would assume there are ulterior motives until given a reason to believe otherwise. My comment about TikTok is more the fact that, in terms of national security threat, the fact that millions download and use that app bothers me more than the balloon does.

Especially considering how many TikTok users there are in this country....

I don't think anyone at the Pentagon gives a **** what the "shoot it down immediately" crowd thinks about anything, tbh. So I'll go with the latter.

This is all sarcasm I know, but in all seriousness, part of making sure people remain interested in the sport is making sure that it is still accessible to the average fan on television or streaming device. Which brings you back to the discussion of Bally and RSNs and what kind of impacts a bankruptcy might have on the marketplace.

$10 seems more reasonable. I would be curious to know what market research led to setting that price...

Ahhh

The thing about a Bally Sports subscription is, when you look at it over the course one one season of baseball, you are paying about the same as someone like me (who lives outside of the Tigers viewing market) pays to have MLB.TV. It's true that Bally also gives you the ability to watch the Wings and Pistons, but if you aren't especially interested in the other content being created (or in this case played) locally or are a casual observer of any of these teams, the odds that you avail yourself of the service at $19.99 a month is pretty low...

People talk about shooting it down over land as if it's NBD, but if any of the debris came down and killed anyone below, I would imagine most the armchair QB types would be singing from a different hymnal.

Her character was the only true "good guy" in the film, and her humility, thrust into a situation that she didn't belong in (can't get into why because of spoilers), definitely got her through.

Just watched this recently... really really interesting movie. In a weird way, the themes remind me a lot of the Michael Douglas movie "Falling Down" in that Fiennes' character identifies a lot of society's ills and those who have crossed or put him down, but ultimately goes about it in the most insane, psychotic way possible.

The debris radius of the balloon was around 7 miles from what I have read... In terms of population density, it makes sense that they waited considering. No matter what the armchair general types say

The cost of the service that Bally is offering is a big issue as well. Peacock, Paramount+, HBO Max, Disney+, you name it... they are all significantly cheaper. At 19.99 per month, you get the die hards... and little else. Casual fans largely are gonna be cut out.

Most of these Bally RSNs are carrying NBA and NHL broadcasts as well and those leagues are in the same boat as well waiting to see how this fiasco plays out.

People are mostly thinking ahead to pitchers and catchers, but the relief market still ain't cooked yet.... Michael Fulmer, Andrew Chafin and other still available.

What's funny is that the diagnosis really isn't that different between Law and McDaniel, but the ranking is. I suspect he may take a higher view of a few of their prospects (probably Colt Keith, since he's the only analyst who has him as a Top 100 guy) than Law does.

Kiley McDaniel has the Tigers at 21st Organizationally... If you take the average of Law/McDaniel, that's probably where they should fall imo. Around 26

I do think Al Avila deserves a little bit of credit for making some good hires in their player development in the year prior to his firing... we can probably infer that the improved play/stock of a few guys may be partially their doing. But it was way too little and way too late. And for that, among many other things, his bus ticket out of town was well earned.

I think I see what you are getting at... A year ago, the Tigers system was much more highly ranked. Yet when you remove the two players who most accounted for that rank (ie. Greene, Tork), you could argue that the system was actually *worse* then than it is now. When you account for the recovery of stock for players like Wenceel Perez and Parker Meadows and the emergence of Wilmer Flores and Colt Keith and better play from other prospects, I think that makes sense.

Longgone can correct me if I'm wrong, but interpreted the comment to be more of a comparison to other professional publications, not fan sites.

I don't know that he's less knowledgeable than the rest, he's pretty smart. But I do think his purview is a lot broader than most of the other prospect analysts and it can show at times. His writeup for most teams, including the Tigers, is a good example - they tend to be more backward looking and focus less on specifics on each system as they exist today.

Forgive me if I'm wrong here, but is Chip saying that it's a-OK to throw at his head next Congress if the D's win the chamber back?

Fantastic news!

This is true - and despite the lack of Top 100 talent across all the rankings, one could make an argument that they at least have a little more depth now than what they did when they did have a bunch of guys in the top end of the Top 100 as well.

I know. Law has actually said a lot of good things about the Tigers since Harris has taken over (such as his writeups on the Jimenez/Soto trades), although his writeup today reflects more on Harris' predecessor for obvious reasons. My comment was more aimed at the usual "woe is us" reactions at these rankings... I would understand it more if Avila were still here GMing, but he's not, so that should give us all hope no matter where Keith Law ranks them.

Said it in the other thread, but it shouldn't be a surprise that the farm system isn't where it needs to be. Whether it's 25 or 27 or 30 or wherever is beside the point, they aren't good enough. The question is where they go from here. Harris has made some smart hires and has worked on at least bringing in more depth in the immediate term, which is good. Hopefully we see more improvement in drafting and development.