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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.

Not firing up the pitchforks, but it's not exactly a new development that the farm system isn't where it needs to be and the last GM lost his job in part because of those failures. The question is where they go from here. I am cautiously optimistic based on what Harris has done to-date.

DeSantis could be seen as a boring version of Trump, but there may be aspects of his style/personality that also turn off the same sorts of voters that the GOP would need to win more share of in 2024. I think that's the thing that kinda gets ignored in this conversation.... another candidate like DeSantis may not share the same flaws as Trump, but may present different flaws of their own that impede their chances of winning the Presidency. And that's the conundrum.... in theory, the primary process is supposed to help yield the best candidate. But while there's a need in this case to coalesce around one challenger because a bifurcated field probably just leads to Trump being nominated, you are gambling that the chosen challenger (ie. DeSantis) is the best overall challenger in a general election scenario. And I would put it out there that we really don't know that he is, or that he can win in 2024 when exposed further to the national spotlight.

The other part of this discussion is, even if the field coalesced around one candidate (Ron DeSantis), is he actually a good national candidate and can he win in the places he needs to win in 2024? Obviously he did well in Florida during this past cycle, but some of that margin that he and Rubio attained is simply about anemic Democratic turnout compared with the rest of the country (doesn't account for all, but probably 5-10% of it from what I've read). And what plays in Florida, given it's unique mix of deep south, northern retirees and South American disapora that tends to be attracted to a more hard edged right wing message, does it have the same effect elsewhere? Tim Miller (also of the Bulwark) said on a one of their podcasts around Christmas that he had a hard time seeing Ronnie showing up in a place like Grand Rapids and having much success. I could be totally wrong, but having listened to the guy and seeing how he has postured himself for this upcoming run, I tend to agree.... and in order for a Republican to win in 2024, they need to do a lot better in places like that than Trump did in 2020 and how their congressional candidates did in 2022. "We need to coalesce around Ron DeSantis" is a strategy, but it isn't necessarily one that goes through the effort to find the best possible to candidate to both take on Trump and to win a general election.... it's basically a form of groupthink emanating from the need to avoid a split field.

It's not all that surprising to me.... why go for Rhonda Santis when you can get the pure uncut product straight from the source?

I didn't realize that Woodbery doubled as a Rockies beat writer.

The thing with the Republican primary is that the main alternative to Trump is basically all about co-opting his style. Heck, the way the two are differentiating themselves from one another currently is trying to out crazy each other COVID vaccinations lol. I'm sure some votes are up for grabs from some who like Trump, but I could see a lot of the hardcore folks questioning why they would go with the alternative candidate when they have the real deal available.

Do other team's beat writers obssess over "old friends" like Tigers ones do? I wish Harold nothing but the best, but he's not a Tiger anymore lol

Good for him. Still fine that he's gone though.