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My thing is that there are normal, sane Republicans out there. The fact that it was voted down at the city council kinda proves that right? But the existence of normal, sane Republicans doesn't negate the ridiculousness that in 2022, someone would get it onto the agenda. Nor does it mean that it getting onto the agenda in a city located in a county that voted overwhelmingly for Trump is a part of a vast left-wing conspiracy either.

Your point being, what, exactly? I dont cosign on some of the other opinions expressed in the thread by others, but I also think, given the political bent of Elko, it's kinda BS to assign blame to left-wingers for an item that showed up on the City Council agenda there. Just dealing in the facts, it's not a judgment on values, it's that the reality is the "both sides" framing logically doesn't work here.

Not sure why you feel that way about red counties... kinda arrogant and elitist if you ask me.

More of this in the Democratic Party. And in Congress.

Elko County gave Trump 76% of the vote in 2020 and Adam Laxalt 76% in the 2022 Senate Race. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the cut of the jib of the type of person who would get that onto the agenda in that particular place. (Guessing they arent far left wackos)

In Randy Smith's defense, one of his 1st Round picks was Jeff Weaver, who turned in an average career as a big leaguer. The rest of them were pretty ugly results wise... just seeing names like Matt Anderson and Nate Conejo causes my gag reflex to engage

This is true, but it stands to reason that GM's are (at least to a degree) also responsible for the decisions that those under them make in their respective roles.

A sign that I watch too many cooking shows: I hate that "dog reduction" makes me think of The Great British Baking Show lol

The fact that Avila didn't completely **** up in at least one of his Top 5 draft picks (gonna go out on a limb and suggest Riley Greene will be a very good ML player) and the fact that he has occasionally blind squirreled his way into decent selections a couple of times (ie. Skubal) gives Randy the edge... Smith was somehow worse and almost never found any useful talent during his tenure.

I can see how it looked fine on paper, but Randy Smith was one of the worst GM's in franchise history. (And yes, worse than even Avila imo) Other factors could have changed, but it wouldn't have changed how barren the talent pipeline was or the absolutely abysmal drafting that took place on his watch.

Yeah, I do remember the reporting about Denise I at the time as well. Was downright Dallas-esque lol The winning post-2006 papers over a lot, because the Tigers Organization was pretty freaking dysfunctional at times prior to 2006. Arguably more dysfunctional than they are now.

People mostly remember the later years with Pizza Sr. chasing the ring like Ahab going after the Whale, but the full picture is just more complicated. I went to way too many games in the early 2000s to forget... went to way more than I can even do now because of geography. This situation they find themselves in today really isn't much different and, if anything, they may even be in slightly better shape today than what DD inherited when he came aboard. My hope is that Harris fills that DD role in this generation. And based on the moves he's made and the clear philosophy one can see in the moves, I am encouraged with what we have seen.

Yeah, this is the issue... the mainstream or even organs of GOP thought can talk about moving on all they want, but it all comes down to the primary voters and what they want. Even in a H2H match-up, I don't know if Ronny wins enough primaries against Trump, I really don't.

I mean, it's kinda just history repeating itself... as much as the Ol' Man gets lionized around here, the dark days of 2002-2003 happened on his watch... like with Al, he hung onto Randy Smith for far too long, and it took DD four years to fix the ditch that Randy Smith left the franchise in

There's no point in relitigating it for the 80th time, but part of Scott Harris' job is making calculated risks and apparently he felt this one was worth making. We kinda just have to see how it all plays out, but seeing how obsessing over "old friends" is a pasttime for our fanbase, we will likely be getting regular updates about Jeimer every time he has a good game in 2023, no question

When did the flu vaccine become controversial? Jesus

One last thought on the list discussion: the problem with the Tigers isn't representation on lists... only having one guy on one of the lists doesn't make a system inherently bad. What makes them bad is that the Tigers have produced precious few major leaguers among players who aren't list material. Particularly on the position player side. The same cannot be said of the Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals, among a lot of orgs, who manage to find productive everyday ballplayers from prospects who aren't "Top 100" material. That's a big piece that I hope changes under this new regime. They cant have a feast or famine minor leagues composed of high draft picks and literally nothing else and expect to be successful.

The law firm of Castro, Castro and Reyes going 3/3 on landing minor league deals remains the least surprising development of the offseason. Low key one of the bigger indictments of Avila that each got as many chances as they did

As far as Colt Keith is concerned, as encouraging as he has been, fans should have a bit more humility and be open to all range of outcomes, including ones that aren't as positive as expected. And that the lack of him making a Top 100 list doesn't automatically make a list not have merit. I would say the same in the other direction as well...

Lists are just incredibly subjective and not immune to being biased based on sources and methods used in compilation. I don't know enough about each specific list to know who is more reliable than who has a better track record, but none of them bat .1000... Otherwise Jeter Downs wouldn't have been DFA fodder this offseason, for instance

Same here. Although if he does well, no douby portions of the fan base will shift into Paredes/Marcelo Mayer mode

For the Kubrick fans among us lol

He has a decent walk rate and could be a bounce back candidate, although I think acquiring Maton makes it rather redundant at this point assuming he gets a lot of ABs against righties and with other options (Kreidler, Nevin, etc.) able to pick up lefties more often. Duvall, OTOH, I don't really see the fit with the Tigers.

Genuinely surprised