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Wasn't expecting it from Wasserman of all people, but finally someone in the MSM isn't letting the R's off the hook for their own failures in this saga.

Must be more of that "grooming" I keep being warned about...

That's some serious fan-fic going on right there....

When I get out, I see a bunch of retailers with help wanted signs in their door. And in my industry, we have a shortage of qualified labor which makes it hard to fill requisitions. We've been dealing with this for a while. Sorry that my experience differs with yours I guess.

The Tigers Player Development folks retweeted this article / tweet. I would imagine that JHM needs more seasoning before being considered in the 3B slot for the big club.

I wonder if he was on the Grassy Knoll back in November 1963 as well? 🤔

3.7% unemployment rate and help wanted signs everywhere. Not exactly a recipe for long discussions about automation.

Regarding the George Santos thing, so much discussion about the failures of oppo research by Democrats. And that is an issue of course. But shouldn't there be some discussion about a party that somehow allows someone like this to ever carry their banner in the first place?

Another former Harris employee hits the streets.

Really interesting thread. This whole campaign looks as phony as a four dollar bill

Never really bought the counter arg myself. I could see working past retirement being more prevalent in more low skilled environments, particularly in retail or some other service industries, but there are a lot jobs that are unionized or have Cadillac retirement plans (railroads again a great example) or white collar jobs where the likelihood of staying on past retirement is much more remote. Put another way, to the extent that working past retirement would be an option, it would never have been equally distributed across all workers, it would have been confined to some particular industries or classes of the workforce. So I'm not sure how you avoid the consequences of the mass retirement of boomers under those circumstances.

Owning the libs by *checks notes* spending $700k of someone else's money on campaign contributions to oneself.

It's all very amusing to me because hostility toward immigration (including legal immigration) is a big part of the story as well. [Insert "hot dog guy" meme here]

Really the pandemic was an accelerant. But even without it we also have a relatively stagnant population (declining birth rates; growth rates of the US population declining between 2010-2020 from a combination of lower birth rates and a decline in immigration). All while also getting to the point of whole bunch of boomers retiring as well. IOW, even without the gap in employment created by the pandemic, a shortage of workers was likely always an inebitability just due to simple demographics. Too many boomers will retire, not enough of younger generations to replace. Kinda hit on this as well in the discussion about the railroad workers a while back; that's an industry that is facing a pretty steep demographic decline on the horizon, and while the Class I's may see short term gain from not revisiting their time off policies, long term, to discerning prospective Gen-Z workers (not to mention the generations that follow) in an environment where they are given more options, messaging that kind of hostility to even a modicum of sick leave seems counterproductive in attracting future employees to choose a career in that field.

Lol, those "kids in the hopper" aren't exactly on the cusp of the big leagues Lynn

Their rotation was absolutely awful last year, so it makes a lot of sense. Don't know if it will be enough... Astros and Mariners are better imo

This seems logically inconsistent with advocating for Vic Reyes and Willi Castro. Given how little "bounce" they have shown recently.

At this rate, they are gonna need to rename it "Mar-a-Loser"

#2 is usually taken as evidence that Harris is sitting back and not doing anything.

Even setting aside the usual self-flaggelation, which was always present when he was a first time candidate and President, he just seems incredibly whiny and angry these days. Sure, he's always said nasty and mean things, but he really seems like he doesn't enjoy it anymore and just seems really dour and cranky. Seems like he's losing some speed off his fastball.

Believe it or not, Nate Colbert still holds the Padres all time home run record. Would have figured that Adrian Gonzalez or Ken Caminiti or Dave Winfield would have e had that lol

Ok, I'll bite. This team won 66 games last year. This team isn't gonna Brandon Drury and Wil Myers their way to 80+ wins, bounceback performances on the existing roster or, in the case of Tork, Greene and other less established players advanced performances, are a necessary condition to getting there. Sorry if we aren't getting the dopamine rush of Jon Heyman and Jeff Passan mentioning the Tigers in rumors (or rather laundering player agent talking points), that is just reality. Billy Hamilton signed with the White Sox already. Probably Vic Reyes' competition for a roster spot lol