mtutiger
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Exactly...
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I do think the idea of Al being moved into some emeritus role makes sense - I believe he is the oldest GM in baseball and is approaching his mid-60s. EDIT: DD is also around the same age, but does not hold the GM title in Philly (Sam Fuld does)
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Is Tony Packo's still the place to go before the game?
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Not just the acting DOJ, but basically all the leadership threatened to resign en masses. Its a good point... it's a giant collective action problem and there could be power in numbers. But GOP politicians are a bunch of beta wimps.
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It would have been an absolute shit show if they (the administration) didn't back down..... DOJ would have imploded.
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I'm trying to imagine being in the room with one of these highly professional lawyers watching one of these batshit crazy conspiracy videos....
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Yep, the Ukraine playbook. The investigation doesn't matter at all, just the announcement of an investigation.
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The Ukraine playbook.... this line is a throughline to the first impeachment!
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I didn't think he did on Tuesday. Honestly, the lack of grandstanding in these hearings has been pretty refreshing.
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My point is that the entire discussion for the past 15 months about AJ and his relationship with the Tigers has been among this fan base has been framed on speculation that ultimately may not even be true. And had said speculation not happened, we wouldn't even be having this discussion. To be clear, I'm not defending the Tigers either, maybe they could be a little more transparent about the contract status of their management team. But even setting aside the comment about the opt out, Rosenthal's reporting pretty clearly states that AJ Hinch is under contract through 2025 (and attributed to 'sources', not Avila himself). I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that Rosenthal doesn't report this stuff if he doesn't believe it's accurate.
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If Lynn Henning hadn't said anything about an opt out, would there have been 15 months of speculation over it? The answer is NO. If Lynn is going to make claims like that, Lynn should provide evidence or at least be able to back up the assertion. Otherwise he should be disregarded. Feelings about Avila be damned.
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More brilliance from Lynn Henning lol
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Obviously. But if I were in his position and were concerned about my job, the logical move would be to talk to Rosenthal. And that is a break in pattern from the normal, which is to talk to Bally and a few others locally and say little else in public. I'm not saying anything comes of it, but it was a break in pattern and should be noted.
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So Lynn Henning posts a rumor that raises the anxiety level of the fanbase to 10, it comes out that both the terms of an opt-out and the length of the contract that were speculated on at the time were reported to be wrong, and the reaction is then "well, I don't know what to believe". To use a Garry Kasparov phrase, talk about the annihilation of truth....
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No, it's a matter of believing either Rosenthal or Lynn Henning, who is (to my knowledge) the one who gave birth to the "opt out" rumors. This is why I keep going at this: without that tweet last year, we don't spend the following 15 months arguing "what ifs" about an opt-out clause that very well doesn't exist.
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This suggests that there isn't self-interest involved in Al going out to defend his record.... there's quite a bit of self interest, his comments suggest that he doesn't feel as secure in his position as he once did. People have good reason to doubt Pizza Jr., but there's parts of Rosenthal's reporting that suggest Al is on thinner ice than previously realized. The comment about Avila's contract length (and not being aligned with Hinch's) is a big one.
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Rosenthal's reporting is that Hinch is under contract for longer than Al. On top of the comment about the opt-out, Lynn also had different terms as well when he speculated over a year ago. Who you gonna believe? Rosenthal, or the guy whose Twitter feed is 95% left wing politics at this point in his career?
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Kevin M.... strategic genius.
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The "liberal" media strikes again lol. I know it's a different publication, but NYT Pitchbot couldn't have dreamed this one up if he tried
