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People are gonna be snarky about it, but it's good when the scales drop from people's eyes. Just wish it would happen more

Just wow

Holy ****

The calls between Trump and Bannon on 1/5 seem pretty incriminating

Yep, the 18th was decision day, Trump was presented a clear choice, one represented by Cipillone et al., one represented by Powell, Giuliani, Overstock Person. And, naturally, he went with the one that would satisfy his own ego and lust for power, regardless of the destruction it would cause. Because of course he did, he's Donald Trump.

Wow, the former Twitter employee... yiiiikes

The Overstock CEO... Dangerous as they are, it's amazing how low rent Trump's coup posse are.

lol

This hearing is doing a great deal to establish, directly, that Trump knew he lost. He cannot claim ignorance or to have been misled. He got all the advisement in the world and chose to ignore it

Meadows needs to be fitted for orange

Cheney indicates that Cipillone's testimony satisfied their request

I guess I'm not aware of how any team looking to sign ERod would have anticipated this situation happening. It seems like another flavor of "The Rays knew Austin Meadows had vertigo" to me... and that was street rat crazy lol

At the risk of speculating a little, a marriage is a two way street... IOW, if it were substance abuse, there is a possibility that it may not be ERod who is having the problems. I kinda go back to AJ's comment a few weeks back about him being home with his kids... it may have been a throwaway line, but it opens that door as a possibility imo. IDK enough about league rules to know whether spouses are covered the same as players in terms of those issues. But just in general when I see speculation about whatever problems are going on, it seems centered purely on the player. We just don't know enough information to really get a read IMO.

From a PR perspective, I don't quite understand ERod's strategy here. I can get treating it like a private matter and even that fans aren't entitled to intimate details. And whatever arrangement to handle whatever matters at hand are between the employer and employee. I'm cool with that. But Al coming out and saying that he's keeping the team in the dark, that is really unprofessional. And Al giving a "no comment" answer on the possibility of voiding the contract suggests to me that the Tigers are pretty frustrated behind the scenes. It is the kind of behavior that suggests indifference about coming back, but we don't have enough information to know for sure what is going on.

There is little to no new information about ERod, to the extent there is any it is that Avila came out and said that there has been no communication with the team. The reasons for him being gone may be entirely valid (I tend to believe they are more valid than the average Tiger fan seems to)... but nature abhors a vacuum, so in the absence of information, people are gonna speculate and fill in the blanks as they see fit.

Up the middle position players as strengths? Maybe in Lakeland, but not above lol

The overall numbers aren't great for Clemens of course, he's sub .200 at the moment. But OTOH, he's been fairly decent since his 0-17 start as well. The Grossman thing just sucks because the reasons for him staying have nothing to do with merit at this point; it's all about circumstances. He's seen as a viable trade chip (whether we feel that way or not) and, quite possibly, is a manager favorite as well

Maybe. Looking at his stats, I wonder if he could stand to a move to the pen.

The general consensus around the Braves system is that it is in the lower third in terms of strength at the moment. Tigers system isn't too different... really pitcher heavy as opposed to having quality depth in terms of position players. The Braves side of the trade is interesting to me... they must have someone they really like who will be there at 35

100%.

Former Oriole first rounder.... possible reclamation project candidate

He stayed back on that ball well...

I do think Grossman may be on thin ice, but I doubt anything happens until after the deadline... and I get it, they want to see if they can return value and this is not a season that is gonna result in the playoffs so its low stakes. But as fans, I can see the frustration with waiting this out... on merit, Grossman just seems like a worse option to Baddoo based on his limited time in Toledo and that seems like a natural reaction at this point.