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They really haven't at all. And they have had two off days this week. The bullpen isn't overworked right now. I get trying to get Elvin through this start w/o a bullpen game, but the beatwriters writing stories about how Rony would be the first guy to lose his spot kinda pisses me off and insults my intelligence given how the other option was caught tipping his pitches and giving up 10 runs last start

They havent had a bullpen day since Elvin's last start. And haven't had many all season.

Jomboy caught Elvin tipping his pitches and put it out there for everyone to see. And then they send him back out there a week later. Just have a damn bullpen day FFS

I honestly am dumbfounded that the Tigers beat writers kept talking about how Rony Garcia was the guy who was gonna lose his spot when Eduardo came back. Really? Jesus

So, when ERod comes back, ElRod needs to go down. Not Rony, ElRod

Totally agree But also, as someone who watches this thing day in and day out, we need to understand that Mize being gone for 12-18 months, while unfortunate, is not the backbreaker that losing Riley Greene or Spencer Torkelson for that length would be.

I hate to give him advice, but he needs to do a little more to promote them.

Beat my expectations, tbh.

I forgot about ERod. The news sucks, but it isn't the end of the world.

I would like to see Avila gone as much as the next guy, but if they have a rotation next year that includes Skubal, Faedo, (EDIT: ERod), Turnbull, Manning, that seems competitive if they can improve the offense The fact that the wheels haven't fallen off the rotation so far gives me some hope they can piece it together without Mize for the next 18 months

Until recently, Faedo was an afterthought, now he seems like a useful piece. Kinda have to let this stuff play out.

Isn't it assumed Turnbull will be back for 2023? With Mize, I assume he'll be back by 24 unless something goes wrong

On the plus side, Faedo doesn't look like a bust at the moment... If Manning comes back, that helps bridge the gap

Love it

We will get Turnbull back, which helps. I know people forget he exists, but HR can help fill that hole

He is? Im not following politics as closely these days, but if I didn't realize that, that's probably another L you can drop on his doorstep

People are gonna overreact, but I'm at least glad we know now

No minimum for vaccinated players, 10 days minimum for unvaccinated

LBJ also did it knowing what the downside risk was politically.... he famously quipped to Hubert Humphrey after signing the CRA that they had signed away the South for a generation. It has taken longer than he expected, but outside of Georgia and (maybe) North Carolina and Texas, that's basically accurate. He was a man of his time, he did have friction with Civil Rights figures of the time, but on the whole he has to be admired for using his political skill to get that through. It tells me a lot about him deep down, as rough a figure as he is

Probably COVID IL at least

Probably COVID IL, at least if it's like how they announced Vest. That sucks, he was playing well

The thing that isn't remembered much about the Independent Commission deal that was reached (before McCarthy reneged) is that it was set to expire on 12/31/2021. When you add in how McCarthy pulled all his folks off the current Select Committee, you start to understand how bad at politics the guy is. One thinks that the set up they have now, assuming the format is a lot like yesterday, without grandstanding, may be the strongest possible format... It will be clear, it will be concise, and it will be free from bad faith obfuscation... all of these things alone will give it more credibility than the average Congressional hearing.

MickeyB leaving the last board was the most instructive departure. Deep down, I really don't know that he believed all the Trumpism BS, but he had no choice but to follow the party.

I dont remember it, but I'm sure my hands were all over that argument... Amtrak's success and failures are incredibly hard to discuss without knowing how the system operates or the fact that it owns so little of the track that it operates on. But it's a good example of the difference between politics and policy... whether it's this committee or abortion or healthcare or inflation, Archie's here for political trolling. He's not here to discuss policy.

I guess I'm not of the view that believing that homosexuals should be able to live free from discrimination and without fear of prejudice and violence for how they live on earth really matters in terms of one's value judgment on the lifestyle itself.