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People get desenitized (sp?) to warnings because...the last 1000 times, nothing happened. "Go hide in the basement? Naw..nothing ever happens." Until it does.

At least it will wash away that egg i cooked on my driveway this afternoon. J/k

I hope they can get this game in. No rest for the Twins bullpen..

Trump and Stephen A Smith having a war of words. Get 'em Stevie...lol

Scattered storms. Very unstable weather. We have a severe thunderstorm warning downriver.

Now they say no rain. Unstable atmosphere.

True. It could even be pressure he feels like he has to produce to get playing time. And I still say he has a better chance getting a hit off a LH pitcher than Jones does PH for him. Jones is something like 1 for 28 in his last 28 at bats. Something horrid...

RBI are somewhat dependent on having base runners. Keith started out on fire this year, for a bit he was one of our hottest hitters. Then the genius started platooning him and he's been in a slump. Not blaming Hinch, it's Keith not knowing if he'll play 3rd base, be a DH or on the bench from game to game. Some players need more stability.

I looked at the weather for today, yesterday, and it looked clear. Now it says 100% chance of rain. It may be a delay but it looks like it will clear out by 8PM.

I wouldn't trade the 1984 Tiger Championship for any player we dealt to build that team. The final pieces of Willie and Bergman were acquired at the end of spring training. Without those 2, we prolly dont win it all. Its what I mean by building from within and using the trade market for what may be the final pieces. We were really, really close last season...I hope we get to that position again.

Driveway weather update;

I dont think there's a player on the Tigers I wouldn't trade for a championship. Seriously.

Losing Skubal for a draft pick would break my heart. Getting a decent haul for him would make it easier but it would still hurt. Losing Mize would bum me out a bit but I like him more than some fans do. But when it comes to trading Skubal or Mize? Sorry, but I don't have much faith in Harris. I really hope he surprises me if either (or both) of those guys have to be dealt.

Would you trade any of those players for a championship?

I don't recall who was all available or ended up being traded, mostly Suarez. And it matters so little, I don't really care. I would have liked to get a couple of bats in the off-season but it didn't happen so it's pointless. But I really do agree with Harris, hanging onto our top prospects is the way to go. AA or A prospects? Trade bait, except pitching. And some of the utility players on the big league club should all be available.

Anyway, I heard teams wanted Melton last trade deadline and after he came up and I saw him pitch, I considered him pretty much untouchable. Tiger pitching prospects are few and far between. And pitching, IMO, is very valuable.

??? You said Melton was ranked much higher?

I've seen this in other sports, teams have a good season and bring everyone back, hoping to repeat previous success. Teams need to make some changes to get better, not rely on players repeating success. Javy and Mckinstry are good examples. They were really good last season but regression was predictable. As well as our RH pinch hitter, Jones. I read he was something like 1 for his last 28? Pathetic.

Well, some people say pitching is a bit more valuable than position players. So Saurez was traded for a #9 prospect, a position player. And #16 and #17 ranked pitching prospects. I would say Melton was/is more valuable than another teams #9 positional prospect. Im not sure who the Tiger #9 prospect was last trade deadline but there's a good possibility it's a player who will have very little impact in MLB.

In hindsight, sure. And now? Untouchable. There's a possibility we lose both Mize and Skubal. We'll need all the pitching we can find. But a hitter with 36 home runs and close to 100 RBI at the deadline is very tempting. Again, in hindsight, I'm glad we didn't trade for him.

Trump's meltdown on Meet the Press was glorious. Calling him out on his election lies caused his face to go from orange to beet red.

36 home runs and close to 100 RBI at the trade deadline would look very good to many fans. Diving into deeper stats may have showed warning flags but sometimes those are ignored. As Chas pointed out, Tiger 3rd basemen out performed him. And like I said, his stats would (or may have) been worse at Comerica

I just said he was traded for less than blue chip prospects. People think Arizona wanted our best young players and they traded him for much less. But whatever, I did say we dodged the bullet, hindsight is wonderful.

Meadows has/had a history of injuries. Using Javy out there, and have him playing so well out there, was nothing short of amazing. But we had all off-season to improve our lineup that went into a major slump the last 6 to 7 weeks. And CF and RF were the 2 spots most in need to replace weak utility type players. But it's fine, our opinions have clashed since last year, and while I think Harris has done a very good job in some areas, my opinion is he is very weak and ineffective at trades. We can agree to disagree. Even if I'm right..😁

But they were trades. No trades happen in April or May? 100% wrong.