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Thanks for sharing this, very interesting. I wonder how many fights per 1,000 students there are today versus when we were in high school? Too bad we didn’t have phones back then so we could video them. I’ll bet there are fewer, probably far fewer, which I base on the personal observation that I see far less fighting out in the wild than I used to, and I see far fewer stories of teenage gangs terrorizing cities than I did when we were kids.

I would bet money they are watching something other than John Wick, certainly not in numbers enough to form gangs and cause mayhem. If I had to guess, I’d guess they’re watching TikTok and YouTube videos.

I didn’t hear Bowden say in that segment that Bregman wanted to stay “home”, but I do think you’re right that he does, and he’d take less money to do so. Although, as for Boston, Bregman definitely would go there because he has already said he would play out of position for the chance to do it. But I do think you’re right that Bregman’s #1 preference is stay in Houston, and we’re talking him making enough money that he might take $10MM or even $20MM less overall to do it. As for Bowden, what does he base his idea on, that the Tigers have the best offer out there for Bregman, other than “he thinks” “perhaps”? That would mean Harris has put an offer on the table for Bregman that’s better than 6/156, and given the current state of our organzation and the guy leading them, that makes no sense to me. Even if he’s right on this one, Bowden has never impressed me with insights or inside dope. I will say this for Bowden, though: his idea trading an OF for Paredes is kind of an intriguing idea, since he’s is a free agent in three years, although he’s probably not the defender we need there and may even play himself out of the position, and I don’t know what major league-ready OF we could give them that the Astros would want, outside of Riley or Parker, which definitely ain’t happening.

Tigers fans have been conditioned to such sub-major league talent in the organization for so long that even the better ones among them seem quite acceptable, even though it’s unlikely they’ll end up anywhere else but Asia or Mexico once they go. Grid willing, we won’t be thinking that way a few years from now.

Not to worry. I’ve been assured that free agents don’t care where they played as long as they get paid.

Not this time, but we are gonna se a lot of frog-marching on camera over the next few weeks or months.

As long as he runs away with all the ****ing money in the US Treasury, it’s all good.

It is reflective of a substantial percentage of them. And it was really shocking to hear them fluff up Elon as a co-savior or our country with Trump.

Nice anecdote.

I don't believe the majority of children watch John Wick and that it should be considered a dangerous anti-socialization tool of children. Unless it is. Otherwise, not relevant.

Not relevant. John Wick is not a children's program. Children are socialized differently today and do not act out violently in public, even in groups (or "gangs", if you prefer).

This is a cute response because it assumes he is acting rationally on behalf of America, instead of from a laser focus on revenge against anyone who he believes has ever wronged him on any front.

Again I'll say it: they are stripping America for parts.

Having sampled some right wing AM radio while driving through the south this past October, I can fairly hypothesize that yes, they completely realize their vote for Trump was a vote for Elon, and they are (at this moment) fine with it, because Elon was already a hero to them, and I would guess still is.

Whichever would be a backfire, because he wanted it to be a gift to Russia.

Now that's some goooood Alarmist Non-sense! 😋

Translation: "Yippeeee! I'm gonna be a trillionaire"!

I'll be straight with you: I'm a bit worried about people running just to "throw the old guard out", because it will tend to attract a lot of the same "leftists" that boomerang back and forth on the spectrum just for the attention. people like ... well, like Simena (and Fetterman?). I want to see people running who have the same principles as the old guard who are also young and not afraid to mix it up with the Trumpers.

I think we've learning that far leftists and hard right wingers are cut from the same "hey look at me, I'm different, look at me!" cloth. Whichever gets them the most attention, that's what they're gonna do.

Thanks, Biden! 😝

I see it a little differently, and I'm responding to the whole board here, not just you. I see the Torres signing as a way to get wins from a marketplace in which there is no perfect solution, and in which even the best solutions, at this moment, require exorbitant expense and commitment that will impact decision-making for the next half decade, especially given there are still so many other holes around the roster to fill. I don't think Harris thought we were assured enough of a certain playoff spot in 2025 to where signing such expensive talent would be the difference between crapping out in early October and playing into November. I also don't think Harris merely enny-meeny-miney-moed Torres out of the discount bin at Walmart because he's cheap, and also, wants to bull**** fans and Ilitch into thinking he's doing something when all he's really doing is arranging deck chairs until the Dodgers call with a job offer. Based on his track record so far, I am willing to give Harris the benefit of the doubt that he has a plan to win both now and in the future, until he demonstrates to me that he has no idea what he's doing. When he does demonstrate that, then I will get on board with some of the others here about him. But I don't believe he's at that point yet, especially just because he hasn't signed a particular guy or two yet. I know everyone is sick of the waiting, and yes, the waiting is the hardest part. But some of us still remember how Dombrowski traded away the top of the farm system, and Papa Doc routinely empty the Brinks truck, in a failed attempt to win a ring with a team that was never once the best in the game (2013 being the closest), and how it hamstrung us once he bailed and the torch was passed to someone who was merely Peter-principled into the job and then smashed the franchise into the rocks within seven years. Speaking only for myself, I don't want to see a repeat of that, I'm glad Harris is not working on a repeat of that, and I'm willing to give him a chance to prove he can do the job until, again, he proves to me that he can't. If that makes me a dip**** slappy in the eyes of some, well, can't be helped.

You'd hope that, wouldn't you?

Yes, but Jung might not be done right now, let alone well done. And McGonigle is definitely not done. So we needed a second baseman, right? And he got one. Harris is trying to field a team that will win this year, and right-handed offense was an area of need, and he addressed it. So what’s the problem?

Can’t get past the paywall. Who exactly is saying this?