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I'm pretty sure that by the time this happens, they won't need to present ****. The people will have been conditioned to the unsubstantiated arrests of opposition officials before they get up to Obama, Hillary, the remains of Biden, and the rest of them.

Probably a few others, too, at least as long as they stay on 1 person's good side.

If we're lucky

The horrible underpinning of this kind of protest is that now the legislators the people have elected to Congress care far less about legislating to improve peoples' lives, and more about browbeating people to adhere to their preferred culture.

Obesity Rates: US States vs European Countries

What strikes me about this map is the low percentage of Aryan and genetically Aryan-adjacent people in Germany, and the high percentage of Aryans in various countries that Hitler wanted to invade or wipe out. The Genetic Map Of Europe

Countries Whose Flags Contain Red and/or Blue

OK, back to the maps ... Which Countries Are Due East And West Of The Americas?

Swecker is a RINO and will be run off the network in short order.

She is so gonna be arrested and frog-marched.

I'm sure I've mentioned this here before, but I am just knocked out that the Chicago Cubs are one of the most storied franchises in history, and yet they have never retired even one single-digit jersey number in their entire history. In fact, seven different players on their roster wear single-digits right now, including the illustrious Willi Castro sporting #1. And this after they just dumped Jon Berti (#5), and seeing Miguel Amaya (#9) go back on the List just last week in his first game coming off it. And of course, they had two guys in just the last two seasons wearing #0 (Marcus Stroman, and some guy named Jesus Tinoco who I don't remember even a year later).

I wonder if the benchmark is great players who have even worn that number at any time in their history. Hank Aaron wore #5 one year (1954), and so did Mel Ott (1932) and Adrian Beltre (2005), and Luke Appling (1931), Al Simmons (1933), and Goose Goslin (1933), Hall of Famers all.

Would this be one five-game series in one place, or two series with three games in one place and two games in the other?

As I think more about this, I'm starting to come around to the idea that they won't have what are essentially eastern and western leagues, since that would mean Ohtani would potentially come to eastern markets, i.e., New York, only once every two years. So they may retain the coast-to-coast two-league situation for not much more than that reason alone.

I wouldn't object to trading Carpenter to get back more wins today than we would trade away wins today.

He might. I think Harris might sign a big free agent this winter if he determines a deal that’s right for what we need. But even if he doesn’t, so what? Is that such a failure on his part? I don’t understand why the key benchmark of success for Harris has to be whether he signs big stars to big years and big money, and if he doesn’t, it must be because he’s cheap or he’s scared or he’s lazy, all of which have been suggested by various people (I don’t mean you) at various times about him for not signing or trading for expensive contracts. I understand other teams have been aggressive signing big stars for big money and lots of years and we haven’t. The Yankees have Judge and Cole and Fried and Rodon and Bellinger and Stanton. The Mets have Soto and Lindor and Alonso and Manaea and Nimmo. The Dodgers have Ohtani and Snell and Betts and Freeman and Glasnow. The Phillies have Wheeler and Schwarber and Harper and Nola. The Giants have Devers and Adames and Chapman and Ray and Lee and Webb. The Padres have Machado and Bogaerts and Tatis and Musgrove and Darvish. They all have big stars making big money for lots more years and the Tigers don’t. What none of these other teams have that the Tigers do is 76 wins and the best record in their league. So maybe winning in today’s game is not necessarily about who has more of the biggest stars making the most money into the 2030s. Maybe winning today’s game is about something else. And as fans of the Detroit Tigers, we’re about to find out one way or the other. Not for nothing, Milwaukee has even fewer high-priced stats and a lower payroll than us, and they’re doing even better than us and everyone else. And they’ve been winning that way for years. Maybe that’s the organization Harris is emulating and not any of the big-spending coastal teams, one of which he left to come here. So maybe Ilitch, Harris, and the Tigers will sign Skubal for many many years and nine figures. Maybe they won’t. I’m in for the ride either way.

I don't think we get much for him in trade, either, unless he is part of a package. Absent unforeseen moves, I don't see us trading cheap and controllable Carpenter.

This owner has already spent big when his GM has told him we are a contender, so if this GM/PBO tells him we need to spend for a solid starting pitcher, I think Baby Doc will do it. I think Jace Jung is the heir apparent for second base next year. Sure, he's not crushing it, but then he's still only 24 which is young for the International League. One thing I do believe is that we won't be signing Torres to years.

And you're out in the exurbs where the Marianos are nice! Just come on into town and check out the Roscoe-Western store, the one I habituate. Or even better, the Chicago-Damen store, which I have vowed to even stop in for an item or two because I'm in the vicinity at the moment. You won't even get past the produce department before wondering how even Kroger would allow their name to be associated with those. But yes, Kroger did come in and figure out that they could make just as much money pushing down the quality of the store to Jewel-level, and allowed them to become no more than Dominick's redux.

I don't hate Cabrera—I love what he did for us for close to a decade—but I'm glad he is not around casting his 800-lb gorilla shadow over this organization. It will be cool to see him show up on the field for this honor or that commemoration once a year or so, but otherwise, as far as I'm concerned, he is firmly in the rear-view mirror.

By the way, Lord—is this a picture of you, taken by a friend or family member?

Which makes sense because Jake is hitting like #2 ... er, I mean, he's hitting like a #2.

Solid article, thanks.

I know, I was just building on what you said in another direction.

Kroger is a terrible company. We have their Mariano’s nameplate out there. When they came into the market under Roundy’s ownership, they were a hybrid between a specialty market and a major. Now they’re just a Kroger where the store management is basically just phoning it in. I’m starting to consider moving my grocery business to Pete’s Fresh. They’re not cheaper and are missing some things I like, but they also have some things I do like, and have higher quality produce across the board.