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If you're so frightened of Chicago, stay away, then. I don't see how this is any worse than government agents executing people in their car, anyway.

Harris is not declaring for the White House, and even if she is, this party will absolutely not nominate her.

I've been saying this exact thing for years, and I've been getting roasted, not likes, for saying it. The guy knows exactly what he's doing and what he's trying to accomplish. It may not work out the way he wants, but that's because reactions to actions are unpredictable, not because he is dumb as a rock.

Remember "pitching chaos"?

I don't see why FOX 2 would carry the Tigers on their dot-two. It's premium programming, not an infomercial. If they win the rights, they're running it on the main channel.

Boras is Satan. He reps everybody.

The Tigers are not going to trade themselves out of being clear division favorites now by dumping Skubal just because they're big mad at him and money. Not talking about you, but I am just knocked out by how bad some people just don't want Skubal on this team anymore.

I think the Tigers could have tried to settle with Skubal for $30 million and he would not have taken it. The apparent intention was to challenge the arbitration system in advance of CBA talks.

I agree with this. They are already a 100+ win team now. Anything they want to do to add to that total, they'll throw money at it, not players.

Probably. All hypothetical, anyway. Skubal ain't going anywhere, unless the Tigers don't really want to win this year after all.

That's how you know when a proposed trade would be completely one-sided: one side is like yeah yeah yeah yeah do it, and the other side is like ummmmmmm ...

I wouldn't doubt that, especially since the signing of Valdez, the Tigers end up on a major local channel, probably 2. Thar's gold in them thar games now.

And you were right! Mood has improved substantially!

So much for Ilitch is too cheap and Harris is too scared to sign or trade for expensive big leaguers. I would bet there's another shoe dropping at some point, although I'm not sure what that is. Two immediate thoughts leap to mind: This acquisition is definitely going to challenge an infield that is average at best, below average more likely. Valdez is simultaneously one of the premier ground ball pitchers in the game and one of the hardest-hit as well. There are going to be a lot of screaming ground balls getting through the infield when he's pitching, and we're going to hear Benetti intone "past a diving" a lot. To that end, if another shoe doesn't drop somehow, I would guess we're going to see a lot more Javy Baez at short this year, at least until his bat disintegrates. I think a follow-on effect of signing Valdez is that overnight, Detroit has become a lot more attractive destination for free agents, because now they know we will pay players top dollar to come here. This is a big step toward moving ourselves into the conversation with the Big Six, Blue Jays, and Phillies when it comes to attracting top talent.

I'm not sure they'd get anyone you will like off the market. The only RHB guys left hit DH or play on the dirt, where we are already basically set. If we want a top bat, we'll have to liquidate a numbered prospect-plus to get him. I don't see it, since it looks like we are already, as of now, the consensus favorites in the Central as currently constructed.

All due respect, this is chicken little thinking. I think Chris has already proven since the Baez deal, and the hiring of Harris, that he is willing to spend to improve the product both on the field and behind the scenes.

I simply don't buy the idea that he's too stupid to know what he's doing yet smart enough to stay on message.

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Jeff Bezos is not an asshat. An asshat is a guy who spills his coffee on you while wildly gesticulating during a conversation. Please use stronger language than that to describe Jeff Bezos.

lol Bezos "making mistakes" at the Post. So adorable.

I've been assured repeatedly that Trump is too stupid to conceive of planning anything like overshooting what they might actually do, to make their actual attacks on voting seem less extreme.

That might be true at the tippy top of the class, but the right now the 90th overall pick gets a million dollars right off the bat, and I'm not sure that would be the case if it were an wide-open free agent situation. As it is, the top guy got $9 million, so I don't know that a bidding war—if one were to develop in the first place—would have pushed that much higher.

Sure worked that time.

This is a really good idea ... ... and it's going to completely flop. Reason being, it's already the third day of February, and people are hearing about this only now. We’re already in the middle of it, so folks are gonna be, like, well, I’ve already spent money on these companies this month, so **** it. There needs to be a pre-boycott ramp-up period during which people are educated on the concept, learn how to participate, and the date it's supposed to start. It needs to be well-promoted so there’s a critical mass of awareness before the boycott actually starts. I think this should have been called for at least a month in advance.