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It’s nice to string hits together for runs, but they gotta jack some bombs, too

Good lord, did Tork just get a hit to the right side?

14 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Saw the video (all three plus minutes). I respectfully allow my post be stricken from the official record.

But MTG is still a 13 year old at heart.

Very insulting to thirteen-year-olds. 😏

37 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

It's like they don't really know what Socialism is.  They think it's the extreme of Stalin (which is funny since they seem to love Putin now).  

If we had zero socialism, it would be every man/woman for themselves and it would be total chaos.  

 

It's a lot like how so many people say they need to be on a Gluten-free diet but they don't even know what Gluten is.  

Agreed, they don't know what socialism is, and yes, it was a cold war cudgel and continues to be. It's become a magic swear word all over again.

45 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

We all do it, but maybe we give Watergate too much credit for the outcome  in '76. It was going to be a tough climb for Ford anyway. Carter was the more appealing personality and much better in front of the cameras - stagflation was already setting in. If Ford hadn't carried MI as a favorite son, which another Repub probably would not have, Carter gets 318 EV.

Counterpoint, FWIW:

https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1107&context=the_histories

36 minutes ago, oblong said:

I think he'd have been fine with the prosecutions going forward if it wasn't what everybody wanted to talk about.  He had some big problems to solve but his first few press conferences were nothing but Nixon talk.

I didn't articulate my thoughts quite exactly but that's basically what I meant. Ford and his advisors may have concluded that prosecutions would have overshadowed his entire presidency and would definitely have cost him the election (which it ended up doing anyway), and he would have to weigh in on it every single day, because as you say it would have been all anyone would have wanted to talk about. Instead, Ford thought it better to rip off the band-aid, pardon Nixon, take the immediate blowback, and get it over with so he could move on to some semblance of a normal presidency, which, of course, could never be because it was still overshadowed by Tricky ****—as well it should have been.

25 minutes ago, oblong said:

And it's especially rich when seniors on medicare are against "socialism".  They claim "Well I paid into it all these years..."  Yes... through taxes.  That's how we fund the government.  They don't realize where the money comes from.

 

All the funds these yahoos paid into Medicare, and Social Security for that matter, with their taxes went to pay for benefits for retired recipients while these yahoos were working, and not into an account with their name on it.

3 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

 

After January 3, the only time Boobert will hear herself being called "gentlelady" is in OnlyFans requests.

1 hour ago, oblong said:

Ford had researchers look into the pardon functionality and once he got confirmation that acceptence of a pardon was admission of guilt he moved forward.  

The whole idea that he "made a deal" is hogwash.  Ford didn't need to make a deal.  He was going to become POTUS.

 

Maybe the deal was less about actually becoming President and more about not drowning his presidency in Nixon's prosecution.

3 hours ago, romad1 said:

NYT trying to change the subject from star reporter being a (paid?) shill for Trump.

I meant impeaching Alito, not Sulzberger! 🤣

11 hours ago, gkelly said:

I was a little upset they took a 1st baseman with the pick.  There is a reason no other team ever drafts 1st basemen even in the top 10 in the draft.  They grow on trees.  Although I don't really follow the draft or college baseball, I would have been happier with a shortstop or outfielder.

Tork was considered the consensus #1 at the time, and it was not at all controversial pick.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mock-draft-final-projections-for-2020-mlb-draft

Christ Almighty, how is that not an impeachable act?

Just another data point that will get lost in the firehose.

4 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Biden can pardon Trump for the crimes the DOJ is charging Trump with like Ford did with Nixon. 

**** was never charged with a crime. Pardons can be blankets for the future.

4 hours ago, romad1 said:

Yeah, the solidarity of the crazies isn't the endorsement that Trump thinks it might be.  

We can only hope that’s how it plays.

3 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

This is more related to the fact that auto loans are front loaded with interest. The first two years you pay double the interest rate as the back end of loan.They assume most dumb american will trade it in around year 4-5. Also once you drive a new vehicle off the lot the kelly blue book value drops 10% combine that with the intrest you pay 20-30% more than the value of the new car. You buy that same car with 15K miles fresh of a lease you will pay 20-30% less along with cheaper sales tax. Plus you lose no value in the factory warranty.

Oh, for the days of 0.9% interest. That’s what I got on my 2021. Almost like free money.

10 hours ago, pfife said:

Lol "I think Fox will be fair"  🤣 

Yeah, he forgot “balanced”.

I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that half that family changed their last name.

8 hours ago, Shinzaki said:

Speaking of Skubal...the resident geniuses were  talking about trading him already for some hitting prospects.  If KC wants to give us Bobby Witt for him even up...maybe. Other than that...no

If we were to end up trading Skubal, that would mean the whole system is broken.

5 hours ago, smr-nj said:

keester

6 minutes ago, SeattleMike said:

Third youngest team and playing .500 ball is actually quite encouraging. 

I know, right? We’re moving in the right direction, but really, Harris had to start from scratch. We saved a bunch of pitching, thanks to the magic of Chris fetter, but honestly, it was lucky we got even him. Imagine how awful it would be if Rick Anderson had managed to hang around.

12 minutes ago, Hongbit said:

Even with free tickets,  it’s near impossible to go Comerica and get the full game experience without spending hundreds.   $16 beers, $7 hot dogs, $7 peanuts.   Don’t even bother walking into the souvenir area.  $35 kids Tiger hats.  It’s stupid expensive.  

Plus, unlike nearly every other big league stadium, they don’t let you bring in any food or water. All they want you to bring is your phone with your credit card on it.

2 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

As far as replacing Baez.    All a player would need to do is hit .190/.230/.500 to be an improvement with hit 2 HR in 43 games. 

The closet you’re gonna get to these kinds of numbers is Shea Langeliers, and I wouldn’t mind having that guy for my catcher. How about a close-to-Detroit rotation piece and Jake Rogers for him?

Speaking of wonky … double post.

5 hours ago, theroundsquare said:

the talent on the team is severely limited.  that is the problem.  we can debate who is to blame for that but swapping out the coaches is unlikely to mean ****

Exactly. Maybe the coaches are qualified enough to work with good talent and maybe not, but one thing we know for sure is that this is a young team, third youngest in the majors, and young teams are notoriously wonky. That we are able to string together good stretches at all is a plus. But there is still a lot of detritus on this team. We’re going to have to completely turn over catcher, shortstop, third base, and probably center field in the next couple of years, and who knows whether we have to add first base or even right field to that. That’s up to six positions in question, and when you have that many holes, you’re essentially in a rebuild, which means this thing of ours isn’t getting totally fixed this year.