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So now, by the transitive property, Venezuela is in the Trump world orbit? 🤷‍♂️

Is this so Trump can claim this morning that he worked with Mr. Putin to have Gerhskovich released, so therefore how can Trump be antisemitic like that horrible Jew Mr. KaMAHla, but also, Trump was personally assured by Mr. Putin that if Trump was president Gershkovich would never had been detained in the first place?

Because if they win, first they get the power, then they get the money, then they get the women.

So true. A substantial percentage of people who are considered white southerners have black ancestors in their bloodlines. Under the South's one-drop rule they would have been targeted by Jim Crow, but because they looked white enough, their family was considered white, lived in white neighborhoods and were embedded in white institutions such as schools and churches, they got to perpetrate Jim Crow instead. And that's because it was society that made them "white", not God, who doesn't dabble in such foolishness.

That's what I was implying here:

And just about everyone on the board would say, "let's do it again!"

So much for the whole "stay away from racist attacks" admonition.

My wife's nephew's daughter had her first day of school today. She is starting first grade. Today is July 31st. 😶

Not to go all thread cop on everyone here but I dislike the idea of having an offseason thread active when the actual season still has two months left in it. See you then, I guess.

Pretty ****ty of the GM.

He is completely disintegrating, and the more he does, the more dangerous he and his followers could become.

I’m sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying something along the lines of a successful GM would bring in established players and increase payroll and, if it were trades, empty out our minor league system.

If this guy is writing that he’s been saying the Tigers have been close to having a breakout season for years, including last year and the final few Avila years, then I have my doubts about his analysis chops.

Take a look at our Fangraphs Scouting + STATS! prospect ratings look now. https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2024-in-season-prospect-list?org=det Honest question for the pessimists: does this serve only to demonstrate that our system is not as strong as we all thought it was yesterday morning?

That's fine. That's the trade you would make for them.

I don't know either way. I'm hypothesizing on possible reasons "progressives"—whoever these are, I'd love to see some names—might be a little nervous with a Jewish (or gay or black or woman) VP candidate. I certainly wouldn't not vote for any candidate for that reason. But then, I'm in Illinois and my vote practically means nothing here.

Because of course.

And for his next act, Musk will ban all mentions of the phrase "Project 2025" as being harassment of Trump supporters. You watch.

I think this might be more about concern than hate, meaning, it's less about "progressives" hate Jews, and more about concerns of a black Asian woman/Jew ticket being maybe a little too exotic for certain blue-dog marginal voters, which might make a difference in battleground states.

I'm starting to hypothesize tha this happens when you are on iOS and you try to submit a reply or post to the server at the same time it is still processing someone else's post, and if it's not finished with that post, yours comes right after it but your UI doesn't reflect that.

**** that ****. I'm over tiptoeing around these assholes worried about hurting the fee-fees.

OK, good example. Do the Orioles make that trade?

So wait a minute: are you saying a successful GM would trade Jobe and Clark and Jung and McGonigle to get an established player we need to pay a big salary to? Do I have that straight?

Do you mean to say you think Liranzo is not producing? Because he is slashing .220/.344/.356, good for a wRC+ of 105, in his age 20 season in a Midwest League he is young for by -2.3 years. If this is what you mean by "not producing", then, man, tough crowd here.

Well, "Tork insurance" wasn't me, but I did say I thought this puts Tork on notice, and that maybe a trade to a more less forward-thinking organization might be good for him. But I am taking the scouting at face value has below-average catcher tools but has shown good glove and soft hands at first. To your point, if his hitting is already a finished product, then yeah, he doesn't rank highly at first. But if what I suspect is true—if Harris sees an opportunity to substantially improve his too—then he might end up being a plus all-around first baseman after all.