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I just renewed the Athletic at $9.99 for the year simply by threatening to dump them when my prior year was up. I get the Free Press and News for $1.00 per month, although that’s gonna expire pretty soon.

In most contexts ... 😏

The bigger issue for Manning might be the specter of a missile approaching them from 60 feet and arriving at him in about a third of a second. Yes, I realize every pitcher faces the same possibility, but Manning has actually been hit twice, and a guy like that could reasonably develop the yips when it comes to delivering the pitch.

It's even funnier hearing these yahoos on Washington Journal calling in and regaling Greta with "mounds of evidence", like, I don't know, Communist China got a call from an irate Joe Biden and they sent Hunter a check for $5 million. That's probably not exactly it, but they are things along those lines. Unsubstantiated claims and innuendo, or, at best, misrepresentation of above-board business transactions. And yet, when you ask what specific crime any of the Bidens are supposed to have committed, these people look at you incredulously and say, come on, it's all over the place, just look it up online. I say, no, it's your claim, it's your responsibility to back it up. The next word out of their mouth is generally four letters in length.

I’m really going to be interested in seeing how Manning responds this year after taking liners off his foot on two separate occasions last year. I wonder whether he’s having nightmares about comeback liners.

Chafin as much as admitted he made a big mistake opting out of his second year last season. That’s OK, though, I think he and his family will be fine.

Makes sense. They’ve gotten screwed by the new draft lottery—especially this year—their system is among the worst in Baseball, and coming off a 106-loss season, they needed to do something to maintain relevance in that market.

Matt Chapman is still out there … 😁

Who would you like to get?

This really is the year TORK! has to take a decent step forward, meaning 120 or better wRC+ for the whole year. I know he’s only 24, but come one, 1/1 …

He’s not wrong, though.

It’s about time they started focusing on asking what the exact crime Biden was supposed to have committed. Not that it matters, though, since this entire operation runs along that exact same lines as, “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen”.

The point is that much of that media took that now-retracted number and ascribed it entirely to organized gangs of shoplifters, with the clear implication through images and language that they are all black, for reasons. And if you think I’m reaching on that last point, just take a gander at the comments below the Fox article in that tweet. Not that the retraction will matter. The damage is done, tens of millions believe there are organized gangs of Teh Blacks running wild through stores, and that will influence votes, which was always the goal.

The whole problem with using dumb bombs is their lack of precision resulting in a high number of civilians casualties.

Really? You don't remember the whole organized shoplifting gang thing? Jeez, it was only three months ago. Here's a reminder: The program I posted on this tells exactly why in great detail why this is all horse****.

And, bonus, a bunch of civilians with them.

Definitely without no doubt the best summer city in North America.

The main thing I don't love about warm west coast cities is that they do not have warm nights. It can get pretty gross here in Big Shoulders in July, but there's nothing like 84 degrees at 830pm when I'm sitting on my deck with a rum on the rocks, a Padron 2000 Maduro, and an OOTP team to work on.

I don't see where Harris suggests this, and Harris wasn't the one who signed Munson or worked with Gardy, but you're certainly free to oppose the deal and hubris in general. In fact, I think you might have hit on a pet name for the Tigers PBO! 😁

We've been talking about how this has become an organization of pitcher whisperers since Harris took over, but if they can make this happen somehow, it will go a long way toward proving it.

Tigers are listed in this article about good fits for ten teams that need starting pitching, and that's definitely progress, because that means they're taking us more seriously now. We would not be in last year's version of this article. The best fits for 10 teams that are hungry for pitching - MLB.com

I was a little unclear, I meant that's what teams do when they get money from fans (not from you) for things like NFTs.

I think the Tigers becoming the Braves is now within the range of outcomes, whereas it was not before, and I find that possibility very exciting!