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It was the signature role Caesar had honed through his hundreds of performances on stage in the role. Something I did not know before looking it up just now: Denzel was original Peterson on stage as well.

One of the all-time great meta lines in any movie ever.

Point of order: Lary Riley's CJ Memphis was not the murder victim. That was Adolph Caesar's Sergeant Waters. CJ was the guy who Waters goaded into hitting him, then CJ was sent to the brig where he committed suicide, to Waters' delight. Waters got murdered by private "Pete" Peterson (a movie breakout role for Denzel) in part because Pete hated Waters for what he did to CJ. "A Soldier's Story" is one of my all-time favorite movies. I could watch it over and over. I have, in fact, had "A Soldier's Story" sitting on my DirecTV DVR fro something like five years just so I can flip over and watch it anytime I want.

Holy "chat", I can't stop laughing at this.

I have long thought that the Ken Burns enterprise should do a thing on Interstate highways. It's got so many aspects to it that are in his wheelhouse: pictorial and video history; Americana; racial inequality, and an overall sesne of "it's different than you even thought it was". They could get at least four hours out of it, and maybe even six. I have a buddy who's a muckety-muck in the PBS world who has met Burns on several occasions, and I have mentioned to my buddy countless times over the years that he should pitch the idea to Burns. My suggestion doesn't seem to be going anywhere.

It wasn’t just them. I was only in grade school, but I was scared ****ing ****less I would be drafted to go to Vietnam when I turned 18 and killed there. I remember I would spend entire days ruminating on it and I would even cry while contemplating it. The other kids had no idea what I was on about (but then, I was a special ed kid, so they already didn’t know what I was on about). I cannot adequately express the wave of relief I felt when I learned the draft was going to end and Vietnam was winding down. I could see the sun shining and the birds singling and the fly balls flying again. I felt like I myself had won some cosmic lottery.

Never mind asking about whether the Capitol Police officers’ families will get compensated for their deaths in the service of protecting the people there—we already know the answer to that one—but what about the officer who had to shoot into the crowd where Babbitt was in order to stop them from breaking in and possibly killing multiple congressional reps? Is he going to be executed and his family billed for the bullet? Or maybe the next three generations of his family will get sent off to “reeducation” camp?

An obvious national security threat. 🫤

Aw man, you got halfway through the post strong and then you dropped the ball. 😉😁

OK, now here's another question: have the Tigers ever scored in six of the nine innings, and all six innings they scored in were multiple (i.e., 2+) runs? I'm gonna bet the answer is no. EDIT: D'oh! It's only five innings they scored in, not six. That one is more possible.

And here's the answer: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET200905150.shtml Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn with five RBI each in a 14-1 annihilation of the A's on may 15, 2009.

When was the last time the Tigers has two hitters with five or more RBI in a game, as Sweeney (six) and Carpenter (five) do?

Slow motion blowout, indeed!

This has the potential to turn into a slow motion blowout.

Colt Bomb! Maybe he's starting to come around ... ?

The commercial break on MLB.tv when viewed through a browser is the least obnoxious of all platforms.

There's also a big difference between 230 plate appearances Tork got before they pulled the plug last season and the 35 plate appearances Jung has gotten so far. You may be right that Jung goes down when Vierling comes back.

His brain is continuously leaking out of his ears so he can't control what he says from moment to moment.

Well, good thing that's settled. 🙄 https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/trump-third-term-tariffs-nbc President Trump threw cold water on the notion of seeking a third term in 2028 — an idea that has gained currency in some MAGA circles despite being unconstitutional, Axios' Alex Isenstadt writes. "This is not something I'm looking to do. I'm looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward," Trump told NBC News' Kristen Welker in a "Meet the Press" interview airing this morning. Why it matters: Trump has teased the possibility of running again. He said in March that he wasn't "joking" about the possibility, and that "there are methods" by which he could seek another term, despite the 22nd Amendment prohibiting it. ... He won't fire Fed Chair Jay Powell: Trump backed away from his threat last month to remove Powell before his term ends in 2026, saying: "No, no, no. That was a total – why would I do that? I get to replace the person in another short period of time."

It actually did read to me like something Seth Meyers would have come up with.

At least we are still within range of being than Bert’s worst case scenario.

They’re going to give Jung a lot of room to get better, just like they gave Tork, just like they have “McStinky”, just like they gave Javy. They know something is in there and they’re trying to unlock it. It’s not costing us any Octobers so far.

That’s not confusing to me.

It’s a lie that Tigers fans were clamoring for Anthony Santander. It didn’t happen like that. Sorry for the confusion.

Hat tip to Kyle Hendricks for his game tonight. Sometimes, the bear just eats you.