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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!

OK, but what does Nostradamus say?

Trump is still a thing.

These are not the only choices, of course, but if the choice were between a Tampa situation in which they make the playoffs with constantly changing young players nearly every year and have well-known struggles winning in the playoffs, versus winning one ring with high-priced veterans and then dumping them for a seven-year rebuild during which they lose 100+ a year—I’d have to think a bit before making a choice between the two, but I’m leaning toward the former, as long as losing in the playoffs is not a guarantee, just more of a struggle.

Right. That’s a direct result of the systemic issue.

Stop the baseball season after 17 games and let’s see what the distribution of records are. As for basketball, that’s a sport designed in such a way in which one guy can make a team good, and two guys can make them champions. Not possible in the other big three sports.

It’s a difference in style that leads to the substance of parity between the sports. It’s OK to have good and bad franchises in a sport, I agree, and football has those too. (See Lions, Detroit.) But even beyond that, it’s a different animal when there are also systemic issues that lead to the lack of parity, versus merely competence differences among the individual franchises. One can point to Tampa and say, look, there’s a franchise that doesn’t spend big bucks on free agents and they’re winning. But do the people of Tampa love love love their team that recycles its entire roster every four or five seasons because they won’t bid to keep stars longer than that? The stadium is in a ****ty location, sure, but I’d bet unusually low roster stability must have something to do with the weak attendance, too. What I don’t know is whether there’s any causation between inability/disinclination to sign and keep big stars, and a team’s inability to finally win a ring. Many people might say that idea is ridiculous on its face, because the playoffs are a crapshoot 100%, but remember, Oakland had the same issue in the playoffs when they were winning 90+ every year, too. It’s only two anecdotes so I’m not fully subscribing to the hypothesis yet, but I also don’t think it can be rejected out of hand for lack of sample size.

Perhaps, but at least you know where the LIV blood comes from. No one knows where the bodies of the people the PGA murdered are. 😉

Yeah, I agree. cash out even if its for breakeven and go back to renting.

Ha haaaaa, good one! 🤣🤣🤣💀