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Oof—and she's just adorable to boot ...

Yet another player's career is in jeopardy over domestic violence. It's good that they are facing consequences, even if it's just woke cancellation, and I suspect many of us are gobsmacked how much of this is coming out now. I can only imagine how common this was before anyone or the media cared about this.

My wife and I actually like the routine of going to the grocery store every Saturday morning. We do know some of the people there, like Pat the produce manager, Hugo in meats, Nancy the assistant manager. It's nice to just get out and be around people. However, with the ongoing SKU reduction all chains are engaging in, we are getting more of our processed and preserved goods, housecleaning items, etc., through Amazon. I don't love the idea, but it's 2023, so what're we gonna do?

And just kick him to the curb? How about now? 😁 I'm sure Harris will try to find a trade partner for him this winter although I'm with what tiger2022 is suggesting—he might not return much, or maybe even anything, so I'm mentally preparing for him to be a dead loss.

Agreed. I know he has a no-hitter on his resume and all, but who wants to trade for a gimpy under-performing malcontent?

I agree if Jeimer did play at 2022 levels, many of those posters might have said Harris dodged a bullet by getting rid of him. But Harris didn't dodge any bullets because Jeimer was much better.

I'm hoping against hope this means we are going to see more of a trend toward historical dramas and less emphasis on superheroes and MCU and franchises, although I don't imagine that would be great for international.

I wonder whether this is universal? I can't imagine the local Krogerano's caring so much about customer satisfaction.

It’s all part of the plan.

Maybe, but to have to play it before your time, knowing it’s close for yourself and not just for your character, still can’t be easy.

Just think—Trump becomes president again, then all this is going to happen in America, too. And perhaps all you’ll have to be at that point is a liberal or a declared, avowed Never-Trumper. #AlarmistNon-Sense

I’ve been waiting for this one for years, ever since I heard the Fresh Air episode about it. Worth listening to it before you see the film. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/06/600136534/largely-forgotten-osage-murders-reveal-a-conspiracy-against-wealthy-native-ameri

I’ve been thinking more about how psychologically difficult it must be for old actors to play dying old people, like, here’s a preview of the very near future for you. Can’t be easy, I would think.

I saw Zappa five times during the 80s, the last one at the Royal Oak Music Theater in February 1988, during which Ike Willis pulled out a sheet of paper and starting rapping lyrics off it about C. Everett Koop and their botching of the AIDS crisis. The song was called “Promiscuous”, it ended up on the Broadway the Hard Way album, and it is said to be the one and only time they ever performed it.

There’s a movie about Napoleon coming out, starring Joaquin Phoenix. Considering the impact he has had on history, his is a life trajectory I know very little about. Looking forward to it. And bonus: Josephine is being played by Vanessa Kirby. 😍

Yet another reason we need more immigrants. Do you trust them to pick out your produce for you? I wouldn’t, but then, maybe they pay better attention to it when picking it for customers. Although taking into account the people I’ve seen working there, I’d have my doubts.

And better contracts!

Tork has his moments, but he is also still green and not yet fully formed. If he’s persistently like this a couple of years from now, I’ll get worried about him.

Sometimes a hitter decides he's first-pitch swinging only at a pitch with a specific shape in a specific place and will let everything else go, which makes sense because when you're swinging first pitch, you're not looking for contact, you wanna let er rip and that works out only if the pitch is in your happy zone. Otherwise, called strike one. Sometimes a pitch fools a hitter, if he's thinking breaking ball and they bring the heat in there instead, hitter's gonna get caught. Called strike two. You can adjust to the breaking ball, but not to gas, and you can't be sitting gas all the time because then you'll get beat on yakkers. It's a guessing game that good hitters can adjust to better than bad hitters. Get good hitters and this control the zone philosophy might work better. Until it's proven not to work with good hitters, it's probably worth a try. I'm down.

By the way, I just now looked it up, and for the last 28 days, Jeimer is slashing .183/.253/.390 for an OPS+ of 71. So … maybe not 2/20 plus option after all … 😁

Any feel for who we might have gotten to cover Jeimer at third this year?

I don’t know, maybe—what are the terms we’re talking about? I’m joking about the 3/50 because I don’t think Harris would sign him for that. But for 2/20, plus maybe a team option with a few million buyout? Sure, why not? It’s not as though we have any prospects definitively banging on the third base door. But it wouldn’t surprise me to see that there will be a team somewhere that will give him three years. And perhaps even the 50 million. Plus, I have a feeling—just a hunch and nothing more—that he wouldn’t come back to Detroit even if offered 3/50.

How funny would it be if Harris signed him for 3/50 to come back! 😅

I spent practically every day of the first six weeks of the offseason advocating for his return!

It may or may not be their fault, meaning of their own doing, but it is 100% their responsibility.