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Release the kraken!

Yeah, I didn't think so ... 😉

I don't think so. She could still go all MAGA in language and tone and all would be forgiven. The only thing that would lose her is goodwill along RINOs and Democrats, which, boo hoo.

No, I'm talking to you. You say Utah will go blue. I say they stay red. A thousand bucks, me and you. What do you say?

Because they know she needs Trump more than he needs her.

Absolutely not, I believe. Because if there's one thing I think we can be sure of about Trump's majority, they're not silent.

If they can a snap election for tonight, then yes, I agree. I bet there will be more energy around this election, not less, in November than today.

Are you absolutely certain that you will feel this way eight months from now, and that nothing along the way can change your mind?

well, yeah, judges.

So, I don't know anything about your smart person's background or his agenda, but he is insisting to you that rural southwest SW Kansas is actually a reliable representation of where all of America truly is, and is not a bubble unto itself? Do I have that straight? Huh.

I think the incentive is to stay relevant and continually ensconced in each news cycle. She could do that by continuing to slag Trump, but that would torpedo her standing in the Republican Party for good. Or, she could continue to lightly critique him, pulling her punches in public, while negotiating with him in private for a job with the Trump administration—perhaps ambassadorship to a first-world EU country—which would lead to an endorsement.

Not only will Nikki not endorse Biden, she actually said on MTP that she has concerns about Donald Trump, but even more concerns about Joe Biden ... so, yeah, Trump.

I'll take that action for a thousand dollars.

Good thing Al is gone or else Long would be out of baseball or buried in high A lol

Do you know whether some guys regularly switch back and forth between gloves to keep them broken in, or is it usually only use one and the other is a backup?

Subsidies for personal rockets? Talk about burying the lede …

People don’t think about elections until they actually happen and they’re required to pull levers. It’s mostly rabid partisans showing up for polls these days, because polling is no longer a reliable indicator.

It’s more than just money.

I don't think it's stupid or silly, given the circumstances. It's meant to disarm Trump. I just hope Biden doesn't overextend somehow.

So I'm cleaning out my inbox and I cane across a Jason beck email newsletter, and here's how it starts out: LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers’ clubhouse always has at least one super utility player who brings a bunch of gloves for all the various positions he could play. Don Kelly had nearly a dozen at one point, almost too many to fit in his cramped locker in the old clubhouse. Niko Goodrum had 10 with him in 2019. By contrast, Ryan Kreidler could be considered a minimalist. He brought five gloves to this year’s Spring Training, where he has worked everywhere from shortstop to third to the outfield. He doesn’t need to hoard shortstop gloves because his current game glove has lasted a few years. Honestly, I'd never heard of anything like this before. I know multi-positional players would bring multiple gloves, but nearly a dozen like Donnie baseball? Or ten for Niko Goodrum? This obviously means some guys bring more than one glove for at least one of the positions they play. What would a guy need with three shortstop gloves, for example? How would they differ and under what circumstances would the player switch between them? Does anybody have a feel for that? Because I'm stumped.

And he also sign an even better number of complete busts that he couldn't do anything with and not even the Harris regime could save. In any event, the funny part, probably only to me, is how the beginning of the article reads as though Al Avila were the architect of some grand and visionary strategy—which the vast majority of clubs were already doing—and that Scott Harris is merely carrying out his vision.

Oh. M'God. https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/detroit-tigers-top-30-prospects-list-2024-preseason The Tigers embarked on an organizational shift seven years ago when then-general manager Al Avila declared that after years of free-agent signings, the club would build from within its farm system. Scott Harris echoed that philosophy when Detroit hired him as president of baseball operations two years ago.

That's right, I forgot all about Carlos Pena coming aboard. I would not doubt that we might see the Jason-and-Carlos show starting with 2025. I still think he was high last night.

That's because people who love violence are typically not smart, and they get frustrated and nervous about people who are smarter than they. People who love violence can't out-think or out-talk you to get their way, so they want to be able to punch your lights out to get their way. They want a might-makes-right society.

That makes even more sense as to why Monroe was perhaps big-timing Benetti in the booth. When it becomes inescapably clear the way just how great Benetti is shines a bright light on just how awful Monroe is, I don't know how Monroe keeps the job. I would bet Benetti would have a lot less problem with Cameron Maybin or Austin Jackson.