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Not for nothing, Trump could still have him whacked.

He knows which side the bread he allowed to mold and then accidentally dropped on the floor before he picked it up and buttered it is buttered on.

Epstein-linked Presidents?

Yes, they knew, and they had to do it, because as bad as it is going to get, the alternative is so, so much worse.

There may not be an actual civil war, with sides established, arms taken up, and street-to-street and house-to-house battles fought, but there will be an even more substantial uptick in public shootings, particular at gatherings where liberals are assumed to be present such as pro-choice rallies and pride parades, so get ready for that.

This is a core precept of their messaging: Democrats are really more interested in going after Joe Red Hat than Trump. If Trump goes down, all the red hats go with him. The struggle is existential.

I think Ari might be implying that the Feds have nothing and Trump is clear, as are all ex-presidents except Democrats, so they should either lay all their cards on the table right now and end our long national nightmare, or get ready for the great and righteous retribution borne of this disgrace.

I think we all know that Marion was going to make Gene as Saul on the YouTubes, but I am wondering whether Jesse is coming back next week to have a hand in Saul’s final descent.

Nothing will happen is no longer on the table. Something is happening right now.

So Kim basically recommended Saul to Jesse.

A chance encounter over a cigarette …

I’m glad this is a (the) Kim episode. I didn’t want to end the series not knowing. I may never see a woman sobbing in public in the same way ever again.

Inertia.

A year ago today, everyone thought AJ was the cat's meow, getting the most possible out of a relatively ragtag bunch of players. How times change.

I don't agree that it is classic corporate America to move the floor leader up to the front office to become the operations executive. That strikes me as very unusual, like directly promoting a master sergeant to be the commanding officer of an army division. Baseball is different from a widget company, of course, but I don't see it as being a classic corporate move. I also wouldn't think of it as anything akin to a lazy move (my words) to appoint Hinch as GM in this specific case. I actually think it would be quite bold since it is well-accepted that AJ's approach to organization-building would be quite different from Al's, at least historically. I also think that from a practical standpoint, it might be preferable to promote Hinch over Menzin or Sartori. since AJ does have decades in the game on multiple levels, including pre-existing relationships, which the other two might not have given their rise in the game strictly through the analytics department. I'm not saying I definitely want AJGM over any other alternative, and looking outside the organization, especially among target front offices like the Dodgers or Rays, would probably be the better move. But given the likelihood, based on history, that Al's replacement will come from inside the house, I think a case could be made that AJ would be the best choice among the four likeliest candidates.

“Uninformed speculation” seems a little harsh. It’s not as though nobody has ever talked about Hinch as a GM so Laurila must be pulling it out of his butt; and he did qualify it about as much as he needed to to keep it from coming off as a prediction. That said, Hinch is on record from decades ago as wanting to eventually be a GM, and he does have front office experience already, so while there doesn’t appear to be any leaks suggesting such a move might be imminent, it’s not completely unfounded to speculate that Hinch could end up not only leading some front office, but this one. Right now, the Tigers have three assistant GMs in David Chadd, Sam Menzin, and Jay Sartori which, I don’t know how common that is, but seems a bit odd to me. I think the odds that one of the three will succeed Avila is high, and given the stark difference in approach between Chadd (a Leyland compatriot) and the other two (data science-driven), the stakes for the future of the franchise of choosing the right replacement seems really, really high to me.

When you agree to pick up a friend at the CTA station to take them to the airport at 11, and they show up at your house 15 minutes earlier instead. You have to make them wait around for ten or so minutes while you get all the things done you needed to do before you were going to leave to get them at the station.

Extreme people like extremes, no matter what side it’s on. At least they feel something.

Teams might be able to do roster manipulations as competitive gamesmanship or even to pull one over on the Players, but I have my doubts as to whether they can do so to get insurance companies to cough up millions in proceeds. They may even have their own medical staff review Cabrera to ensure that it’s a legitimate injury. And it probably can’t be the same kind of injury he’s ever gone on the list for before, because the policy probably has a carve-out for that.

October is kind of close.

See? I was right. 😁

The part about future roster exercises I find most entertaining is that they never contemplate any trades, free agent signings, prospect surprises or player flameouts. They are always our organization today plus X years. Practically by definition, I guess.

I did guarantee you would love watching him. Are you not entertained?