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Tork being good makes this team so different. What a win.

An excited Dan Dickerson calls Tork’s winner Tork Walk Off Over White Sox.m4a

When did Ramaswamy ever do any actual hard work? Upper middle class parents, Ivy League schools, how does he know what actual work is. Get out from behind the desk and get a real job. Try laying that flooring six days a week and then talk about working to your 70s and 80s

This is what we need to happen here.

Tigers need a home run celebration. I propose a pair of crutches.

Here's a look at former Tigers players who have made the Opening Day rosters for the other 29 teams in the league. Arizona leads the way with 4 former Tigers. P Gregory Soto (2019-2022) will pitch out of the Orioles bullpen. P Justin Wilson (2016-2017) appears to have made the Red Sox bullpen. P Mason Englert (2023-2024) breaks camp with the Rays. P Max Scherzer (2010-2014) continues his HOF career with the Blue Jays. INF Nick Maton (2023) has won a bench spot with the White Sox. UT Mark Canha (2024) appears to have made the cut with the Royals. P John Schreiber (2019-2020) will pitch out of the Royals bullpen. P Michael Lorenzen (2023) is a member of the Royals starting rotation. INF Willi Castro (2019-2022) follows up his first All-Star season with the Twins. INF Gio Urshela (2024) breaks camp with the Athletics. 3B Isaac Paredes (2020-2021) will be the Astros starting third baseman. OF Derek Hill (2020-2022) takes advantage of injuries to claim a spot in the Marlins outfield. P Reed Garrett (2019) begins his third season in the Mets bullpen. OF Nick Castellanos (2013-2019) is a mainstay of the Phillies outfield. UT Kody Clemens (2022) makes his first opening day roster with the Phillies. INF Jeimer Candelario (2017-2022) looks to rebound from injuries with the Reds. C Eric Haase (2020-2023) will be the Brewers backup backstop. P Tyler Alexander (2019-2023) has made the Brewers bullpen. P Elvin Rodriguez (2022) reappears in the majors with the Brewers. P Joey Wentz (2022-2024) rides a strong spring into the Pirates bullpen. 3B Eugenio Suarez (2014) continues slugging in the desert with the Diamondbacks. P Eduardo Rodriguez (2022-2023) begins his second season in the Diamondbacks starting rotation. P Joe Mantiply (2016) starts his sixth season in the Diamondbacks bullpen. P Shelby Miller (2024) lands with the Diamondbacks after being dumped by the Tigers late last season. INF Jose Iglesias (2013-2018) breaks camp with his 8th team - the Padres. P Robbie Ray (2014) continues his Tommy John recovery with the Giants. P Justin Verlander (2005-2017) finishes (?) his HOF career with the Giants.

I think I suffered an oblique injury cheering just now.

The tariff rates don’t matter. They aren’t real. It’s all another grift. The markets will crash tomorrow and maybe Tuesday giving the billionaire class that sold weeks ago time to buy in again at a lower price. Trump will once again pause the tariffs in a few days under the guise of other countries giving in to his greatness. The markets will quickly rebound giving the elites a massive windfall. Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

It reminds me of something I read over the weekend. There was one of those personal finance tiktoks or reals debating a particular strategy over 30 years. The difference was alleged to be about $100K by the time you are 65. One of the commenters defended it as possible for people who "don't waste money on vacations and new cars". I'm thinking.... what's the whole point then? There's a balance between planning for the future and the unexpeted and actually living your life in the present. My kids are 24 and 21 and we've went on vacation every year since 2005. If I invested that it would be well into six figures. But at what cost? Would I be better off? I never understood this fascination with making wealth building an almost religious undertaking. I know too many people who have died under the age of 70 for that to be my focus. I'm also fortunate enough to have enough to be casual about these things and still have something waiting for me in 11 years. I understand that. But I'm not going to sweat decisions i've made in the past to provide my family with entertainment and experiences.

They don't even care about saving money, because they aren't. They care about skimming off the top.

Regardless of your thoughts on the Gaza conflict, the case of Khalil should be chilling to all of us. It’s someone that has committed no crime, in this country legally, that is being detained due to having an opinion that differs from the administrations.

I would like to report Trump as the antichrist.

Hasnt the guy they deported suffered enough?

I made the mistake of getting on one of the many Tigers related Facebook groups today and it makes me even more grateful for this forum given the low level of what passes for “discussion“ often times among the unwashed masses. And the problem is not so much the articles posted but the comment section. For a lot of people the solution to this team is the guillotine for everyone. There’s actually people who hate Verlander because they think he left the Tigers to sign a bigger contract elsewhere and they don’t know that he was traded. And people make these comments with a confident triumphalism that’s bewildering and almost makes me feel unclean. This place is Plato’s Academy compared to Facebook. It’s nice to be able to rub shoulders with all of you, or at least most of you. 😉

The same folks who believe that Drag Queens are contagious, yet diseases like COVID and Measles are not

Opening Day forty years ago, when the champion Tigers got their rings.

I understand the desire (and reason) to keep politics out of this thread. Is that really possible to do anymore and still maintain an honest discussion about investing?

You misspelled liquor.

Heading onto the road shortly to make the 2hr 45m drive down to Safeco Field, or I guess it's called T-Mobile now. Have been to many games there but never with the roof closed, which I assume they'll do today. First time in the States in 2025 so in case Peace Arch border officials stop me and read my phone, let me just state for the record ... God bless America and I hereby swear I am not and never have been a friend, family member or associate of former governor Trudeau, what a looser.

My Mark Warner email response, Dear Mr [Nice try ISIS, not today] Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts related to Ukraine, and Russia’s violent invasion. I have been horrified by President Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine as it fights for survival against Russia’s unprovoked and brutal aggression. Putin’s invasion of a smaller sovereign state is immoral, and poses a monumental threat to our core security interests. Trump’s inability to condemn Russia for its heinous acts, and his policies that have actively aligned the United States of America with countries like Russia and North Korea, via our votes at the United Nations, is a new low and a stain on our history. The President’s treatment of President Zelenskyy during the meeting at the White House earlier this year was beyond bizarre and an embarrassment. Trump’s embrace of Putin and decisions impacting our vital military and intelligence support to Ukraine, offered a great victory to tyrant rulers around the world, and drive us away from our allies who – for generations – stood by our side as we worked to create a safer and more prosperous world after the horrors of the Second World War. Ukrainians have displayed remarkable courage, resolve, and strength as they fend off Russia’s brutal invasion. While Putin naively expected that Kyiv would fall in a matter of days, Ukraine has instead displayed tremendous willingness and ability to fight and has decimated Russia’s military capabilities for some time to come. Without risking the life of a single American or NATO soldier, Ukraine has imposed enormous losses on Russia’s military, preserved democracy over autocracy, and thwarted Putin’s imperial ambitions. As Ukraine continues its fight against Russian authoritarianism, continued American support remains decisive. As the Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I will continue working to ensure that Ukraine has the diplomatic, security and intelligence backing that they so critically need, and I will hold the administration’s feet to the fire to ensure that President Trump abides by the United States’ commitments to allies and partners. Sincerely, MARK R. WARNER United States Senator

All the Bourne movies premiered in Boise, Idaho, where I live because the producer’s wife is from Boise and was active in local theater for years before she married him. So they all premier here with all proceeds being a fundraiser for local theater. For the fourth Bourne movie, which sucked, my son who was quite young and short at the time, ducked under a barricade and ran up to get a selfie with Matt Damon and Damon‘s people tried to stop him, but Damon was wonderful and let Mason take the picture with him. I think the Ultimatum is one of the most exciting movies I’ve ever seen. I didn’t see the premiere at the local Egyptian theater, but I did see the film that week during its premier and I gasped so many times.

Bert- Here are your 6 runs, sir

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, the late Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, the author Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch 22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have . . . Enough.”

i like this

While I appreciate people slamming Hegseth for the security failures, I really want him getting hammered on lying about it. We have bemoaned the constant lies from Trump and his GOP enablers. This is a good place to start hanging the lies out for constant condemnation.

I'd suggest repeated emails / phone calls to your Congress Critters / Senators asking when hearings are going to start

I like City Connect. They are Fun. And serve as a reminder that it is Friday. And that nothing matters but the weekend. Plus fireworks. And that I get a two-day reprieve from my oppressive job and terrible workmates. And my internal demons and horrible thoughts temporarily subside. Yes, I like City Connect.

Dems need to stretch the truth and in some cases exaggerate in their ads. Show the DOGE headlines with the job cuts and presidents fat ass golfing. Show the plane crashes. The unemployment and market graphs. Quit worrying about being fact checked by a newspaper nobody reads or a TV show nobody watches. It works for the GOP it can work for the Dems.

well duh https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=119923733 https://archive.is/Yp8Hf#selection-677.0-681.217 USAID employees better not speak with accent or have tattoos or they will be sent to El Salvador.

It’s definitely time for Gibby to hang up the microphone, unfortunately. I enjoyed him in the booth, but the typical viewer is going to find him tough to listen to. Wish him nothing but the best. Hopefully the Tigers find ways to keep him involved- occasional tv guest, honorary assistant coach, etc. Baseball is something he loves and taking that type of thing away from an aging and sick person can be devastating. He’s done more than enough good for all of us and the organization to still have some type of regular role.

And what if the rest of the world (minus Russia) “does it’s thing”? I’m not buying the idea that this is a brief period of economic pain that will be over quickly and then the new world economic order will emerge with the US in a stronger position.

Spoken once again like a man that’s never gone grocery shopping in his life.

Thank god Musk lost tonight.

That was an emotional last hour by Booker. The record by that klansman is broken. I am so proud of my senator.

No one should have any economic sympathy for *anyone* who owns a major league baseball team (or an any other pro sports team FTM) but IMO at least, it doesn't particular advance the argument to harp on the assets of any particular ownership because that isn't what makes the situation what it is. The Dodgers and Yankees aren't able to spend more money because their ownership groups are richer or theoretically able or willing to invest more, they can spend more because the team has more revenue. If Ilitch owned the Dodgers he'd probably be spending what the Dodgers spend now and if the Dodger's ownership group owned the Tigers they'd probably be spending more or less what the Tigers spend now. Or conversely if Ilitch still owned the Tigers but the Tigers were the team from LA, the Tigers would be spending what the the Dodgers do. There simply are not 30 markets in the US where you can generate the kind of revenue that LA and NYC generate. Every other sports org recognizes that and makes a serious effort to normalize revenues across the league. As long as baseball doesn't, there is no ownership group that will ever be able to rescue the Pirates or Marlins, Detroit etc., from their revenue disadvantage.

If you kill then before they die of cancer then there will be no cancer deaths.

Of all the evil things this administration has done, sending migrants who may or may not be gang members with zero due process here is among the most despicable. This is a mega prison in El Salvador where prisoners are beaten, starved, and killed. Not all of them are gang members. And here is this melted plastic hag dehumanizing them. Disgusting.

Here ya go;

Find a girl (or guy) who looks at you the same way you look at Chris Sheltons 2006 April stats.

When the Angels don’t want you, I would have to be given stronger arguments than he was good against RH two years ago.

Spring training is fun physically if you’re in attendance, but following it online is not that nourishing an experience.

I thought it was Cecil.

They are neither loosing nor losing young players because of McStinky. They aren't competing for the same roster spot. It's better for Jung to get everyday ABs in AAA than have McStinkys bench role in the majors.

Eggs are but one item in the store and there is a specific variable that's driving the pricing wonky. I can look past that. But the promises of expedited lowered prices across the store is null and void.