1984Echoes

Despite T&P's stream of protestations...

Still on target...

You're licking his boots. So obviously, you are under Putin's propaganda influence since you are incapable of distinguishing military facts versus Putin's stream of horseshit. BTW: How do Putin's boots taste?

I'm calling for the upset. Lions 30 Bills 28... Lions win on a last second FG...

Just a guess but... I think Bertuzzi and Zadina are running out of time to prove to Stevie Y that they should remain Detroit Red Wings past this season... Just a guess...

Sure... that's probably true... But he was just barely above Mendoza until hitting Erie last year so visions of Rey Rivera were dancing in our heads which might lead to that kind of discouragement/ thinking...

I don't know if you would know this... But before 2022, how close was the Tigers Org to giving up on Parker? Any idea on their thinking?

I'm guessing that's a hobby, not a philosophy.

Maybe just... motivation?

This (bolded) can NOT be the case. They already attempted to bring him back next year, at a lower cost. That means they made some kind of monetary offer to him for next year, even if they couldn't agree on his value. That immediately moots the possibility that they think his chronic injury is a problem. No one is going to try and bring back a player they are certain will deteriorate, off of a recent terrible performance year... at any cost.

Yeah... I mean, I was puzzled too as you can tell by my earlier posts on Candy... I wanted him tendered instead of Non... Just hewing to my usual optimism and looking for that silver lining. I'm hoping it's more a "prove it to us" offer level rather than a "we know we can get you cheap" offer... It doesn't bother me if they think he "could" get back to a 2 win or better guy but they feel that Candy has to be motivated to achieve that and therefore a "prove it" offer instead... I don't know, just fishing...

The alternative theory is that Harris is applying a specific $-value to projected performance, and sticking to it. It may not be perfect... and can lead to the charges you have levied... but I think in the long-term, it bodes well for the Org in not overpaying so often for underperformance...

I'm already on board with that... It'll just be for 1 year so...

I'm hoping it is simply "thinking too much" and the new hitting staff will find some way to get him to relax at the plate and start hitting easy FB's...

Which... Correct me if I'm wrong here... Shouldn't the Dems be broadcasting loudly and clearly that they will put their full weight (100% of their votes) behind any speaker candidate that isn't a partisan hack? Doesn't that give a huge boost to centrist/ moderate/ establishment Republicans to attempt going that route? It might not succeed... but I'd be broadcasting it if I were the Dems to see what may or may not open up with that volley...

This was my take from that list... A lot of Avila-detritus non-tenders

Jason Cabinda... I want to keeeeeeeeeell you.

and Seider is trying to break out of his slow start with 3 assists tonight...

Yeah, I'm not afraid of tree limbs... So I'm going for broke on this one... 😉

Just to put a nail in the coffin... Musk is going to announce a merger with (Not-)Truth Social on Monday... (just guessing...)

Too bad Derek Hill and Daz Cameron both flopped miserably... (ducks after mentioning 2 former Tigers unmentionables...)

Yeah I got that part... Hard to just put "37" in sarcasm brackets though...

I don't think it's the Ukrainians... I think it's Russian Revolutionaries...

PS: I want Wembanyama.

I guess the silver lining here would be that the ball should be in Ivey's hands.. a lot. I think the pressure for wins just went to about zero... so all Ivey needs to do is learn and improve. On that note... I'm ready to remove Bey and Stewart from the starting lineup as all they'll do is take the ball out of Ivey's hands and do very little on offense in the process. They'll end up with starters' minutes anyways at 30-35 per game, even if they aren't starting. surround Ivey with shooters (Burks, Livers and Bojan) and a rim-attacking big (Duren)... This will be a "learning year" anyways so it doesn't matter who's in the starting lineup... even a bunch of kids... Put Bey & Stewart together with Killian, add whatever shooting guard is still healthy, and either match-up driven Bagley (offense) or Noel (defense), and the second unit should be good enough... with Bey and Stewart supporting the starters with minutes as needed...