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Left ear has gone from only detecting 100khz to 90 to 85 in a month. So progress, but very slow I may end up getting a bionic ear at some point.

Underrated movie Hell Or High Water (Chris Pine, Ben Foster and Jeff Bridges in one of the best roles in his career). Great writing Great pacing Great cinematography Great acting It was nominated for a few Oscars, I think it was better than Moonlight or La La Land. Way better than both Serious tone with a little room for humor

No. Things being named after you are an honor bestowed on you, not something you demand (unless you own it). It just shows how weak minded he really is. He's so pathetic. So we'd have to spend money (and will be spending money) for signage and then we'll have to spend it all again in 2029 when the **** gets renamed to what it was. How about no re-naming things without a 2/3rd majority vote in the house/senate and not leaving it up to one individual How about the next President passes gets behind a bill that ONE MAN can not pardon people. There needs to be a Pardon Board consisting of judges and a few select politicians. It's just amazing how many things this man has ****ed up permanently.

Got anything to say John James? Nope, he needs that primary endorsement too much.

Oh, **** this caller. You didn't already know? It took all this? You're a ****ing moron.

You see? That's what I am saying. yes, Tucker is better, but not THAT much better. Comparable BA/OBP. When you start talking about SLG and OPS, you do have to factor in two VERY important things. 1 - Park Factor. 2- Lineup surrounding the player. I'm not way off base here. Now the separation will start to widen because Higginson tailed off sharply and quickly and I would imagine that Tucker will last longer and players now take better care of themselves (I think Bobby may have been a bit of a partier, and I don't blame him, soak up all that youth while you can), but up til this point, they aren't that far apart.

How many rotations of the Skubal-Flaherty-Valdez-Mize-Olson rotation will we get this year What's the over/under that we get all five healthy for five consecutive games I'll say 4.5

Oh, but Tim will still fall in line. They all will. And as far as the "I can't believe it". Oh, can't you? Really? It's the reason his base supports him. We can stop pretending now. Waiting for the "my account was hacked" or "I didn't see the full video" excuse. There are no longer any disqualifications to run for the office other than age and birthplace. Madonna could run Oprah could run. They're already famous, so they'd win the nomination without much effort because they are celebrities and that's what we're left with. Hey, wouldn't it be cool to have Madonna as President? Well, it couldn't be worse than this. Stephen A. Smith is going to run for President, for **** sake. He's just a loudmouth who screams stuff after watching a few highlights - and he's an incredibly stupid man, too. But not as stupid as this.............

We had Ryan Raburn to pick up the slack. You know, while the team still was in striking distance Ryan couldn't hit a beach ball, but once they were way out of the race - He's an All Star I am worried about that a bit with Colt Keith. Dude, you need to hit in April and May at some point if you want to be an every day player.

My impression is that Tim Cook won't be in charge much longer. I guess he really botched a lot of A.I. oriented stuff and Apple has fallen behind, but trust me - the employees there are not happy about giving trophies to the dictator.

I am not saying Higginson was AS good or BETTER than Tucker, just that Tucker isn't all that much better than Bobby - Tucker was surrounded by All Stars - Higgy was surrounded by failed Padres and Astros prospects that Randy Smith had to give one more shot - and when he did finally get a couple of decent players to hit around (Juan Gone and Dmitri), he showed some very solid numbers. -Tucker played in a hitter-friendly park - Higginson played in a canyon If you put them on equal ground, they're probably a lot closer than you think. But no, Higginson was not better. I never said that. And he certainly wouldn't be worth 40 million a year, but if he had a .300/30/102 season in 2025 - some stupid team would probably do it. The Mets would. They'll be gagging on 42 million with Bichette. Good player, but that number is insane and it won't move the needle in New York. Higgy had a bad ending here. He'd gotten soured by all the losing. I remember one instance where fans accused him of "Cadillacing" it after a ball in the gap. He jogged after it. Even in a lost season, it's a bad look. But he made the mistake of griping about it to the media and that pissed off the fans. So I think people forget about some pretty good seasons. You guys remember the dimensions of Comerica Park in those first few years. You take that year he had in 2000 and put him in Houston's ballpark and he might have hit close to 35-40 HRs. He had a 12/18 home/away split. Why? Comerica Park was a canyon. Any other home park and 12 home runs is probably 16 or 17. After 2001 they started losing players and had laughable lineups until 2004, but he was spent by then.

I'm upset because if he's getting that kind of money, then what does any other star player want? More than Tucker. What are Skubal and Skenes going to want 70 million? 80 million? That contract is so radically out of whack that it's going to make it next to impossible for teams to retain the star players they developed. It was already difficult, but now it's next to impossible. There needs to be at least the appearance that most teams have a shot to really compete most years. Just the appearance. This does the absolute opposite.

Look at the numbers. He's not much better. Tucker's better, but is he that much better? I can't explain Higginson's very sudden drop off, I think he had a back injury and he didn't mesh with Leyland. Higginson was just gone very quickly and seems to have gone into the Witness Relocation Program since retiring. But if Tucker's a $60 million dollar guy, then Higginson's $45 - $50 million guy in todays game. And nobody believes that. Those age 27, 29 and 30 year old years were pretty good for Higginson - and on MEDIOCRE TO HORRIBLE teams. You put him in that Astros lineup and he's probably got numbers very close to Tucker's. That one year that Higginson batted ahead of Juan Gonzalez - those were great numbers. Tucker had that kind of support his whole career. It's just a stupid contract and it hurts baseball. It hurts everyone but the Dodgers, Mets and probably the Yankees if they ever decide to spend stupidly again. And it hurts the fans because it's going to lead to a battle over a Salary Cap that is going to get nasty and going to cost us a full season next year. I actually would like to see every team have a shot to win at some point. I know if you draft right and always keep your minor league cupboard stocked that you can be competitive, but thinking about the whole thing with someone like Skubal or Skenes. It's only a matter of time until they become Dodgers, Mets or Yankees and it sucks. Pittsburgh Pirates fans finally get a star to root for and they know he's already gone. They'd better hope that Bubba Chandler, Konnor Griffin and O'Neill Cruz all have great 2026/2027* seasons because it'll be over after that. *if there's a season

When is this team going to do something? Valdez was 2 days ago. What else you got?

I knew it was a trap game. Almost lost to them earlier this year too. JB won't be too happy about this.

I am waiting until Cook is no longer CEO before I buy anything involved with Apple. I know 99% of the employees there are furious that he's slobbering up to the Nazi and it's only a matter of time until he's gone. Hopefully the next person in charge there shows some backbone and common sense.

The Dodgers screwed everyone with that Tucker contract. What do you think Skubal will want now? 70 million a year? How many teams could afford it. Don't worry, I did the research. The Dodgers and The Mets. Maybe the Yankees if they get desperate enough. That means the Tigers lose a ton in trade leverage because so few teams can even entertain signing Skubal. I think the Dodgers guaranteed we lost the 2027 season entirely. This whole Salary Cap issue will stop everything. To me Tucker isn't all that much better than Bobby Higginson. He really isn't. You can take Kyle's best years with Houston and factor in he was part of a really good team, which inflates his numbers a bit - and he still doesn't grade out that much better than Higginson, who was on a lot of lousy Tiger teams.

There is a long time between now and opening day. I doubt there will be 6 healthy starters when that rolls around. Someone will have a reason to not be ready. Besides, if you consider Melton to be one of the 6, I don't think they planned on him being being one of the 5 starters all season. They're going to watch his innings all year.

But whatever advantage that may bring him will be wiped out by his team being the Raiders, which is run by an incredibly incompetent nepo baby moron. So it cancels out.

This was the best the AI machine could come up with. It's pretty good. I did ask it to have Lou tossing the ball to Alan but then Alan's glove would disappear. Anyway, they need to have a statue together. Lou's never getting in the Hall and that's ****ing criminal, so just make the statue already. Andruw Jones gets in, but not Lou? Come on, man. I figure Chris will start balking about a new stadium in around 2028, so have it ready for Opening Day in the new stadium right on the Riverfront in 2032 ! Heck, if it was the Texas Rangers, they'll have another new stadium by then and maybe that one won't look like a giant gas grill.

An alternate to our alternate

I read James Harden's name on the trade block. I read the Cavs might get him. Go ahead. He's got all of these individual awards and scoring titles, but the one thing he does not have is a ring - because he's so one-sided. He doesn't even TRY to play defense. The thing about the Pistons is that the whole team plays intense defense. Nobody really takes time off from it. Harden would be a terrible fit here, but I'm not sure he would be great for Cleveland either. James Harden is like junk food. Empty Calories.

Yes they did. we were all feeling it. the collapse. But, the flu has been running through the room and I guess guys were playing while not feeling tip top.