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Echoes of Christine Blasey Ford. Same playbook, different year.

Israel’s top cease-fire negotiator made a new offer to Hamas leaders: Enjoy safe passage to another country if you lay down your arms and release the hostages. The proposal from Israeli spy chief David Barnea, made in a meeting with Egyptian officials this past week to break the impasse, was swiftly rejected by the U.S.-designated terrorist group, Arab mediators said. Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’s top cease-fire negotiator, said the offer showed how Israel was still misreading the group and warned it could continue fighting for months, if not years, the mediators said. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has reiterated that we are willing to give them safe passage if they lay down their arms and release the hostages,” said Ophir Falk, the prime minister’s foreign-policy adviser. “At the same time, anyone who will hurt the hostages will be hunted down.” Hamas didn’t respond to a request for comment. -WSJ 10/25/2024

The truth.

Well, if you guys are canceling, I am too!

Shamelessness is apparently a prerequisite to being a politician.

Not at all surprising. https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-provided-houthis-with-tracking-data-to-target-ships-in-red-sea-report/amp/

I was wondering the same thing. I’m missing the CAPS LOCK action.

It’s ridiculous. I couldn’t believe this when I checked the schedules. Then again, Manfred’s in charge.

“War all the time” North Korea has sent hundreds of special forces to eastern Russia for training in recent weeks, according to South Korea’s main intelligence agency, as Moscow relies on Pyongyang and other partners, including Iran, to support its war effort in Ukraine. Russian naval vessels transported around 1,500 North Korean special-forces troops to Russia this month, and Pyongyang has plans eventually to send as many as 12,000 soldiers to assist Russia, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service. WSJ 10/22/2024

Speaking of complete chaos, how do think Russia and its allies would respond to your scenario? How do you think the US would respond? This is where it would get really interesting. Likely, too interesting.

Flaherty got hammered this evening giving up eight runs over three innings. Walked four and struck out ZERO! He may want to come back to the Tigers and Fetter as his stock is taking a dive.

Guardians walk it off on Clay Holmes.

5-5 in the bottom of the ninth.

This series is over. Looking like the Dodgers and Yankees. 🤮

Johnson and Biden both read the tea leaves and stepped aside. They do have one thing in common.

Is that why Biden was forced out by his own party? Odd.

Isn’t it reassuring that we live in a country where the top two candidates for the presidency, to begin with, were Biden and Trump. And isn’t it really wonderful that the powers that be of both parties would have preferred their candidates stay out of the limelight so that they wouldn’t harm their chances of being elected by being seen or heard.

For the sake of accuracy, the Yankees minor league affiliate in Tampa are now the Tampa Tarpons. The name change occurred a couple of years back.

Of all the criticism you hear of his rough inning, you never hear the following inning mentioned. Odd how that works.

True. The conversation earlier was about who the actual policy holders were.

Good question. On a temporary basis as is discussed in this piece, yes. There is enough parking for the current ballpark seating capacity. If someday a MLB were a full time occupant in this location, the seating expansion may be a bigger issue for parking. I would guess that would require more parking resources than currently exist. I think Charlotte would get a team before Durham. The Charlotte park is within a short walk to the Panther’s park so I believe that problem is, for the most part, resolved. There is ample parking for the NFL team there. I’m sure there would be some additional work needed there but nothing like Durham.

This is a good piece on the Tampa Bay Rays and all the what-ifs of their current predicament, and there are many. St. Pete has an insurance policy on the Trop. I know that question was raised here a while back. https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2024/10/15/where-rays-will-play-2025-one-many-questions-after-trop-damage/

In addressing the Casey Mize situation Harris stressed the offseason has to be a commitment from him in a number of areas. It would be huge if he could regain his stuff and be back in the rotation at some point. Spring Training is going to be a big test for some of these guys regarding their future in Detroit.

In my humble opinion, the biggest difference in Avila and Harris as POBO is the implementation and oversight of player development. Under Harris it appears they have a realistic understanding of what they have in the minors now and how to proceed with that. I don’t think Avila’s regime ever had a realistic grasp on that and the results showed.

I remember Hurricanes Camille and Agnus. I was surprised at how many years ago they were! The Ford Maverick, that’s a true flashback. Way back in the day I almost bought a Pinto. I settled on a second hand Vega. The picture above tells a story for sure. I never knew the guy that owned the Maverick but I even feel sorry for him looking at that picture. Brutal!