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Yeah, I generally have gone down in mid March or later. I know that this will be a different scenario. I’m hoping to see Clark and McGonigle in Richmond in May with Erie.

We’re headed to Lakeland Friday for a five game stretch beginning Saturday. We have never been down this early in the spring. It hit me after ordering tickets that it won’t even be daylight savings time yet! I was hoping to see Clark and McGonigle this year but they didn’t get an invite. Has anyone on the board here attended any of the workouts/games on the backfields in spring training? Is there seating? Anything? I called the Lakeland office and the person I spoke to said the minor league guys are out on the back fields from 10-12. Thanks for any info anybody has on this. Can’t help but remember hueytaxi when talking spring training.

Watched a conversation with Flaherty on MLB earlier today. It is more than obvious that he is happy to be back in Detroit. Win-win for both sides.

I guess we’ll take any good news about El Mago at this point.

Thanks for posting. Fun read.

ps, he landed in Toledo.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6134939/2025/02/13/alex-bregman-detroit-tigers-rejection/ Cody Stavenhagen in the athletic today: Alex Bregman’s rejection of the Tigers is a reminder of harsh realities LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers courted Alex Bregman all winter. Chose to pass on other free agents. Based their offseason on hopes of landing the star third baseman. It still was not enough. “Breg is an all-time player,” said relief pitcher Alex Lange, Bregman’s college teammate at LSU. “Before I played with Miguel Cabrera, he was probably the best player I’ve ever played with. His intuition for the game and everything like that is second to none. … I’m happy to see him get his money. Wish it would have been with us.” To their credit, the Tigers made a compelling effort. Detroit offered Bregman six years and about $171 million with an opt-out after 2026, per a league source. The Tigers, per the source, did not offer Bregman an opt-out after the first year of his deal. He ended up signing with the Boston Red Sox on a three-year contract worth $140 million, featuring opt-outs after both 2025 and 2026. Bregman chose a higher AAV, more opt-out flexibility, a friendlier ballpark and a more prestigious franchise.

This podcast is dedicated to discussing the Tigers Farm System. Really good.

He’s happy in SF playing for Bob Melvin and close to home. I’d really like to know whether Harris even picked up the phone to inquire about Chapman at the time though. It’s worked out well for Chapman. As far as how much money is enough, 🤷🏼…

Agree with your point but, short a trade in the very near future, the Tigers infield is a concern to start the season.

Bregman just suckered the Red Sox out of $120 million for three years…if he sticks around that long. I don’t think he’ll do better than that on a deal going forward. I’m glad he signed elsewhere. If the Tigers were honestly in on Bregman and were very close to Boston in money/years offered, why no interest in Chapman last year? Matt Chapman signed a $151 million deal for six years in San Francisco. Maybe Harris was interested but I’ve never heard anything to suggest as much. I don’t have any idea that Chapman would have been interested in Detroit. Then and now, I believe Chapman would have been the center piece of the infield, whatever Baez’ health status. Spring training will be interesting. The infield needs to be better than what I’m seeing on paper.

Well, the truck already looks the part.

I had wondered if that was a reasonable option? I don’t see any reason it would hurt to give it a try.

So glad this production is over and he is not in Detroit.

"That's not me," he said. "That's not the way I roll. I'm pretty old-school in the fact that, you know, 'That felt good. The ball flight looked good. That must've worked.'" I can’t believe, all things considered, that he literally said this out loud! What is this guy thinking, or not!!!

https://www.wral.com/video/mystery-of-abraham-lincoln-s-birth-leads-back-to-nc/18188269/ Similar video on same topic.

https://www.wral.com/video/news/local/video/15640481/ This has always interests me. Has anyone ever heard this?

Why does this not surprise me?

As expected… WSJ Consumer prices rose more briskly than expected in January, extending a recent pattern of price increases at the start of the year that likely derails the prospect for Federal Reserve rate cuts so long as the economy remains solid. The Labor Department on Wednesday reported that consumer prices in January rose 3% from a year earlier. That marked a pickup from December, when prices rose 2.9% from a year earlier.

On the topic of lies… https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/10/24/politics/fact-check-biden-student-debt-congress-passed

When was Biden told he was improperly acting on the student debt? Joe Biden was in the Senate for what, 50 years? Then Biden sits as the Vice President for eight years. And you’re going to believe he didn’t realize his scheme to forgive student debt was unconstitutional. A sitting president? You don’t believe there was some internal conversation with his people on the legality of this prior to his acting? He knew full well what he was doing was not legal BEFORE he acted. He literally did what Trump is doing, pushing the envelope knowing that the courts will call him on it. The executive branch has gotten very comfortable the last number of years with the exercise of floating actions without any legal backing. They’re forcing courts to respond, if they will. Testing the boundaries through the courts, more or less. Trump is taking this same tactic to the extreme right now. Unfortunately, it’s become too common.

Fort Liberty had finally grown on me a little bit. The only piece of this news I’m not happy about is that the renaming has no ties to North Carolina.

Fort Liberty, located in Fayetteville, NC, was renamed from the original Fort Bragg name couple of years ago. It has been announced that the army base will be reverting back to its original name, Fort Bragg. Originally named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, the fort will now be named for a WWII soldier. Roland Leon Bragg of Maine fought in the Battle of the Bulge as a Private First Class. Bragg was a paratrooper with the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division. He was credited with driving a stolen German ambulance to get a wounded soldier to an Allied hospital in Belgium, saving his life. Mr. Bragg died in his home state of Maine in 1999 of cancer. Now you know…the rest of the story.

Seriously, where did this come from? And I was expecting to see Craig Monroe!

He was rushed up and has suffered ever since. Thanks Al.The dude is under a microscope 24/7. I don’t know that he’ll ever be his best version in Detroit. I think a change of scenery would probably benefit him.