Tiger337

I don't view Trump as evil. I view him as having severe mental health problems, the results of which is often cruelty. I do not believe he tries to hurt people indiscriminately. Everything he does or says is about HIM and only HIM. He doesn't hurt people because he hates them. He hurts people because he needs to make himself feel better or get revenge on people who he perceives have done him wrong. He is really a sick person.

He may believe that the lie is true, but since he does not value the truth, how do you distinguish between lying and not lying?

I think Mckinstry is good in the role he is in now. You just don't want him getting too mant at bats over the course of a season.

I don't believe he is simply a pathological liar though. I do not think he has morals or ethics. I believe his entire life centers around self promotion and preservation and that he will say whatever achieves those ends at the moment regardless of whether or not it is true or not.

They don't care, but they wouldn't want to take the risk.

Sweeney has done enough in the minors to say that he could develop into a viable starter, but he also could be Zach McKinstry who also had a fantastic month in the Majors.

My first response was that it was staged, but you are right. It certainly looked staged initially because the whole event seemed to be focused on Trump getting a photo op. As soon as I learned that somebody had been killed, I knew it was real. The theory about the FBI trying to take out Trump is even dumber. If they wanted to take him out, they could hire a professional to do it and his tracks would have been covered a lot better. And if if the FBI did try to kill Trump, it would not be for the reason MAGA thinks.

He doesn't believe it though. He just says what is to his advantage at the time. Trump does not distinguish between truth and reality. He's a psychopath. If we are talking about Vance, I am not sure whether he is quite at that level. He is probably lying.

A .500 team theoretically would have 33 WAR.

yes yes yes not really compared to Trump yes

Much like her convention speech.

Trump is completely unhinged. Harris has stayed pretty cool as she hammers him like nobody has every done before. Obviously, it won't change any Trump voter minds. Hopefully it can add votes.

The next time the Tigers lose, Tim Miller will start a thread about how Hinch blew another one.

Ibanez is not a free agent until after 2028.

yeah, It is time to go for it.

But if they defer it long enough, doesn't that lower the AAV?

I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I think they could also defer a lot of the money like the Dodgers did with Ohtani.

I wasn't saying who I wanted, just that I thought he might be somebody they would pursue. I would assume Bergman would get a similar deal to Chapman (6 years). I wouldn't mind Bregman, but not knowing their payroll limits, I can't really say whether he'd be a good idea. Soto just seems so unlikely, that he is not worth hoping for.

That would be a Dave Dombrowski move...two days after saying he is pleased with their team and doesn't anticipate any big moves.

If the Tigers do pursue an expensive free agent, I think it would be Bregman. He fills a need, is a Harris type of player and has a history with Hinch.

So, they are 38-50 when he doesn't play. So, they that makes them .432 when he does play and .625 when he does play. Over 162 games, they go from a 70 win team to a 100 win team win he plays. Even Willie Mays can't do that! Meadows has been good especially defensively, but not THAT good. A lot of the wins came early in the year when Meadows was doing poorly and other players were reponsible for wins. I'm going to say 35-21 is a small part due to Meadows but mostly due to other factors.

I wont watch it live. I will probably watch some of it later just so I can disprove the lies that MAGAs told about it. Like Oblong said, Harris will answer questions clearly and logically and Trump will ramble on with his usual incoherent bull**** and the media will act like it's perfectly normal. MAGAs will claim that Harris is a stupid bitch and that Trump owned her. Like others have said, I can't stand the sound of Trump's voice and I am so irritated that America has normalized him.

It's a matter of extent. Most people do put on somewhat of a mask in public, but some do it more than others. Unfortunately, I am pretty much the same way all the time!

As the prior poster, I was using "average" in a non-mathematical way to suggest that most high level politicians are not genuine. I know that you know that!

Your median politician anyway!