Tiger337

It wasn't supposed to be a compliment or insult, just a reality of your former profession. I know you are very capable of logical and analytical thought and are very often on the same page as me as far as what you'd like to see in the game. I didn't know you were retired. Good for you! I have a long way to go due to family health problems and not so great financial planning by other family members. Fortunately, I like my job and the new working remotely thing makes everything easier.

The old six/seven team divisions were fine. I think there is a big difference between 4 and 6 as far as the chance of producing a weak team for the playoffs. I know you're a marketing person which involves a lot of psychology and sometimes consideration of irrational thought among consumers. I always have a hard time with that and assume that humans are capable of being logical.

Cespedes was a pretty good defender. He was no Kaline and didn't have Colavito's arm, but not many are in that class.

Everybody should always be worried about defense...as well as offense.

If a 3rd or 4th place team is headed for a 100-loss season, how are they going to sell that? Are fans really so stupid that they are going to go watch a terrible 3rd or 4th place team just because they are ranked 3 or 4?

I am never optimistic about injured pitchers. They always seem to take longer than expected.

Another thing that will lead to nothing. Trump is never going to be held accoutable for anything ever.

These guys aren't hicks. They live in the suburbs. Also, I have known my friend for a long time and he is very nice guy in real life.

I have a friend who constantly posts "news" on Facebook about athletes getting killed by vaccines, military feminizing soldiers, schools making kids gay, etc. His friends read the articles, give him high fives and thank him for keeping them informed. Bidens gotta go Only Trump can save us!!!!

Most people I know have never even used Twitter and have no idea how it works.

Government overseeing the content of the media is not a good thing. If anything, I want the media overseeing the government!

I am going into the season assuming no significant contribution from Skubal. Anything they get from him this year would be a bonus. I'd rather he take his time coming back anyway.

Four-team divisions are not all bad though. When the Tigers win their division in 2027 with an 83-79 record, we'll all be strutting around like we're something special and getting a feeling of immense pride when they put up the AL Central champions banner in Comerica.

Yup, for better or for worse, EVERYTHING big corporations do is about increasing profit. If a company whether it be a media company or Nike or whatever, bans something it is not being done to make a social or political statement. It is being done to make money.

I didn't see a big problem with Twitter pre Musk and I don't see one now. Twitter has never come close to the problem that Fox News and many news sites are. It only became a problem because they banned king Donald and now it must be destroyed.

I think most large corporations are dishonest and corrupt. That's how they get to be big corporations! I am questioning why you are singling out Twitter. Much like the Trump/Pelosi/Greene discussion, why is Twitter being held to a higher standard than Fox News?

I agree with this point. I am glad that most of us here refuse to be gaslighted and continue to not to give Trump a pass.

Is there a media site (social media or otherwise) which doesn't ban stuff or ignore stuff or try to please politicians? I don't get the outrage. Even now that Twitter is more right biased I don't think it's a big deal.

LOL, I don't give Trump a pass for his behavior. He is a huge disgrace in every way. If he was not born into wealth, he would have spent his life going in and out of prison and/or mental health treatment. Pelosi knows better and should not have dragged herself down to his level.

Sure, they banned stuff. The most visable banning was Trump and that was the right move because he is a very influential person who was inspiring violence. My point is that there are plenty of opportunities for people to express far right and far left ideas on Twitter. There are a lot worse media sites (social media and otherwise) that are way more biased. I don't see what the big deal is. Even now that it's more right wing biased, it's not a big deal since I can still control my user experience pretty well.

Trump is childish and an embarrassment by default. Responding to his game in kind is always a bad idea.

I don't know how much you use twitter, but I have been on twitter a long time and it has ALWAYS been possible to post the most vile right wing BS imaginable and it has never been deleted. It has always been easy to find too. I have seen it without looking for it. I have been able to filter most of it out so I can just follow baseball, although it's getting harder to do now with the extreme right wing site owner. If they would give us the option of blocking the asinine trending topics, it would be a lot better.

I want eight-team divisions. Make the division titles mean something. There are going to be a million wildcards anyway, so they don't have to pretend small divisions make it more competitive.

He could be the new Champ Summers.

That's just another way of saying regression to the mean.