Tiger337

I read all the digests from the early 70s to mid 80s. They were hokey by today's standards, but I loved them growing up. I still have a few of them, but I'm not really a collector.

Cappucci?

Looked like a pop fly off the bat. It travelled further than I expected.

Ugh, I don't have so many international students this fall. Last Spring, they were all scared to the point of mental health problems at all the immigration stuff going on.

Peter Gammons used to use that phrase a lot too, so you are in good company. I was actually referring to Hinch. I assumed that being a MLB player was Hinch's dream career whereas being a manager (and potentially a front office person later) is probably the next best career.

Apropos of nothing (stolen from you), but I think his dream career already ended.

This is not the NBA. Every team has a shot and no team is likely ti win it all. Some have a better chance than others, but it's largely a crap shoot. The best team might have a 15% shot, the worst team a 5% shot. The Tigers are probably right in the middle. I am going to enjoy the show.

They are not in a terrible position this year, not when they have Skubal. It would be nice to have Schilling and Johnson, but you don't necessarily need two aces to win the World Series. Who did the Rangers have in 2023? Who did the Dodgers have last year that was remotely comparable to Skubal? I agree 2027 without Skubal is a concern.

An essay test? What percentage of native born Americans are going to pass that one? What percentage of Congress members? How about the President?

Valdez, Imanaga, King (if he proves that he is healthy this month). Cease and Senga have the talent to be aces with the right coaching. Sale is very good, although not likely to be available. Free agent lists are never deep, but I don't see this list as "piss poor". Trades can be made too.

That's the way we used to do it in the 70s and if it was good enough for us, then it's good enough for you.

The only one here who might have seen him is Bert.

12. What Chas is giving you is the magic number for winning the division without a tie breaker.

It's an OK strategy as long as you don't rely on it.

I think managers are overrated, but Hinch's teams seem to get more out of their talent than those of any other Tigers manager in my lifetime.

A few weeks ago, he targeted Boston which might be the safest big city in the country. Boston mayor Michelle Wu calmy told him where to go.

No, I was not posting from a phone. I may have been thinking ahead to capitalizing the I's for II. I make so many typoes now. I think it's an age thing.

I just have one question for you. What did Trump get from the summit?

He wasn't behind the scandal. It came from the front office and the players went around him. It's still something that happened on his watch though, so it doesn't look good on his record. One can question why he wasn't able to stop it and I think that's a fair question. I know people are going to tell me there was nothing he can do because that's the way the heirarchy works in big business, but I will always wonder whether that would have happended under Leyland or Anderson. That being said, it seems to me like the players respect Hinch and his system. I haven't read or seen anything to suggest otherwise.

yup. He wasn't all bad. I liked to talk Tigers history with him. He was just nasty and relentness whenever he had a disagreement with someone and would get personal.

That used to be Stan Papi's defense of Trump. I think that's almost proof that he was involved in some way. The lesser offender informed the FBI to take down the king pin.

I actually do like to rouse some rabble every once in a while, but my rabble rate is relatively low. My rabble is replacement level at best.

Interestingly, the guy who most likely played grapes (Tyrus, DuaneBSims) was also at odds with me. I'm pretty sure it's not him though.

LOL, What the **** are even talking about? And you say that I am just trying to be argumentative.

I wasn't suggesting that you were still in active duty. I said "your" to show that I don't respect the president enough to consider him my president. I have always had great respect for those that serve in the military. My father fought in the frontlines in World WAR II. No matter what I do in life I will never equal that. I have generally assumed that out miltary would honor the constitution and protect us from a rogue President, but I can no longer do that. Your president attempted a coup against the United States and is now attempting to turn us into a fascist autocracy while ****ting on the constitution on a daily basis. I am sorry, but I can't respect that and I can no longer assume that the military will protect us from that.