RatkoVarda

they can add 100M to the 2025 payroll and still not be in the top 15

The "weird" thing is the key. A fresh round of weirdness to fill at least 2 weeks of media stories.

per wikipedia: Only two people have ever been indicted on charges of violating the Logan Act, one in 1802 and the other in 1852. Neither was convicted.

Melania got $237,500 for walking downstairs to speak to the Log Cabin Republicans for 30 minutes. As the cash pot gets smaller, the Trumps will grift harder and ahrder as they see the money drying up. Down-ballot GQP people will get nothing.

DeSantis could not pull off the fake "county fair-best hog contest" stuff. He has been pretty effective as a governor in bringing MAGA style stupidity to all parts of the FLA government.

Trump's ability to take both sides of any issue not only comes with no downside to MAGA, but now it is a positive as the press will attack Dems who call out his extreme positions and says Dems are unfair; effectively having the press weaponize his flip-flops to defend Trump. Insane.

example 1,592 of the corporate media holding Dems to an impossible standard while simultaneously holding the GQP to no standard. Trump said they exchanged love letters, but THE WASHINGTON POST fact checked the DNC and said love letters may not have been written by Trump. WTF.

i am starting to get suspicious of RFK Jr's true intentions

B+ grade for DNC Day 1. Some clunkers. But no huge gaffs. Not sure there is a bump to be gotten from the convention considering Harris' recent surge. But if next week she is holding steady +1 to +4, that's fine.

Riley broke his wrist, so Gio will start for them.

they could report on GQP's detailed policy plans in Project 2025, but they think, probably correctly, that a lot of Americans are more interested in gossip. saw a lot of tweets that Dems did not remove all of the references to Biden's 2nd term in their platform documents. I suppose that's a short story: sloppy work by the Dems. But that's a great opportunity because if they DID remove Biden's name, the story could be: Dems erase all traces of Biden, blah, blah, blah

NYT Headlines: Trump's racism did not work, so in a dramatic and, some say, even bold pivot, he is trying racism

the woman behind him almost starts laughing at him at one point

i just don't see how Malloy can be deployed in the outfield in Comerica; too big for him

GQP has nothing to offer anyone who is not weird.

Trump is going to force Swift to come out against the fraudulent GQP AI endorsement; and then she will endorse Harris; genius move guys!

forget what injury ended his 2023 season, but hoping it was not back issue; will still make All Eastern League lists, considering his great age 21 performance; just stay healthy, learn some 3B and take over for Ibanez eventually

Hasty recalculated his maths and sent out this new post re Liranzo. Slightly different #s, but same wowza. Bonkers OBP!

Trei Cruz and Lee done for the year per Lynn A day later, Hao-Yu Lee, a second baseman who this year blasted into the Tigers' top-5 prospect range, played his last game of 2024. A back problem, stemming from a 13-hour bus ride from Portland, Maine, has finished Lee for the year, although it’s expected he will be fine ahead of 2025 spring camp.

Harris added Lorenzen and Boyd, and then Flaherty and Maeda. He is going to add 2 SPs this Winter. Probably too much health risk to have the 2nd of those SPs be either JV or Max, but maybe Harris feels differently?

McKinstry does not have options so they need to DFA him I think. Doubt he gets claimed. No loss either way.

well, that does it. We'll never see the end of Ibanez now!