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TBH, I could believe (don't say I do at this point) that Trump is the type that is always like a moth to the flame of men who really are libertine, but has always been too much of coward to be one himself (it's certainly not his morality that limits him!) so he talks the part to try and act the part, then disappears when anything is happening. Saying I *could* believe that. But I would say at this point there is no credible predonderance of evidence exonerating him opposed to the claims against him. Generally those that have defended him have too much skin in that game themselves. For me though - that he is a terrible person is a given, I don't need to know he is any more beyond the pale than I already know him to be from his actions in the public sphere when the light are on. But more to the point he is a terribly incompetent and dangerous Chief Exec and that would be true if his sexual rectitude matched Mother Teresa's. I'm only interested in the case against him if it has potential to get him out of office!

Students at OSU want Wexner's name taken off some stuff. I don't see the "U" giving back the money though...🙄

all about as easy to have predicted as the Sun rising in the East.

IIRC -He hurt his shoulder going into a base while still in the minors so they swapped him and Jung 2nd and third because the shoulder. At the time they said it could take a year or two for it to regain full strength, if it did. So he was tooling along as a 2B then they signed Torres but also figured Tork was toast so he was a 1b, and then when when Tork wasn't, it was - well share the ABs as best we can, and then finally: "Well how is the arm doing now? Try 3rd again" Last year once they put him back there he seemed to be throwing OK and there were no issues, so he is back where he started. He doesn't have anything like a cannon, but he gets rid of the ball quick and he's accurate. I'm guessing some people got a little misled looking at statcast data because you just don't try to throw max effort at 2b so his throwing velo looked pretty low, but at third he was hitting upper 80s, and with regular throwing there who knows he might loosen up and be able to add to that.

Isn't Jung now Torkelson's designated backup? Even if he does it from Toledo?

Trump appears to have lost Joe Rogan on Iran. I take that as a better indicator for the Dem's prospects than some of these low turn-out primaries, though I'll take them too. Also fun but probably won't come to anything, a Dem got the most votes in the primary for MTG's seat. Big field and the GOP candidates outpolled the Dem candidates overall. It goes to a run-off.

maybe the difference is that from all reports, Max is a very likeable kid, that it's more a matter of him trying to have fun with it than the kind of ego trip Kapler was. But time will tell. I am a lot more concerned about his bat stalling out than that his personality is going to hurt him

I'd take if from a different angle. In the NFL, you have a negotiated revenue split. It's not really a 'cap' in the sense of a number that protects owners from overspending or limits what any player can be paid- every NFL team must spend the same total on players. If a team's contracts don't total the cap (within 95%) in a given year, all the players on that team get a % surcharge adjustment. If they are over they have to cut players or move spending commitments into the future. It doesn't favor any team, its just the budget number that represents each team's players right to their percentage of league revenues. If some teams do a better job of managing contracts within those rules than others, what else is new?

They are also 'normalizing' the 2.5 number by calling it 'expected' when the target is 2.0 or less. That you are expecting not to make progress doesn't really excuse not making progress.

Notice, it's not a tanker. If I can send a message without creating an environmental disaster on my coast, that might be what I do.

I don't see why people think that because contracts can be restructured, the CAP is fake. If anything, it proves that it's real. The bill still comes due on all those deferrals. If there is a complaint it would be that the CAP keeps going up, which makes deferrals less painful. But that's just because the league keeps making more money (and inflation). But if the league makes more money and today's players that are building that success get to reap some of that benefit, I don't see a problem with that either.

Crap. I thought I heard Daniels say something about that but then I couldn't find anything about it after the game.

I didn't say he didn't have issues as a player, but helping gain possession was not one of them. If he went to the boards with someone he could get a puck. Whatever, he's water under the bridge. The funny thing is, while I agree they are too small overall, Cat has more heart challenging for pucks and getting takeaways than the rest of them put together And there may be hope for Kasper. I don't know where he was earlier in the season but he has played a lot better recently. Another example was the 1st goal. Copp just sagged off his man for no apparent reason instead of following through and tying him up and challenging for poseesion. It's not even a matter of hitting people. He didn't have to body check him, he was in position to just ride him into the corner and he couldn't have taken the shot that scored.

But Elmer who - whatever his other faults were, did always help generate takeaways with his size and reach, wasn't good enough to stay in the lineup.

The last goal was a screwup, but on the third? I just don't get how it is the same issue year after year after year. Most teams find different ways to be not good enough, maybe no scoring, or a lot of puck mishandling, or a poor power play, or too many penalties- whatever. But with the Wings, the lack of enough speed/quickness to challenge possession on defense and break sustained pressure is like it's now baked into Winged Wheel contract forms - or like it's like its an "unskill" they draft for. With Blashill I used to think he just coached too conservatively, that he was so averse to the possibility of a mistake that he coached a passive D, but we are now two coaches down the road and they look exactly the same under pressure. Go get the damn puck once in a while.

Unreal the way this team folds under pressure, and it's the same thing it has been for 6-7 yrs. Players come and go but it never changes. They cannot effectively pressure the puck in their own end. All they do is fall back hoping for a pass deflection or the goalie to freeze the puck and hope to win the next faceoff.

Wings with a power play, Panthers are all over them - Wings slow, passing not crisp enough. 1st period ends down 0-1

Panthers score 10 min in. Copp: "I think I'll just sort of back off here a little so this guy has enough room to shoot....." 😡

Brieske threw in his sim game today. SGL threw a BP. Depth is good.

I listened to Yzerman's presser after the deadline and it was interesting to hear him talk about the Wings needing to keep playing offense with a lead. You can't argue with the better success they are having under McLellan, but Mac still hasn't quite gotten this team to understand the balance between not playing stupid and playing too passive.

and they were pretty terrible. Their run down on the Blue Jays was about the only thing of any value they offered.

Ward is so fast you put the guy on in front of him so he can't go anywhere. 😱

Jung with 99 mph EV to CF against a LHP.

We've got both Perez and Meadows nervous - they've both been on base so far today.