gehringer_2

Well, Plato's Republic was probably required reading for any educated man of their day.

Cautiously optimistic about that.

it sort of makes sense - it the same fear Socrates had 2500 years ago: as voter participation grows, the electorate gets dumber.

I think you could make a fair argument that objectively Harris was a better candidate - ran a better campaign in 2024 than Biden did in 2020. Hard to separate that fact from all the other baggage/garbage etc. We keep blaming our candidates, the fault is in the voters.

Metaphor of the day award winner there.

Unfortunately the state of play in a state with 15 electoral votes hasn't been much comfort for Clinton or Harris. Still a big hump to get over in the red states. Seems like a different century when Claire McCaskill was elected in MO. There is still a glass ceiling at the presidential level...

The dems are in danger of becoming 'the womens's party.' Which wouldn't be a bad thing if women would just for vote for other women.

I think Stewart did good work for the NYC first responders but other than that he's not a guy on my radar, but there are things Klein gets right. His critique that we can't get anything built - housing, transit etc., to serve lower income people largely because progressivism has created too many costly rules and given too many people veto power over too many things is one that has a lot of truth to it.

Good on the bats for winning this one. Any time the pitching wants to show up, we'll be here.....

Vargas just gave the pitching coach a pep talk.

Seattle going to lose any close game with that defense.

Initial Unemployment Claims are still holding under 200K so employers aren't pulling the plug yet. Ironically, the public perception about tariffs and that inflation is going to get worse is probably driving some increased consumer activity. That certainly seem to be true with auto sales.

roadie tiger fan saves Zach a run - hilarious

pretty one-way converstion by the look of it.

Kid still has some work to do. 4 walks and 2 HR in 4 IP isn't going to cut it most nights. Can he learn it all on the fly?

I think 'tipping the change-up' seems like a pretty good theory right now.

would have been tragic if Keith had been out there but he should have been!

Tork flashed the leather then blows the throw.

Petry is a really likeable guy but jeez he gets exhausting to listen to. Take a breath - you don't have to fill every second with your voice.

If the radio and video are going through different IP paths how could they guarantee the feed from two different sources get to you in sync even if they wanted too? Each network path is going to get buffered as per the requirement on that network. Not to mention the Video people have zero interest in you listening to the radio while watching their video, so they aren't going go out of their way to help you do it! I wish it worked together too but I'm doubtful it ever will. 🙈🙉

Tigers have had a number of guys that stood very straight in the box, going all the way back to Alex Avila. I never liked it, not only because it's not a very 'athletic' position to reach pitches from, but just the distance your head starts away from the zone and the resultant tendency for your head to still be moving during the swing. For sure it works for some guys, but I'm glad Tork has gone to a more typical crouch.

Jobes's FB seems to be a little flat. When guys time it they barrel it up. You expect to be able to 'get away' with 99 a good portion of the time even if it's middle middle

Of course, Stanton having the fastest swing would not be a surprise no matter what he was swinging.

Other than Baez and Sweeney in the game together this could have been a 2024 lineup.

In my head I hear Tim McCarver's voice saying the line but I have no idea if it was his or he was just repeating it.