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appears Kreidler's not reading this thread. 2/4, HR tonight.

interesting suggestion.

It's pretty depressing when you consider how many middle infielders have passed through the Tiger turnstiles both majors and minors since Iglesias walked and that not one of them has been able to either make the majors or be useful once there. Niko and W. Castro especially since both flashed just enough to get the FO hooked on them, but both have now disappeared for all intents and purposes.

Sure, it's Bush's clout in Wy that I would doubt. It feels like he's in a deeper hole with 2022 Repubs than Jimmy Carter was with 1992 Dems.

Unless 'W' & Laura register in WY I don't see his endorsement bringing Cheney any votes.

I can sympathize with him though. Fusion is a last resort kind of solution - I don't know anything about the alternative he wants to try but if it's viable I know I'd go a long way to find an alternative to fusion.

The other possibility is a trade for near ready SS that is blocked or just hasn't been called up in some other org - a player in the position that Austin Jackson was in when we traded for him - a guy with no resume but not much downside risk of not performing. The thing is the trade chip would likely have been a pitcher and with Turnbull and now possibly Boyd down long term, they are not in nearly as strong a position to trade pitching as they were when the season started.

I like this concept.

My understanding is that the loss of activity of the flu shot is not completely understood. It had been assumed that the increase in vaccinated people getting the flu later in the season was that the vaccine 'wore off' so the advice would be don't get the shot too early. But there is a competing theory that the decrease in effectiveness of the vaccine over time may just be due to the constant mutation of wild flu - in which case it doesn't really help you to put off vaccination. Or maybe both are true. At UM they seem to be going more with the latter theory because they seem to be offering shots earlier each year recently - or maybe that is just logistics......

China is depressing. I'd rather get a bottle and go tai wan on.

I think this hinges on the disconnect between 'normal courtesy' and the deep tradition in baseball that it is *always* up to a team to protect any communication they do on the field - it's always the right of the other team to intercept the other team's communication as long as it is done by 'ordinary' human means, (sign stealing etc) and picking up a dropped data card certainly qualifies as 'ordinary human' means to me. To me, a catcher that doesn't have the presence of mind to realize he's dropped his data card is no different than one that doesn't realize he needs to change signs with a man on second. Tough luck. If I'm Kiermaier, I pick it up.

LOL - the rich thing is that neither 'personal vendetta' nor 'political agenda' are in themselves grounds for legal action. Really just more abuse of the legal system by Trump. You'd hope that one of the things that might emerge from the Trump saga is more willingness of American courts to refuse what are clearly nuisance and harassment suits, or at least to demand court costs back for defendants more often. I understand that the US courts have always tried to maintain a philosophy of erring on the side of access but we really have gone way too far down that path compared to the rest of the world.

but are the people in Ohio who elected Gonzales going to refuse to vote for a crazy, or just keep pulling that 'R' level out of habit or inability to get past a stale cultural identity? If they do the later then there ultimately will not be pressure for change in the GOP.

yeah - he'd had at least 5 yrs in the minors and not on a 40 so I think that made him eligible as a minor league free agent to go where he wanted or could get a deal.

I believe "Enlightened Self-interest" is the term

seems unlikely they will need to - Cleveland isn't going to close the gap on the ChiSox and the ChiSox are not likely to get close to Houson's record for 2nd place overall so this game won't have any standings/playoff impact.

This is only useful if it leaves a crazy running who will lose - otherwise not helpful

would be nice to see Manchin and Sikema agree to toss the filibuster over a debt-ceiling bill. It's probably even a better justified 1st step to get rid of the filibuster than a voting rights bill.

Site had it's 1000th post tonight. Woo-Hoo!

How can you not miss this guy?

This is a concept MWG could have a little fun with. Set up a hierarchy of double-dealing and collusion: Collaborator, Quisling, Sympathizer, Snake in the Grass, etc --- and most appropriately "defector".

To my thinking somewhere the combination of either neglect or incompetence crosses over into just plan rudeness. The site certainly has the capacity to at least acknowledge the problem and make a statement that they either intend to fix it or let the fora close. Pretty indecent to not at least do that much.

OTOH, he has nearly a 1000 OPS off that 394 BaBIP. Let that come down to a more reasonable 325 and you *may* still have a reasonably productive bat for a defense first position. A SS that is also a #3 hitter is a wonderful luxury, and I'm not going to complain one bit if Ilitch ponies up the cash to get one, but OTOH, I think you can certainly win a division with a 700-750 OPS shortstop if he is giving you solid defense. My take is that none of the guys in my list above can even do that - with the possible exception of Kreidler and even that possibility isn't proven by any means. Agreed there is not much chance Kreidler is that #3 hitting SS, but for now he's making a case to get a chance to prove he may at least be that 700 OPS guy you can live with, as opposed to the current cast I am tired of living with! Of course if he crashes to earth next ST then end of story.

Did we? Funny you say "uber alles' because I would think philosophical absolutism of all kinds is more down the German line. We got Locke and Hobbes from England which is consent of the governed and social contract - which imply mutual obligation - the concept in such short supply in US discourse today.

4 under 500. Is the first time ince April we have finally gotten closer than 5 under?