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Great, then you can reject the Zig Heils from Elon et al. (I have people in my family tree killed at Auschwitz)

LFG. A senate candidate I can get behind.

World Series (9-15M typically) vs. Stanley Cup TV ratings (2-5M) aren't even close. Stanley Cup and WNBA Finals (1-2M) are somewhat close, especially with women's ratings increasing significantly this decade....

Also, the $60M a year numbers are a bit inflated. The deferrals in some of these deals really drop the NPV of them significantly. The league has Tucker (4/240) at something like $57M factoring in deferrals. Ohtani's is on the order of $47M despite the (10/700) price tag. I do anticipate Skubal getting nominally 50+ AAV. Deferrals would depend on jock taxes in the locale he signs. It does seem like teams are using signing bonus to get around player income taxes as well.

Tony Paul had a good interview with DD's former arbitration guy (and as I mentioned in another thread, good twitter follow) in audio form that was posted today. Interesting stuff I never really realized about the incentives of the arbitrators themselves. (It's a cushy job for them, so they don't want to piss either side off and lose it). He also mentioned, the dates of the hearings are not announced in the public so that the arbitrators aren't able to do research ahead of time on players as they come in. The first hearings could be this week. Alternates between Florida and Arizona, and it looks like the trials will be in Arizona this year (based on last year's datelines).

I think I have mentioned this before, but the reason I don't follow the NHL or root for the Red Wings is because I lived in an area that got WJR but not the backup station in the 90's (CKLW?). The Tigers only lost WJR priority when the Red Wings were in the playoffs, so naturally I rooted against them so I could listen to the Tigers.

I hear more about WNBA than NHL. Part of that is being active in a Purdue alumni club, and while Caitlin Clark went to Iowa, they follow the Fever because of her.

That team already existed, though.

I went down a 1997 Expansion Draft rabbit hole this morning... Anyways, you could protect 15 players in total... after both teams took turns picking one player combined from each team, you could protect 3 more, and again in the next round. Anybody in the organization with major league service, or who has reached Rule 5 eligibility was eligible to be drafted. Let's say MLB very abruptly decides there are two expansion teams starting in April and you need to protect 15 eligible players*, who would they be? Which 4 would you protect in the next round (assuming 1 of your top 4 gets taken)? Which 4 would you protect in the next round (again, assuming 1 of your top 4 gets taken)? *Safe to assume that any prospects who need to be protected were protected from the Rule 5 Draft, so you can likely just focus on the 40-Man Roster unless any of the minor league signings this year really catch your fancy. I'll go: Pitchers: Kyle Finnegan, Jack Flaherty, Kenley Jansen, Jackson Jobe, Troy Melton, Casey Mize, Reese Olson, Tarik Skubal, Will Vest Catchers: Dillon Dingler Infield: Colt Keith, Spencer Torkelson, Gleyber Torres Outfield: Kerry Carpenter, Riley Greene, Wenceel Perez Round 2: Tyler Holton, Kenley Jansen, Parker Meadows, Zach McKinstry Round 3: Drew Anderson, Brant Hurter, Keider Montero, Matt Vierling Pretty tricky, but I thought I'd put that out there.

JAWS combines best 7 and total, FYI.

Pre 2021, it was AAA: Toledo AA: Erie A+: Lakeland A: West Michigan SS-A: Connecticut/Oneonta Now it is: AAA: Toledo AA: Erie A+: West Michigan A: Lakeland

Sing along with me. Pete Hegseth is a ****ing douche.

She will melt in hell.

If the guy today was killed because he was packing heat, I think that makes a Bill of Rights bingo for ICE.

Erie was never A+

The reporting came from DHS, so... grain of salt at this point.

I need to find @microline133 's old scouting reports where he had it pegged that Stewart couldn't catch up to velocity.

Well, the answer isn't who I thought when I posted this. BR and Wikipedia are wrong about who the GM was in 1992. Joe McDonald was interim in 1991 after LaJoie abruptly resigned, but Jerry Walker was hired after the season for the full time job. Those sites like McDonald in 1992. If Walker was in the job in 1993 only, he was the answer, but he wasn't. So the answer is Bill LaJoie, since I am not counting McDonald's interim stint for a team that LaJoie mostly built. 2002-2003 was a big hole for DD to dig out of.

If it plays out they get multiple (ie Mize or Flaherty too), they would be consecutive and these waters would be muddied.

Well that wouldn't be til 2027. And that depends on whether or not the Tigers are a revenue sharing recipient in 2026. They have been 2019-2025, but were not prior to that. It is a three year moving average and it is possible the success of the last two years could spike attendance enough. If they are still a revenue sharing recipient, the pick for losing Skubal would be after the first round if he signs for more than $50M total (as it would be if they offer a QO to Flaherty or Mize). They would also get a competitive balance A pick after the comp pick and before the second round. Also, if Clark or McGonigle is on the opening day roster and wins the Rookie of the Year, that would be another pick between the first and second rounds. If they are not a revenue sharing recipient or Skubal doesn't get $50M, the pick would be after he second round after the Comp B picks, and the Comp A pick would be no more if no longer receiving revenue sharing.

Gallen and Framber cost a pick. It would be their third rounder unless they acquire a Comp Balance pick in a trade, in which case it would be their second rounder or that acquired pick depending. Basically, it is their third pick, but your own competitive balance pick cannot be forfeited, but if you acquire one the acquired one can be. The Tigers competitive balance pick is after the second round next year.

Jobe can be moved to the 60 Day IL and free up a 40 man spot the day pitchers and catchers report. Just to add some specificity...

Here's a little trivia. The Tigers have a winning record since Scott Harris took over baseball operations. Who is the last GM (since all his predecessors had that role name) under whom the Tigers had a winning record during his tenure?

Wasn't sure where this went but another forum I was reading had somebody with a daughter with a concussion asking for help and somebody recommended hyperbaric oxygen. That got me down the rabbit hole of the boy in Troy who was murdered by quacks in a hyperbaric chamber. I am glad those ghouls are facing charges.

I wonder what families of military members from those allies he is ****ting on think when he says these countries never do anything for us.