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My hunch is if it was somebody on the right, it's somebody in the gun crowd who saw his bump stock ban brought back to the forefront by SCOTUS a couple weeks ago. Still that's TBD, there's conflicting info, especially since the small donation to Act Blue a few years ago seems to be legit. Although Act Blue tends to put a bunch of social media posts looking for micro donations to senate candidates.

Now that we have confirmed casualties in the crowd, yes, it is a stretch.

Yeah, a lot of people coming out of the woodwork to support their cult leader, but not the hundreds of kids gunned down in schools. It's still concerning on a lot of levels though. This is the type of thing that leads to nations falling, and it seems we are on that path. It's scary.

Laying the ground work for Special Council Trey Gowdy to file charges against them.

I'm trying to do my part in keeping the temperature down because I'm worried they are going to retaliate hard.

Re Twitter: This helps

Muting the dip****'s name on Twitter really keeping this news off my timeline.

That was fun

Got my hands on the media guide finally, to get a glimpse at some scouting turnover. Long-time scout Harold Zonder, who covered the Ohio Valley retired, backfilled by a young guy who was doing video for the Pirates. As of the time of the media guide, they had not filled the Northern California area job. Oh, Dave Littlefield is no longer listed in the media guide anywhere. He had been in pro scouting since Garko took his Player Dev spot.

Stupid SCOTUS. Yesterday could have been a great day.

The odds Kelly becomes unplayable within two seasons? 30-50%?

I also have a parent who is in the early-mid stages. Granted, dementia comes in different forms, but Biden doesn't have dementia. He is old though.

Why so much JK Simmons this year?

Never ever ever ever draft for need.

Back to the Maeda point, it does not do this. If they decline in that time to become unplayable, you have not addressed the catcher situation and are stuck with somebody on the roster who shouldn't be.

So much of Rogers' value is wrapped up in his framing. It takes a huge hit if there is any semblance of robo-zone next year.

There's a difference between saying he has only marginally outpaced his projections and saying he should be locked up long term, at 30, as a catcher with an injury history.

One man's scared is another man's smart.

Multi year deals are a performance risk. You are stuck with the player if they fall off a map. If Maeda was on a one year deal, they would cut him the moment Mize returned from his hammy. Kelly, while I defended him earlier in the thread, is a 30 year old catcher with an injury history. A multi year deal means if he falls off a cliff in year 1, you have a dead roster spot for two more years.

For anybody advocating multiple years for Carson Kelly, I propose the following hypothetical: would the Tigers have moved on from Maeda yet if he was signed to a one-year deal?

You didn't see what they gave up to get Burnes (granted, it's one year of control, not 2.3, but still)

Jung activated.

I dispute that his resume suggests this is a mirage. He did have hand/wrist issues the past couple years that hampered his hitting, but he was an above average MLB hitter 2019-2021. He's only moderately exceeding his PECOTA/ZIPS/etc. projections.

That trade reeked of a deal where Wingenter had an upward mobility clause, and it was confirmed by somebody on the Red Sox beat. So, similar to Trayce Thompson a couple of years ago or Jonathan Davis last year, they either had to call up Wingenter or offer him to every other team and make a deal. Not much leverage in that situation. Those clauses aren't public, so it's tough to know when they are coming.

I will say one thing I've learned about dementia, and obviously all cases are different, is the person who is sick often does not know they are sick. Also, given how difficult it is to get a neurology appointment right now (not for POTUS), a lot of people are going through this right now. I really hope people stop with the flippant jokes about that disease in an attempt to score political points.