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I did not know this about Greece!

Exactly! It could be part of the grander strategy, and I'm not even kidding about that one. Better to be thought incompetent to cover up their criminality than to be thought criminal when they are merely incompetent. Incompetent people are routinely underestimated and never taken seriously.

Just a mere story to cover up my suggestion … 😉

Even better: maybe they closed the airspace to temporarily deactivate FAA logs so they can allow in the Central American planes they control full of drugs and underage girls without having to document them.

They’re going to burn it here so they can prop up Big Hospital and Big Pharma.

No doubt she would. I say “would” instead of the presumed “will” because after her having called their bluff, I don’t think they want her testifying after all.

I would not be disappointed if they started Verlander in San Diego and had Skubal open in Detroit.

I think that’s because there are no more RSNs and their local advertisers to protect. Since MLB.tv will now be the exclusive broadcaster, neither part of the equation needs protection.

You might have something there, and there might have been more than that. He are the last three paragraphs of his SABR bio: Before too long, Tony found work as a broadcaster, first in Providence and then in the San Francisco area. He lost a nice gig in the Bay Area in early 1980, but filled in with other stations. In a life full of setbacks, even the health-food store Tony owned in California was lost to mudslides in December 1981. In early 1982, though, Tony learned that Ken Harrelson was leaving his job as color commentator with Channel 38 in Boston, the Red Sox station. Now there was a job with appeal! He interviewed for the position on the day he turned 37, January 7, 1982. The audition went very well, and he was told he’d got the job. Tony had a couple of other stops to make, and then planned to return to the Bay Area to pack up his gear for the move back to Boston. On January 9, 1982, Billy Conigliaro was driving Tony to Logan Airport when Tony suffered a heart attack in the car. Though rushed to the hospital, Tony suffered irreversible brain damage and was hospitalized for two months before being discharged into the care of Billy and the Conigliaro family. He lived another eight years before succumbing at age 45 on February 24, 1990.

I had that same feeling about Nomar while looking him up not long ago. He had a .313 lifetime batting average. Two things: (1) That’s really high! How did I not remember that? (2) Who does that anymore? Hardly anyone: only six other guys with 5,000+ plate appearances in the entire playoff era had a higher lifetime average.

I wasn’t trying to tell you you’re wrong for your feelings, and I apologize for it coming off that way. I was trying to draw a parallel between situations in which players end up on teams that are trying to make your team lose.

and tigers traded from the tigers are no longer tigers unless/until they return to the tigers.

Look at all these 130s! That's 81 mph!

When I had my left shoulder surgery in 2008, I was prescribed Oxycontin for pain. This was before I knew thing one about it. Tried one. Didn't help. Never took another. Lucky me.

I like it as much as they next guy, but I would rather have the league averaging 5 K/9 rather than 8-1/2 K/9.

I was at Tigers Fantasy Camp, either 2007 or 2008, and Johnny Grubb hit the highest pop-fly I ever tried to catch. I got under it okay, but somehow it glanced off the webbing of the glove and conked me right in the coconut. Hope I don't get ALS from it.

Let me know when you're back in town for another game, I can meet up with you there.

Besides retiring as a Tiger, what makes this such a good signing in my view is that we already had arguably the best rotation in the league, so it's not as though this is a desperation signing hoping against hope he can save us. As things stand JV probably won't even make the rotation out of camp, but he could certainly fill the Rafael Montero role when we need a sixth starter. Chances are he will not be much better than league average, but man, wouldn't a league average sixth guy be a great thing to have in our back pocket when we need him. The other thing that makes it so great is that this is a signing for the fans. Not only for the fans—we will expect a positive contribution out of him, as he will out of himself—but this signing is practically Chris Ilitch and Scott Harris sending us a Valentine. That Park is gonna be rocking right out of the gate. April in the mother****in' D, bitches! 😃

Holy ****, blind Bowden found a nut! https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6719990/2025/10/27/mlb-free-agents-2025-contract-team-predictions/ 39. Justin Verlander, RHP Age: 42 2025 bWAR: 1.2 2025 team: San Francisco Giants Agent: ISE Baseball Verlander has made it clear he wants to pitch in his age-43 season, and the way he pitched down the stretch, the future Hall of Famer deserves one more shot at it. His best month of the season was September, when he made five starts for the Giants, posting a 2.08 ERA and allowing two earned runs or fewer in four of his five starts. He made 29 starts in total and threw 152 innings with a 3.85 ERA. Salary comps: Clayton Kershaw 1-year, $7.5 million Best team fits: Tigers (so he can retire as a Tiger), Giants Contract prediction: 1-year, $12 million

Justin Verlander is most definitely going into the Hall in a Tigers cap now!