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We are in danger of tipping over to the point to which this will never matter ever again.

This would be the highest-value opportunity for Republicans to kill off the filibuster once and for all.

The gambling craze in this country is even more out of control.

Also, while it's true Mize was named to the All-Star team, it was not necessatily because he was having a transcendent season. First of all, Mize wasn't even one of the 59 qualified pitchers in baseball by July 15. He'd pitched 88 innings by then; a qualified pitcher would have pitched 96 innings. But even if we widen the qualifying lens out to 81 innings, which results in 96 [ninety-six] pitchers, Casey would have ranked 50th in WAR, 31st in ERA, 32nd in ERA-, 44th in FIP, 45th in FIP-, 17th in xERA (pretty good), 47th in xFIP, and 43rd in xFIP-. Aside from the outlier xERA number, this is a solidly 50th to 60th percentile pitcher among all such qualifiers, not a top-of-the-league All-Star. There are two reasons Casey was named to the All-Star team: (1) he had a 9-3 record, one of only 18 guys with nine-plus wins, thirteen of whom were named All-Stars; and (2) his team had the best winning percentage in baseball, good enough to yield six All-Stars, including Zach McStinky, of all people.

OK, so, in tiger2022's defense, I do believe many people, including in the baseball media, are expecting (a step up from "hoping") that Verlander will deliver a solid WAR-positive 30+ starts for the Tigers. And yes, that could happen. He did have a solid Verlander-like final two months last season. he placed 14th of 54 qualifiers in ERA- and FIP- In August and September, although he did place 35th in xFIP, which is a reddish-pink flag. So, he wasn't super dominant, and his results were a bit lucky. Stick around long enough, and every player will fall off the cliff eventually in a career-ending way. The chances that happens to Verlander in 2026 are fairly high. Flip side, Verlander is already a freak of nature and he could also potentially have a whole year that is close to what he did last August and September, which could make him a solidly mid-rotation guy. Anything better than that would probably be into the upper-90th percentile of expected outcomes.

But do you really have to come here and bore the rest of us? 😉

Receipts?

Happy birthday, Abe!

I think the rush of Independents off the sidelines is going to more than make up for the 30 or 35 votes Hasan might cost the Democrats.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Does this mean that all heights reported for all major leaguers are now dead balls accurate?

No, that was America asking: "Who's Hasan?" You know, because he's a nobody to the 99.5%+ of registered voters who don't subscribe to his YouTube channel. Republicans voting for Republicans will have an impact on the elections. Hasan will not.

Betcha Framber is also 5'9". Baseball is notorious to adding inches to a player's height.

No, that was America asking: "Who's Hasan?" He will have exactly zero impact on any elections.

Thanks for the insight.

Only corporate socialism is way up. Socialism for the people is way, way down.

I'm mildly surprised that Bondi didn't start shouting Raskin down the moment he finished his sentence and launched into his litany of accusations. Why did she just sit there and take it? Doesn't seem very MAGA-strong to me. As for contempt of Congress, all she and the executive branch would have to do is ignore it and dare the Republican-led Congress to do anything about it.

Who's Hasan?

Because the National Enquirer is out of business?

Can't remember if I posted this one before, but it's a pretty interesting map for social reasons.

Austria-Hungary is an amazing footnote in history.