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Wow, now that's one I had to look up. And while I was reading the article attendant to it, I came across another new one that's probably more accurate for our commander in chief: "hebephile."

Yes. And ... ?

I would not be opposed to picking up Nolan Arenado for the next two years.

I'm already familiar with the idea of the defensive spectrum. I'm asking why you think the subtraction from first base position is rendered in defensive runs.

The ship sailed on baseball media as journalism a long, long, long time ago.

This occurs to me for the first time: what are the chances JD was chosen as vice president in part to shut him up on this topic? Who else in the party was yammering on about this topic to the same length?

Trump got 99 people who'll dive on a live grenade for him and a bitch ain't one.

Huh. And here I was totally conceding that Clinton had likely gone there, too.

They do have an advantage the Democrats don't, though: a third of everyone in the country will believe Trump's words over their own lying debit cards.

Another thing to note here is that, grains of salt taken with any email from Epstein notwithstanding, criminals don't lie when they talk about being criminals. They lie when they say they're not criminals.

Oh, wow, this email just re-outed Celina Midelfart as being a girl in Epstein’s orbit, and there is a digital paper trail connecting her to both Epstein and Trump: https://www.thelist.com/1825630/donald-trump-forgotten-girlfriend-reportedly-had-ties-to-epstein/ She is an heir to a cosmetics business and was a “girlfriend” of Norway’s crown prince in the early 90s. Hmm, wonder how they met?

If you knew and encountered on a regular basis any people of color and modest means, you’d understand that what they want more than anything else is to be accepted and respected as equal members of our society, not to pull one over on everyone so they can get a handout or free money from you or anyone else. They want their voice to be listened to, and they want to not always experience their race or ethnicity being taken into account whenever they talk to someone who’s white. They want to be fully equal participatory members in our society—that’s what their parents and grandparents fought for! And despite the history of their people in this country, they still believe in the basic decency of what American democracy is supposed to represent, if not how it is actually practiced, so, darn right they want to vote, and darn right they want to be able to do so without needless, pointless technical obstacles thrown into their path, such as this ID expired earlier this year so I can’t let you vote, even though you appear to be in good standing on the rolls and I can tell this is definitely you. Besides, the people of “certain ethnicities” you characterize as checking out on being fully functioning citizens by ignoring the need for getting ID aren’t showing up to the polls, anyway. Because they, you know, checked out.

Depends. Will there be a salary cap starting in 2027?

I will support whatever deal Harris ends up making. I don’t care about the dollars, I care more abut the years, and honestly, with Skubal, anything that binds him here beyond six years starting in 2027 will make me a bit nervous for the future. I acknowledge there’s practically no chance we sign him for only six, but I would much rather we sign him for seven than for ten-plus.

I can see what you’re saying, and it makes sense. There may also be an influence by a wife who likes to shop in the bright lights on Manhattan or the chic of Rodeo Drive. Who knows—it takes all kinds. I do think being comfortable in a city regarding its culture does factor into the decision. Probably culture on a team, too—what kind of players does a team have, where are their heads, do they think like I do, can I relate to the other guys already there, stuff like that.

I do think there is something to be said for what signing an in-house franchise stud says to the top tier free agents on the market: if the Tigers are willing to commit real money like that, they must be serious about contending. Couple that with the #1 farm system in the game starting to matriculate at the same time, and I think that would make us a lot more attractive a consideration in the free agent marketplace.

I’m not trying to be unfair, and I am not trying to be illogical about it. I’m trying to make sense of the mathematical part of the equation and what it represents. Honest question—why do you think the first base position has defensive runs subtracted as a baseline in the first place?

I think what we see far more often is people projecting their frustrations onto Scott Harris when they say he will never, ever spend on free agents, or that he is too craven or stupid or cheap or incompetent or negligent in how he has developed the roster so far because he has failed to sign the biggest free agents, and failed to trade for the best controllable players in the game. I do believe some of that angst is borne of fans being scarred by the gross incompetence of the Avila Reign of Error.

Tarik Skubal is being interviewed on MLB Network’s Cy Young Award show and oh my God does he have a hickey??

Yes, and I would posit that most guys with a habit of walking world can’t be simply coached out of it.

And when the rat finally does get cornered and sees no way out on his own, what do you think he does then?

Yeah teh Left and their stupid statistics reflecting stupid fats that are actually happening in the world. Tell you what: any state requiring specific ID to vote had better make that ID available free of charge to everyone eligible.

I don’t think the Tigers will be bailing on 1.5 WAR 107 OPS+ third baseman Colt Keith just yet.

Or he’s just plain unfixable.

Yeah, it is pretty ridiculous, especially considering that everyone knows Scott Harris is going to do exactly what I believe is right for the team. 😉😁