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If you truly believe that ICE and Border Patrol have warrants on every person they've rounded up because America or whatever, then you aren't paying attention.

I do think he was legitimately underappreciated because, through the deadline, he had the highest WAR on the team, even higher than Miggy and Kinsler. But even coming into the team, he was prone to, shall we say, grabbing the spotlight in sometimes unflattering ways, and midwesterners generally don't appreciate players like that, even if they're really good.

TBF, giving every America adult $2,000 would cost the Treasury about half a trillion dollars.

Yeah, I don’t think it’s particularly surprising, and it’s not even particularly offensive, either, at least at a theoretical level. One of the jobs of an envoy is to advise the country they’re dispatched to on how to deal with American politics, albeit in a manner that’s consistent with the interests of the United States. The $64 question here is whether advising Russia on how to sell to the US a plan that’s tilted way in their favor against the Ukrainians is actually in America’s interests. I would imagine the majority of this administration would flatly agree that it is.

I am now caught up with all of you. I typically don’t like sci-fi, but to me this is the right kind of Twilight Zonesque sci-fi, relying less on whiz-bang alien technology and more on alien societal structure. The ethical and moral issues it raises regarding Carol’s reactions and responses, not to mention allegory of the efficacy of a welfare-based society on personal happiness, fascinates me.

I could see Helsley signing here on a one-year prove-it deal. If he does prove it as a starter, he cleans up next winter (or whatever the first winter after a stoppage would be). If he doesn’t, he can sign his career deal as a closer. I could see Detroit being attractive to him reputationally.

The sake you can find. The sashimi might be a challenge in places like Detroit or Kansas City or Pittsburgh.

Talk about under appreciated: this guy had his best ever season the partial year he was with us.

The TV money is not only drying up, Manfred pulled a rabbit out of the hat with the recent national deals, most notably the MLB.tv package, the operation of which in large part they don’t have to put up the capital to fund anymore. Plus, with baseball now drawing fans instead of flies because of recent changes to the game, telecasts are a lot more attractive to advertisers and RSNs, which should unlock more local money as well. If anything, the increased flow of cash should help players’ negotiating positions substantially.

I agree with this on balance, although one difference this time is the saber-rattling by Manfred years in advance. We could take that to mean either he’s serious about fighting tooth and nail and season be damned if necessary, because they want all the money goddammit; or he’s fronting because he and the owners have got nothing and they’re hoping Tony Clark is naive enough to just cave in a hurry.

In the Venn diagram that includes blind loyalty and professional competence, the circles barely touch.

Whoever is in charge of scrubbing disloyal, subversive ideas off all the government websites has been asleep at the switch on this one.

I can’t add any more reactions today, but Thanks.

I can’t add any more reactions today, but Like. Actually, this is a sort of flip side thing, isn’t it? “We can land a man on the moon but we can’t [insert Make America Great Again™ thing here]” is kind of the flip side of, “we can [insert thing that doesn’t Make America Great Again™ here], but we can’t help our homeless vets” … gets the same point across.

Mickey Tettleton is also way up there at 135, tied with Roy Cullenbine, who was Mr. OBP before anyone thought that was even a thing.

Actually 1,242.704 higher than his WHIP, but I take your point … 😉

We sure are. Feel free to weigh in.

I want to believe this, although, I wouldn’t underestimate Manfred’s or Tony Clark’s ability to shoot themselves or their constituents in the ****.

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Yeah, what about Biden?

The Twitter trolls can’t be 100% located on foreign soil, can they? They can certainly be both US-based and backed by foreign benefactors. Heck, we have a federal government lousy with people like that.

Isn’t that why Hegseth is going after Kelly now? Same reason the child predators are desperate to hang Epstein on the Democrats when all the evidence point to themselves. Page one of the Projection Playbook.

So much for the Hire the Most ****able-Looking Candidate strategy.

I saw the first two episodes last night and I am so here for it. I have strong speculation about what happens next but I can’t say because I am two eps behind and don’t want to spoil it for people coming in behind me. Also, can I just tell you: I have graduated from a 59” 1080p TV from 2010 with a 30hz refresh rate to a 2025 65” 4K TV with a 120hz refresh rate and, I gotta tell ya, talk about night and day difference. The smoothness of motion and the 4K filming make it look as close to live as I could ever have imagined.

Players typically want more years with more total money versus fewer years with even much higher AAV, so, I would regard it as highly doubtful he would take that.