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That's because none of these policies helps the capitalist class, which is what the Republicans represent.

But are Trump and his regime themselves pocketing more money? I’m pretty sure that’s his only benchmark for success.

This is exactly where I’m at. I recognize Bruce’s exalted status in the American popular musical canon. It’s his sound, that sax-heavy south Jersey sound—it’s just not my bag.

Of course he existed—he’s right there in the picture! 😜

This is a cute picture from the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, which made me go "awww" until I realized that the kid the dad is carrying would be either pushing 80 or pushing up daisies today.

Does the CBA they agreed to allow it?

I assume they had input, only because I believe we'd be hearing loud complaints from them had they not.

Willie Horton. Any such set is woefully incomplete without him.

I believe that could happen only if Baseball can get Players, which include pitchers, on board for it.

True though this might be in theory—even if it's based on reality—in practice, anyone, including you and me, would be far less likely to press for a challenge on a call we're not 100% sure of in the first inning in the interest of keeping our powder dry for challenges late in the game when we need them in game situations with higher leverage—which, a tie game lead in the eighth or ninth innings is situationally higher leverage than the same tie score in the first or second innings.

Agree with all this. A lot of people believe Kevin should have challenged the strike three call to start the second inning, but I can see the logic of his not asking for a challenge right then, given how low leverage a situation it was and, thus, how high the marginal cost of being wrong would have been.

Pitch framing will be a thing as long as there is any discretion allowed for umpires calling pitches. Only once there is a total robot ump regime will pitch framing cease.

Flip side, do higher prices incentivize the country that extracts the most oil from the ground to go all in even harder on draining the earth of every last drop of fossil fuel possible?

I think the problem last night is clear: those amateur men’s team’s jerseys and the two toned caps were bad juju. The baseball gods have spoken.

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Was benetti broadcasting from the bathroom there for a minute or so?

Riley did not have to leave his feet for that.

I think had Gleyber caught that throw, runner’s out.

Tork’s was the third shoulda-been homer this series.

I would guess it’s how they are assessing umps.

They’re gonna know a lot better within a month, I bet.

What you might be missing is that Max is not Kevin McGonigle, who has raised the bar that high for all the other prospects we will now inevitably be disappointed in when they don't rake out of the gate once they're promoted. Max is a different player with a different skill set and different timeline. I'm willing to give him that time to develop into his best baseball self.

I mentioned this in the first game thread, but I am beyond thrilled with the change in graphics on the screen for Tigers telecasts. First off all, that terrible 24/7 crawl is gone, finally. Secondly, the gambling touts have, so far, been completely absent, not only from the graphics, but as drop-ins by panel, booth, and field talent as well. I was afraid that when the team signed the deal with Bet666, or whatever it's called, all the gambling angles would work their way into the broadcasts in the way they don't during other MLB-produced broadcasts. But so far, the only indication that gambling company is involved is the persistent screen bug (logo) in the upper right portion of the screen, and it's an opaque white logo that's easy to overlook or even lose in behind-the-plate crowd shots. It's even smaller than the MLB logo that runs on other ex-Main Street telecasts, which I'm totally good with, and thankfully not a full color screen bug the way they have on the new BravesVision broadcast, which sucks for their fans. The betting company partnership does make me concerned that it will survive the break with MLB maybe as soon as next year, if the team creates their own TigersVision thing brought to you by [Gambling Company], with all the touting and graphic detritus we saw with FanDuel the past few seasons. But that's for 2027 me to whine about. Twenty-twenty-six me is happy with the new state of the telecast as it stands today.

Booooo