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I once read a critique of a critic (oooh, meta) who complained that Marlon Brando, playing Napoleon Bonaparte, had desecrated his performance by using his natural American accent instead of putting on the standard British accent. The critique did not miss the opportunity to point out that a British accent would not have been any more appropriate than an American accent, since Napoleon spoke French.

What, Walmart’s all out of solid major league starters? Bummer.

I totally remember that, and I still replay it in my head every once in a while!

Taking French in high school is certain to lead you to mispronounce “Gratiot”.

Are you done with Tork, then? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I could be talked into that, but then what do we do with him while his value is at low ebb?

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Sadly, none of it is helping anyone except themselves, in any way.

It’s even worse than that: they hated the prevailing norms because it did not explicitly privilege white Christians above all others. They wanted the norms destroyed so they could be seen and honored, even as they themselves don’t recognize it’s all just empty lip service. Who cares if the economy gets tanked, we become impoverished, and America gets stripped for parts? Jesus is coming any day now, anyway.

By the way, I think we can just go ahead and knock the S off the TDS. It’s just Trump Derangement at this point, because his behavior is completely out of range for normal presidents.

The question is right in the post.

Now you’re getting the picture! 😉😝

Gratiot Avenue.

I don't view Olson or Jobe nearly as optimistically as I view Max. A Pipeline-ranked pitching prospect is always viewed more cautiously than the same Pipeline-ranked hitting prospect.

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And that will be well and good if that happen, but it will only flip around when R takes the state back, which will happen not long afterwards. We can keep treating the symptoms, but nothing really changes until we cure the disease.

And you know it will strike a nerve when TrumpSocial starts calling for Hakeem to be hanged as a traitor.

Shocking—in that this is a rare case of Republicans engaging in repugnant and quasi-illegal political behavior that they did not accuse the Democrats of doing to them first.

It could be argued it's not a lie at all, because it is not a salary that he is taking.

I think we agree more than this exchange might suggest. My core point has never been that the left is blameless. It's that there's a meaningful difference between a party feeling electoral pressure on Israel policy versus a party being captured by antisemitic ideology. The former is happening with Democrats more so in recent times. The latter is what's happening on the right, and the two aren't comparable in scope or depth. That's my core point. I'll note here that your hope that a new Israeli government brings Democrats back does suggest that the break between the two, at the governing party level at least, is really about policy, not prejudice, and that's a distinction I've been wanting to draw all along.

We always have hopes for any player we see, even Gage Workman. When it comes to some level of expectation, I think of Max Clark as a universally-regarded position-player top prospect with no history of injuries, so I do expect positive contribution out of him. Is that a guarantee? No, but I don’t think it’s a crapshoot, either. I think the chances we get something out of Max are far higher than the chances we get nothing out of him. Will he be an 8-win superstar? That’s rare, but it’s within a reasonable range of outcomes for him specifically. A 5-win All-Star? I think that’s fairly probable at some point, if not perennially. Will he be a consistent 2-win everyday guy? I think he should be at least that, although I’d be disappointed if that’s where he topped out. Will he be a complete sub-replacement bust? I think the chances of that are very low, and I would be shocked if stayed healthy, played as hard as he could and up to his capabilities, and he were to crap out like that. I think something dramatic would have to happen, like a terrible freak injury, a series of Parker Meadows injuries, or even a serious diagnosed illness, for us to get nothing out of him. That pretty much sums up how I view Max Clark, which is very different from how I view Reese Olsen or Jackson Jobe.

So, you're not counting on them to ever contribute to the Tigers ever again, but also, you're not counting them out for their entire careers? In other words, out of sight, out of mind? is that fair?

Also a touch of bad luck: we are at 19-23, and pythag says we should be 21-21.

I think a lot of people thought all winter that we would get something out of Olson this year. I was myself hoping to. You probably knew something we didn't, but It wasn't until February when he went under the knife and was declared out for the year. I also think some people expected (still expect) something out of Jobe, but again, even if he does come back in August, he won't be going full bore until next spring. If you don't bake players into your projections because of injuries sustained during previous years, does that mean you regard Olson and Jobe as being done done for their careers?

It's true, I do have a Stathead subscription.

💯 There is no urgency here because we are just so decimated right now. Yes, I know it's early and we should recenter our focus on winning now, but that's just it: it's early, and we have a weak division. We do have a good deal of time yet, so rushing guys back, or rushing guys up, smacks of the kind of desperation that's not warranted just yet.