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Sure, I get exactly why they are doing it. That's not the mystery. The mystery is, how did we as a collective country let everything crash this far this fast. I think we all intellectually knew that democracy is fragile, but I don't think any of us truly understood that American democracy was this fragile, like an eggshell.

Seriously, how much time do any of those Republican "lawmakers" spend making any law?

Not to worry, he'll repent.

I do know this, and the point of my post was not to ask why my jurisdictions charge me sales tax if they don't even have a presence here, but that the fact they can charge it is literal theft because I get nothing back for it. It's essentially a junk fee.

How does that help us re Sweeney now?

Can they refile in another jurisdiction? Can the Supreme Court overturn the striking of the suit? There's got to be a way they can subvert justice on this, right?

I think we're really good this season—certainly good enough to be a .556 team overall, even if we're not as good as were were through July 8, or as bad as we've been since August 24. Honestly, I wouldn't expect us to be dramatically better next season than this.

Got it. Sorry for the confusion. Stupid common Spanish names ... 😉

I don't know, given that you're a regular on this sidebar, that looked about as direct as it could be without flat out @ing you.

Because there's nobody else in the system we can easily replace Sweeney with? TBF, Sweeney has started only 17 games and had a mere 67 plate trips in the entire second half, so it's not as though it's going unnoticed.

If you mean up the most games before losing a pennant or division, that might be right. I can't find any other team up as many as 14 and ending up out of first place. If you mean the most sudden collapse at the end of a season, you would be definitely be correct, if we do end up blowing it. The gold standard has always been the 1951 Dodgers, who were up 13 on August 11 with 47 games left on the schedule before coughing up the pennant (or having it stolen from them) by Bobby Thomson and the Giants. Entire books have been written about that collapse (in part because they were the Brooklyn Dodgers, natch). By contrast, the Tigers were up 11-1/2 on August 23 with 31 games left on the schedule. A slightly smaller number than 13, but way fewer games to blow it in. So yeah, I believe we would supplant those Dodgers as the worst late-season collapse ever.

It is also dependent on who the opposition is, what the score is, how many runs you've scored that inning, and what inning it is. Also agree that the double play comes onto the table, but also, a potential triple play if it's a sharp line drive to anyone on the infield, especially the third baseman playing in.

Too bad we don't have a WOW reaction face I could put on that!

Harris is not going anywhere. You'll be gone from the Tigers before he will. So strap in and enjoy the ride!

Definitely not the Catholic Church I was brought up in. Loving Hippie Jesus wept.

I wish I could give you three likes for this one. The trolliest part of this whole thing was the demand out of nowhere on Sinclair stationery that Kimmel make a substantial personal donation to Charlie Kirk's despicable TPUSA organization. Sinclair has exactly zero direct ties to that outfit, so what the **** was in it for them to demand that?

Pretty much the same percentage as for practically everything else. Death camps with glass walls built in toney suburbs would probably also get a 50-35 disapproval rating.

Yeah, I don't think they're catching anyone by surprise with their baserunning anymore.

So that means we're gonna sweep 'em, because baseball, right? 😁

@Sports_Freak?

Also not for nothing: this. All this right here. This is why the hard right, with Trump as its face, keeps doing all the terrible things they know will divide the country. They want people like us fighting with each other, instead of talking with each other, because people who focus on fighting can’t work together to make good things actually happen. People who are divided are easier to conquer. And the people at the top are there to make money off the entire thing. And we down here are the suckers. All of us. It’s working like a charm. How does that phrase go? “A house divided against itself cannot stand?” I think that applies here.

And not for nothing, a lot of the lazier media outlets relying on content churners just out of college for keeping their websites filled aren’t regularly questioning it.

Depending on which district it winds its way through and whether it lands in the laps of the highest handpicked court in the land.

Especially if their business hopes and dreams lie in the hands of the regime.

I believe they’re going to run a tribute the Charlie Kirk, which will certainly contain nothing of what he’s actually said on his show. And then they’ll just re-run it over and over to pwn libtards.