She’s 💯 spot on….

We won't last 33 more months of this.

This must stop.

We must make it stop.

Cold games, hot starts, even early for a band of Erie stars: Callahan, Stephenson, Peck, Jenkins, and a pair of newcomers The SeaWolves lost some celebrities (McGonigle, Clark, et al) and aren't getting a lot of love heading into 2026. But check out that first series against Lehigh, and ask: Why the shrugs?

It wasn't only that a few higher-profile guys (Callahan, Peck, Stephenson, etc.) had a fine first series for Double-A Erie -- it was a couple of newcomers, one with a 100-mph fastball, who impressed. Tigers Intelligence Report open.substack.com/pub/tigersin...

Henning: 15 thoughts, predictions as the Tigers open their 2025 season Fifteen irrepressible thoughts about the 2025 Tigers as they prepare for an opening series against (gulp) the Dodgers.

Looking at the Tigers in 2025, and seeing much: a pair of potential mid-season surprises, via trade and minor-league promotion; a win-loss record dented severely by the Parker Meadows void; rebound for a certain hitter; trade chips emerging. Detroit News.https://shorturl.at/gzDXT

The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.

Michigan would be exquisitely served by a Buttigieg Senate run. But the nation would be better-led if he runs for the White House in 2028. Am of the unshakeable conviction he will win, in either pursuit. Believe others, by the day, will see him as a nation's desperately needed answer. And he is.

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Reunions are noteworthy for genuine, heartfelt hugs. Here's one for Dr. Janice.

Tigers expected to sign Cris Rodriguez as Latin American forays improve The Tigers are expected to sign one of the top available prospects when the international signing period begins Wednesday.

The past two Tigers signing scorecards from Latin America, including Wednesday's formal announcements, hint that a long-fumbling MLB club has turned around its domestic, and international, safaris. What's changed? Detroit News story. shorturl.at/rZMnv

Can we just admit that we NEED immigrants for our economy to run, from agriculture to high tech?

We’re a goddamn nation of immigrants, aren’t we? Let’s be proud of our immigrant heritage!

Should we continue to encourage kids to go to college ? Or push them to take up a trade ?

I believe in college. Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill. Being exposed to people of different backgrounds, makes yiu wiser

Qualifier- it should be a school you can afford.

Maxwell was the living embodiment of idyllic Tigers Sundays in the 1950s If searching for one Tigers name that conveyed a radio blaring Tigers games to the tune of Van Patrick’s booming voice, it might well be Charlie Maxwell.

Charlie Maxwell -- when Hula Hoops and sock-hops were in vogue, baseball's blessings were embodied by a Sunday home-run specialist from Paw Paw, Michigan. Detroit News farewell. shorturl.at/oWG1q

From @ennui365

Detroit News 2025 Top 50 Detroit Tigers prospects Detroit News contributor Lynn Henning breaks down his top 50 Detroit Tigers prospects heading into the 2025 season.

Detroit News 2025 Top 50 Detroit Tigers prospects. From @lynnhenning.bsky.social

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I like this…..

Forgot to post this spectacular sunset from two nights ago.

the scariest words you'll hear from a voter: "I do my own research" cc: @radiofreetom.bsky.social

Guess which ‘one’ hasn’t figured it out yet?! 👇

Just one guess. 🇺🇸

Pre-Existing Conditions Our healthcare system has been broken for a long time. Here are some old thoughts on the same old problems.

@gregolear.bsky.social is 100% right when he predicts if GOP repeals ACA and replaces it with anything less than universal healthcare there will be hell to pay. Vigilantes will be coming for them from both sides of the political spectrum. #EnoughIsEnough

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Another environmental catastrophe caused by Russians east of Crimea, after one of their decaying oil tankers broke apart on high seas 2 days ago, 35km of pristine coastline has been contaminated in true Russian style.

And these tankers are now all over the world.

You don’t have “too many books.” You have a perfectly curated library.

Disagree: Been voting for 35 years and it's not always a slam dunk. Lots of players through the years are within an eyelash, either way. It helps sometimes to table a vote for a year, or even more. History constantly sharpens perspective. You want a vote to be disciplined, and not one you regret.

Neither gender nor sexual orientation compares with the prejudice Obama twice defeated. To repeat: Nikki Haley easily would have tromped Biden, or Harris, had she been able to wrest Trump from the cult. Buttigieg won't get votes from those who would never vote for a Dem. But he'll get ample others.

"Qualifications" are easily established as Presidential candidates go. But you've got to make people excited to vote for you. HRC began with 55% unfavorables. They never changed. Harris flunked out of the 2020 primary, then had Biden's (unjust) stigma. She did better, frankly, than anticipated.

Bill Belichick dealing with NIL.

Bill Belichick at Media Days.

Bill Belichick dealing with 6-7 reporters in a cramped auxiliary after a rainy-soaked game at Virginia.

It’s all gonna be so glorious.

I give it two years.

It's not gender, per se. And here's your proof: Had Trump not somehow obstructed her way, Nikki Haley would have been the GOP nominee, and winner, against either Biden or Harris. Being gay will no more disqualify Buttigieg than being Black kept Obama from two terms. It's about the person -- solely.

Betsey: Buttigieg would have won the nomination in 2024 had Biden not gummed-it-up. He'll be a transformative presence in 2028. When the world will need a transformative U.S. President.