Vanimal46

Made his Cubs debut yesterday and got the save. Throwing 97 MPH. We didn't need him. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/craig-kimbrel-shakes-off-the-rust/

Trevor Plouffe had a funny reply to this tweet: "Can't wait to tell my kids I played in the dead ball era."

2 things really stuck out to me that contributed to his bad night. The lack of a rebuttal to Harris is one. The other is excluding NRA from any blame for the guns issue in America. I paused and listened again last night just to make sure I didn't misinterpret that quote. Disappointing.

Both Biden and Bernie showed their age last night. Both are certainly sticking around until the bitter end, but I don't think either will encourage others outside of their core fans to go out and vote for them.

I don't think Biden is ready for this new trend of presidential debates... He was visibly thrown off by Harris' attack last night. When you have to address and account for all of your stances and beliefs over 30+ years that makes it tough. These days it's an advantage not to have a extensive voting track record for opponents to dig into.

It's caught up to him. Once Marwin is back, the corresponding move should be sending Sano to Rochester. Arraez IMO has earned another 40-50 PAs over Sano.

.761 OPS now. Seems to go down by 100 points every week it's been pitched that strikeouts aren't a problem.

Biden's having a rough night. Dodging questions, getting owned by Harris, and a bad answer for the first issue he would change when he enters the oval office.

Uhh...

An open border to me is allowing anyone and everyone to enter and leave the country as they please without questioning their reasons for coming here. Almost akin to me driving to New Orleans, or you driving to Green Bay. As far as your other questions related to it: Does an open boarder scare you because we don't know who would enter? Yes, somewhat. It may just be a manufactured safety blanket with our current practices today and they don't really accomplish a lot. But to me it does provide safety. Do we think immigrants aren't good for local economies? Probably not for the local economies that actually need it. There's opportunity in rural communities with an aging boomer population to fill the gap with new immigrants. My assumption is they continue to flood large urban cities who have their own population issues. o we not want people to enter because they follow a different religion? I could care less about religion. Pray to 1 God, 8 gods, no god at all, doesn't matter. Or do you just think America can't absorb a large influx of immigrants? Yes that's really what it boils down too. Not knowing how to absorb a large influx of immigrants at once. Like I mentioned before, I think there's opportunity to spread out immigrants to rural areas of the country with a growing population of aging people. The problem is no one wants to move or live there anymore.

On this thread alone Pseudo typed this is Trump's flagship issue, and gunnarthor typed that the GOP is using xenophobia and racism to win votes. So yes, people here, and all over the internet, are blaming this all on Trump. Every past President over the last 25 years, including the current one, have a part in this problem. That I can agree with. The problem with the "woke" society is assuming what all Americans want. I promise you won't read what I think other people and races think. I'm not them, nor do I know what they really want. Let's stop speaking for a large subgroup of people who all have individual thoughts, ideas, and needs. We do agree on not wanting open borders. From what I was hearing from Castro yesterday, who got praise from some on this thread, is him wanting to make the borders more open and accessible. Not sure I can agree with his take.

I disagree the metering policy alone is causing more desperation than past administrations have dealt with. This has been an ongoing issue for 20+ years, and there are always going to be immigrants desperate to cross the border into the United States. I thought Obama took a hard stance on immigration during his tenure and agreed with what he was doing. Trump is taking an even more firm stance on immigration certainly. Sometimes harsh tactics are needed to control a situation that has been growing out of control for a long time. Perhaps the issue now is letting immigrants linger in these facilities and not deport sooner... According to ICE statistics, during the Obama administration the high point of deportations was ~410,000 in 2012, and the low point was 2015 & 2016 with ~250,000. https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/enforcement-actions During Trump's tenure, he's deported 226,119 in 2017, rising to 256,085 in fiscal year 2018 and 282,242 for fiscal year 2019 as of June. Let's also not pretend these detention facilities, some that were built during the Obama administration, were EVER described as good living conditions either. https://www.acluaz.org/en/cases/doe-v-nielsen

We'll remember Angie today, and maybe tomorrow... Two weeks from now? Who knows. Is this what Tania Avalos wants or needs right now? Did any publication or media outlet ask if she wants the image of her dead husband and daughter face down in a river to be shared all across the internet and used as a political weapon? Perhaps we should start using sensationalist pictures of kids lying dead from mass shootings to drive home the agenda that guns are bad too.

I.... Beto Speaks Spanish. That's I...

At least both parties are on the same page now and admit there's a border crisis... Back in December when Trump shut down the government it was labeled as a 'manufactured crisis' by Chuck Schumer and Nancy Polosi. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/449214-dems-make-u-turn-on-calling-border-a-manufactured-crisis We're seeing an unprecedented influx of immigrants at the southern border than any time in history. We're on pace for 1 million border apprehensions this year, the highest year over year increase in our nation's history. https://www.rand.org/blog/2019/05/common-sense-solutions-to-the-border-crisis.html And yet it's the same **** over and over. Republicans blocking Democrats from getting policies implemented and vice versa. As far as his policy goals and ****ing up, I disagree. He's mostly enforced his policy goal during his campaign. Which was pledging "sweeping changes" such as the wall (hasn't been done), sharp cuts to legal immigration, and "extreme" vetting of applicants during admission. The number of legal immigration admissions have been reduced to levels in the 1980s. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/immigration-under-trump-review-policy-shifts Of course implementation can get dicey when state and local agencies can push back and refuse to oblige to the policy... At the end of the day, there's a significant passion gap between pro-immigration and anti-immigration. The thought of open borders, which that idea sounds like something you support, is just as scary to some as locked down borders are to you. Trump and this administration are mostly in a lose lose scenario. If he took the same stance as Obama, saying "Don't send your children, or we'll send them back" he'll be a bigoted racist. How realistic is it to vet an exponentially growing number of immigrants quickly? Maybe if both parties stopped with their d**k measuring contests saying ours is the better bill we could get something accomplished.

Split squad game... Gotta wait until it matters more before putting Warren and Bern on the same stage.

Even Democratic candidates head down to Florida for spring training! Who increased their velocity over the winter? Who changed up their pitch mix? Most importantly, who's in the best shape of their life?

Obama in 2014, faced with the same issues going on today, said this to George Stephanopoulos: “Our message absolutely is don't send your children unaccompanied, on trains or through a bunch of smugglers,” Obama told ABC’s Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview here. “We don't even know how many of these kids don't make it, and may have been waylaid into sex trafficking or killed because they fell off a train. Do not send your children to the borders,” he said. “If they do make it, they'll get sent back. More importantly, they may not make it.” Fast forward to today, and immigrants are still sending their children on their own to cross the border. Perhaps the mistake now is not sending them back immediately? Or have the goal posts shifted? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/obama-warns-central-americans-send-children-borders/story?id=24320063

This has been a problem for years... Not just because of recent policy changes. But, we tend to forget because there's a new national crisis every day. This photo will generate buzz for a while, then we'll move on, sadly.

I don't think they know how maximizing value works... Separating the transactions will fetch them a higher quantity of players. Combining them together will fetch a higher quality headliner.

Wade is on the 40 man. I doubt they create an unnecessary roster crunch trying to add Rooker to the 40 right now.

Unless the Twins play the Yankees... Then it's all too predictable. *Ducks and run*

Proven bullpen talent like Ryne Harper, Mike Morin, Matt Magill, Zach Littell, Adalberto Mejia, and Kohl Stewart?

Acquiring him would make me very happy.