I wish I knew. And I wish it was more than them being soft and lame.

The Senate vote will still happen (and fail), but it was never anything more than symbolic -- and the Dems knew that. Nonstarter in the House.

Hurts them in so many ways, including hopes of making any meaningful trades. It should be easy to put together a package for a 1-year rental like Taylor Ward but then you look at the farm and realize you have to give up guys who are #5 through #10, because the dropoff is so steep.

this is what I wrote this book for. so on a cultural level we can try to get through it as quickly and with as little harm as possible. and on an individual level: don't listen to the AI or Reddit when they tell you to cut off your OK-but-sometimes-annoying family/

www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...

I'm worried what they did to the cats in response

I don't see how this is even a question. He's a sunk cost. They have first-half pitching question marks. He will give you very respectable starts as the #5 guy and eat innings. There's a lot of value there.

Put a Santa hat on it and you're set

Some backrooms vibes there

The Perrys with multiple films on this list!

A great Christmas film!
Saving my rewatch for next month.

Both REMEMBER MY NAME and PEPPERMINT FRAPPE made me realize that Geraldine Chaplin is the most underrated actress of all time.

Missing (1982).
The first 45 minutes were already incredible.
But they packed an even more unsettling gut punch when viewed in 2025.

I understand the reticence.
But there's not a ton out there.
And I'd stay far far far away from Tucker.
At which point, what? Are you looking at an Alonso or Bregman signing just to stay afloat?