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Yes, narratives. That's right. Got it.

I always love how the media is the fall guy and all this. I really do.

How about team or player? There's an idea.

We don't control it.

Also, too, it's not a narrative.

You hired Scott Bores for a reason. It's not a narrative.

Your agent acts a fool.

Not a narrative. Your agent

seemingly is trying to get you traded.

I don't think that's a narrative.

I think that's a decent conclusion.

The team, there's no narrative.

Jeff Passon spoke to baseball contemporaries and front office executives.

They're saying the Tigers are unreasonable to deal the player, but also unwilling to pay him.

That's not a narrative.

I would love nothing more than have Terrick Scouble here, but I live in reality, and if you're not going to pay him, you trade him.

But it seems like we're hurtling towards tigers doing neither of those things, keeping him,

fooling you into thinking they're actually trying to win a World Series, and then getting a blessed comp pick at the end of it, which I'm sorry, I'm so sick and tired of hearing about this crap. Oh, but it's $8 to $10 billion of surplus value. Great. And a World Series is priceless. Right. Just sick of it. So, yeah, I just, oh, God, players annoy the hell out of me.

See, and that's why I'm annoyed with Scoobo. Bingo. And I understand everything you say, Rico, and that is part of it. But the fact that he's out here, every time he speaks, he wants to come off like the victim. Like, I don't know why, you know, the trade stuff and, oh, I don't know where these numbers are coming from. If you're that naive and your agent is out there speaking for you, speaking on your behalf

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