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I tend to agree. A little brutal to judge Bond based on that game. The body of work on Judkins being 'off' - or just not as good as we hoped before his injury is growing, we've seen multiple weeks of so-so running from him. Bond - one game in the wet isn't a good barometer of his ability.

RE Bond:

He had one pass thrown at him at about 100 MPH in a pouring rain, and another thrown behind him on a crossing route. I suppose they were both catchable ....... but both were made far harder on the WR than they needed to be.

Welp, we split in Tampa, not the worst start to the series.

Jose had a really rough game tonight.

Get 'em in Ceveland!

Go Guards!

I think Peen responded to me in the other thread so I’ll put my reply here:


has the number of political ads per network increased over time

Yes, the total volume and financial expenditure of political advertising have increased significantly over time, driven by record-breaking election budgets and expanding media channels, though the distribution across traditional broadcast networks versus digital and streaming platforms has shifted.

Key Trends Over Time

• Rising Total Spending Records: U.S. political ad spending has broken records across recent election cycles—climbing from roughly $8.9 billion in the 2022 midterms to over $11.2 billion in the 2024 presidential cycle, and projected to reach around $11.6 billion for the 2026 midterms according to AdImpact via Axios and video data.
• Shift Toward Digital and Streaming: While traditional broadcast and cable television still capture a large share of spending, Connected TV (CTV) and digital/social media platforms (such as Meta and Google/YouTube) have grown exponentially. For instance, CTV political ad spending surged into the billions as campaigns target streaming audiences.
• Network-Specific Fluctuations: Traditional cable and broadcast networks see massive influxes of spot-buying concentrated heavily in the final 30 days before major elections, though individual traditional news networks can experience cyclical dips or shifts depending on how heavily specific candidates lean into digital, podcast, or super PAC-funded outreach rather than direct network airtime.

Putting this in the proper thread…


It’s all so nauseating. Musk is obviously at the top of my chit list but good lord all the special interest and PAC money poured into politics…this is not the form of government we were supposed to have. I don’t care if it’s Musk, Soros, Koch or Santa Claus. It’s awful.

They have supercharged their funding levels as well. Every time I watch a Browns game, my kids and I have to tolerate commercials about how one candidate wants us all to be transgender beastiality vegans and another about how that candidate wants to turn my basement into a data center.

When I talk about how exhausted I am, this is a big reason why.

Sorry my previous post was in the wrong thread.

More media sources means more money needed to put out the message. I don't know that politics is any more muck raking than it ever was. It's just that in the "old" days you had newspapers and 3 TV networks. That is all the public had, so the ads were concentrated there. Candidates didn't have to spread the message over dozens of channels. Since the ads were concentrated over 3 networks, they didn't have to buy as many spots because everybody was going to see them enough to meet saturation goals

People don't sit down and watch CBS all night long. They flip channels dozens of time per hour or two. Especially since people don't get up or order a kid to go change the channel. The number of Ads per station is probably about the same. It's just that we are watching many more stations a day, thus we are seeing the ads many more times a day.

It’s all so nauseating. Musk is obviously at the top of my chit list but good lord all the special interest and PAC money poured into politics…this is not the form of government we were supposed to have. I don’t care if it’s Musk, Soros, Koch or Santa Claus. It’s awful.

They have supercharged their funding levels as well. Every time I watch a Browns game, my kids and I have to tolerate commercials about how one candidate wants us all to be transgender beastiality vegans and another about how that candidate wants to turn my basement into a data center.

When I talk about how exhausted I am, this is a big reason why.

Thanks! This week was down to the wire with almost the entire field!

I had fallen asleep and woke up in the ninth.

After Jose stole second I was looking at his lead thinking he is trying to draw a throw. Then he took off and the ball was hit foul.

He still took a big lead. Then took off as the pitch was made and sure as hell the third baseman went to cover and the ball goes where he had been.

It was cool as hell. When he gets that look. Jose is all in for the win. He is one of a few who can beat you in many ways.

Homewood, I didn't look up stats, just knew he had looked good with the little I had seen. I hoped he might take up some of Jeudy's slack. That game was not that solution. I truly do not care to see more of the work he had last week. Not giving credit for last year. It is The Bigs. Certainly not the only weakness.

Bond is fine. He had a terrible game in the rain. He has been sure handed, and those mitts have pulled in some really hard to catch balls.

This is no different than Szmyt and everyone wanting to run him straight out of town after one terrible game. We see how that has worked out.

If Concepcion is out next Sunday, I predict a breakout game for Bond.

Don't give up on him yet, dawgs.

A bit of a hike in prices since the 2016 World Series prices. I would absolutely forgo going if it meant a sweep, my youngest son, maybe not so much, lol.

Cardinals trade WR Marvin Harrison Jr. to Texans

Marvin Harrison Jr. is officially on the move.

The Cardinals traded the third-year wide receiver and a 2027 sixth-round pick to the Texans in exchange for 2027 second-round and seventh-round selections, Arizona announced Monday. The deal is official, pending the passing of a physical.

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported the news Sunday afternoon.

“Decisions like this are never easy,” Cardinals general manager Monti Ossenfort said in a statement. “Ultimately, we have to do what is best for our football team and that will always be the driving factor. We are extremely grateful to Marvin for what he has contributed to our organization and wish him the very best as he moves forward in his career.”

The trade comes after ESPN and NFL Network reported Saturday that the Cardinals were finalizing a trade to send Harrison to at the time an unidentified team.

The Texans reportedly had been in trade talks for Harrison, and that smoke proved to be the fire of a deal that will send the No. 4 overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft from the NFC West to the AFC South.

"You guys want to know, huh? Yes, we traded for Marvin Harrison," Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans said on Sunday following his team's 26-3 win over the Titans.

Harrison entered the NFL with Hall of Fame heritage and sky-high expectations after a celebrated career at Ohio State.

But 33 games into his pro career, Harrison has struggled to live up to his draft billing.

Harrison entered his third season with 103 catches for 1,493 yards and 12 touchdowns over 29 games, but he struggled through consistency and injuries over those first two years.

His play, however, has cratered through four games to begin the 2026 season. Harrison has just five receptions on 13 targets for 85 yards and a TD this season and was subject to trade speculation the past few weeks.

One team that was rumored as a potential destination was the Indianapolis Colts. It would have been a logical fit and a familiar new home for Harrison, as the Colts are currently without Alec Pierce due to injury, and Harrison's father, Marvin Harrison, starred in Indy during his Hall of Fame career from 1996 to 2008.

Harrison instead will head to a different AFC South team in Houston and one that is looking to save its season after an 0-4 start -- now 1-4 following the Texans' win on Sunday -- that has quickly soured what was thought to be a potential Super Bowl year for Ryans' squad.

Harrison will reunite with his former college QB in C.J. Stroud with the Texans and will fit into a receiver room led by Nico Collins and potentially Tank Dell, who returned to practice this past week.

https://www.nfl.com/news/marvin-harrison-jr-trade-texans-cardinals

"Reunited, and it feels so good
Reunited, 'cause we understood
There's one perfect fit
And, sugar, this one is it
We both are so excited
'Cause we're reunited, hey, hey"

Dang.. I saw the prices and it went right back into bucket list for me. I certainly hope you get to use those tickets.. UNLESS of course, it's because the Guards sweep their opponent in the WS.

And what does that have to do with your comment about "cheerleading for criminals"? I can help you out with that. Absolutely nothing.


No, not it's not. The families of victims have always been permitted to witness executions. This would be no different and showing it to the public has nothing to do with that. You don't need to live stream it to the entire public to see just so military members can view it. Closed circuit would solve the very thing you are speaking of. Closed-circuit television (CCTV) is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific, limited set of monitors rather than broadcasting it to the general public. For some reason you're buying into a false narrative here.


This isn't about criminal rights in any way. As has been pointed out to you, victims families have already been given the right to witness executions of people who have killed their family members. Retribution is his execution. See how closed circuit viewing works again from above. That would totally address military members having the availability to see it.


And yet nobody in this thread has disputed that. Why do you ignore everything else posted in this thread regarding why this isn't as good idea to support this false narrative?

Where did he get those that have no problem with public execution is fake Christian? There are many soldiers out there that want retribution for their brothers and sisters in uniform that were killed by this man. The public live streaming is more for the military than anything else. Besides that, he is a criminal and criminals have no rights. If you do not want to watch do watch. I have no interest in watching. I will not watch but I understand why so many of our service men have a vested interest in watching and seeing retribution. Even though the righteous should never rejoice when an evil man dies. That person was still made in the image of God and an image bearer of God being killed is not a thing anyone wants. But his actions deserve death and his actions have determined his fate.

Yes, somewhere in your addled mind people agreeing that he should be executed is "cheerleading for criminals". How many times were you dropped on your head as a child?

You keep cheerleading for criminals!!!

Bard, I looked up last year's stats on Bond. It said he only had 1 dropped pass and 18 receptions. He was targeted 44 times. So that works out to 5-6 drops for 100 receptions. I don't think that's too bad. The thing is his drops Sunday might have cost us the game so you can't blame everyone for dumping on him. I still feel he's worth keeping on the team and developing.

Since 2020, Elon Musk has donated at least $656 million in publicly known contributions to Republican-aligned committees, super PACs, and election efforts.

Musk's political giving transformed entirely after 2020. During the 2020 election, he did not financially back Donald Trump or Republican national efforts, choosing instead to vote for Joe Biden. His large-scale financial alignment with the Republican party began in 2022 and escalated heavily through the 2024 and 2026 election cycles:

Total Known Donations by Election Cycle

• 2022 Midterms: (Minimal direct federal PAC contributions, though he publicly endorsed voting for Republicans). He also reportedly routed roughly $50 million to a conservative issue-advocacy group, Citizens for Sanity, in the lead-up to these elections.

• 2024 Election: Approximately $290 million, primarily driven by his newly created America PAC to fund massive ground-game and voter turnout efforts to elect Donald Trump and down-ballot Republicans.

• 2026 Midterm Cycle: Approximately $366 million. Recent campaign filings revealed a massive surge in his giving, officially making him the single largest known donor of the 2026 midterms.

Where the 2026 Midterm Money Went

Musk's recent $366 million push is heavily consolidated into saving the Republican congressional majorities:

• Senate Leadership Fund: $158 million (The main super PAC backing Republican Senate candidates).

• America PAC: $76 million (His personal super PAC driving nationwide GOP door-knocking operations).

• Congressional Leadership Fund: $20 million (The main super PAC for House Republicans).

• State & Local GOP Groups: $22 million (Including $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC supporting Texas Republicans, $10 million to the Republican Governors Association, and $2 million to the Republican Attorneys General Association).

• Prior 2026 Contributions: $90 million contributed earlier in the cycle before July.

George Soros has spent over 300 million on elections since 2020 alone.

Weird that I never see him mentioned by you as "at it again". Is that just because the Dems waste it so terribly or is there some sense of bias??

World Series tickets to Home Game 3 (game 5 in the series) purchased!

Get another win tonight.

Go Guardians!

He's at it again................

Elon Musk quietly becomes biggest known donor in midterm contests as he tries to save Republicans

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk, the world’s only trillionaire, has quietly become the biggest known donor in this year’s midterm elections, doling out more than $276 million since July to try to save Republican majorities in Congress.

The numbers, first reported by the New York Times ahead of this week’s federal filing deadline, were confirmed by Andrew Romeo, a spokesperson for Musk’s super PAC.

The money includes $158 million given to the Senate Leadership Fund, the main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates, one of the largest known political donations in American history, according to the Times.

Another $76 million went to America PAC, a Musk super PAC, which has once again built out a major turnout operation like the one it used to help elect President Donald Trump by knocking on doors in 2024.

Musk also provided $10 million to Lone Star Liberty PAC, a group that supports the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, Ken Paxton. The race has been a major focus of Musk’s efforts.

It’s a dramatic turnaround since last May, when Musk said he intended to cut back on future political spending. “I think I’ve done enough,” he said at the time.

Despite the cash infusion, Musk has generally kept a lower profile than in 2024, when he appeared on stage next to Trump at rallies, and in the early days of the president’s second term, when he led the Department of Government Efficiency.

He had a falling out with Trump while leaving his government post, but the two have since reconciled. Trump presented Musk with the National Medal of Science last week.

Musk’s net worth has fluctuated around the trillion-dollar line this year based on changes in stock prices, but he topped $1 trillion again last week according to Forbes magazine.

Republican have a gaping financial advantage over their Democratic counterparts — a disparity that has been a rare bright spot for a party that is bracing for major potential losses amid deep voter frustration over the president’s performance, stubbornly high prices and the unpopular war with Iran.

They have been using the money to blanket the airwaves in the race’s final stretch.

“These robust investments have allowed the G.O.P. apparatus to get its message out so Republicans can have a fighting chance to defy history,” Romeo told the Times.

Democrats responded to the news by accusing Republicans of using vast amounts of cash to mask their shortcomings.

“Republicans are hoping to buy these elections, injecting tens of millions into races to try and outrun their unpopular candidates, unpopular president, and unpopular economy,” said Lauren French, a spokesperson for Democrats’ Senate Majority PAC.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-midterms-republicans-donors-c06efc774a2e7c5d345e0d46641eb510