Families spread across a row don’t really affect the efficiency of this method very much. You will still not have to deal with people who have already sat down who would have to get up to accommodate someone in an inside seat.

Cash for clunkers took 665,000 cars off the road. The total reduction in sales of automobiles between 2008 and 2012 was responsible for about 18,000,000 fewer cars being manufactured. This means the recession is about 25 times more responsible than cash for clunkers for shortages in the used car market.

Counterpoint: Airlines treat you like shit because you decide who to fly based on who has the lowest price and you don’t mind taking the risk of being treated like shit to save $2 on your base fare. This is how we get airlines like Spirit where people who don’t understand what they are getting for their $19 ticket to…

Why exactly did the Post give Bruce Allen anonymity to trash McCloughan?

I wonder how much of the longer-term trend is attributable to TV. Commercials create a minimum time between innings and pitching changes. It wasn’t too long ago (15 years maybe) that not every game was televised.

Thank you for your service. Enjoy your retirement. A lot of us will have difficult conversations with our daughters tomorrow.

Some people have to tuck their shirts in for a living.

Extra innings right now and the Tigers’ fate lies in the hands of Ian Krol. I guess “extra innings” doesn’t mean 10th or 11th innings.

The ugliest thing about that line is the sac bunt after two straight walks to lead off the inning. Why give away an out to a team that can't throw a strike?

I'd rather have the pitcher batting.

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