Dave Roberts

Diplomat | Marine | Father | Husband | Georgetown / Notre Dame | Detroit | Personal account: views expressed do not represent USG

[Dave Roberts @RobertsFSO]

@Schwalm5132 Well stated, thanks so much for sharing

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@CodyStavenhagen Sounds painful

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@McCainJack Couldn’t agree more. This is an eyesore.

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

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@jasonbenetti the last walk-off on that 1960 road trip was the last game Jimmy Dykes managed before the @tigers traded him to Cleveland for Joe Gordon. Only manager trade in baseball history!

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@JulioIsKing44 Ty Cobb has more hits than anyone in the Hall of Fame

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@ryangrim @daveweigel This joke is in extremely bad taste.

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@mckaycoppins Your article was an inflection point. I’ve hated what the apps have done to my favorite sports. So glad opposition is gaining momentum.

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@EvanPetzold @tigers Are there any photos from today’s game anywhere? Love seeing the Tigers wear green!

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@BFW Detroit is a hard one. When Wings are good it’s the top sport in town, hands down. Same is true for the Tigers. Lions have a deeper fan base, though, so they are always in the top 2 no matter what.

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@capitalweather Question from a typically-transient Washingtonian: how are tornado warnings communicated here? Would I expect an alert on my phone? Air raid sirens?

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@TigersJUK Worst case, he’s our Kershaw this year. They’ll work it out.

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Pretty great story right here

[Christopher Landau @DeputySecState]

This is one of my favorite anecdotes from this job. 36 years ago, President George HW Bush received the President of Bolivia, Jaime Paz (accompanied by his young sons) at the White House, and Paz gave Bush a golden family cross. Bush wrote Paz a characteristically gracious thank-you note and said that he would give instructions to return the family heirloom when one of the Paz boys became President. As fate would have it, one of them, Rodrigo Paz, was elected President of Bolivia last year. The Bush Library promptly contacted us, and yesterday in Doral @SecRubio returned the cross to the new President Paz with a copy of the note. And the best part? President Rodrigo Paz was able to share this story with his now 86-year-old father. Kudos to all, especially the @Bush41Library. Promises made, promises kept! 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇴

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@McCainJack

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@PaulMayne6 The photos in that park, with the seats close in and the dark backdrop contrasting with the uniforms, were sublime. No wonder some 10-20% of all Topps cards n the ‘80s were taken there, even for visiting teams. Tiger Stadium was the best, there’ll never be another like it.

[Dave Roberts @RobertsFSO]

@BBGreatMoments Love JV but would also be tempted to slot Lolich or Newhouser in as SP. Some dissent from others here on Todd Jones, but he was more consistenly good for longer than Willie, who really only had one (spectacular) year.

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@BBGreatMoments Move Greenberg to left, Miggy to 1B, slot Sweet Lou in at DH and let Gehringer take second. Tony Phillips in a UT role. Would at least argue a bit for Mickey Cochrane as Manager; Sparky had 10 good seasons but after ‘88 it was mediocre.

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@jflare_ Love it. Keep pressing. Go Tigers!

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@Sumdood88 Probably a niche post, but gives me flashbacks to the 2009 Stanley Cup, when Fleury somehow stopped an open-net look from Lidstrom

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@McCainJack 100%