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My rule of thumb is that if you are less athletic than me, time to hang em up.

I think its about time we move on from OPS as the best benchmark. Walks are out of style.

My eyes its between Gary Sanchez and Casas.

Curious: when you say not fine with umps going on strike, are you saying that you would pull your support for robo k zone if it got that far or are you saying that you would disagree with the umps choosing to strike.

I have Peacock, Paramount, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, Prime, HBO and now I need ESPN universal too, which happens to cost more than the rest of them combined I get HBO through Dash Pass (great deal), I have Disney+/Hulu bundle at $13, peacock is like $7, Paramount is like $9, Prime is like what these days, $11 And wrestling wants me to keep Peacock for NXT, cable for Smackdown, Netflix for RAW, now I have to pay $40/month for the PLEs. COme on man.

I think one thing we can all agree on is all the streaming services and sports/entertainment providers divvying up among them, they are working together to bone us.

And NESN obvs and NBCsports (celtics)

AND WWE PLE's went to ESPN "Unlimited" which isnt ESPN + or ESPN Select, its yet another tier and its telling me that its $40/month* *For the first 12 months Quite a change from $6/month Peacock. But youll get ESPN live channels! Great, I have Fios and cable, and Im not cancelling it cuz I need it for smackdown.

Still do. From yesterday to today, the soxs chance of making the playoffs have decreased from 99.1% to 98.6%

Thats what Moon is saying, not what MVP is saying. Moon is saying people will care more about getting the call right than umps keeping their jobs, and if umps fight against robo - its a losing battle MVP: A good parallel is the NFL strike. I disagree with both (and you), I like when umps make mistakes. Adds a little RNG into the mix. Adds a little chance and randomness. This is why OG donkey kong was so popular back in the day. Because you could lose based on nothing but bad luck, so you needed both luck and skill to get a really really high score. But I also dont think the NFL ref saga is a super clean comparable. I would support the umps and I supported the refs, but for different reasons. I support the umps because I like the randomness and inconsistencies. I like a little chance sprinkled in. And Im turned off when people blame the umps/refs, jsut comes off as sour grapes to me and excuse making. I supported the refs because the NFL is too profit driven. I mean be over 50% profit driven, but not 100% profit driven. Pay the refs.

"I do not support your decision" = trying to get someone to rethink or simply clarify/make-known that you do not agree with their decision It does not mean , I dont care. In fact, I would argue that the person saying the quote cares. When a friend told me he was giving up on sobriety and going back to the bottle after struggling with alcoholism and I say I dont support your decision, it does not mean I do not care. Its not quite the opposite, but it almost is. I do care and thats why I am trying to tell him hes making a bad decision

correct. what he said,: There will never be a strike so unsupported by the public in the history of strikes. What you imply he said: The NFL lockout is related because you said nobody would care if MLB umps went on strike. Unsupported could mean disinterest but it more likely means alignment with the other side. When someone says I dont support your decision, it does not usually mean I dont care about your decision. It usually means I care and your decision is bad. MLB: Robo umps it is Umps: We striking MLB: good, easier to get you outta here Public: I care about getting it right / wrong more than I care about the umps losing their job to tech. Im not happy umps lost their jobs, but this happens in many industries. Change is needed and people who have made their livings off the old way rebel. I get it , Id fight for my job too but the umps are in the wrong here. The NFL strike, people (sports fans) cared. But it went more like this: NFL: Refs arent getting raises or we arent paying refs as much and refs need to renegotiate (I forget if it was a lockout or strike but whatever) Public: These scam refs stink. Just work out a deal, will you The difference is not whether or not the public cares. The difference is that in Moons hypothetical, he is saying the public will dismiss the umps grievances. With the NFL the public (at least a large portion) was not arguing against the refs grievances/arguments. In fact, a lot of voices took their side.

Not what he said.

Yes, Ive said before that Crochet can match (at least) anyone, and in the playoffs, your TOTR carries extra weight. Our pitching staff looks ready to compete.

Go Reds! They are my show (video game) franchise. But Ive overhauled the team quite a bit. I kept Elly, Matt Mcclain, and 3/5 of the rotation (hunter greene, lodolo, abbott) and called up their minor leaguer chase petty in yr 3. Yr1 and 2 I also had Austin Hays, but I outgrew him. I had Stephenson for a while at C but upgraded. I have had CES the whole time as a bench player.

You think its monetized like that? Hope so.

good argument.

$100 to win $2k is 5% implied odds, meaning you have to think our chance of winning WS is great than 5% for that to be a bet to take. Id take it after Crochets outing yesterday. Id personally gauge our odds around 10%, which is a big difference. But I dont think i can use fanduel in my state and i dont care enough to place a futures bet at casino or figure out a way how to get the bet in.

Its dumb luck that these teams are in big markets with deep pocket owners. Its dumb luck that ohtani is asian and therefore preferred west coast. Its dumb luck that steinbrenner wasnt born in 1836 and died at age 31. But point taken

I was thinking of Mike Karp. Looks like Chris Elliott, no?

90% of everything in this universe is dumb luck. fight me

IS bobby kielty the one who looks like chris elliott

Whether or not breslow is good enough for me, depends on whether or not hes good enough for cora. If he won cora over, that impresses me. If cora is just giving lip service but doesnt actually think hes the right man for the job, i fire breslow regardless of results. Because I dont know the answer to this, im forced to guess/go by my gut. My gut tells me that Im not a breslow guy. But if I was owner and wanted to fire him and Cora defended him, I would u-turn.

Correct. I agree with this: He should get negative points since he didn't do his job and obtain quality players at the deadline he did not put his team in the best possible position to win a ring Not this: He should get negative points since he didn't do his job and didnt win a ring I agree with this (had it been true): GM X should get positive points since he did his job and obtained quality players at the deadline and put his team in the best possible position to make playoffs Not this: GM X should get positive points since he did his job and his team made the playoffs

if we win the world series, ill give him a c and still fire him if cora tells me that he doesnt believe in breslow.