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I think throwing arms are important, although not as important as range. I was curious because fans don't usually talk as much about outfielder arms today. When fans talk about players from the 60s, throwing arm seem to be the thing they talk about first. I don't know whether that was talked about more back then or whether it's just something that is more unforgettable when looking back. Of course, defense in general was more important in past eras when there more balls in play. There was probably more variation between good and bad fielders back then too. Because there is so much hitting today, teams could afford to carry one or two defense only players. There were also no DH's then so there might have been more terrible defenders.

I have noticed that fans who grew up during the 60s are always talking about outfield arms. Is that something that was stressed more during that time than it is today?

I think he may be right too, but I don't think Trump is more able to make that kind of progress than other presidents. I don't think our government function requires flattery of any President, let alone a turd like Trump. I do think we would do better with more cooperation in general.

If the Republicans did nothing but claim that Biden and Obama were the smartest men in the world, we would we have had universal healthcare and and a bigger infrastructure package. If we could all just get along, it would be nirvana.

It's Shelby's dad.

It's not looking nearly as bad I feared last night. If you are in crypto (which I still think is a scam) then it's a really bad day.

no, I did too.

It depends on who it is, but 29 versus 31 could be 4 good years versus 2 good years.

19

If you were a fan of the Tigers in 1975, you could imagine a team losing 18 games in a row.

Bob Uecker nailed when he said he was a good bacup catcher until he had to play too much.

Most likely someone who is just as bad like when Kreidler replaced Baez.

I think they have impacts , but not tremendous impacts. If a manager does not have talented players, he can't make them win. That has been proven over and over throughout the history of the game as famous managers move from team to team.

The vast majority of professional athletes care a lot. They are very competitive people which is part how they became professional athletes.

I agree that Hinch know what he is doing, but I also think managers don't matter as much as fans think. It's the players.

Jace Laviolette? I'm sorry, but that name doesn't work.

It's been my fear along that this would happen. The next fear is that the recession runs its course early in his presidency and he takes credit fot it. He'll also take credit for fixing inflation even though it's already getting fixed now.

I doubt he even read it.

Personally, I have liked the higher rates because I was able to lock in some money in CDs for 3-5 years. This is money that I did not need right away but might need before retirement and I didn't want to put in stocks.. However, I see a lot of younger people not able to buy homes because of the high rates. That's not good for them or the economy.

That is what I had thought. However, they left it near zero for so long, I wasn't really sure whether that rule of thumb still held true.

This should have called the Sundry Baseball Detritus thread

I don't know where the rates should be. For regular middle class people (not big investors), high rates are good and bad - good because you can grow your savings in CDs or treasuries and not risk all your money in stocks. They are bad because it makes it hard to make big purchases like cars and houses. Those are things that most people care about, so for them it's a balance between the good and bad. Right now, I hear a lot of people complaining about the high rates. For the overall economy, I am not smart enough to know what the ideal level should be. They left it near zero for so long (to please people who don't need help) and then shot it way up to 5+ due to inflation. I don't know if the current rate is inherently bad but it seems going from 0 to 5+ is a big jump in a short time and now that all the Covid era stuff has calmed down it makes sense to moderate that jump a little bit. That is just my very amateur opinion.

yeah, I think he made it up and it is probably worse. Trying to impress MAGAs and Trump by saying he told his kid to shut the hell up is really messed up.

I just saw this for the first time today. It was a cartoon of political attacks in 2004. The real stuff we see today is much worse.