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The last year I played I basically quit trying to hit homers and would just hit it over the pitchers head. Every time. And often I would get a double out of it. I wasn’t trying that was just my evolution I guess I quit playing because I sincerely was worried I would take out a pitcher. I would warn them. Nobody needs to get hurt. It would scare me. I have noticed a trend in a league I drive by where they actually put the batting practice cages in front of the pitcher.

I don’t care about them because I don’t live in Georgia or Massachusetts. Has Hill spent a lot of time in MIchigan over the years? Obviously I want a D to win but I need more to go by to prefer him over Slotkin. He owns a coffee shop and went to school with Obama. Cool.

Why is he qualified to be a Senator? Any legislative history?

If they put "Limit 2" on it they will sell out.

Ahsoka trailer is out.

I never really looked at Norm’s numbers before. My impression based on what I heard is he had “the one big year then that was it”. That wasn’t it.

It was said by a departed poster that Tony Clark is the standard. If you can get a Tony Clark in a draft from a single year then it is a success. I agree with that.

that was back in the gameday era when that was as close to real time as you could get, along with MB updates in a game thread. In one of those it just said: "Casey grounds out to LF"

Norm Cash was better than I realized.

For me it's a matter of degree. Criticism is fine and that's the nature of being a fan. An irrational fanatic. The ups and downs and bipolar nature of hating the team one minute and loving them the next. For me the line is crossed when some act like they are indeed an educated contemporary of these front office people rather than must baseless speculating. Putting on a headset and recording a podcast in a planet fitness may visually give off an aura of inside dope but that's just window dressing. That person is no different than a guy at the barber shop who calls into 97.1 the ticket. And with the MLB draft being such a crapshoot it offers the chance for broken clock syndrome. A player either works out or they don't. Most don't.

Those are all refreshing takes. It's topics like that which made my previous studies of presidents so fascinating. The different styles. JFK wanted to be in on every decision and every staffer to report to him.. Bush 41 wouldn't hesitate to pick up the phone and call some random person 4 levels down in a cabinet department who wouldn't believe it was the President calling them. He wanted the information straight from the source. He knew the inner workings of government from his lifetime of service. Clinton would read everything he could like a college student. Obama treated it like online discourse. Lots of snark. His staff grew up on The West Wing. Reagan wanted high level. Hear all the sides, ask some questions, then make the decision.

I disagree with those analogies. It's a cliche but we are in a new world now. Past performances are no longer indicative of anything. Our fractured media landscape with it's bubbles and our gerrymandered legislatures at the state and federal level... it's all different. what went down previously is not going to give us any insight. The old way of doing things is no longer valid. I think we are at the civil war era in terms of political landscape. Not in the sense of there being an actual war and people dying but I'm thinking about political parties and the field. The Republican Party has evolved and 1/2 of it doesn't fit and many of that 1/2 still think it can be saved. That's misguided. The Republican Party is the party of Trump and Karmano and Kari Lake. No one is going to undo that anytime soon. A national poll may offer hope but it's what happens in the states that makes that decision.

Right. i don't think you draft based on current roster makeup. Too much can change in a few years. Just take the best player relative to your strategy.

to the vast majority, and nearly everyone who isn't working for a team, these are just names on a sheet of paper. It's comical to read analysis given with such self appointed authority as if they know what the hell they are talking about. Not so much here, like you said, it's on twitter. These orgs don't sit around and read the same bits of information available to us. If history is any indication of the players discussed yesterday, maybe one of the top 5 will be an All Star type player. A few players in the middle rounds will be starters somewhere. One near the end will be the surprise of the draft. That's the MLB draft. Lots of gnashing of teeth over nothing.

"whatever you do man, don't look at his birthmark"

Jesus Christ. Everyone is an expert. Come back in 2 years and whine. Right now it’s all bull**** and speculation.

They did something similar for the NHL draft lottery.

Where we work out is a community center. During the election her people were having some kind of rally or something in either the theater or a meeting room. This collection of people I came across in the parking lot was straight out of a meme. Old ladies with funny hats and buttons. Lots of religious and anti abortion bumper stickers. Lots of them. Bible verses painted on the cars. I was going to ask them if JFK Jr was speaking but my wife wouldn’t let me.

Same here. My on screen display didn’t come on and I was stuck. I couldn’t believe it. This guy has a career ahead of him.

I do feel bad for someone when it looks like they are finished doing what they have done their whole life. I don’t hate players who’s only fault is not being good anymore. They aren’t doing anything wrong. Sometimes the vitriol I see bothers me. These are humans doing their best.

I've made the Shep/Beato comparisons in my head before.

Smyly saved the day.... I still get mad at his lack of usage in game 2 in the 2013 ALCS. One batter.

everyone can calm the F down now...

My friends and I make fun of this:

remember in the 90's when people like Limbaugh and Falwell would refer to Ellen Degeneres as "Ellen Degenerate"? They were mad that a lady on TV was a lesbian. Man... that was ****ing hilarious.