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It will be interesting to see if McGonigle/Harris's picks actually pan out with a higher success rate then Al's. We can check in on this issue again when we know....

IDK about the Mets. OOH, They have to be close to the 'whatever must come to an end, will' point with poorly spent money. OTOH, no team has a bigger mismatch between a strong starting line-up and weak starting pitching, so a guy like Skubal would be the ideal add for them.

Can't say I'm exactly peeved about this, as people deserved to get paid for what they do, but I just saw today that Spotrac is now paywalled. Not the kind of data I'm willing to pay for because I don't particularly care about sports salaries, but it was convenient to be able to look things up in their data set for discussion background. c'est la vie.

I'll still go with both the best and worst case example being Johann Santana with the Twins, They made the big trade with him coming off 2 Cy Youngs and a year of control. They got the much heralded return of 4 prospects. The prospects all crashed and burned, but MN was 2nd in the div that year and won it outright the two following years without him. If they had kept him they probably win all three years and would been no worse off. That's sort of the limits at both ends in one real case history. Also notable that the Twins dodged a bullet in not giving him a crazy long term deal at 'only' 29, as he only had three more good years and was out of baseball after 4. The Mets ended up paying him for 6 - which actually wasn't terrible compared to terms people are predicting today. Of course that's not the only possible future for Skubal, but it is among the real possibilities a FO has to consider.

The kicker is that the Feds didn't have much choice but let CP consign the losses to the whole midwest power consortium, so everyone from Iowa to to Ohio is helping carry Trump's water on this one.

LOL ! I was that kid. 👿 😇

I think it was the Freep that reported this weekend that Consumers Power is losing $500K/day ( a mere $180M annually) keeping Trump's coal plant open, and that's AFTER the value of what power has been generated is put against the losses.

I'd estimate them as approximately equal to the odds the Tigers offer more money than the Mets, Yankees or Red Sox. 🤔

large number fallacies. Small proportions of huge numbers (city populations) are still big numbers.

I think you are correct. You are not in any way supporting the company at this point as long as you don't buy more shares and make a contribution (even if minuscule) to bidding up the price. Resolve to yourself to tithe (or whatever part) the rest of your profits on it to some good cause and let the man contribute to some good in the world he probably wouldn't.

The second line for sure. Further down, I'm fine with a Ras/Soderblom/VanRiemsdyk line doing nothing but checking hard and being hard to play against. And is seems for some reason playing with Soderblom brings out a little more physical in Rasmussen - or maybe the line assignment is just coincidental with McLellan letting him know he's on a short leash if he doesn't play harder.

pretty much. He's probably right about keeping him this year being worth more than any trade option, but getting him resigned is a low probability outcome. It's not a matter of 'creativity', it's a matter of total dollars. Every accountant can figure the net present value of even a 'creative' offer.

I'd ding Hamonic just for the one really terrible outlet pass he attempted that went for an icing when the Wings needed a change.

They were pretty terrible. And it wasn't just short leads, it was every aspect.

they've banked 6 of 10 possible point on the the 5 game west coast trip - which are usually disasters for eastern teams. They get a day off to recoup and it's just a short trip to Vegas.

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and you don't care about the OTL point going to a team from the other conference.

hate shootouts

how many guys can fall down in one OT shift?

always irritating when a goalie plays better against you than he did for you.

They are slowly nationalizing more bits of income - not the least being luxury tax transfer! But I don't like the whole 6yr/arb process. Players should be able to go to market much sooner but teams should have the right/option to match offers.

I guess they are not necessarily great to live in or maintain, but there are a ton of the most beautiful stone houses in the Pittsburgh environs.

Well, somebody's 1B.

So are we all up for bringing Dombrowski back to replace Harris? 😉

It possible that managing a mentally run down clubhouse is just not one of Hinch's strengths. He is the ultimate 'steady Eddie" guy, but maybe that is not an approach that finds way to recharge a team in the mental doldrums. He could probably also give his regulars more rest, I think Greene and Tork both played too many games. I'm with Sparky on that score.