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It doesn't carry a lot of weight with me, but I know it matters. For example, if Whitaker was more talkative with the media, he would have made more allstar games, received more awards votes, etc.

It's a combination of both. You need to start with their peers, but if there weren't a lot great players at a position at a particular point in time that doesn't mean the best one automstically gets in. Anyway, I think Posey was significantly better than Perez. Molina might have been better too. I think Perez is more like Russell Martin and JT Realmuto than Posey. I do think Perez will get more consideration than those guys because he had the great arm and had that big home run year , but I don't think he's a 100% guy.

They do get short changed due to short careers and not a lot of games played per season. They get undervalued by WAR too for the same reasons. I don't think Perez belongs though, not with guys like Freehan and Munson still waiting,

Griffey is a good comp.

Yes, He is. He is like Cabrera, someone who looked like he was going to be one of the truely elite Hall of Famers, and then faded in the last part of his career, but is still 100%

Yes, I know you don't do it intentionally. You do a great job with this site.

I've tried them on occasion, but I find that they get in the way of stuff that I need and I have to remove it. I solved the problem on this site. Whenever I get a popup that won't go away, I hit "continue".

Only one of the amendments means anything to them.

That's the Republican party today in a nutshell.

Is that because they won't allow a woman to run again? If that's the case, then I'll stop voting.

But they first have to elect a woman in the primaries and I think the Democrats are more like to do that than Republicans.

Will the wind be blowing in or out?

if the Democrats won't vote for a woman, why do you guys think the Republicans would vote for a woman? I am having a hard time understanding that. The only fair election involving women was in 2016. 2024 was not a good barometer because Harris had only a few months to campaign and was not even elected. So, it's not fair to say that they lost twice.

I understand that, but we are not necessarily in the majority, at least not a large majority. We are not a serious people and we are getting dumbed down further in this presidency.

On the bright side, the No Kings protests were very successful last weekend. You need 3.5% of the population participating in mass protects in order to create change. Obviously MAGA is going to double down, but if there is enough dissent, some of the more moderate congress people will get concerned and may distance themselves from Trump. By the way, I did go to my local protest and it wasn't just three old ladies and two hippies! It was more like 300 people. There were hundreds of thousands protesting in Boston.

I am pretty sure he won't pitch in the majors until he can use all his pitches, but yes there are reasons to be skeptical of pitchers coming off injuries

Did he clap when runners reached base?

Being authoritarian is very stressful.

Yes, health is the problem - just 84 IP over the last 365 days. Staying on the field is an important skill especially for pitchers, but he is probably the best bet (other than Skubal) to get on a roll in October.

Right now, they are lacking a #2 starter. Mize, Olson and Flaherty are all fine, but they don't have a big guy to put behind Skubal for post-season. Hopefully, one of them gets on a roll at the right time which is often what wins the post-season.

I fully agree, but there are a lot of people who think it's great that Trump is sarcastic and jokes about things or pretends to have done so after the fact. That is a big part of his appeal.

Maybe, but too many walks! And you don't really know what you're getting from a reliever who has been out for more than a year. I have no expectations for him.

I do remember the year he led MLB with 58 doubles.

LOL, Good luck with that!

Yes, that is the one thing he gets right. MAGA has claimed that they want that too. We will see what they think if their leader gets us involved in a new war.