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It's the Red Wing disease. I didn't see who was out there with Sieder (Leddy maybe) but at one point on one Bruin rush, Sieder took his man off the puck behind the net, gained possession, made the pass to his defense mate behind the net, who promptly passed to no-one down an empty right side for an icing. It's like they are so used to being bad that too many of them can't make the transition away from a 'just chuck it away every chance you get' mentality.

Somebody (most recent sys admin?) from the old site showed up one day to post that the archives were 'available' (for a fee? for a song? for the asking? Not clear) but if MWG opened discussions with him it was not in public.

I'll be waiting to see at ST how all that sizzle gets along with the Tigers IF guru steak in the form of one Alan Trammell. In fact I wonder how much input Trammell had in this whole SS evaluation process.

there are speculations that a vaccine that targets a strong response via a narrow mechanism like the mRNA vaccine might induce better cellular (long term) immunity than actually having a case, but sure that is all pretty speculative and maybe a marginal difference at best. There are studies that people that got vaccinated after having COVID are even more resistant to subsequent exposure than those previously infected but not vaccinated so it stills seem a more rational course than letting yourself get it again.

I'll counter point on that one - I think they will keep Reyes.

As I have gotten older, my views about a lot things have gotten a lot grayer, but there is one verse in the NT that I will stand by absolutely. "The truth will make you free" I don't know how you can read the NT and not realize this is what it is all about. Not rules, not superstitions, not theology and hierarchies. If you want to live successfully, without fear, ("abundantly" as the man said) you have no hope whatsoever if you will not see and understand what really is: in nature, in other people, in yourself.

If you had to play Stewie in the OF, no better place than LF at Fenway.

I posted somewhere waaaay up thread that I saw a scouting report from 2018 that rated Schoop and Baez as the two fastest DP turns in the majors. I'm hoping to see a lot fewer DPs missed by half a step - assuming Hinch will leave Schoop at 2B. (and of course hopefully Torkelson takes care of that issue...)

I don't think it takes anything away from a manager to accuse him of assembling a strong staff.

Cisnero is bit of a wild card. It's hard to have much trust in guys who have given you one year of good control after a career spent walking >5/9 ( yeah - we see you too Kyle.....).

I really don't think whatever mistakes he may have made are the core of it though, it's that he has been the most visible spokesmen for the whole evidence based/empirical approach to the world, even more so than any of the Dem pols, who like all pols tend to like to pick and choose their facts at least a bit. Fauci is the today's apotheosis for the Scientific method and a technocratic ethic. If you a Christian fundamentalist / biblical literalist he is the anti-Christ's chief earthly rep right now. (OK, that last one is a little fanciful, but it captures the idea.....🤣)

Who knows what Correa is going to get - maybe the moon, or OTOH for all we know at this point Texas may have been bidding against themselves for Seager, but we got our guy at less than 200M (or so it seems) so the Semien contract wasn't too bad an indicator there.

If they get Baez for less than 200M I don't think Lynn has any crow to eat.....this time. 😋

Funk can start off a few BP days if his walk rate doesn't rear its ugly head and get him DFA.

Need to flip Baez and Cabrera, but that's another thread...

Saban has to retire someday...... (Alabama must have a baseball field with a third base bag, right?.....)

true. As it stands right now the teams around them don't appear to be putting much pressure on them. Toronto and Boston have lost pitching, The Rays have signed Kluber - meh.

Bottom line though, even if in hindsight all these deals turn out to be terrible for the teams that made them, they are on the books and make it all that much less likely to land one of the others without going to a similar level. Tx really screwed the works here by taking two guys because it leaves the Yankees still out there to bid against, otherwise there was at least a chance someone wasn't going to find any more bidders at the 300M level.

I hate ie ei names. I do remember the 'l' but never the vowel order.....

LOL - didn't see this here - posted same link in the general College thread with the coaches discussion there.

I don't think if they fail to sign Baez or Story they are just going to anoint Kriedler. If there isn't a trade and If he holds his own in ST they probably start the season with SS by committee of Harold Castro, Zach Short and Kriedler with W. Castro at Toledo still trying to become a passable SS. After that there is nothing in the system all the way back to Workman and then the international youngsters. If they don't come up with one this week they'll likely also take the best SS left in the rule 5.

speaking of coaches remuneration: Jim Harbaugh proves again that while he may be weird, he is not a jerk. Well at least he's a jerk with some redeeming qualities..... https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32749232/jim-harbaugh-give-all-bonus-money-michigan-wolverines-athletic-department-staffers-had-pay-cut-due-covid-19

there is some disagreement between fangraphs and BIS on Simmons '21 D, but no question at all his bat appears to have gotten worse than Zach Short's. There was always the possibility they were going to get shut out on the fab five, the question is whether they can at least still make a good 2nd pitching signing if they can't close on Story or Baez.

Because he stands as a contradiction to their narrative of received truth, which means he is a treat to the value system - that is the deepest kind of threat so he is the worst kind of enemy. Look at it in religious terms and it's clear Fauci is the most dangerous kind of heretic. You have to hammer hardest the preachers of the truths you demand be denied.

And even though Cabrera is our example, he's not even the worst case because he is at least suitable as DH and can still give you stretches of 900 OPS even if he can't sustain it any more. We are talking Middle Infielders here, and none name ARod. Even the best hitters in this SS group would be marginal DHs when their fielding skills are gone even assuming most of their hitting doesn't go with them.