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And Mike Johnson would be one racist lunatic with a sniper rifle away from the Presidency.

I noticed Petzold is following her, so he is probably digging. Still, what happened to his predecessor, we may have to rely on alternate media for this unfortunately. Spiro is on my lengthy Twitter block list though given the DSR ties back in the day.

Regarding Zumaya... Monroe was in spring training with the Rangers up through 2001. Zumaya wasn't a teammate for another five years. 12+5=17. Not great, but at least she wasn't 12.

https://www.instagram.com/carbarbie941/ There's the accuser, and the accusation. She posted her stuff June 11. He's been off the air since June 9.

Wow, I had blocked that account so hadn't seen it. And there's a Joel Zumaya drive-by as well.

One thing Avila and Smith had in common is they had to take over at a time when bills were coming due for expensive teams that fell short. I'm not saying they could have done better on the 2017 trades, but there is ample evidence those were owner-mandated (and perhaps league-mandated via the debt service rule) salary dump trades for a team that was bleeding money.

I think it is to the point where people are so wrapped up in the horse race, they haven't taken a step back to contextualize the magnitude of a poor debate performance against the magnitude of the boiled frog's numerous sins.

I think it is generous to Avila to say he had a plan. He really seemed to violate Mike Ehrmentraut's rule about no half measures. He paid lip service to analytics, but empowered Dave Littlefield to run player dev for six years.

Avila vs. Smith is apples and oranges. The job is so different now than it was 25 years ago. The growth of front offices means you have gone from sole decision maker to manager of people.

There is a non-zero chance you may have that opportunity in 130ish days.

The clip from his speech today has him clearing his throat often. I tend to buy into the claim that he was sick last night.

Whoops, yeah. ACB.

There have been some encouraging signs from Kavanaugh and ABJ, fwiw.

Also, did anybody catch the dig at Shep at the end?

I listened and thought it was a good interview, with Harris repeating a lot of what we've already heard him say. I also predict one or two lines from it will be screenshotted, put on twitter and be overreacted to by the "win now" crowd, if it hasn't already.

Because Parker Meadows and Riley Greene were playing out there.

Is it? The difference between a made play in the middle infield is a single and an out. In the outfield, it's an extra base hit or an out.

I haven't been able to find a 2024 guide yet.

And in that time, it was proven the 2022 team stunk and they had to push reset after Avila was canned. So again, the fan base is requesting Harris and Co. pull off some get rich quick scheme because Avila's attempts failed.

By the logic of so many of the impatient sect of the fan base, the infrastructural investments in the Dominican Republic Academy are a waste of money because they do not contribute to 2024 or 2025 success.

Who said the rebuild was finished? Why should the new front office have to rush their results to the detriment of the overall plan because the previous front office failed so badly in their build?

Current fWAR and rank of position players who changed teams or were free agents over the offseason. 3. Juan Soto 4.6 (Trade) 5. Shohei Ohtani 4.2 (Free Agent) 20. Jurickson Profar 2.6 (Free Agent, Re-signed) 47. Teoscar Hernandez 1.7 (Free Agent) 48. Matt Chapman 1.7 (Free Agent) 51. Michael Busch 1.6 (Trade) 54. Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1.6 (Free Agent) 59. Carlos Santana 1.5 (Free Agent) 71. Jose Caballero 1.3 (Trade) 77. Jesse Winker 1.2 (Minor League Free Agent) 80. Paul DeJong 1.2 (Free Agent) 88. Lourdes Gurriel Jr 1.1 (Free Agent, Re-signed) 89. Abraham Toro 1.1 (Trade) 92. Cody Bellenger 1.1 (Free Agent, Re-signed) 93. Mark Canha 1.0 (Trade) 94. Alex Verdugo 1.0 (Trade) 98. Jeimer Candelario 0.9 (Free Agent) The fast solution just wasn't there, and I know that strategy appeases fanbases, but there is a reason fans aren't paid to run teams.

I see nothing wrong with any of Greenberg's quotes. In fact, I grant a 100% endorsement.

You aren't wrong. But he's also somebody who went undrafted and unsigned and was playing in indy ball a month ago, so I'm not sure he should have been expected to pass any test. Not saying he's a prospect.