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Apropos of nothing, has there ever been a hotter congresslady than AOC? I know the pool is small but I gotta wonder whether she the GOAT so far.

I'm sure she is hot in certain circles ... 😏

FWIW, I remember early in Paul Molitor's career how disappointed people were that he has all this talent but couldn't stay on the field. They switched him to DH and he became comparatively an ironman. So there might be that option if it ever came to it.

Or baserunning. 😏

Yes I have. Yes, lawd.

I really, really want some nitwit right-winger to retweet this tweet, which shows a price of "147.9" for regular unleaded at a UK gas station, as evidence that Biden is purposely allowing gas prices in the US to rise to triple that of the UK's.

Sour grapes. I get it.

It made sense that Verlander would sign with the Astros. They’re the reigning AL champs and their window is still wide open, while Verlander’s own window is pretty short. (I’m not taking on faith he’ll definitely pitch into his mid-40s or later). So, yeah, it makes sense that he’d like a ring next year rather than helping a still-down team build toward one in, say, 2024 or 2025. Plus, Verlander is the Devil They Know. Isn’t that right, @casimir? 😉

I think you're right on the age thing. It might even be a conditional thing, maybe something like 7.000 years service time or age 29.5 as of January 1, whatever comes first.

Service time manipulation basically cost the Cubs their best player, Kris Bryant. We should take a lesson from that.

I don't think they stole them. I got hours of entertainment from all the quarters I pumped into Bally pinball machine. More than I got from the Gottlieb and Williams machines, for sure.

Story is my #1 guy for the reasons you state. I think he could be had for five years and maybe 125, certainly with at least one opt-out and triggered options for a sixth and seventh year.

Not at all true. buddha would never capitalize "way".

The overwhelming negative has little to do with Javy's overall value, and much to do with the perception of his personality, and maybe a little of the swing and miss, which yes, is a problem and probably always will be. But he's still been a consistently 4-5 win player over the last three full seasons. He's a plus defender with the best tag tool you'll ever see, a great baserunner who can snatch safe from the jaws of out, a 140-game-a-year workhorse, and has 30-homer pop from the second most-important position on the field. Come on, who doesn't want that? Maybe Javy won't age well into his mid 30s, but that wouldn't have to be our problem since even with a five-year deal, he's gone after age 33. In the meantime he'd put up 15 or more WAR, practically guaranteed. I'd prefer Trevor Story on a slightly richer deal, but absent that I'd take Javy and be glad to do so.

I don't think it will necessarily take 6/130 to bring him on board. I think he could probably be had for five or even four years, and for 20 a year, maybe even a scosh less. I could see him signing for 4/76, particularly if he's the one without a chair after the music stops.

I’m not sure what it is you’re trying to put across here. Can you please restate your point in a font that’s 48 points or greater?

I’ve met Lolich several times. He’s a good story teller and a good guy to have a beer with. That said, he’s also used to being the center of attention and getting his way, so i could see why someone who has to work for him might butt heads with him.

We don’t want Baez says who? I’d be thrilled to have Baez on this team. I would agree he’s not among my top three choices, but “we don’t want him” is a bit much, isn’t it?

I prefer 1984Echoes’ cherries to yours. You are really grasping at straws trying to prove Tork wasn’t good at AAA. Good grief, the guy had a .375 wOBA there. Not only is that the equivalent of Paul Goldschmidt or Rafael Devers or Brandon Crawford, it actually places him in the top 20% of AAA-East hitters.

Not to mention the revenue from their merchandise sales, various licensing contracts, mixed-use developments near their ballparks, advanced media business, the gambling, the crypto, and the NFTs.

How low does Sinclair’s brand equity have to be for them to decide it would be better to bring on a gambling company as the naming sponsor of their RSN?

This'll wake you up in the morning. Or the afternoon or night, for that matter.

Based on my experience hearing from Dawn, I'm gonna guess "no".

I would have been happy if Rittenhouse had stayed the fuck home, where 17-year-old kids belong. The kid waved a semiautomatic rifle around in a volatile, divisive crowd situation that was already being managed by a phalanx of police and National Guard. How much more obvious does it have to be that he was looking for action? Rittenhouse is the lawless thug here.

"The world is better off with both of them dead." Holy shit.