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Snake Diggity

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  1. I am on record as not thinking it would be smart to trade McCormick this year, but I do think it’s worth noting that the current expected crop of position players available at the deadline is extremely weak. If the White Sox don’t shop Luis Robert and if the Angels hang on to Taylor Ward, McCormick would probably be the best position player available.
  2. Shay Whitcomb is also looking like a meaningful prospect. Had 30 HR and 20 SB across AA/AAA last season and has cut his k rate dramatically this season while increasing his walk rate. He looks like Corey Julks but with the ability to play an adequate SS/2B/3B. If Houston doesn’t figure something out at 3B next season, I’d let Whitcomb compete with Dubon with the loser getting the utility job. But if I was a rebuilding team, Leon and Whitcomb are 2 guys I would ask for from Houston’s farm.
  3. Loperfido has a 40% strikeout rate masked by a .571 babip. He’s on the cusp of the plate appearance threshold where k rate starts to stabilize. He is probably going to improve somewhat but it is very likely that he is going to be a 30%+ k rate player, which will put a lot of pressure on his power, speed, and defense to make him an everyday caliber player. He will be able to maintain a higher than normal babip because of his speed and how hard he hits the ball, but not anywhere close to what he’s done so far. Anyway, Houston shouldn’t cut McCormick loose until Loperfido has 150+ pa and they have a better idea of how good he really is, and even then they should only trade McCormick if they get a really good offer.
  4. Well, because of their being far fewer people in the generation that will be of asswiping age when you need that service, you’re going to have to pay a lot more for it. So if that was your logic for not having another kid, not sure the math works. But with any luck there will be asswiping AI-powered robots by the time we need them. So could be a wash.
  5. Kessinger and Cabbage. Neither have been playing anyway. Singleton, Dubon, and Loperfido are going to lose playing time now. Although it would not shock me if Yordan went on the IL or got a few games in a row off; he looks like he’s battling something in his arms/upper body. I HATE that they are bringing back Abreu. He was clearly washed up and all theyre doing is destroying their team momentum to satisfy somebody’s (Crane or Bagwell) ego and pay courtesy to a guy who couldn’t live up to the contract he signed. Fucking stupid.
  6. Yep, yesterday was day 1. Between now and at least Labor Day, I will be unpleasant to be around unless I’m within 50 ft of a body of water.
  7. I really wonder what is causing Rubio’s shift toward Trump’s nutsack. He was somewhat sane thru at least the beginning of 2022. Maybe he’s been promised Sec of State. I can’t imagine him wanting to be VP.
  8. Bringing Jose Abreu back is so stupid.
  9. “Biden was so good in the SOTU that he must be juicing” is another odd take by the GOP. If Trump does start pushing the drug test thing I will be very interested to see how Biden formally responds.
  10. I agree that Crockett would have been better served by saying something like “listen here, you stupid, crazy, bitch: don’t fucking talk to me like that. You have no credibility, because you constantly lie to get attention. And if you’re going to insult my appearance, and if the chairman is not going to enforce the rules of behavior that you’re violating, then I will be forced to match your insults.” But saying what she said was better than not saying anything or quietly telling the chair “I move to strike her words.”
  11. Maintaining decorum and ignoring someone is a great tactic when someone is pushing the boundaries of what is acceptable/sane behavior. It’s a terrible tactic when somebody is bat shit crazy and fucking up the entire world. You gotta meet that shit head on.
  12. Small sample, but from what I’m seeing looks like they be mashing the shit out of the rich white golfer button, “fuck tha police!”
  13. “The poorest people each paying $300/yr more in taxes is the answer to our debt crisis” is the most fatty thing yet. Fucking idiot.
  14. My current prediction is repeat of 2020 with GA and NC flipped. Trump goes apeshit trying to overturn AZ and NC which are both within 20k votes.
  15. Yeah. We know. Yet, you speak.
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  17. I am still not sure the rules, whether on a 25 man roster they could option a position player (Kessinger or Cabbage) to bring up a pitcher. But if not, their options are: Proceed with a 5 man rotation for 9 more games and be down a man in the bullpen. This could spell disaster if Arrighetti or Javier or Brown has another start where they last less than 4 innings. Option Hunter Brown after his next start and call up Mushinski, who could then be optioned in 4 days to bring up Urquidy early or Henley for one start in Brown’s place. This could only work if Urquidy is stretched out to 60+ pitches or if they are confident Henley won’t have full blown AIDS like he did in his last start. Option Martinez today and then rotate Mushinski, Speas, Henley, and Coleman for the next 8 games to ensure there’s always at least one fresh low leverage arm in the pen. This is probably what I’d do even though it’s unfair to Martinez.
  18. Well, fatty “it’s almost like it’s not my fucking problem” flattie, that comment is not consistent with your posting history on this site.
  19. All of the “talk” he “walked” is shit you hate. He spent the last third of his life building houses for poor people, which goes against everything you stand for (at least judging by what you’ve posted on this site).
  20. I’m fine with an audience; playing to an audience and working a crowd can be viewed as desirable traits in a president. But a total disregard for the rules cannot be allowed, so the ability for the moderator to mute Trump when he incessantly tries to talk over and interrupt his opponent is critical.
  21. Yeah I don’t think either one of them wants to debate. Neither of them will come off well, and they know it. It’s all downside with risk to reduce the turnout of their base. They’ll both bark about how ready they are to debate, but refuse to compromise enough to make it happen. Trump will yell about how having silenced mics is unprecedented prior to him and how it’s more media bias and unfairness towards him and a violation of his rights. His base will eat that up.
  22. I haven’t seen anything in this trial so far that makes me think this ends with Trump in prison. I will be surprised if the jury convicts him. This seems to be almost entirely based on Cohen’s word along with a recorded call that Cohen determined what was recorded. We all know Trump is guilty, but there’s just nothing so overt that at least one juror won’t get hung up on. I’m grateful that this trial is draining Trump’s resources, but there will be no justice from this.
  23. Those are all reasonable asks, but he should be willing to do the 2nd one in late September/early October if that’s what Trump demands. Biden should definitely not agree to a debate where the mics can’t be muted. Trump has proven he can’t be trusted to exhibit basic decency or follow any rules.
  24. Say what you want about the move to the AL, but playing in the AL West has been a godsend for the last 10 years.
  25. If you are right about the events preceding a collapse or “accident”, my guess is that sentiment will cause unemployment to rise. Rates will fall rapidly as a result. The debt, whose inflation adjusted value has already fallen significantly, will be refinanced at the new lower rates, dramatically reducing the debt service. The end result won’t be a boom, but it will be far from catastrophic. Now, that’s not to say the debt isn’t an issue, it is, and if it doesn’t get addressed then eventually there will be a collapse. But I do not think that is only 5 years away. The great wealth transfer and dramatic demographic shift we are just now starting that will last another 15-20 years will have big time impacts on the economy and government spending. How we deal with those issues is just as important as how much debt we already have when thinking about how the future looks.
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