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Snake Diggity

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  1. If the Astros hire Brad Ausmus, for any role, their run as championship contenders is officially over.
  2. MAGA supporters have to be shown where the MAGA agenda leads. They have to be forced to see that it’s not just poors and browns who benefit from a functioning government. The Dems may be tempted to massively compromise to avoid the suffering that will result from the GOP implosion, but it’s absolutely necessary. I cannot believe the seemingly otherwise sane Republicans in congress have not been able to find a way to save the party from traitorous extremism, but it’s clear they cannot. The only way out is to show the rubes that the emperor has no clothes.
  3. If you just took all the Aggies that were raised in Dallas, you’d have it. Unjustified pride. Unjustified optimism. Adjustable memory. Loser rich kid mentality.
  4. To me it would show a lot of dysfunction if Crane hired a POBO to be Brown’s boss, since it’s pretty clear Brown took the job thinking he’d be the top baseball guy. Linares or Espada would be great Managers. I can’t think of any other good candidates. Jason Castro might be a decent pick if he wants to manage but he also would be a good fit in the front office. I wouldn’t complain about Maldy as the bench coach but I’ll burn down MMP if he’s back as a player. I sure wish Crane would be a bully in free agency since Montgomery, Garver, Pham, and Hader would solve a shitload of problems and none of them are likely to get more than 5 years.
  5. Offseason checklist in order: 1. Replace Baker with Espada 2. Replace Maldonado with an affordable well rounded backup C (Victor Caratini?) 3. Extend Altuve 4. Add a leverage RP to replace Neris if he opts for free agency (Matt Moore?) 5. See if any other stars bite on an extremely team-friendly extension (Bregman, Tucker, Framber, B Abreu) 6. Be opportunistic on the trade and free agency markets to potentially upgrade other areas that aren’t necessarily weaknesses but also aren’t strengths (CF/LF, SS, SP). 7. Be on the lookout to convert MLB depth into high ceiling prospects (assuming all above tasks are completed) 2024 has a chance to be Houston’s deepest and most talented roster ever, depending on how aggressive/smart Brown and Crane are.
  6. My comment was pretty prescient. Those pitcher signings were a good value and if Evan Carter hadn’t been ready their OF would have been a glaring hole this postseason; Carter could end up being similar to Alex Bregman in value and how fans feel about him. I’m an Astros fan but the Rangers are built to be good for a while. They have a deep controllable roster and a good farm. If ownership is willing to support a top 10 payroll then their window could be open indefinitely. Their deadline move to add Montgomery changed them from an also-ran to a WS team.
  7. I’m sorry but you don’t know what you’re talking about. If you’re looking for something to blame the loss on, look no further than Tucker/Dubon/Pena going 0-9. Singleton put together a very good at bat. He swung and missed on the 8th pitch, a cutter about an inch above the zone. He ripped a middle fb down the line foul. Both those pitches were incredibly close to ending in a good outcome. This.
  8. Diaz should have PH for Maldy in the 7th. McCormick should have PH for Dubón in the 8th. I agreed with Singleton pinch hitting for Pena; Pena has been worthless and big Jon is a patient lefty power bat going up against a guy who walked him the previous night. This was not Baker’s best night.
  9. Altuve is like no other. He is officially my favorite athlete of all time. I knew Singleton would have a playoff moment. Abreu getting suspended immediately is bullshit. That could matter a lot.
  10. It’s amazing the % of upper class people who genuinely believe they are upper-middle or even middle class. Similarly, it’s amazing how ignorant conservatives are on the current state of the economy; if you ask them to throw out numbers on unemployment, GDP growth, wage growth, or even current inflation, they’d be WAY off.
  11. I live in SW Austin. Remodeled our master bathroom in March of 2022. Took everything down to the studs. Moved plumbing. Chose moderate materials; didn’t cheap out on anything but everything we chose can be bought at a big box home improvement store and the cabinets were all wood but nothing fancy. Used a solo contractor recommended by a friend. He did a very good job. $40,000. Worth it. Highly highly recommend an oversized shower that has 2 shower heads. Highly recommend fancy bidet. My shower in my bathroom is my favorite place on earth. Remodeled our kitchen (and updated the paint and flooring in the rest of our home; also updated the guest bath) last summer. Turned the formal dining into a butler pantry; highly recommend. Chose the best appliances you can get at Home Depot. Used the same contractor. Pretty sure it was the biggest job he’d ever done. In the end he went over timeline and over budget without telling us and so I paid him $10,000 more than I had to, which I regret. He still did a pretty good job, but we’re not as happy as we were with the master bath job. Total price for all that was $80,000. Between the interior remodel and replacing the exterior siding, I’ve put over $130,000 into my 1800 sf house in the last 3 years. And our garage, enclosed patio, landscaping, detached workshop, driveway, and pool all still could use updating. And our AC is 20+ years old. That shit is such a beating. If I had it to do over again I would have just bought a new build, but they don’t make new homes on the kind of lot/location I’m on. Oh well fuck me I guess.
  12. Austin now has 5 seasons: A mild but erratic winter Dec-Feb A warm spring Mar-Apr A warm summer May An unlivable hellscape Jun-Sep A normal fall Oct-Nov If you could just find somewhere else to live for 4 months out of the year, it’s perfect!
  13. I wonder if more companies might start recruiting kids right out of high school for “degreed” jobs. Pay them 1/3 of what a degree holder makes and train them up. I am a very typical white collared non-professional who has done relatively well, and I have not had a single job since college that I couldn’t have learned without my degree/college education; it may have taken me a little longer to grasp some concepts but I could have done it easily.
  14. That is the most disappointing use of the word ‘cleavages’ I’ve ever read.
  15. I would take Dusty.
  16. If Crane hires Ausmus then the run is officially over.
  17. It is totally possible that all of the following is true: That girl is a conniving foolish money grubbing whore Trevor Bauer is not a criminal Trevor Bauer is an unlikable garbage human being who gets rough with women (in a totally legal way) and deserves all of the public ire he’s received Fuck Trevor Bauer.
  18. I don’t know. Doesn’t seem like much of a stretch to assume that Donald Trump was being racist when he called a black person a word ending in “-aboo”.
  19. I mostly agree with your first 2 points, but to your 3rd point, I think it’s very debatable that the current version of meritocracy leads to the best outcomes at the top. The idea that re-allocating resources to ensure more equitable opportunities for all would result in poorer outcomes at the top end of performances sounds wrong to me. For one thing, I don’t think the resources people are advocating re-allocating in society are currently being used to achieve the best outcomes, even at the top end. The idea is to produce more elite performers and increase competition at the highest level, not water down the entire system.
  20. ?’s for the experts on the board: How much of Putin’s strategy is waiting for the results of the 2024 elections? Reading thru everything, it seems like Russia is proper fucked if Ukraine continues to receive western support. Is Putin holding out hope that Russian-friendly candidates gain control in 2024 and shut off the flow of money and weapons to Ukraine, meaning if Ukraine-friendly candidates gain/win control that Putin will begin to admit defeat and come to the table? My guess from all the numbers posted in this thread is that if Ukraine is going to “win” this war, that they are about 1/3 of the way there. Is that accurate?
  21. If I could make one change in our society, it would be to provide free, quality childcare/education for all starting at age 2 through age 16. That means free quality daycare and dramatically lower student:teacher ratios in public elementary and middle schools. If we did that, it’d take 10-15 years but you’d start to see a whole lot of our societal problems start to recede. Our obesity epidemic, opioid epidemic, crisis of democracy, and even most of our disagreement on how to address climate change can all be traced to a lack of educated citizenry. If I were a politician, I would trade an awful lot to achieve legislation toward that objective. Its not an issue that politicians even really talk about with any substance, but if it were, I would pretty much be a single issue voter.
  22. Not sure why this is a CR topic or even how the thesis is arguable. Of course there’s shades of grey in how much inequality is preventing true merit from shining through and that’s often where CR creeps in. But it is undeniable that we live in a society in which the outcomes of people’s lives are almost entirely determined by how wealthy their parents are.
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