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Seasick Sailor

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  1. I'd prefer to open Crane's checkbook and keep both if possible. I am not optimistic that we will resign Tucker. We will need a couple of OF bats in the next couple of years. I'm just not sure we have anyone else to headline a deal, especially if we are bidding against the Dodgers.
  2. The Dodgers really traded away Yordan and Oneil Cruz for middle relievers.
  3. So if we do get JV, what package would you be comfortable with? I assume it would take at least one of Gilbert or Clifford. We may need to add Arreghetti and/or Leon too.
  4. This is probably true. And it’s enough to make me not want JV.
  5. And there's only a 10% chance of that.
  6. Anything that encourages kids not to post stupid shit on social media can't be all bad. I'm willing to bet there are plenty of people who would gladly pay $4k today to have some poorly thought out posts or pictures erased from the internet.
  7. JV is pitching now. So it would seem nothing is eminent.
  8. Some of y'all are acting like a bunch of Kendall Gravemans right now.
  9. We needed a bullpen arm, and I never really expected we'd get one of the top names. So I'm fine with Graveman I guess. I didn't care for him much when he traded for him in 2021. I was convinced he was on his way to blowing game 6 of the ALCS before the strike 'em out throw 'em out DP. Hopefully he'll be better this time around.
  10. Just because his trade value isn't high doesn't mean it isn't as high as it will ever be.
  11. I agree re: Maldy, but, I make an exception for Framber starts. Given that so much of his success depends on him being in a proper mindset, if Maldy helps him get there, so be it. Playing 1 out of every 5 games would be a perfect workload for Maldy.
  12. He may end up being a great GM, but he's already proven to be a world class bullshitter.
  13. That was my original plan, and I may still do it. I am just concerned about him having immediate access to $25-$50k on his 18th birthday. I know what I would have done with that money when I was 18, and that's a scary thought as a parent.
  14. Just popping in to say fuck Dusty. His complete lack of urgency may very well cost us the division this year.
  15. Part of what makes him such a great songwriter is that he always gets the little details right. "Drinking sweet tea out of Styrofoam cups" is a prefect example. Always takes me back to wakes in an auxiliary building of some small church that somehow always smell the same.
  16. I opened a 529 for my 17 month old. Plan to invest $9k a year, which, with reasonable growth, should allow me to fully fund 4 years at a state school. Another benefit I haven't seen mentioned here it that you can use up to $10k per year on private K-12 education expenses if you choose to go that route. I am torn about opening a custodial account for him. I'd like to invest $100-$200 per month in a low-cost total market index fund for him, but that money becomes his at 18 without restrictions. It's hard not to think about how I would have spent that amount of money at that age and conclude that I'm actually doing him a favor by not doing this. Given there aren't any tax advantages to a custodial account, I guess I could just invest that money for him in my own brokerage account, but I am unsure if I would be able to transfer the account/money to him without realizing capital gains. I'll definitely open a Roth for him when he starts earing income.
  17. The Chile Limon version of these with the HEB spicy guac is a great snack.
  18. Interesting. Based on this, it appears that elements from the non-cannon Thrawn books will become cannon by their inclusion in this series. I am surprised that the cannon Thrawn books (which are excellent) aren't included on the list.
  19. I don't think we should get involved in a bidding war for any big splash trade targets. I think the smart move is to add a middle of the rotation SP who can pitch game 3 of the ALDS and Game 4 of the ALCS/WS and a cheap bat if possible. The bottom line is this: if we don't see improvements from the bats we have and Javier and/or Brown, no one we trade for is going to push us over the top, and if we do see those improvements, we don't anything more that what I mentioned.
  20. My son had a tie. I recommend going to a pediatric dentist to have it checked out before you do anything. We made the mistake of listening to a pediatrician who recommended letting her clip it and provided no information about post-op care. Unfortunately, all this led to was the clipped portions reattaching and creating scar tissue. This made the subsequent lasering more difficult and the recovery slower. It was a dumb decision in hindsight, but this was three days post-birth and we were sleep deprived and clueless. I hesitate to share this next part because I don't want to dissuade you from doing what you need to do, but the post-op care is brutal. You need the clipped portions to heal without reattaching to one another. For us, this meant having to forcibly push his tongue up and hold it for a few seconds seconds or so to essentially reopen the wound and then massage the wound for a few seconds. We had to do this every four hours for a few weeks. It was truly gut wrenching. You can find photos and videos of the process by searching tongue tie post-op, but, honestly, it may be better if you don't see it before you're forced to do it.
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