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As far as money goes for Hader after his arbitration years (granted it's a while yet), I'd think he'd be in a better position to make the most money remaining as the game's elite bullpen guy than trying to be a starter, especially as the bullpen has taken on more importance around the league.
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It's an interesting thread. And heck, maybe they'll bump up the minimum social security age to 65 and all our answers will change. I'd imagine a lot of us have seen people work until very old and then never really get a chance to enjoy retirement. Maybe some of us feel it's better to have a little money but have the chance to relax in relatively good health, than have lots of money but little opportunity to really enjoy it. -
The NBA and the G League have started to talk about a plan to accept HS graduates with a $180,000 starting salary. If something like that goes through, I think that would benefit everyone. The one-and-done kids would have that opportunity to get paid right away. And fewer one-and-done kids in college would probably help the parity of the college game. Where's the IRS in all of this? If the kids or their parents are taking big payouts to play, obviously they would have to declare that income, which would be an easy corruption red-flag. But since they aren't, isn't that tax evasion? If you could get a legal payout from the G League or otherwise face tax evasion problems by accepting and not reporting backer corruption, wouldn't that fix a lot of problems, too?
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When it was released, Firewall Zero Hour was the best game on PSVR. But players have now discovered, that if they're the host for their team, they can leave the console on and just walk away, accruing points for themselves on a winning or losing team, even though they never participated in the game. It's been happening a lot. Astro Bot just came out for the PSVR and a lot of people are calling it the game that finally starts to sell VR units, it's supposed to be that good. Though PSVR is two years old now and it would seem that people have already made up their minds whether they're going to get one or not. I like mine and barely ever play 2-D games anymore, but at the same time I play games much less now. You have to be so much more active playing VR and usually I just want to sit and relax. The next iteration is expected to come out in two years with the PS5, but it's going to be a tough sell to be spending $800 for both the new console and the new VR headset.
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Was watching a short video last night which showed a common offensive set where Giannis would bring the ball up and everyone else would clear out to the perimeter. It gives Giannis the whole lane to drive, and when he does the rest of the team crashes in. That leaves the opponent choosing either help with Giannis who is unstoppable to the basket, but that leaves teammates open for the assist, which Giannis is getting more of this year. My opinion, it seems to be all predicated on having a center who is somewhat mobile and can shoot 3s. And Ilyasova doing what I think people wanted Snell to do, being the high IQ guy who doesn't care about filling a stat line but is always in the right position. Deadspin: "This is the first time in Giannis' career that he has a non-moron as coach." Couldn't agree more.
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When I was in grad school I went out to some bar with five undergrads. We sat down and they immediately got out their phones and were on it the whole time. I got up, went to the bar, and made friends with the people there. I'm not even sure the undergrads realized I'd left. What's the point of going out to be on your phone when you could just as well do that at home? Phones also ruin good bar conversation. You know, especially when you talk about sports and you start to argue about who was the best or who had what stats, and it can be pretty entertaining as people remember names and numbers. But now somebody just whips out their phone, looks it all up, and that's the end of the conversation.
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Yeah, the continuing medical is one of the best benefits to state employees here. As law enforcement, I get the additional benefits of a 6% matching 401k (in addition to the pension) and what is effectively social security payments between retirement and age 62 (though for me that'll only amount to about $6k per year). By my rough math it's looking like I'll retire with roughly a $26k salary not including IRAs and personal retirement savings, which really doesn't feel like very much. This is slightly off-topic, but make sure you write a will sooner than you think you'd need one. My boss' mother died at 62 and didn't have one, and it's been a tremendous headache for him because she had assets all over the place.
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Interesting question as I've been spending a lot of time trying to figure it out, myself. Though soon enough I want to hire someone both to make sure my understanding of my retirement benefits is right, but also to see how I can invest with the least taxes in a non-IRA account, since I'll have to buy a home as soon as I retire (currently in work housing). For a few years I'd interpreted "full retirement" as a full pension, but recently realized that wording didn't actually mean that. I had a rough day that day suddenly realizing I'd have to work five years longer than I'd hoped. I'm aiming for about 57, but there's a lot of variables which could change that +/- two years. I do have a pension, but since I started here late, it won't pay a ton. In large part, my retirement is dependent on how well I can invest on my own (which I haven't been able to start yet, unfortunately). But work continues my medical benefits between retirement and age 62, which is probably the best benefit they offer and will save me a TON of money.
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The show hasn't been picked up, so it's basically done. Forte said the plan was they'd live in the bunker, the bunker-people would die save for a guest star, and that's about it. They didn't have a plan for anything further. It was the best show on television, as far as I'm concerned.
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This is Bledsoe's final year of his contract, so I don't know who you'd get who'd be as good that a team would give up for a one-year rental. Brogdon is a very capable backup PG, but he's not really anything special if you judge him as a starter. Henson has averaged 10pts and 9 reb per 36 in his playoff career, so if that's one of the best players on the court we're in trouble. He's routinely destroyed by centers with any size advantage, which against Henson is everyone. And even his blocking ability is overrated because he lets the offense get by him so he can get the block. I actually like Snell and think he's underrated. He's a great defender who can guard every position well but PG and a big C. He led the team in 3pt FG% last year, but it's not his fault a 3-and-D guy doesn't show up on the stat sheet when he's got a coach in Kidd who doesn't like shooting the 3.
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I don't see how they'd ever trade Bledsoe unless something bad happened and the team is terrible. You don't trade your third-best player when you're trying to be a top team in the East. Though next year Bledsoe will walk as the team will need another $12M to give Middleton a raise. This team is oddly not built for the future, more just a waiting game until Delly and Henson's contracts are off the books. This team should only get better and better as the players learn the system and Bud learns how to best use the lineups. Probably some changes that could have been made when you're up 16 to start the 4th, but I just chalk that up to effectively being a new team.
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There was a Packers game on today? Was going to watch it tomorrow but clicked on this thread instead. Guess I won't be wasting my time watching it.
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You wouldn't want to be a top QB prospect and come to a team that insists on having you throw 12 short- and mid-range passes every game and that's it. You go to the teams that want to throw for 300 yards per game and have coaches with a history of developing NFL talent at that position. You also go to the teams that recruit NFL-caliber WR talent who will make you look better and help inflate your numbers. With the Brewers extending their season and the Bucks due for a good year, there's enough sports going on that I'm not paying that much attention to the Badgers, especially when Week 2 pretty much shot the hopes of having a great season. It's more a game this year that if I happen to be home, it's good to have playing while I do housework. Or like when the Brewers are having a bad year, good for reading the box score but not investing my time watching. By the end of the season we'll have the Bucks fighting for a playoff seed, the Packers trying to finish above .500, and Baseball free agency news. That's kind of enough sports for me. In a way, I don't have enough time for bad teams.
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I only see the Brewers picking up on this even more next season, considering they'll have so many #5 starters, with a lot of other teams following behind. The tough part is how fickle middle relief is season to season, so it will probably be hard to see consistency on a yearly basis. But middle relievers are relatively cheap on the FA market (though getting worse considering what Colorado did), while at the same time starting pitching is so hard to find. I don't see it happening yet with big-budget teams, but I could see the mid-budget ones picking up on the trend. Would pitchers really dislike it? Hader could certainly be moved to more of a two-inning closer's role, and he'd be looking at $20M per if he were a FA. Though I have a hard time seeing a team do bullpen games with the entirety of their staff for reasons the Brewers are going to see at Los Angeles. Teams are playing six days in a row, or worse, the schedule the Cubs had in September. "That averages 160 innings per year" is great, but on a day-to-day basis, it'd be so easy to burn bullpen arms with a few tight games in a row playing six games per week. I think there would still be a need to have one or two traditional starters with a history of being able to go long into a game. But all in all, new trends tend to pick up on where the value is in free agency and developing players, and isn't that currently found with bullpen arms? Also, I bet Brooks Kieschnick is kicking himself that he showed up in the League 10 years too soon.
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It's odd it seems like our biggest innings begin with Yelich taking a walk and not with him getting some big hit.
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Trade Targets Starting Pitching 2018-19
GAME05 replied to jjfanec's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
Who says we even need to trade for a SP and not just get FA one? I'm figuring that's what we'll do and the remaining starters will just be shifted to the bullpen to build more bullpen starts and just have that reliever who can go three innings. What we've got isn't going to bring back some big prospect, so why not just put option guys in AAA? -
I had Hulu for just a little while, but the changed their format and no longer offer the "What was on yesterday/day before" section, and so I unsubscribed.
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A thought came up after I just got a "Your password has been blocked" email from Fidelity (I haven't used it in a long while). But if you've got many thousands of dollars in an online investment agency like them, you've just gotta trust that the double-authentication you have on your account is secure enough? If for whatever reason someone was able to access your computer, isn't that a really big risk with that much money?
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2018-10-02 (& 03): Wild Card Playoff Games
GAME05 replied to Eye Black's topic in Archived Game Threads
Thought the speedy Cubs guy should have stuck his elbow out and taken that pitch, but of course that's easy to say when you're watching and not when you're staring down a baseball. Gotta be rough for Cubs fans to only have needed one win in two games. Not that I'm crying about it or anything. Hopefully the Rockies' bullpen is at least a little bit tired on Thursday. -
2018-10-02 (& 03): Wild Card Playoff Games
GAME05 replied to Eye Black's topic in Archived Game Threads
This is crazy. Sure glad I work late tomorrow. -
From five games back on September 3rd, and it's not like the Cubs played poorly last month, either. What an incredible run.
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I know I can't link to it here, but I watched a delayed broadcast of the game on a stream which removed halftime and the commercial breaks, and it was great.
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Have to miss the football game because of work, but I'll be glued to the Brewer game and have a gamecast going on my phone to watch the Cubs lose. A win and Yelich getting enough RBIs for the Triple Crown would be incredible.
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Their defensive line is going to cream Green Bay. Bulaga hasn't been able to slow anyone down yet this season.
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Squirrels will also eat bait chuncks designed for rats/mice. Yeah it'll smell, but it's the smell of victory! I had raccoons in the sub-floor of my house and I'm pretty sure it was those things that brought the fleas in. A copperhead came (which I very nearly stepped on) this summer to help take care of the mouse problem, but I decided his services weren't needed.
