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The TV contract has already been signed, that revenue won't change based on who is selected. It's all about in-person attendance and spend.
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This GenX'er is perfectly content with his 7' lighted palm tree in lieu of a Christmas tree, real or artificial.
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Visiting a city is very different from living in a city. I enjoy visiting NYC. I lived there (technically Hoboken, right across the river) for almost two years, and you would need to pay me a LOT of money to live in NYC. If you're visiting somewhere, then the friendliness of people is probably one of the most important things to you. When you live somewhere, there are lots of other things that factor in the equation. Having grown up in small-town rural WI... don't get me started on the average person in small-town WI. Madison is about the only place I could live in WI, maybe Milwaukee. The people of NYC used to be rude, but after 9/11 and the skyrocketing cost of housing the last 20 years they have been put in their place and are relatively pleasant now. In LA they pleasantly tell you what you want to hear while lying right through their teeth and figuring out how to use you to get what they want. Also, like NYC, the skyrocketing cost of living in coastal CA has put a lot of people in their place. Perhaps the relatively low cost of living in Chicago hasn't put people in their place like NYC and LA. -
The Badgers needed Oklahoma to lose last night to have any chance. Unless Clemson gets destroyed by Virginia, since Clemson doesn't have a win against a currently ranked opponent, but that's highly unlikely. That being said, I'm a really happy Badgers fan today, as curb-stomping Minnesota is a wonderful thing in any season. Assuming another loss to Ohio State, it's between Penn State and UW for the Rose Bowl, and the common opponent test has both beating Michigan at home, both beating Iowa, but one winning at Minnesota and one losing. I think UW is in the Rose Bowl.
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Caesar Williams has had one heckuva game. Defensive MVP.
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Let's go back and read the comments on page 66 of this thread. Anyone want to make any edits?
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Someone who is on Twitter please reply to Ian Kenyon and tell him that Ron Dayne is the all-time leading rusher whether you include or exclude bowl games. With bowl games, Dayne has 7125 and Pumphrey has 6405; excluding bowl games Dayne has 6397 and Pumphrey has 6077. Actually, Dayne's 7125 may not include bowl games.
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This nonsense I keep seeing that Donnel Pumphrey is the NCAA all-time leading rusher and not Ron Dayne. Pumphrey has 6405 career rushing yards including bowl games. Excluding bowl games (328 yards in four bowl games), he has 6077. Dayne has 7125 career rushing yards including bowl games. Excluding bowl games (200 in 2000 Rose Bowl, 246 in 1999 Rose Bowl, 36 in 1998 Outback Bowl, 246 in 1997 Copper Bowl), Dayne has 6397. Actually, I think that 7125 does not include bowl games.
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Arguably the best team in NBA history lost 10 games that season, including a loss to a team that was 21-61 that year. Expecting perfection is futile.
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Well, as of right now the Braves don't have a 3B, so if they lose out on Donaldson then Camargo is their 3B. Somewhat related, as I look at the Braves roster from last year they had a guy I'd like to see signed as Grisham's replacement - Matthew Joyce. He's been outstanding as a spot starter and bench bat the last few years, and would come cheap. I've wanted the Brewers to pick him up for several years.
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Nobody will confirm or deny anything regarding any transactions that haven't happened. Could ruin negotiations... and this site.
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Smoak is both strange and interesting. Strange because he seems to be below-average defensively, but interesting because his career BABIP is .266 and posted an unusually low .223 last year, suggesting a rebound from his 2019 numbers, and because he has a pretty good K/BB ratio (21% K rate, 16% walk rate last year). I don't think he'll get anywhere near the $8M he got last year, so he could be a bargain. Someone convince me that he is a good defensive 1B.
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Just went to Fangraphs and of the 10 most trending players that show up when you go to the search bar, seven of them are current or former Brewers.
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Eligible for the Rule 5 Draft - Fall 2019
LouisEly replied to Jim Goulart's topic in Brewers Minor League Talk
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I thought that was due to the new ball and hesitancy to use the splitter, and that once he started using the splitter again he had better results in July and August. But he did seem to run out of gas in September; could have been because his 83 IP out of the pen, IIRC, was top five in all of baseball. He pitched in 12 of their 25 games in July and 14 of their 26 games in August, or roughly every other game in July and August. No wonder he ran out of gas in September.
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With Grandal and Grisham gone, and Thames and Moustakas free agents, aren't the Brewers in need of LH bats?
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And he did that in the CAL League, Texas League, and PCL, all very hitter-friendly leagues. Which tempers my enthusiasm about Urias. Especially the power spike in AAA this past year.
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Most of you are too young to remember how horrible American cars were in the 70s and 80s. Toyota, Honda, and others took advantage. You know what? American auto makers had to respond. That's how the market is supposed to work. I don't care where the car is made or assembled. We have two vehicles now, both American, fwiw. Yep, and they responded. I don't remember if it was JD Power, but a couple of months ago someone came out with their rankings of the most reliable brands/fewest problems with new cars, and it was Hyundai, Kia, and then Ford, Lincoln, Chevy in some order. Hell, Jaguar was a top-10 brand when Ford owned them. Toyota has had a boatload of recalls the last few years, maybe more than any other manufacturer. They are living off of a reputation. Honda has had a lot of issues lately too.
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As someone who has lived in 13 different cities/towns in 9 different states, including all of the big three (NYC, LA, Chicago) I'd put Chicago in the upper half. Don't know if you've spent a lot of time in the northeast, but it is WAY ahead of NYC/Boston/Philadelphia. The cost of housing in Chicago is dirt cheap for a city that size - a very welcome change from LA and NYC. The women are prettier than NYC/Boston/Philadelphia, that's for sure. The public transportation system makes it really easy to get around, second perhaps only to NYC. Yeah, it has it's fair share of douchebags, but there are douchebags everywhere (less douchebags in NYC, but that's because everybody is broke from the cost of living) and the douchebags are pretty much limited to the fratboys/sorority girls who grew up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago and never have lived anywhere else. There are plenty of people here who didn't grow up in the upper middle class suburbs of Chicago who aren't douchebags, you just have to avoid the general Wrigleyville area. And Chicago is driving distance from Wisconsin if you want to get away for the weekend. It's not utopia by any stretch - I'd rather be in Austin or Denver, maybe Nashville or Seattle (Seattle is getting expensive too, and my field doesn't pay enough to live in coastal CA), but I work in a fairly specialized field and there aren't many opportunities in those cities.
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2019 Green Bay Packers draft preview and predictions
LouisEly replied to LouisEly's topic in Other Sports
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It was an open competition in camp this year and Larsh was more accurate. https://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2019/8/20/20812642/wisconsin-badgers-football-fall-camp-2019-special-teams-recap-anthony-lotti-collin-larsh-adam-bay
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Travis d'Arnaud to Braves - 2 years/$16M
LouisEly replied to Matt Breen's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
d'Arnaud's career line: .246/.307/.412 Pina's career line: .257/.317/.407 2019 fWAR: d'Arnaud - 1.6 (365 PA's); Pina - 1.1 (179 PA's - almost 70% of d'Arnaud's WAR with 50% of the plate appearances) Looks like we have one helluva bargain in Pina. -
Are we talking about the same Gregorious who put up a .718 OPS in 2019 and missed half the season due to injury (and hasn't played in more than 136 games in a season since 2016) getting $18M/year. Really? Seriously? If that's the case, then I go with my alternate choice which is Grandal's $18M plus Anderson's $6M to get Lyles and a really good SP. $24M can get both of those.
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Haven't seen his name brought up yet, but someone I'd be interested in bringing in on a minor league deal w/NRI is Nolan Fontana. He played poorly last year but was injured which likely affected his performance. His AAA OPS was likely boosted by the PCL, but he has a career minor league OBP of .380 and he bats LH. Could be a possible backup middle IF who soft platoons with Arcia if they don't acquire a SS. Otherwise, good AAA depth and worth a look to see if he can provide an OBP improvement - hard to be worse than Arcia in that department.
