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Glad to see Chourio didn't swing at garbage due to nerves.

Haase really seems straight forward at this point. If he suddenly stops hitting then all the other options are still there, and then you can see if you ride it out until Mitchell is ready or maybe Joey has rounded into form by then or some other event makes you look at the options differently, but offensive potential upside and preserving talent seems like a winning combination.

I don't do much for mobile computing, but this maybe the year I finally break down and get a VPN for the baseball season to take full advantage. Any recommendations for an easy to use low cost option?

If you view an off day as a likely pinch hit day. Then each OFer gets 1 day off per week, but it is only costing them about 3 ABs. Throw in playing another position (DH or 3B for Yelich and Frelick) and I think it's pretty easy to get Mitchell 4 starts per week plus some pinch hitting and I think that is a solid mix of regular playing time for everyone plus some breather for the long season. I get that equaling about 480 PAs for Mitchel and only 3 Brewers last year had more than 500 so that seems pretty close to full time in the modern game. It's also flexible enough of an arrangement that you can get to that number a bunch of ways for how those off days are lined-up to play match-ups.

Yes cash is tricky to track, but that is why we have a plethora of anti-money laundering laws that to regulate the currency. As I have said the crypto hype has progressively moved the arguments about why it should exist. Fiats are different because an investment in a fiat is ultimately a bet on that countries economy and policies, so even if abstract it is still tied to real things. Generally if crypto was properly taxed for it's energy consumption and clearly regulated I would guess it would disappear, but I recognize that if people trade something long enough that belief can sustain some value.

My point on crypto is that it only has value because people believe it has value and it continues to spin around purely based on that with an extensive track record of various scams. My analysis is based very little on standard media sources and is instead driven by my own analysis of years of patterns, an inability to provide compelling proof of an actual product, and various more in depth academic looks at the product including the grad student who first cracked who to track the originally billed as untrackable world of crypto which led to the first big wave of busts. The pattern since then has just been a continual moving of goalposts about what the product will accomplish, like the infamous it's the new gold argument, except that instead of performing opposite from the market it seems to go up everytime the market in general rises. I didn't go back and track down the long form older article I had read that did a good job laying out the issues, but it was basically pointing out that responding to inflation driven by the run-up in housing prices by raising interest rates only keeps making the problem worse in the long run because it hits builders first and continues to drive supply lower than demand so I'm not remotely viewing this as applicable only to the moment it is a long run issue. In the abstract as long as the economy keeps being managed in this crude interest rate way it's pretty rational to be heavily invested in real estate because the payoff is going to be too good. Regardless of whether it's a private entity or public pensions I don't think large scale corporate ownership of property is good. I prefer to broaden the thought process on how to manage the economy because it is a disturbing cliche to point out that the Fed is a hammer and so all problems must be nails with the present way most people talk about the issue.

Because crypto was unregulated and designed to be difficult to track various forms of theft and exposure of being used to stash illegal cash were the subject of numerous investigations long before the dramatic take downs of the last 2 years. I do think considering that lowering the transaction fees might well have an unintended consequence in terms of how market distortions have percolated, but those distortions are also highly traced to trying to rely only on interest rates to control inflation and economic activity.

In a thread that actively advocates trading in a purely speculative 'product' that has been rife with funding illegal activity for over a decade (aka crypto) specifically targeting public pensions is a weird move. It's not like the Wisconsin retirement system has only had 4 negative return years since 1967 with a 5 year return of 8.29% and 10 year return of 7.27% for it's more conservative fund with a minimal fee structure. Along with all the other benefits of pensions over private investments.

I will concur it was great reporting and a huge bonus for the site.

From my perspective the somewhat different thing about Bellinger is that while he clearly lost out compared to signing an extension a few years go he has still earned a nice chunk of money. So it is a little different comparison to the Chourio's of the world who are so early in their careers that they have not earned a serious nest egg yet and could easily flame out before making more than a few million in total (which is still pretty good but not a ton of money unless you are very careful at a young age).

I'd frame this less about Boras in particular and more just good examples of why those early extensions do represent dealing with real risks that all players face.

Without claiming to have inside information Turbo, I would lean more towards the he needed to hit the wall first before he could make that big of a change, not that people didn't recognize it would probably cause him issues. And the fact could still abuse AAA is pretty potent evidence he was almost good enough to make the unconventional work.

Did clancy get hired by the Brewers?

Given the shift in valuations, the marginal team value of signing 30year old+ AAAA type players is way lower then a lottery ticket rookie ball spot so I can definitely see why certain types of AAA free agents are going to feel the squeeze.

I certainly wouldn't mind another starting pitcher for depth, but on the position player side we should expect injuries to both IFers and OFers. The roster looks a lot less cramped if you randomly put a couple of players on the DL. Things will get dicey if like last year seemingly all the OFers or IFers get hurt at the same time, but we should be able to handle a 4-6 week in jury for just about anyone without too big of a change in team outlook.

If the price is similar to other streaming services I might pick that up. I get a lot of over the air stuff in my current location, but some days I just can't get in ABC and Fox, so that as a back-up combined with getting a good selection of sports channels has an appeal at a certain price point.

No question I'd love to have Powell announcing games again. Ueck has always been good at making his partners look good, but they way both of them worked together in the booth really was a treat for many years.

I like the length and the mix, I think we have just about the perfect mix of more guys than spots, so all the young OFers can have a real chance to show they can hit but there is still depth and accountability. With this extra stability it is very exciting to just see who can break out on the young player side and put this offense way above average.

I thought I saw some very ungenerous 49ers spots as well. I don't know if it evened out but it sure seemed like one of the most extreme consistently short placements I can remember. Or put another way short spots happen, but I don't remember ever noticing a ref doing it a whole game.

I'm not sure how the Tesla's are designed, but my Bolt doesn't loose energy like a normal car battery does in the cold, it burns the energy to keep the battery warmer, so it actually helps to heat the garage. It's designed to be plugged in and remote started in this weather. That helps preserve the battery because it preheats everything. I certainly understand the issue about needing a garage. We waited to make the jump until we were back in Wisconsin because our garage in the Twin Cities had no electric, so the charger install would have been very expensive. That said simple chargers with just a 220V hook-up are not very expensive at all, and if apartments with parking installed them it would be a huge boost to the accessibility.

Do you just take knees on offense to avoid fumbles?

Most fun I've had watching a playoff game in a long time

Only if you bet the under..

Great time for another 8 minute long TD drive

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