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  1. igor67
    It got ridiculous awhile ago, but assuming the attraction toward 20 Stanford, Oregon, Washington, and ND make for the strongest overall group in my estimation. You pull in the Bay area market as well as the other obvious markets. Stanford and Oregon have pretty broad based athletic success. I'm not up on every non revenue sport, but those schools are strong Tack and Field schools, which complements a lot of other things going on in the Big Ten already. And you would be responsbile as a conference for a ridiculous fraction of the country's PhDs.
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    Having lived out of state for a long time, I've maintained my home state loyalties, but rarely ever invested any money in getting access to games. Which might relate to a the long term danger zone for these super conferences. Basketball ends up being exciting because the tournament does give that feeling to a huge fraction of people that 'their' team has a stake. I've already got pro-Football, so at what point does giving into pure have and have nots erode the actual total market size of college football? Having lots of large state schools helps maintain that perpetual alumni base, but its not like the SEC plus new Big Ten will have anywhere close to all 50 states represented.
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    I'll put this in the optimism thread because as a lead-off man Yelich has even more incentive, but I was looking at his splits this year and his slash line when he swings at the first pitch (total of 65 PA) is straight-up JBJ level bad. .183/ .219/.267/ .486 Super weird since typically hitters do really well when they swing at the first pitch. Last year even he had an .866 OPS on first pitch swings. Quite literally those 65 plate appearances are completely tanking his line for the season, without them he is at a 117 OPS+
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    30 pitches and you still have to pull your closer on a night you hit that many HRs, Can't be very happy with this outcome so far if your a Pittsburg fan either.
  5. igor67
    Even the Cleveland Spiders won 20 games.
  6. igor67
    Definitely on the defensive decline, it makes it easy to move on from Wong and go with a younger player in the offseason.
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    I would have to concur on the lead-off idea. Outside of the MVP years his statline has always lined up well with that spot, and in his 20 games leading off this year he has a .321/.402/.420 line very similar to his Marlins days and one I could definitely live with since he is such a good baserunner.
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    Nothing from this year has changed my approach which is basically that they have built enough up and coming farm talent that they can effectively retool and continue to be a playoff caliber team. A big name is going to have to be traded for that to occur, but as other have explored there are different options, and a GM who has shown he likes options and flexibility.
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    A win tomorrow and the Brewers would finish June at 13-14, which is pretty impressive given the 8 game losing streak.
  10. igor67
    Urias showing Adames how to hit at the Trop
  11. igor67
    More runs!
  12. igor67
    Yes! Cutch
  13. igor67
    For whatever it's worth I think a Spring training edition (captures any offseason shuffling), late May/ early June, post draft signings, and September seem about right to me (this one is a little flexible depending how much AFL action you want to include here or incorporate into the Spring version. But trying out something more ambitious is fun as well.
  14. igor67
    I got out of following the prospects super closely for awhile, so I'm still not up for a list myself but I am curious what folks see holding Tyler Black down (relatively speaking) he is having a great year and was a high draft pick.
  15. igor67
    Joe Gray Jr. with a night 3-4 with 2 HRs and a double, hopefully it's a Spring Board for a better second half.
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    I heard they went with Beauchamp for his Web skills.
  17. igor67
    Raising taxes without raising spending is inherently deflationary, in the same way that raising spending without raising taxes is inflationary. It's basic macroeconomic theory, the reality is that the magnitude of both of those effects can depend on a great deal of real world factors, my Door County tour guide today was saying that despite growing up in Door county and enjoying it he was moving because he had saved enough for a down payment on a $250K house but had still been priced out of the market locally. That is a lot of inflation driven by high end consumption (aka the people who can afford multiple houses). Very different then the types of things that money would tend to get spent on in other configurations. So even at a macro level there is some nuance that can be achieved in setting policy, just not a lot. And certainly very little if interest rates are the only thing you focus on.
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    I've been struggling for a good medical metaphor, but couldn't find one that didn't sound overly ridiculous. Trying to fight inflation with primarily interest rates is not ridiculous but it is incredibly imprecise at best when most of the causes are well removed from immediate lending. On the positive side a lot of fake pure inflation inducing value has gone out the window with the crypto collapse, so that a helpful little deflationary piece. Now wouldn't be the ideal time, but speculation tied to excessive stock market valuations is a perpetual inducer of end of cycle inflation spikes and looking at increasing taxes or fees on high income or capital gains would be helpful in the future. Ultimately though the lesson of the last couple of years is that the free market isn't particularly adept at adapting on the fly. Which is on some level a fair reflection that change is challenging regardless. I do look forward to some different types of calculus going forward that think more about robustness both on the business side and on the policy side.
  19. igor67
    Well after forcing Abbot from the game still in the first inning, Severino greets the new pitcher with the 9th hit of the inning to complete the hanging a snowman in the first inning.
  20. igor67
    They've now batted around and Frelick hit a double in the first as well for 6 runs so far
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    Biloxi with a fun first inning so far Dillard, Severino and Frelick with singles Weimer with a HR and Valerio with a triple and still only 1 out with 4 runs in. Carolina came out on top in game 1 of their double header with quite the 9th inning finish and a 3 hit game for Chourio. Lutz and Devanney have added singles in Biloxi while I was typing.
  22. igor67
    You can never have too many Badger Mutual Insurance runs
  23. igor67
    Peterson aiming for game MVP.
  24. igor67
    I didn't think so either at first, but he absolutely did on the replay.
  25. igor67
    Quite the recovery by Jace there
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