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I don't believe the Brewers and A's matchup prospect wise. The Brewers just don't have what the A's would want in an Olson trade. The Yankees could easily top anything the Brewers throw out there with just one prospect. I just don't see a realistic scenario where the A's trade Olson to the Brewers.

Traveling for work sucks sometimes I just love going to Delaware once or twice a year when I had to travel. Columbus OH is also another one in the middle of January so much fun.

Or they are looking for a unicorn.

How does this work? Are you referring to a 401(k)? Can you explain this? Personal trading account. Since I work in a department that has advanced knowledge of financial instruments I am limited on when and what I can trade. Similar to government officials though they hardly ever follow these rules and when they don’t it is usually just a slap on the wrist don’t do it again type of a issue. For me I can be fired or have my bonus denied at the end of the year. But if I have my own personal 401k that wouldn’t apply just my personal trading account. I have authority to trade on my mom’s 401k. I had to register it with my employer but I don’t have to submit for approval on trades in that account.

I am at a freeze at work and can’t trade again until after 3/15. Well I can trade but I will have to fill out a form and get approval first.

I think the old saying of dress for the job is still appropriate. Also I always look at the company’s policy or ask HR what the dress code is. While coming in all professional is a good idea over dressing your interviewer to me is worse than under dressing. If they are business casual and you come in a suit that is not really a good match or look IMHO.

Bracket Matrix has them as a 3 as of 2/18. http://www.bracketmatrix.com/ That site doesn't matter as this is the official selection committee so they are a 4 as of this article.

Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas currently with the #1's. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/gonzaga-is-ncaa-selection-committees-top-overall-seed-with-auburn-arizona-kansas-no-1s-in-early-bracket/ Badgers currently with a 4 seed.

Cities really shouldn't be managing sports arenas when they have a horrible track record at keeping roads maintained properly.

Exactly the Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox and other teams could have spent whatever they wanted this off season if the lockout wouldn't have happened. The gap between the small market teams payroll and the large market teams would have grown. The large market teams basically would have also received a free reset on the tax for this season and if the large market teams wouldn't have spent the union would have been calling it collusion. The only proposal that I have liked from the owners was the $100m salary floor. But the owners never released or mentioned what would happen if a team goes below that floor so that was an auto reject from the players. If the two sides could come together and combine a tax around $220m and a floor around $100m I think that would be a perfect solution it basically creates a salary cap but allows teams to go over it. If a team is below the $100m salary floor they lose their 1st round pick and it is included in the lottery. If a team is a large market team and they are below the $100m salary floor by the end of the season they forfeit their 1st round pick and pay a tax of 40% which will escalate to 120% of the minimum salary which is then split 50-50 between the small market teams and a pool for the players who are pre-arbitration eligible. This solves the pre-arbitration issue and pays those players more potentially and also solves the tanking issue. Small market teams forfeit their 2nd round pick for the first and second year they are under the salary floor and after the second year they forfeit their 1st round pick and competitive balance picks. This will push teams to actually compete and not just give up half way through the season. This would obviously mean that the playoffs would have to expand and I think a total of 14 teams would be fine maybe reduce down to 12 but I think 14 would be ok.

Spring training games postponed until March 5th. https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-postpones-spring-training-games-until-march-5-with-more-lockout-talks-scheduled-for-monday/

I think the Bryant contract is close to what he will get. I think the Schwarber contract is a year or two to long. I think he gets a 4-year deal max. Something like 4/70.

I wonder how many SB's Marino would have won if he played for Dallas instead of Miami?

Just for clarification Dick Butkus is not the reason why they broke up. Also Butkus is rather funny with some of his takes he also took a dig at his nephew accepting an offensive line coordinator position for an expansion team.

Why is it that in the English language that Puerto is pronounced Porto? Shouldn't it be pronounced like where but replacing the w sounding part with a hard p sound?

Ryan Zimmerman has retired not like he was ever an option really. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/ryan-zimmerman-announces-retirement.html

I am not sure on Meadows value but maybe something like Black and Ray for Meadows would be something the Rays would be interested in. Definitely would just play Meadows as the DH against RHP but I am not sure this would be a Stearns move as Meadows doesn't really give the Brewers much roster flexibility as he isn't a good OF defensively. I think someone like Rizzo would make more sense in FA than trading for Meadows.

Unless it was from a trade I don't think they have and if they did it would be sometime in the late 90's early 2000's maybe.

Kupp should be the MVP if the Rams hold on. Last WR to win was Rice?

Is there even a clear cut MVP? Maybe Kupp if the Rams win but I am not sure there is really anyone that stands out.

Pretty bad actually. I have seen both Dr. Dre and Snoop live and that was a very lifeless show. Dre sure looks old and very low energy. He had the energy of a 70 year old.

Eric Thames signing with the A's on a minor league deal. I think he will be the A's 1B in 2022. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/02/athletics-to-sign-eric-thames-to-minor-league-deal.html

I would like to see some more rule changes made to the game like going to a 7-inning game format. The 8th 9th and 10th inning would be played as normal if there is a tie and then the 11th inning would be played with a runner at 1B and the team with the most bases in the 11th inning wins the game. Then also go to a point system like the NHL for wins and extra inning wins. Wins give you 3pts an extra inning game gives both teams 1pt and the winning team gets an extra point for winning. Go back to the two divisions for each league but this time separate the leagues by geographical locations. What I would really like to see would be a sudden death each team picks 3 batters and 1 runner that starts at 1B in the 11th inning and 1 pitcher. Whoever scores the most runs wins the game. The runner who starts at 1B is the only player allowed to score there are no outs counted just three batters have to try and get that runner home. After each AB the runner returns to 1B. If no team scores or the teams are tied the next inning the runner starts at 2B until they score and then they will start at 1B. Remove the managers ability to challenge plays. Somehow bring back stealing to the game if that means limiting the number of throw overs per PA then fine. Something like 4 free throw overs per PA anything over 4 gives the batter a +1 to the ball count or removes a strike. Add robot umps to call balls and strikes the human umpire will still need to call check swings, foul tips, fair or foul calls and plays at the plate. Finally actually follow the rules for the batter to be ready once they enter the batters box no more hour long batting setup rituals. Also no more timeouts allowed by batters unless they are hurt or an off the field distraction is occurring.

I still have Marino as the greatest QB ever and no SB championships don't count as being the greatest QB it just means the QB were on good teams overall. If we go that route then Aikman is in the top 5 which I doubt anyone would put Aikman in the top 5 as a QB the same with Young. My top 5 QB: 1. Marino 2. Favre 3. P. Manning 4. Brady 5. Rodgers/Montana

Futurama is being brought back on Hulu in 2023 but the voice actor for Bender John DiMaggio may not be brought back. I loved Futurama but not sure I could love it without John DiMaggio.