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  1. CheezWizHed
    I don't think that's a fair statement at all, because you and I both know that the hotel experience is different for a professional sports team than it is for you or me or the general public. Also, it still doesn't really address the 'your employer told you not to do it' part of the activity. If your employer told you right now that they didn't want you to golf during the pandemic, and that there would be significant ramifications if they find out that you did, would you still do it? Is this true? This whole thing started with me asking if golfing was against the MLB rules. If yes, then there should be a quarantine applied similar to what the NBA does in the bubble (and by the way, I have no idea why you'd break the rules for McDonald's food in the NBA case...). If not, my point stands that it is a low risk activity. People are quick to shame others in this COVID era (so my response is to shame the shamers? ), so I was trying to bring some perspective. Both high end hotels and high-end golf courses will be cleaner than anything I can afford. At worst, the risk is about the same (i.e. hotel vs golf). Again, just trying to bring perspective.
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    Then why are some of them literally doing the ONE THING that is going to further put their job or their colleague's jobs in jeopardy? Going out to a night club. Eating at a restaurant. High fiving teammates in the dug out. Going to a casino. I'm with you. But golf? It is literally less risky than playing baseball (especially if you're playing the Cardinals). It is safer than staying in a hotel room....
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    Their need to 'not be cooped up because its bad mentally' should be way less than the average person. Quite the opposite. Why is being cooped up easier mentally on someone because they have millions of dollars? And how mentally sharp does the average person need to be to write email and watch zoom meetings (FYI, I'm "watching" one now as I type)? Compare that to hitting 95MPH FBs on a nightly basis. We expect that these guys are superhuman. They have skills none of us possess, but that doesn't mean that this is mentally easier on any of them. Maybe its the fans that should take a breath when a player shows himself human and needs a break. Again, we are talking about a guy going golfing... an activity that is encouraged because of social distancing. But once they're there, and you're basically only given one condition of employment to make gobs of money And yet, many guys fail at it each year and exit the majors (Hello Logan Morrison). Or leave with their cup of coffee. Why are we pretending this is an easy thing? I can guarantee that all of these guys are under FAR more pressure to keep their jobs than any of us talking about it... There are no minor league software engineering managers being trained to take my job if I suddenly have a bad week.
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    Yes, I'm watching MLB.TV. Last year, I could watch the Twins/Brewers games in Milwaukee because I live in the Minneapolis area. Not sure why that changed. And having paid for the subscription, I'm not sure why not watching commercials would matter.
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    I have no link, but heard the same on the news last night. The reasoning was that they are too "breathable" and break down larger water drops into smaller droplets that are easier to transmit.
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    No matter what your job is, it shouldn't be all you do. When you are on a 0-forever streak, you can't sit around and stew about it; that isn't healthy. There is a mental sharpness that is required in baseball and all players need an escape from the game. The optics are bad because people feel like they need to second guess the player's decisions right now. If it wasn't for COVID would anyone be complaining? No. Is golf a high risk activity for COVID? No. But still we need to second guess them...
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    Two vents: 1) There should be NO TV blackouts this year. You can't attend the game, so why are blackout rules still in effect? 2) The game is in Milwaukee. Why am I blacked out in the Twin Cities??? /rant
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    Thank you. This is what I was trying to say a few posts back, but was too lazy to compile the entire list. I'll emphasize something you eluded to also. Many of these players traded away made our MiLB squad rank really high... but haven't and probably won't have a big MLB impact. High ranked MiLB systems don't always produce many MLB players. We probably have fewer opportunities with our current system, but we might graduate a higher percentage of them.
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    It isn't a good thing to just sit around inside all day either. They do need some activities to decompress. I can't shame a guy for going golfing in the midst of this. Its an activity that can be easily done with social distancing. Especially the way I golf...
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    With Braun coming off the books (probably), how likely might we dabble there? Not sure what $$ we are talking about, but... Side note... Michael Brantley is only 33???
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    Is golfing against the MLB COVID policy? Seems like one of the few safe activities that could be done.
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    the WR/TE line seems to be blurring...
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    I wonder if it was one of those vigilante drivers who make it their mission to slow the passing lane down to the speed limit because speeding is against the law. Possibly, but most traffic is at 5 MPH over (myself included) and not excessive. Plus they pulled into the left lane well before getting to the speed limit (55mph) so they caused cars to move to the right lane and passing them while they were still accelerating around 35-50 mph.
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    tmwiese55 - this isn't directed at you, but your comment about experts got me thinking. Just the term "Experts" is horribly misunderstood, too. Of course experts will be wrong at times. We are dealing with something new and we are learning about it. The term "practicing" medicine is intentional as people continue to learn more and more. But people like to misuse the "expert" to make their strawman argument. "Look at this expert here - they agree with me and therefore MUST be right!" Or "I believe in science!" is a great argument killer. As if others don't? History is full of scientists that were wrong as they were learning about new information. But continue to work to learn and improve. So yes, scientists/doctors can be both experts and wrong. But any good scientist/doctor will continue to study and work to get it right and eventually solve the problem. Its a process and we are on a journey to find the right solution. I try to keep my ears and eyes open to see multiple sources instead of relying too much on any one source and try to keep central to the issues. Do I like wearing a mask? no Will I wear a mask? Yes. Do I think masks help? Probably, but not fully convinced. Do I need to beat the drum about my rights? No. I'm not being "oppressed", we are just in the process if figuring it out. /rant
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    Two points that I'll make again - Humidity, not heat. - Both are viruses with the potential to have similar weaknesses Neither came to be true. But that is the "logic" that was being used in the absence of evidence when we were learning what COVID was and how it compared to the flu.
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    Stearns has made some fabulous trades including trading what looks like mostly filler for Yelich yet our drafting leaves a lot to be desired and I know that Stearns is not the one picking these players. I think we are too focused on up the middle athletes and not enough on drafting good hitters. We used to have a very deep and well respected MiLB club that was built by a mixture of draft picks and trades. Many of those players either graduated to the MLB club or were traded away. But as you said about the Yelich group, they were mostly fillers. There have been a couple people that have blossomed after being traded away, but we mostly have made the right decisions on players. Don't forget a big part of our former MiLB depth came from trading away MLB players for MiLB player packages - Lucroy (Brinson, Ortiz, Cordell), Jean Segura (Diaz), Adam Lind (Freddy Peralta), etc... If you had only looked at the players we drafted back then, MiLB ranking would've been worse. We emptied the MLB level to fill the MiLB pipeline, then emptied the pipline to fill the MLB level. The real question is how quickly we can rebuild the MiLB pipeline without emptying the MLB level.
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    No, not ticketed (drivers ed in 1990 for me), but still taught. And the rule changes if there is enough traffic to have both lanes occupied. In Germany, it is illegal to pass on the right. So much so that people don't look right when moving over. Cars in the left lane will flash their headlights at you or put on their left blinker to tell you to get out of the way. But people are very used to passing a car and moving back over right away, so it works well. Contrary to what I saw the other day where someone pulled on to a 4 lane divided expressway. This person turned right into the right lane (correctly), then immediately changed lanes to the left while the right lane was wide open and cars bearing down on them in the left lane. They drove for 3 miles just at the speed limit, causing several cars to pass them on the right. I pulled onto that same expressway behind them, but in the right lane and eventually overtook them. I can understand it if they need to turn left soon, but they were just cruising to wherever...
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    I'll raise my hand as someone that suspected summer to quell the virus. The logic comes from seeing the effects of the summer (and humidity specifically) on other virus based diseases, like influenza. The hope was that COVID was similar enough to the flu to have a similar weakness. That unfortunately wasn't true. But it was a logical thought - just no proof at the time (either direction) of legitimacy.
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    If he happens to skip next year, he'll come back at 36 with nearly a 2 year layoff. That could be difficult.
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    Don't underestimate how much he loves to play also. To most of these guys, this is more than just a job and money. Once you walk away in your mid-30s, you never get it back.
  21. CheezWizHed
    Garcia has been a pleasant surprise this year. But we need Yeli to get going (and nearly everyone else)...
  22. CheezWizHed
    A lot of things could change in the next 6 months. Vaccine, MLB rules (e.g. do a bubble?), family situation, whatever... I'd wonder more about this being Braun's last year over Cain.
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    For the flu, there is scientific evidence (sorry, I don't have a link but I've read credible sources) that humidity effects the "shelf-life" of the virus. So it dies quicker and lowers the chance someone can pick it up. Obviously, being outside (i.e. spread out) and less mixing (i.e. kids in school) are big parts of that, too. That doesn't seem to be true for COVID-19 or not as much. Still, I want a sauna... Edit: Found a CDC link. Its not the one I read previously, but says about the same thing.
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    Are most major roads in AK highways (two lane with cross traffic)? Or freeways/expressways? Seems like 20 years ago in WI/MN, most major highways were turned into freeways (4+lanes on/off ramps only) or expressways (4 lanes with limited cross-traffic) to prevent backups such as you mention.
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    I think Iran gets "dismissed" due to the perception of poor health care (I honestly don't know if it is good or poor). I know, I personally "hoped" that it would die out in the summer like the flu normally does -- who wouldn't? Dealing with a known (i.e. flu) is easier than the unknown mentally.
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