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  1. Flood Pants
    I think it takes more than a game of Edward 40-Hands to fairly declare somebody a tool.
  2. Flood Pants
    I think this is absolutely fascinating: “To talk to people, I have to spend energy talking to them,” he said. “If I expend my energy on talking to people and making friends, it takes away from the energy I could focus on getting ready to pitch. I try to avoid nonsense talk. “It wears me out to do stuff like our meetings every day. If I actually listen to the person talking, it’ll wear me out. So I kind of go into a little daze. Then I’m still refreshed from it.” It seems like just recently that social anxiety is being taken seriously in the sports world. In the past, I think he would have merely been labeled as "not mentally tough" or something like that. But that isn't true, his mind just works differently than most people. He may as well be honest with that right off the bat so his teammates and the media understand.
  3. Flood Pants
    If he did opt out, I'd imagine it would be for the same reason that A-Rod did... no intention of leaving the Yankees, but playing hardball with them for more money.
  4. Flood Pants
    Black Eyed Peas are a bad band who put on a good half time show. Their music may suck (depending on who you ask, I guess), but they're good at the spectacle, which makes a difference. As opposed to, say, The Who who were a great band who put on a lame half-time show. Was anybody else totally horrified by the baby-hitting-the-screen ad? What were they thinking?
  5. Flood Pants
    No character, real or imaginary, can use a bleeped f-bomb as powerfully as Ron (bleep)ing Swanson.
  6. Flood Pants
    I stumbled across this great article. Parks and Rec showrunner Michal Schur was also one of the writers behind "Fire Joe Morgan" and this is an interview with him in response to Joe Morgan's firing. http://backporch.fanhouse.com/2010/12/20/michael-schur-of-parks-and-recreation-on-why-joe-morgan-was-so-frustrating/
  7. Flood Pants
    I wonder if he can play shortstop? Perhaps we can work out a trade.
  8. Flood Pants
    This team can't afford to give Betancourt "the benefit of the doubt" for a month. The Brewers need every single win. I don't think anybody claims that Betancourt is bad enough to make the Brewers a losing team, but it's not exaggeration to believe that Betancourt could cost this team the season. Getting to the playoffs is really hard. When the Brewers made it a couple years ago, it was by one game. A month-long trial of Betancourt could mean the difference between, say, 89-wins and 90-wins. That's not a huge difference in winning percentage, but very potentially the difference between playoffs and no playoffs. So, it's very likely that Betancourt will cost this team at least one game that another shortstop wouldn't cost them. That's one game too many. Since Melvin (rightfully) risked the future for a chance to win a championship this season, any move that increases this team's odds of winning any given game, if even slightly, is crucial.
  9. Flood Pants
    Betancourt is useless. By most accounts, he can't field the ball, he can't throw, he can't run, he can't get on base, he can't hit for power (except for last year, kind of), he can't hit for contact, he doesn't play hard... he lacks every skill that the game of baseball requires. If he was really good at just one thing, it may be a different story. But he's simply the type of player that a contending team can't afford to carry. We know that Betancourt is awful. There's years worth of data to prove that. We don't need to go out and spend a bunch of money to replace Betancourt with a player who will likely be better. He's bad enough that we should be able to replace him for league minimum for a player who, at the very least, won't be any worse. Melvin should just trade a low-level prospect for some other team's AAA depth, or audition a minor-league free agent. As risky as it is to go with an unproven player, I think even "may not be awful" is better than "proven awful." No, I am not willing to give Betancourt a chance. Of course, if we can get a good shortstop, all the better. But even a bad shortstop has a good chance of being better than Betancourt.
  10. Flood Pants
    I'm not sure his bat is better enough than Gomez's to offset the decrease in defense. The platoon split does look good, but these are also the stats of a player who hasn't gotten full time at bats for most of his career. So a small sample size of another small sample size, essentially. If it's a minor league deal, it's worth it, but I don't think the Brewers should pursue this too hard.
  11. Flood Pants
    The Super Mario Galaxy games are best the system has to offer. They may be a bit challenging for your kids now, but I bet you'd love playing them. Kirby's Epic Yarn has really great two-player co-op, better than New Super Mario Bros. If you're at all in to music or rhythm type games, Rock Band is the best series. I don't know how it plays on Wii because I have it for PS3, but it's super fun multiplayer.
  12. Flood Pants
    I think this sums it up well. Our farm system isn't devoid of future major league talent, but there really isn't a single player who projects to be a future star. Sure, surprises can pop up, but we shouldn't expect any of our current prospects to fill a full time major league spot in the near future. It's a bonus if they do, but not certain. Baseball Prospectus featured the Brewers in their Future Shock series recently. Here's the link: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12616 According to their five-star scale (realizing that projecting prospects isn't really their specialty), we have no prospects above three stars. And I think that's reasonable. It's very possible that the Brewers have the worst minor league system at this point in time, but it's unlikely to last.
  13. Flood Pants
    I don't think we're doomed to be that bad after a couple of years. I think what people mean is that, for the next two years the Brewers may have the best concentration of talent that they ever have. The team may never have this much pure talent again. That's two years to be a potential 90-win team and the two years in which this team will most likely ever win a world series. After that, some rebuilding will have to happen. I don't think we'd suddenly go back to being as bad as the Brewers of the early 2000's, but it's likely we're looking at a few years of 80 or so losses.
  14. Flood Pants
    I love New Vegas. It's almost overwhelmingly complex, even moreso than Fallout 3. I've never played another game that gave you such complete control over your character's destiny. I highly recommend it.
  15. Flood Pants
    Assuming we keep Fielder, we get at least two extra draft picks next year, then potentially four more the following if neither Grienke nor Marcum sign. The team is in prime position to compete now for the next two years and then rebuild the farm. I'd love to see how a rotation of Grienke, Gallardo, Marcum and Wolf shapes up against Philly in the playoffs.
  16. Flood Pants
    Is Mark Prior's arm still attached to his body, or is NY investing millions in a bionic replacement for it?
  17. Flood Pants
    As I understand it, the first half of this season was dedicated to testing out other actors to take the spotlight from Steve Carrell (Ed Helms and Craig Robinson have had much increased roles, for example). But from here on out, the season will be all about Michael's departure from Dunder Mifflin. I agree that the season so far has been weak, but I bet we can expect some compelling television the rest of the way.
  18. Flood Pants
    Tammy returns! Yes! And maybe if we're really lucky, we'll see the return of Duke Silver and D.J. Roomba.
  19. Flood Pants
    I think for an arby-eligible player, that's absolutely right, because every year you are playing for a new contract. For someone under a guaranteed contract, it's a different case. I'll use two Brewers as an example, not because I think their work ethics apply but simply their contract situations. Braun is under a guaranteed contract. If he works extra hard in 2011, he'll still get paid the same in 2012. It would be a good year to take it easy, if that's what he were looking to do. Then we have a guy like Carlos Gomez who, if he totally lights it up, can earn himself a big arby raise. I could see such circumstances motivating work ethic. But I don't think most players are capable of giving themselves a huge one year boost in stats without a lot of luck involved. But an elite player may well be capable of that.
  20. Flood Pants
    I'm a bit surprised to see Boston sink so much money into a player who takes so few walks, though he's gotten much better at that the past couple of years. While it's true that Epstein's strategy heavily involves opening up the checkbook for the top free agents, he usually does so for players with good on-base skills. Crawford should be a below-average but very expensive left fielder by the end of his contract. I hope for Tampa's sake that Boston isn't the team offering 7 years to Cliff Lee, because if so, Tampa could lose out on a first-round pick like the Brewers did when losing C.C.
  21. Flood Pants
    If the Brewers were to make this move AND hang on to Fielder, then they take advantage of a narrow window of opportunity to win. Then they can reload the minors with draft picks by letting any of those three players walk at the end of their contracts. I think if this really is on the table, it could make for an exciting season.
  22. Flood Pants
    Season 2 is also on Netflix play it now. I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't watched it. I gave up on the show midway through season one, and then started watching it again toward the end of season 2 when I finally listened to the enthusiastic critical response. The growth of the show was phenomenal, and by the end of the season it was the best comedy on TV. The cast was amazing to begin with, and adding Adam Scott and Rob Lowe to the mix was magical. I'm really looking forward to the beginning of Season 3, which was filmed immediately after Season 2 wrapped up. I fully expect them to continue on the roll that they left off on. I'm having similar feelings about Community, which I gave up on early but have gotten back in to and am amazed by the progress it has made. With 30 Rock back on top and The Office getting ready to tell Michael's departure story, Thursday night is going to be amazing for the rest of the season.
  23. Flood Pants
    Good point. However, I can see a counterpoint here. Ted was unwilling to take the job that his friend and former teammate was fired from. But he has no personal ties to Macha, does he? He can take this job without "betraying" Ned. and maybe there's some bad blood, but if managing is indeed his dream job, that's a pretty good reason to get over bad blood. I would not at all be surprised if Simba is our next manager.
  24. Flood Pants
    Thursday's episode perhaps has started to put Michael's exit into motion. I think his moments with Toby towards the end could be forshadowing his final character development. With Toby addressing head on Michael's need to be liked, I could see a couple of possible arcs forming. One, Michael finally learns to overcome some of his limitations and actually turns into an effective leader. Then perhaps he gets promoted or accepts a new position elsewhere. Or two, Michael finally realizes that he is not the leader he always thought he was and humbly steps down. Whatever happens, I hope they give Michael the chance to dictate his own destiny. It would be a nice contrast to how the british series ended. I also noticed that Dwight seemed somewhat human for a change in tonight's episode, displaying some emotion and weakness. Maybe they're giving that character a much needed overhaul as well.
  25. Flood Pants
    I actually live a few blocks from this intersection. I'm very sorry to hear that happened. We Bay Viewers take a lot of pride in having a safe neighborhood. I hate when knuckleheads like this kid hurt that image. Despite that, though, I wouldn't be scared to come back to that intersection. I can assure you that it's very safe.
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