wildcat83

Might get to be a long post, but hopefully can help. The charge for us was to pay the current billing cycle that elapsed, not a recurring charge. Also may be important that we are past our original 2 year agreement, at that point our rate went up. We called and agreed to 2 more years over the phone to get the bill back down. My wife apparently did some research online and had a plan before she called. She asked to cancel which they said we could not do. At a few points they offered deals to lower the bill to stay or lower the monthly penalty for leaving. She politely declined these options. Eventually she asked to be transferred to a manager. She explained we’ve been long time customers, but the change in programming was unacceptable. The manager still tried multiple times to work out deals or discounts. She continued to decline any resolution other than canceling. Eventually she got the cancellation. Just be persistent, but politely. Do not accept deals or cancellation fees. If they hold their ground ask to see a printed copy of the contract with your signature. If you agreed over the phone like us and they use that ask for a copy of the recording of that agreement. Absolute worst case scenario is you tell them you will take them to small claims court. There is almost no chance they would have a lawyer show up and you would win by default. I don’t think they will take it that far. We didn’t even get to the point of asking to see the signed contract. It did however take some persistence and declining about 20 different plans from them. They are going to say no at first. Just keep pressing the change in programming isn’t acceptable. They are trained to get money out of you, don’t give in.

Wasn’t Wahl on a similar if not faster timeline?

I’ve been on the AAA stats don’t matter bandwagon, but Freitas carrying that average this late is borderline crazy. That also added to my preference of trading Grandal, and makes me think the catching market wasn’t there. Don’t think Stearns would’ve been afraid to trade him with a good offer. Guessing there just wasn’t really any offers for him.

I don’t know the answer to that, but these are the lowest all-time among qualified hitters for a season (which would typically require around 500 plate appearances in any given season)... Chris Davis, 2018 Orioles: .168 Dan Uggla, 2013 Braves: .179 Rob Deer, 1991 Tigers: .179 John Gochnaur, 1903 Indians: .185 John Gochnaur, 1902 Indians: .185 How do they get to 500 PA with that average? Yikes. Davis I kinda get because of money. Deer and Uggla probably weren’t on huge contracts

Oh no it’s not, I can think of 3 worse just off the top of my head. But yea, he’s just lost this year.

Shaw looks so defensive at the plate. Like he’s taking half swings trying to not strike out. He’s like the exact opposite of the Grisham break out, who said he decided just to attack pitches and swing aggressively.

Really need to take advantage here, that was a sure DP ball booted by Kemp.

He certainly has had a power outage lately. Always been a streaky hitter, he needs to get on a real good heater to make those numbers look good again.

There was like 5 posts yesterday saying Hiura needs a day off... he can’t play every day.

Haha, good thing Rizzo is grandma level slow.

If it gets to the point we’re eliminated, I really want to see Burnes, Houser, Peralta finish the year in the rotation.

Should have sold. Am I right? You said this a page ago....Would have been a good spot for a guy like Houser had an arm been acquired at the deadline. But you do you, Stearns. No, he should NOT have sold, what he should have done is exactly what you said above...acquired an arm...or two or three. Thank god packer season is here. And a couple bats as well? This offense just isn’t scoring

Should have sold. Am I right? Stearns will long regret that I believe as well. Could have some good pieces moving forward for Grandal and Moustakas.

Come on man. Frustrating times for sure, but if a professional athlete would quit based on likeliness of winning, half the games wouldn’t be played. That’s absurd. They have careers, families to provide for, they’re not quitting anything.

This...seems like a big reach. It's likely the same lineup minus Grandal and Moose next year. How that will translate to better late inning offense I'm not really sure. He’s giving a hypothetical about the new pitching rule, don’t think it was specific to our projected lineup next year...

Jeffress has been up and down his whole career. Would not surprise me to see him rebound next year. His arm problems in ST were probably a red flag as to what was to come. If he has a long off season this winter he could bounce back.

Guerra been bad the past couple weeks. This is adding to the frustrating pitching decisions.

That hamstring does not look like the day to day variety.

Sure seems like Guerra has pitched like 98 out of the last 100 games... Cain sure still earns his pay check in the field, another great catch.

Should’ve put more lefties in the lineup apparently.

Wow, the forum is in desperate need of a Brewers win! I don’t think Grisham is going to rot the bench, more likely he’s not going to start against lefties. It’s two games... Perez isn’t coming back up, he’s off the 40 man. I don’t see the point in loosing a guy like Taylor just so Perez can face two lefties. The bullpen arms like Black were probably acquired more for the next 2-3 years. That Dubon trade will be best judged years from now. With the expectations this year I get why people are frustrated. A couple wins here this weekend sure would go a long ways...

Been hot lately and has few enough ABs that a hot streak bumps the numbers pretty quick.

Surviving the first inning isn’t necessarily “keeping us in the game” territory. He better find some command or it’s going to be a long day. Brauny with a good answer!

Didn’t we acquire a few pen arms? Guerra for a third straight day is really our best option here?

I’m excited to see Grisham debut. Glad it’s a day game so we don’t have to wait till 9 PM. I would have guessed Bailey’s numbers against the Brewers would have looked better. I remember him having some really good starts against us in years that he was really bad overall.