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Who, Gomez or Votto?

Has there been anything yet to confirm that this is definitely going to happen or are they still "closing in" on a deal?

I hope, in light of the antics of the current commissioner who behaves as if he is not actually a baseball fan, that people now appreciate the job that Selig did as a commissioner.

Yes. I don't disagree with quarantining of the group of passengers from China. It's the inconsistency of how the quarantines are applied that I'm not understanding.

I'm not understanding two recent news stories regarding the Coronavirus in Wisconsin. Yesterday, the first documented case in Wisconsin was reported in Madison. If I understand correctly, the person went directly from the plane to the hospital. The hospital confirmed it was the coronavirus and then released the patient to their home where they are under "self-quarantine". However, there is also a Wisconsin family that was visiting China and had a long wait until they were allowed to leave China with several other people that were also visiting China. These people landed in the U.S. yesterday and are all being quarantined for 2 weeks before they can even go home. So, the person who we know has the virus is allowed to go home and is trusted to self-quarantine while the people who just visited China and have not shown any signs yet of the virus have to be quarantined for 2 weeks before even being allowed to go home? I'm not an expert by any means on infectious diseases so I'm sure there is something that I'm just not understanding about this.

Up until about a week or two ago I assumed that Margot Robbie was the same actress from "My Name is Earl", who I now know is Jaime Pressly.

I really like Starbucks coffee, but that's all I order there. Plain black coffee. I usually stop there once a week when I visit one that is close to my Dads. I made the mistake of going through the drive thru once. There were 3 cars, I think it took 15 minutes. My order takes less than 2 minutes. Also, still have trouble with the sizes at Starbucks. Tall is actually small...huh? I usually just say "Large Coffee" and they give me the size I was expecting. However last time I said large, I felt like I got a look because I didn't use the Grande or Venti or whatever size I'm supposed to say and then I ended up getting a size that was smaller than I'm usually given.

A few things about this: - He states that while payroll has gone up from 2018, so has attendance. The attendance went up by about 70,000. Let's say that equals $75 per fan (that's being generous). That would be an extra $5M. Their opening day payroll was up $32M from 2018 to 2019. He also dismisses the Spring training upgrades and assumes they were financed. I believe they totaled $50M (not sure if that's accurate, but I believe it's close).Even if they financed it, they now have additional financing payments on their books. He also does not talk about additional investments made in international scouting. We will see what the Forbes figures state for 2019, but I would not be surprised if the Brewers dropped considerably. - Lets assume that the Brewers can actually afford to pay for the likes of Rendon, Cole, or even Moustakas. Seems to me that is like saying someone with $10M and someone with $35M can both afford a $5M house. Sure, that may be true, but there is a lot less risk and pain for the person with $35M if the house turns out to be a big money pit. You are never going to convince me that the Brewers and other small market teams are on the same financial footing as the Dodgers, Yankees, Cubs, etc. Even taking into account the luxury tax, it does not make any sense considering the size of the fan base and TV contracts for such teams compared to the Brewers, Twins, Royals, etc. - He talks about how much San Diego has spent. How has that turned out for them so far? How has that been working for the Cubs? He choosing not to put any weight into what teams say they make or lose, but complete faith in Forbes. The people at Forbes are intelligent, but they are still just making estimates based on assumptions. There is a margin of error there.

Ok, but do they do anything with that evaluation other than using it to determine who should work the post season? There is a handful of umpires that have a consistently bad strike zone and/or have a reputation for being confrontational. They continue to be bad. They don't improve. Nothing happens to them. I'm pretty sure there is not a shortage of people who want to be MLB umpires. Get rid of those umpires who show no willingness or effort to improve.

I'm assuming there is nothing in that 5 year deal regarding umpire accountability. Because right now they have absolutely zero accountability. 100% job security with no reproductions for doing a bad job or stepping over the line in confronting players, managers, and coaches. Players and managers get fined and suspended all the time for stepping over the line in arguing with an umpire and I don't really have a problem with that, but there are no penalties at all for umpires. How about initially using the automated strike zone to grade umpires? Maybe base some pay on how consistent umpires are in relation to the automated strike zone. Or better yet ban those umpires who consistently have "bad" strike zone judgement and do not improve from working behind the plate.

Funny, I'm pretty sure we were watching the same Live PD (I think it was Friday night). I noticed the same thing and it bothered me even though it appeared the officer was getting GPS through their phone. I commented to my wife that it seems like it would not take advanced technology to equip the car so that dispatch could send the location of the situation directly to the car's computer and GPS directions would automatically be given without the officer having to look it up themselves on their phone. Or at least equip the car to accept voice commands. Haha probably, he was messing with his phone and he was like 1,000 feet from the scene. I think part of it is the fact is they are expected to know the streets etc. without looking it up in their area. Giving them a GPS is kind of defeating the purpose of truly knowing your area. If I recall, I think he then turned left into the scene. I believe it was a parking lot. Anyways, ok, I guess? But isn't using your phone as a GPS also defeating the purpose of "truly knowing your area".

Funny, I'm pretty sure we were watching the same Live PD (I think it was Friday night). I noticed the same thing and it bothered me even though it appeared the officer was getting GPS through their phone. I commented to my wife that it seems like it would not take advanced technology to equip the car so that dispatch could send the location of the situation directly to the car's computer and GPS directions would automatically be given without the officer having to look it up themselves on their phone. Or at least equip the car to accept voice commands.

I, admittedly, am horrible when it comes to grammar and spelling (There are probably many things wrong with this sentence that I am not aware of). I also know that there are many people on this site that are sticklers when it comes to grammar. So, every post I make, I feel like its being completely dissected and scrutinized for grammatical errors. There are just too many rules to remember and too many exceptions to those rules. On top of that, most of the rules seem completely arbitrary. Math is a lot more logical to me. You can proof a math equation. Using proper grammar requires remembering arbitrary rules that were made up a long long time ago. There is no real inherent truth to what is considered proper grammar.

Unless you don't mind being mercilessly ridiculed, I would avoid the first 3 rows. We were in the 3rd row and I was on the aisle. I was thankfully never "picked" on. Not really a bad seat in the house. Sitting in the "2nd section" away from the stage is cheaper and you are really not going to miss out on anything there. I think there are less than 10 rows total.

Coached my one son from age 5 to age 16. 1) Always had tryouts in August. We are in Waukesha. There were/are multiple competing select baseball organizations in the community (no Little League affiliated org). Seems like the tryouts were earlier and earlier each year as the competing organizations tried to have their tryouts b4 other organizations. 2) There were not really "cuts", but each coach decided on their own how many kids they wanted on the roster (at least beyond the t-ball level). Every team was a "tourney" team. Each team was allocated the same amount of funds and then decided on their own what tournys to join and would suit their team the best. During the last few years (at ages 15-16), I tried to keep my roster at no more than 11 and then we also had "subs" to call on if we ever had a crunch. So, the roster may have actually been 14 or 15, but only 11 were considered every game players. 3) Each age level had more than one team, some had 3. Their was usually a hierarchy to the teams with the top team filling the roster first. Teams were not built from scratch every year. If you had players that decided not to play the next year or players that decided to jump to a different organization or team within the same organization (there were restrictions and rules regarding that), then you filled those holes using tryouts. It was also possilble that a player or two at tryouts was better than the one or two players on your team (or was a better fit). Then, unfortunately, there were cuts. However, those cut players could usually find positions on another team. 4)I'm sure things have changed since when I coached, but yes, I'll also say the Whitnall tourney was a good one. We always tried to space our tourneys out. Do one in May, 2 in June, and one in July. Also did some travel tourneys to Cooperstown and Myrtle Beach. One thing I will say, especially after looking back at archived emails from that time period. None of it is important as it seems at the time. There was a lot of drama with parents, coaches, etc that, looking back, I can't believe I got so wrapped up in. It really just did not matter.

I keep reading about Narvaez's bad defense. However, according to Baseball Reference he had a -0.6 dWAR last year and Grandal had a -0.4 dWAR. I know others on this site are more in tune than I am with various defensive analytical numbers, so I'm sure I'm missing something. I have read that Grandal is considered one of the best framers in the game and Narvaez was one of the worst in 2018 and about average in 2019. Does anyone know what his reputation is as far as how well he handles pitchers?

Just did our annual trip to Vegas. We normally do not go see shows. However, my Boss wanted to treat my wife and I to show tickets for my 20th work anniversary. So, based on some of the comments here, we decided on Absinthe. Gotta say...after seeing it, would have chosen something different. It was good, not great, imho. I'm not really easily offended and I really don't mind people not being politically correct - but over an hour and a half, those jokes just get tiresome. Yes, the acts were incredible, but I feel like there are dozens of other shows in Vegas with similar acrobatics. I was just very happy that I was not one of the targets guy introducing the acts. It was pretty funny to watch, but not sure I would have been thrilled being the subject of the humor. The best part of the show was probably how small the stage was and how close to the acts you are. We were in the 4th row, but all the seats are pretty close. At times it was actually a little unnerving being that close and people are being spun around and flying over our heads. One bad move could lead to some serious injuries for not only the talent but the spectators. In hindsight, I probably would have avoided the normal "Vegas show" all together and instead gone to a musical act (Aerosmith is doing some shows out there) or possibly a magician or comedian.

I feel the exact same way.

I think all the new unis look good. I like them. Then again, I have never been one to get hung up on, or even notice different fonts, slightly different shades of colors, lines in logos that are a little less curved than in the previous one, etc. It's not like they went with a completely new logo that looks nothing like anything they have ever used before or changed their colors to something completely different like orange and gray. Not sure how anyone can be too upset about any of the slight changes, unless you didn't like the previous logo's/colors either.

Had no idea what this was about either, so had to google it. But, eh...seems like a reality show with a lot of over the top made for TV drama. Link to Meme Origin Yeah...that's basically what I saw when I Googled it. Just not getting Outlander's take on the woman. She was in a drama filled reality show that is probably mostly fake.

I'm guessing this was his attorney:

Had no idea what this was about either, so had to google it. But, eh...seems like a reality show with a lot of over the top made for TV drama.

I seem to recall most projections at the beginning of the season having the Brewers making the playoffs. In 2018 I don't recall many, if any, pre-season predictions showing the Brewers making the playoffs. So, I think they out performed expectations more so in 2018 than in 2019. Either way, I'm a Counsell fan and I'm glad the Brewer's have him as manager.

I had the same spirit of optimism about 10 years ago, dreaming of taking my daughter to games. Despite many years of attempts, she just never found the experience much fun, and often was ready to leave by the 3rd inning. it's not her fault, she likes what she likes and is generally happy and well rounded. Baseball just meant nothing to her, and my ticket package became a burden. I discontinued it this past year and didn't go myself even once. And I didn't miss it at all. I got extremely lucky with my son in that he took an instant liking to the game at a very young age. He was not your typical 5 or 6 year old that had know idea what was going on and just wanted to know if he could get ice cream or some other treat by the 3rd inning. However, now that he's 21, I sometimes think he's a bit to wrapped up in the Brewers, baseball, and other sports and it can sometimes distract him from other, more important things in life (I know, I know...what's more important that the Brewers ). In regards to the "Why does it bug you" thing with people that go to the game but seem to have absolutely no interest in the game. I will admit that, yes, it does bug me. It just bugs me as a societal thing and people just not being careful with their money. As stated, they could engage in the exact same activities at a much cheaper price somewhere else. I'm always hoping that they were given the tickets for free. I guess I would have to ask, why does it bug you that it bugs me?

My wife recorded it. Then she saw all the negative reviews and wasn't even sure that she would watch it. She ended up watching it and said she enjoyed it.