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This is one of my go to skits whenever I need a good laugh:
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Watching him every week on the Carol Burnett show was a ritual in our household growing up. Loved the way he could make Harvey Korman crack up.
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That trade was still a disaster for Pittsburgh. Not sure what they were thinking. Glasnow AND Meadows AND the 12th overall pick from 2017 for Archer? Yuk.
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Not really being that familiar with Chris Stapleton, I decided to listen to some of his stuff on You Tube after all the raving about him here. Listened to parts of 4 or 5 tracks and yes, that's not the type of country music I was referring to or that I tend to hear in bars from time to time (that I don't like). That music seems a lot more bluesy and closer to country rock from the 70's or 80's, like the Allman Brothers or Lynard Skynard (although, was never a huge fan of Lynard Skynard). Some of it even sounded like it could have come from Springsteen. The video for "Fire Away" is really well done and captivating.
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I'd argue that isn't really that much money. After taxes and paying your agent, it's not like that was life changing money. Especially if you have a mindset you'll keep making that much. If he was super frugal, he could have tucked away a bit, but not the type of money you'd be able to live off of for the long term. Either way, he shouldn't have resorted to swindling! Was going to post the same thing. That's really not the type of money that you could live on long term. -
I waived Travis Shaw from one of my fantasy teams today...
Patrick425 replied to TURBO's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
The league I'm in is a NL only 11 owner rotisserie scoring league. So a guy like Shaw will never get dropped unless he gets benched or sent down. Anyone who in line to get at least 300 ABs is usually owned by someone. edit: Just looked him up. He is also Long termed in by the owner who has him in our league and so he would have to pay a LT drop penalty to drop him. -
Was not sure what commercial you were talking about, so I had to Google it. It appears to be a take off of the movie "The Warriors". Then they dance at the end...which seems to be referencing Michael Jackson's "Beat It" video. Not a great commercial, but seems pretty harmless to me.
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Thank you for being 55 and not liking country. Seems like 90% of the people I know that are around my age (I'm 53) like country. I don't get it. You grew up in an age where we listened to The Clash, REM, Bowie, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Queen, Beastie Boys, etc...all this rebellious stuff, and you now like Country? Huh? I realize most people mature and mellow and become less rebellious as they age (I sure have) and with that your taste in music may change. I don't listen to that music I listed as much as I use to, but Country just seems so uninteresting and unoriginal to me compared to what I grew up with. Same formula - Pickup trucks, blue jeans, beer, the American Flag, your small hometown...put it in a blender and have a male with a deep voice or a female with a twangy voice sing it. Sorry to the country music fans out there. Yes, I know, I'm oversimplifying it...but still, just not my thing and I just have a hard time understanding how that is now the music of choice for many people my age.
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More of a Random thought than Misc MLB News. I find it interesting that the Reds always seem to announce their starting lineup way ahead of any other team (on days when every team is playing a night game). It's not even noon central, they have a 6:10 game and they already have the lineup out there, same thing happened yesterday. I only notice this because I'm in an NL only fantasy league and have 3 Reds on my team.
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Do they make any movies anymore that are not based on a superheros, animation, or fantasy?
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This is the latest update on the NWS website as of 3:45pm. Not really any huge changes. Looks like a little shift to the south, but still significant snow in Waukesha and Milwaukee. https://www.weather.gov/media/mkx/sitreport/SitReport1.pdf
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I hope you are correct!
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Not sure if this counts as "New Music", but enjoyed the 2 singles released by the Raconteurs this year and looking forward to hearing the full album that is supposed to be released in June. I'm a big Jack White fan. Although I was not thrilled with his last solo effort.
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Brewers don't have a rich history of pitching, but I do think they will eventually have another 100 game winner some day. Like others have stated, forever is a long time. I think Teddy Higuera could have won 200 games for the Brewers if he had stayed healthy. He won 20 in 1986 for a team that only won 77 games. Possibly would have made the the 92 playoffs with a healthy Higuera on the roster.
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Brewers sign LHP Gio Gonzalez
Patrick425 replied to Ron Robinsons Beard's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
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A large part of my frustration with this topic is that people believe small market teams should take on debt and risk that large market teams don't have to in order to compete. They seem to believe that should be the solution to competing with large market teams. If that is the only recourse that small market teams have then baseball's economic balance system is clearly broken. That is a band-aid solution that allows large market teams to coast year after year. How about discussing the absurdity of guaranteed contracts (I'm looking at you Chris Davis and the Orioles)?
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Jim, I believe you are one of the smartest posters on this site and I usually agree with most of what you post. I also understand that you have said many times that you don't necessarily think they should do what you have illustrated, but that they could. So, maybe we really are not that far apart on this subject. However, just to be clear. Attanasio has not realized or made any return yet on his investment. It's all on paper. Sports teams values seem to always go up and not down. So it does appear that his investment is safe and he will eventually get a nice return. However, nothing in life is guaranteed. There is no guarantee that the Brewers will be worth $1 Billion 5, 10, 20 years from now or whenever he decides to cash out. I have zero expectation for him to leverage his investment gain to date in order to aquire high contract players. Not to mention, acquiring such players does not always pay off.
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It's self imposed because they are not stupid! Steve Ballmer paid $2 Billion for the Clippers. Was it a good deal? Probably not, but it was his one chance to buy an NBA team in Los Angeles. Sometimes the super wealthy will spend their money in was that are pleasing to them, without regard to whether or not they turn an annual profit. Sometimes...but should we really expect that from every small market owner? You stated this: Being a small market team should not limit their roster construction. Perhaps if you want to take on debt that is true. However, I hope you would agree that a small market team has to take on more debt and more risk than a large market teams and/or a team with a larger TV contract in order to compete for the same high contract players when constructing their roster.
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It's self imposed because they are not stupid!
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This link in the article is more relevant in my opinion: https://www.forbes.com/mlb-valuations/list/#tab:overall The Brewers operating income is $66M with revenue of $288M. The Astros are also at $66M but have an overall revenue of $368M. That extra revenue ($80M) lets the Astros spend more on players, player development, front office, etc in order to achieve the same operating revenue. There is no way you can say that teams in smaller markets and/or with smaller TV contracts don't have limitations and that they are on the same footing as teams in larger markets with bigger TV contracts. In many cases it's not even close (look at the revenues for the Yankees and Dodgers, it's more than double the Brewers (not to mention their value is is 3-4 times that of the Brewers). Debt has to be paid back with interest, revenues can be used and spent without that burden. You really expect the ownership group to leverage their equity to pay players? That's not realistic at all. Having said all that, it does appear in that link that most teams do have some debt, but it's probably not directly payroll related. I know you are thinking what's the difference? Notice the Yankees have no debt while the two bottom value and revenue teams (Rays and Marlins) have some of the highest debt/value ratios. Where is that getting them? It's not translating to higher payrolls. Again, no way they are on the same footing and have the same ability to pay high contracts as the teams at the top.
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Ok, but the reason no team does that is because it would be bad business practice. Using interest burdened debt that is borrowed against an unknown and unrealized future value to pay millions of dollars in guaranteed contracts would be pretty foolish. I guarantee that revenue-wise the Brewers are not nearly in the same ball park (pardon the pun) as teams like the Dodgers, Yankees, or Giants. Those teams have TV contracts that are many times larger than the Brewers (and other small market teams). That is real money that can be spent now.
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That's not really true. That's not realized profit. Mark A and the other owners do not realize any of that $700M (assuming Forbe's valuation is accurate) unless they decide to sell the team. If they want to leverage that increase in value by taking on debt to pay players, maybe. However, I doubt any team does that.
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single game tickets. not a big order, just whenever I decide to go throughout the season. If you are not a season ticket holder, I think you would just call the general ticket number. Sorry, not sure what that is. They don't post it prominently on the web site since I'm guessing they believe most people order their tickets online. Is there a reason you don't want to do that? You have the ability to pick your exact seats by doing that. edit: found the ticket office phone line: (414) 902-4000
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When you call your bank, cell phone company, cable company, etc and before you speak to someone they ask you to verify your name, account, pin, etc. Then, when someone finally comes on the line they ask you to verify yourself and your account again.
