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  1. owbc
    Between the comments about cheap ownership and the lack of offense, I thought I was on the Mariners forum for a minute! But compared with Seattle the Brewers spend a much higher % of their revenue and have much better results to show for it. The grass isn’t necessarily greener on the other side…
  2. owbc
    His analytics folks told him to let Yelich walk and he overrode them because the fans would be happier if they gave Yelich an extension. It’s basically a recognition that he is in the entertainment business and that winning a World Series is not the only goal.
  3. owbc
    He would be an amazing choice. The guy just knows how to find talent and let them run successful organizations. And he’s hired brilliant people in areas that he knows nothing about, like finding Brian Anderson in a stack of 1,000 resumes despite knowing nothing about broadcasting. MLB would be better for it. The bad news for us is that he would have to be more hands off of the Brewers even if he keeps them in the family.
  4. owbc
    Finally a technological innovation that favors the hitters. More barrel hits especially from smaller players is good for the game IMO, but they may need to deaden the ball a bit in response.
  5. owbc
    I saw that the entire Marlins starting 9 in tonight’s game is being paid the league minimum, $800K. Less than $8 million for the entire lineup. So I’m pretty sure there is room for a minimum in the current system.
  6. owbc
    I think collusion is going to get shot down right away. Just make the luxury tax massive and pair that with salary floors for the teams getting the payments. And penalize deferments as part of the luxury tax hit.
  7. owbc
    Platinum sombrero or hero?
  8. owbc
    2026 challenge system can’t some soon enough
  9. owbc
    That must be triggering for Yankees fans. Need a double base!
  10. owbc
    Over/under on the time of the first ejection for helmet tapping today???
  11. owbc
    Vinny!
  12. owbc
    First one was 348 ft 1/30 parks, at least the second one was 373 ft 9/30 parks. 104 and 23 degrees, 104 and 38 (lol) degrees.
  13. owbc
    This stadium is a joke
  14. owbc
    Even Manfred thinks ESPN is trash now.
  15. owbc
    Should have been a stranded lead off double.
  16. owbc
    348 ft porch shot…whatever.
  17. owbc
    Win it for Ueck.
  18. owbc
    I really screwed up withholding this year due to my wife’s RSUs and ended up with a $20K tax bill. It’s hard to project. The W2 withholding on the RSUs was way way too low. I consider it a good problem to have but it wasn’t ideal. Thankfully we bought an investment properly last year and I was able to figure out how to write off most of it, but it will increase my tax burden down the road.
  19. owbc
    I thought this was a pretty smart mutual move by the Mariners and Raleigh — the Mariners lock in a fan favorite for a relatively good price and Raleigh, who surely is aware of the prospects for older catchers hitting FA, gets a nice payday. Having watched Raleigh here in Seattle it’s clear that his preparation and game management is second to none so the Mariners will be fine with below-average offense in his 30s as long as he hits for power and continues to be an asset defensively. From the Brewers side, I think you’re hoping for more offensive value from Contreras than the Mariners expect from Raleigh. If I’m the Brewers I would absolutely come to the table if Contreras wants to talk, but I would have a similar dollar/year number in mind as the Raleigh contract and be thinking more about a 1B conversion. Mediocre 1B play is costing us $18 million this year…
  20. owbc
    87 I’m less optimistic than last year, the divisional rivals will be tougher to beat this year and we let some top talent go that won’t be easy to replace. On the plus side, Chourio alone makes this team worth the price of admission, they seem to have enough starting pitching to get by, and we know they will find diamonds in the rough to plug pitching gaps. But getting to 90 with this roster feels tough. I think they do enough to get a wild card spot though and find a way to win a series or two before losing to LA with some “win it for Ueck” magic. Cardinals finish in last place and we can laugh at all the empty seats from the “best fans in baseball”.
  21. owbc
    Looks like the SEC was overrated in football and basketball. I’m sure the pundits will write this off because they “beat each other up” in the regular season or something.
  22. owbc
    I agree but I’m sure it will create some new problem as teams try to optimize to please the computer. The bubble controversy is just something to fill three days between selection Sunday and the tourney start. In a week everyone will have forgotten who the snubs were anyway. This isn’t like the college football playoff where a snub can entirely destroy a program. Sorry FSU…
  23. owbc
    How could the economic playing field for US goods possibly improve on the other side of all of these tariffs? I'm genuinely curious what that might look like. The best case scenario that I can think of is that things to like the Russia economic restrictions and we manage to find new trading partners.
  24. owbc
    I think any previous "soft landing" monetary policy can be thrown out the window at this point. The Fed will need a new strategy to deal with the current situation. Rate increases are more likely than decreases in my opinion. But I think everything is complicated by the uncertainty. If the tariffs happened and were set in stone, you might see more domestic hiring and higher wages. But with the uncertainty I think we might see higher prices without a corresponding uptick in investment in domestic production. I think stagflation is a real risk. The bottom line is that the economic policy decisions are being made to gain political leverage over various groups. The actual impacts to the economy are not really being considered, the goal is control.
  25. owbc
    The stock market would crash if the Fed lowered rates because it would indicate that the executive branch coerced them to do it. It would set off a panic for sure. The uncertainty is what’s killing the economy right now more than anything. If they set 25% tariffs and stuck with them the market would probably adapt and move on after a period of disruption. But instead it’s a new policy every day!
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