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I wish they would rotate TV and radio like many other teams do.

Agree, there's no shame in losing to that experienced MSU team. Penn State or Northwestern would have been much more favorable draws for sure. I wish patrickgpe a full and speedy recovery!

It’s loanDepot park. Don’t capitalize that P or else!

It’s kind of amazing how many baseball fans there are in Miami who don’t give a s*** about the joke of a MLB franchise that plays there.

I'm in an area with two ISPs. Not surprisingly, the cost is exactly the same ($145/month) for CenturyLink gigabit + FuboTV vs. Xfinity gigabit + an equivalent TV package.

Passan reporting that Díaz is done for the year with a torn patellar tendon. Ouch.

It was great to see Mike Trout carry Team USA last night, combined with an excellent bullpen effort. They are likely to get bounced by Venezuela in the quarterfinals, but you never know in single elimination. The lineup needs some adjustments to get the cold bats out of there.

If it makes you feel any better, I pay $30,000/year for daycare for my two year old.

Tellez has been the 2nd toughest out in the Mexico lineup (behind Arozarena). He looks dialed in. And even some of his outs have been sharply hit into the exaggerated shift that we are seeing for the last time.

He's a throwback for sure. We haven't had a guy with a swing like his in the starting lineup in a long, long time. Seeing the success that Steven Kwan had last year gives me confidence that Frelick can do great things in MLB, especially with the new rules. You don't need to hit for power to put up 5.0 bWAR like Kwan did last year.

This is about as straightforward and uncomplicated as it could have been. Mutual interest in moving on. Done.

PR vs DR in an elimination game tonight is be must-watch baseball. And now we're going to get Cuba playing in Miami in the semifinal which is guaranteed to be another crazy atmosphere. The crowds have been the best part of this tournament.

I'm generally staying in cash this year, it's unlikely that the stock market as a whole is going to beat the super safe 4% money market gains for a while.

My partner's startup had an unspecified amount of cash tied up in SVB so there were a few nervous days there. It was pretty nuts to read why everyone banked with them...basically they ran a scheme to help founders and VCs extract every last drop of value prior to the IPO. Although I hate the bailout, I feel better about the shareholders getting zeroed out, but not holding out hope for any insider trading punishments unless they want to make an example out of someone. Anyway, that panic on Monday was a good money making opportunity...I picked up some $SCHW at a discount and it's already up 12%.

It will be interesting to see if the new MLS model catches on. I'm not a big MLS fan but I wanted to check in on the Sounders' home opener but it's only available through that new Apple TV subscription. As a casual (at best) MLS fan, I'm obviously not going to pay $15/month for the MLS package on Apple TV and some of the bigger games are on Fox anyway. So it kind of splits the fans into two groups -- the serious ones who can afford it are going to pony up the monthly fee without complaint. The casual ones are simply not going to watch, but the idea (I think) is that they will catch the occasional national broadcast and get interested enough to eventually pay the monthly fee. My feeling is that the subscription numbers for the MLS are going to be pretty brutal and that they would be better off giving all of their games away for free to try and build a bigger audience. I can't imagine an MLB market like Milwaukee will be much better. I know we've run this math before, but let's be generous and say that 50,000 people in the Brewers' blackout zone will subscribe to get all Brewers games and pay $20/month for 6 months of the season. That's a measly $6 million in revenue. The actual number would likely be half of that, especially since you're probably going have discounts and give it away for free to all of your season ticket holders. IMO there's no point in even offering a subscription option if they can't get at least $10 million/year in subscription revenue. Anything less than that and they are better off making it free, collecting the ad revenue, and calling it an investment in growing the popularity of the franchise.

Wisconsin alums tend to cheer for both Marquette and Wisconsin but that is generally not the case with Marquette alums. I kinda get it (I'm a Wisconsin alum who cheers for both)...but it's pretty dangerous to be trash talking right now. I'll be ready to hear it from my brother (Marquette alum who doesn't cheer for Wisconsin) if Marquette makes it to the second weekend.

Watching the WBC last night, I found myself highly irritated at one of the Australian dudes who was stepping out of the batters box after every pitch. Even after watching just one game of spring training, it's already impossible to go back to the way it was before.

Gotta love Dave Nilsson’s Australian team pulling that big upset.

Those are excellent numbers for a shortstop. Over a career, a wRC+ of 120 at SS is elite, 110 is well above average. Then you factor in Adames' defense and you have a 4-4.5 WAR/year player as he has been for the past two seasons. Plus the fact that he's hitting FA at 29, so you can see why he's due for a massive payday. I wouldn't pay market rate, but it is what it is. Wily is no Turner or Boegarts but he's clearly in the tier right below them.

At the time it made sense. It was basically between Seattle and the Angels. Ichiro was still technically playing for the Mariners at the time and was about to do his retirement send-off in Japan. The Mariners were in the middle of a rebuild. The Angels had Trout, made a good pitch, and promised him that he could be a full two-way player. I think the vibe of being on a less prominent team was appealing. I'm pretty sure it will come full circle and he'll sign a FA contract with the Mariners in 2024.

The RSN bankruptcy was the final nail in the coffin for the Brewers signing any extensions this year.

I think McIntosh is going to end the era of "Wisconsin guys" being head coach. It's happened in football, it's about to happen in men's hockey, and it will happen eventually in men's basketball. Agree 100% that it will be about fit going forward, but they have to suck enough to trigger the move.

I don't see Texas or the LA Angels being truly competitive in the AL West. Neither has done the leg work to assemble a complete 26-man roster. Patching a few holes with free agent signings isn't going to cut it. The Astros should run away with the AL West again with the Mariners again landing a wild card spot. Seattle has much better pitching than either Texas or LA. I think Philly is just right or maybe even a little too high. The postseason was a bit of a fluke, they avoided playing the Mets and Dodgers and got pretty soundly beat by Houston. Someone has to win the AL Central, I guess. I don't see the White Sox as being serious contenders, but maybe the Twins can challenge Cleveland this year.

That Mexico-USA game Sunday night in Phoenix is a super hot ticket. Sold out and tickets going for 3-4x face value on the secondary market. Should be a great atmosphere if Mexico can put up a fight.

As a society I think we learned a lesson that 4-year college is not for everyone. My experience teaching at a 4-year public university a few years ago suggested that a large portion of the students were unmotivated and/or unprepared for a college education. It was a real shame to see them wasting a ton of money on something they weren't that interested in. The top third of the classes, however, were incredibly awesome to work with and took advantage of the numerous opportunities that would not be possible elsewhere. When I think about what I want for my daughter, the ideal is for her to go to a 4-year college, be one of those top tier motivated students, and obtain additional advanced degrees on top of that. The key as a parent is just to recognize that she may not be interested in that and to not force her into it if she isn't.