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  1. sbrylski
    Which is why we now have to impose new rules and spend billions to bail out those companies that the free market failed. This would not be the time to use the America is based on free market principals argument. Overregulation led to the collapse, especially of the housing market. Head to BF.net Political Scene if you want to discuss it.
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    So to me its only a scam if you're guaranteed to lose, which I don't think is the case. It's no more a scam than blackjack. If you're smart/good at it, you should win in the long run.
  3. sbrylski
    I don't think it looks like a scam at all. I think it sounds genius, but it can be tricky to make sure you receive a deal. Basically, each bid costs 75 cents, regardless if you win or not. And each bid raises the price 15 cents. So essentially, the losers are helping the winner pay for the product, so the winner gets a big discount. A product starts at 15 cents, say ten people keep outbidding each other, and the auction ends at $60. So the winner pays $60 plus 75 cents per bid - split the total 399 bids equally that would be $30 for the bids and a total price of $90 for the product. But the site also made 75 cents on each of the other 359 bids made by the losers to drive the price up, a total of $269.25. As long as the product cost the website less than $359.25 (total bids + final selling price), they came out ahead. But as a user, for every good deal you win, you'll probably lose money on other products that you don't win. 5 small losses and 1 huge gain and you can still come out ahead, but it would be tricky.
  4. sbrylski
    As far as the centerpiece, I would keep Gamel, Escobar, and Jeffress off the table - leaving probably Salome as the headliner. Verlander is good and is under team control for three seasons, but he's not an ace. Someone will probably overpay if he does hit the market though.
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    that they should have lost their kids? Yes, that one. I don't really think this is the forum to discuss this though. I think this thread is crossing the line, so I'm not going to get into it.
  6. sbrylski
    I'm not sure I agree with that.
  7. sbrylski
    Picky, but I want to point out that both Gross and Kapler started more games in CF than Gwynn did during Cameron's suspension.
  8. sbrylski
    We should do a Brewerfan.net Brewers Hall of Fame.
  9. sbrylski
    What you could do is explode a missile right next to it, giving it that slight push to alter its course enough to miss Earth. Probably have to do that a few years in advance though.
  10. sbrylski
    Just a reminder, Cameron was a type B player this offseason, so we would probably be forgoing a sandwich pick if we made this trade as well. Straight up, Swisher for Cameron, is intruiging - but I might want one more minor piece or some money if I we're to agree to it.
  11. sbrylski
    I had Lawrie 4th, the only reason being he hasn't had a "professional" AB. I hate that term though, because he's played in the Olympics and previously faced better talent than he will debut "professionally" against. Unless Jeffress makes big strides in his control numbers this year, I strongly expect Lawrie to be #1 on the P50 by the end of next season, even if Escobar doesn't graduate.
  12. sbrylski
    I disagree that the Yankees are in a "salary dump" mode. They just have too many corner OF and 1B, with Tex/Matsui/Nady/Swisher all under contract. They really need a CF.
  13. sbrylski
    I got a letter intended for a roommate who moved out three weeks ago. Can I simply cross out the address, write "Forward to: " on the envelope, and re-mail it without adding postage?
  14. sbrylski
    Also, his home run power did decrease, as his HR/FB rate did not increase, despite the fact that he was playing hlf his games in a stadium that increases Home Runs by 30%. If he was hitting the ball the same as 2006/2007, that % should have increased by a decent margin. It did increase, from 11.6% in 2007 to 14.8% in 2008.
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    http://forum.brewerfan.net/viewtopic.php?t=17026
  16. sbrylski
    I figure it would be beneficial.
  17. sbrylski
    Is it a... hockey stick? memory stick? walking stick but he wasn't blind? cue stick? carrot stick? celery stick? fish stick? joss stick? pogo stick?
  18. sbrylski
    Was the man leaving the gate or heading towards the gate? Was the stick the cause of his death?
  19. sbrylski
    Is it... a stick of dynamite? a stick of butter? a stick from a tree?
  20. sbrylski
    Too bad either him or Hart would have to play CF, where there both bad. Swisher's UZR stat doesn't show him to be the impact corner OF and 1B defender the media brags him up to be. Swisher's career UZR/150 in RF is 14.2. That's very good. He's -10.3 in CF though, so I'd definitely play Hart in CF over him, who actually has an above average UZR/150 during his short time in CF. Not saying he'll be above average in CF, but I don't think he'll be a disaster like some claim.
  21. sbrylski
    I think Braun - Hart - Swisher could be close to average defensively. Braun was close enough to average in his first season out of the infield, and Swisher actually rates very well in RF. Though Hart kind of took a step back out in RF last year, when he did get some innings in CF in 2007 he looked and rates out not too bad. He'd be below average, but I don't think he would be a mess. If you want a silver lining to that defensive lineup, we'd be putting Corey Hart in the spotlight next season. He would have to show he's at least capable in the field and pick it up at the plate - if he doesn't, we have a clearly defined hole for next offseason. Sometimes I think its harder to improve your team when you're average all over rather than having isolated and clearly defined problems.
  22. sbrylski
    How do you figure Cain would be better? And I'd assume Swisher would play RF and Hart would slide to CF. If Cain's ready by 2010, either Hart or Swisher would make a good replacement for a traded Prince Fielder at 1B.
  23. sbrylski
    Its bugging me that I'm an idiot a lot of the time and only realize an hour later.
  24. sbrylski
    "I'm not motivated to move him," said Melvin, who promised Cameron he would only trade him to a contender. Maybe I'm reading a little to much into the second half of the sentence, but this seems to be a funny contradiction. He's not motivated to move him, yet it appears he discussed a potential move with Cameron already - and not just to the Yankees. Getting Nick Swisher would make this forum go nuts, both over his OBP potential and a debate over defense and defensive metrics. I think DM is playing the Yankees well and if he really is motivated to move him and shed his salary, he'll end up getting what he wants in the end. Is Swisher + the $5 million freed up to spend elsewhere going to improve the team? It'll depend on what we do with the freed up money. But it sounds like Melvin wasn't so adverse to moving Hart to center when these talks originally began. So I think its plausible we work with this. Swisher is definitely the bat we need, just gotta work out the ensuing defensive issues. (Swisher's contract - 09:$5.3M, 10:$6.75M, 11:$9M)
  25. sbrylski
    Maaybe, but I sure ain't buzzing the walls like those guys!
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