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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Competition is a good thing and the Twins should explore it... to a point. But I want established performance as a replacement. No more flyers. The organization is at the point where flyers can cost wins in the regular season. If Santana is throwing 92mph again, sure, give him a contract. If he's not, no thanks. I have absolutely zero interest in seeing someone "work it out" at 88mph for six starts before being released.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Thanks. That timeline didn’t jive with my memory but I didn’t feel like looking it up.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t want to see the Twins take flyers with guys unless it’s a Pineda type deal. I think we’re mostly past that point in the team’s progression. Go find good players with an established performance baseline. The money is there to do it.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I haven't done it yet - still badly want to - but you can also use a smart TV from what I understand of the system it uses.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I only play with real money because my wife has a solid 401k... and notice that I also bailed out over a year ago. I missed the last boom but that's okay. I averaged around 30-35% gains for five years and then got out. I'm not exactly broken up that I missed the last bit that would have pushed me to 40-45% because had I timed it wrong, I would have been right back to 35% in two months, except my money would have been tied up for 18 months longer.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Apple on the skids. I expect to see this start to spread to other companies. Maybe it won't happen all at once but I think we're heading for a lengthy market downturn.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Ah. I knew he was one of the FJM guys but didn't know which one.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep. I view Parks & Rec and The Good Place as nearly polar opposites, at least in the sense that they're as different as shows can be that were created by the same person. Parks & Rec was a boring, pretty straightforward high level concept that thrived on nearly perfect execution and acting. The Good Place is an excellent high level concept with *much* weaker execution and acting. Not that I hate The Good Place or anything. There's a lot to like about the show but it's definitely a step down from Schur's previous work on Parks & Rec and The Office. BTW, learned something hilarious just a few weeks ago. Michael Schur (writer for The Office, showrunner for Parks & Rec/The Good Place, EP on Brooklyn 99 for those unaware) played the role of Cousin Mose on The Office. It makes sense once you think about it because Schur's trademark has become nearly perfect (and infrequent) use of tertiary characters like Mose but it's still freakin' funny.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    If Hrbek played today, he’d be a borderline HoF case (though he didn’t play long enough to make it). He was criminally underrated during his career because the game didn’t properly appreciate his skill set.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    I think you're getting to the point that I'd like to see: a bunch of Odorizzis, Mays, Gonsalves, etc. leaned on to throw 40-80 pitches every 3-4 days. Eliminate the starters except for the best of the bunch (obviously, let those guys throw their 5-8 innings every five days). Outside of those days, lean on a bunch of long-inning guys to go 2-5 innings at a turn and then rest. Ultimately, I think you could actually see fewer pitching changes and smaller pitching staffs as a result.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Some good points in there but a few years too late to matter, as they were obvious 3-4 years ago. Apple has been stagnating for years in every avenue except one: chip development. Did you know that the chip in the iPhone is more powerful than the chip you will buy in an $800 laptop, yet costs significantly less? Did you know that the chip in the iPad Pro is more powerful than the chip you will buy in a $1200 laptop but, again, costs significantly less? Apple is poised to absolutely destroy both Intel and Qualcomm. Now, they won't do it because they make their money from their devices but if that soured and they began to sell SoCs... holy ****, the market would flip on its head. Literally, Qualcomm can't match what Apple was doing 18 months ago... and the gap continues to widen. Apple has come to the point where the latest iPad Pro (starting at $800, I believe) is out-powering their $1700 laptops from Intel. Apple is the best processor manufacturer on the planet, PERIOD. What they're getting from wattage and power versus cost is unrivaled... and it's not close. It's a "we're 50% better, what the **** are you people even doing?" situation. With that said, I would not buy their stock. They're either going to plod on or change radically, either of which will cause massive stock fluctuations.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    The thing that chaps me the most is that the American population actually cares about border security yet they're letting the biggest idiots in the room lead the conversation. Democrats really suck at pretty much everything. Listen, if we want border security, we could use a couple of billion dollars to do it. We'd add sensors, drones, satellites, security agents, whatever the **** we needed to do it. The areas that need walls (highly populated, dense urban areas) already have ****ing walls installed because THEY MAKE SENSE IN THOSE AREAS. And all those changes could come in at much less than the cost of the wall while being MORE effective. Because walls suck at all of the things: initial cost, maintenance, and actual efficacy. But, again, Democrats suck at pretty much everything. They could be storming this subject with reasoned debate AND FISCAL ECONOMICS but fail to do so at every turn.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Frankly, I'm surprised it took so long after the spectacular failure of the scorched-earth brand of libertarianism/conservatism that Kansas implemented. If you need a practical lesson why that kind of policy will fail in the modern day, Kansas is a pretty textbook example of its shortcomings. Shocking how the principles that led to a successful 18th century agrarian society don't really thrive in the 21st century.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Honestly, it didn't feel much different than most other weeks lately.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    It actually does matter to a point, because Kansas has had the most destructive form of conservatism in the country over the past 6-7 years. If anyone in the country should be flipping sides, it's those people.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    This isn't even a question. Schoop every time. He's literally nine years younger than Kinsler.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    And people complain because the Twins - a bad/mediocre team - didn't "go for it" and improve. Depth is sooooo important in today's game and depth doesn't come in a single year. You can't bank your fourth/fifth starter on the likes of Gonsalves and you can't bank your backup positional duties on... well, whatever. You need players. So many players that it looks like you can't fit them all onto your roster... because half of those players will fail. And then you need another player to fill that role. It's long been my opinion that there's no such thing as a 40-man roster crunch.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm pretty sure the Supreme Court took a swing at this one and... yeah. This is fodder to enrage liberals. Ignore it.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    This is absolutely true. I spend far more time than I should perusing conservative chat areas (social media, websites, forums) and the blatant - and I mean BLATANT - elitism is breath-taking, at least in the online arena. I mean, we're talking about dozens of posts about how "it requires true intellect to be right wing" and "you literally have to be a moron to be a liberal" types of posts aren't only prevalent, they're a staple of these communities. And they're not the mouth-breathing misspelled nonsense we see in most places where we can laugh it off; these are fully functioning, (at least moderately) intelligent people espousing these views. Yet these same (self-proclaimed intelligent and quite articulate) people will latch onto something Trump (or Cruz, or whatever) will say that is FACTUALLY WRONG and run with it. I mean, it's not that we're dealing with stupid people here.... well, not all of them. There are intelligent people who have bought into an alternate reality that simply doesn't exist. I haven't the slightest idea how to repair that situation. A great example, and one I'm particularly tuned into, is net neutrality. We're simply dealing with two "realities", but only one of them is actually real. And normally, when I run into that situation, I do a **** ton of self-checking to make sure I'm not the lunatic in the situation but in this case, I know so much more than the average person and have spent so much time examining why things work the way they do that I kinda question myself but basically know I'm on the path of right. Thanks, Dunning-Kruger!
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Lots of us screamed about how awful a pick Kaine was before the election for the reasons you listed above, if that counts for anything.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure, he's likely overweight but "how much" is certainly in question. He's a very big boy who could easily clock in at 260 lbs and not be "overweight". He needs to find a performance balance and I'm not arrogant enough to claim to know what weight he'll achieve that goal. Like I said, he's trying to improve himself. Good for him. That's all I care about, really.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    Fun fact: the evening meal is always supper (outside of formal events, I believe) but doesn't have to be dinner. Supper is the evening meal. Dinner is the largest meal of the day and can be taken at any time. *pushes glasses up nose*
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Ugh, this thread makes me want to throw up in my mouth. Another thinly veiled Mauer attack thread, despite the fact the guy retired this season. Let it go already. Joe Mauer, as a 35 year old, is one inch taller and about 60 lbs lighter than Miguel Sano. No one approached him with a conditioning plan because there weren't questions whether his diet and routine could sustain itself for a 162 game season. And I'm saying this as a guy who is also sick and tired of hearing people pile on Sano for being overweight (or, maybe more accurately, perceived to be overweight). Miguel Sano is taking advice and changing his offseason plans to become a better baseball player. Good for him. That's all I really need to know about the subject.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Crazy.
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