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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, then I'll put it in simple terms: If the Twins traded Dozier for De Leon, they would be universally criticized by baseball analysts and media outlets. That's a clear indication the two are not of equal value.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    But that's not really how this works. Dozier is a known commodity while De Leon has risk. Sure, it's likely De Leon ends up with a higher WAR over the next six years compared to Dozier's two years but it's also possible De Leon ends up with 0 WAR while it's highly unlikely Dozier posts no value over the next two seasons. The two aren't equal because of that risk.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    More tickets will go on sale shortly.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm inclined to agree, my contention was more with the certainty of Platoon's post than the thinking behind it. And while it's likely Dozier's value drops the moment Opening Day hits, if he's truly a 6 WAR player now, it's possible his value will remain high in June. We tend to view Dozier's 2016 as an aberration - which it likely is - but if he goes on another tear to open 2017, teams will likely view him as a legit 5-6 WAR player, not a legit 3-4 WAR player. So, in a perfect scenario, a legit 5-6 WAR Dozier coupled with a desperate team at the deadline may net the Twins similar value. Again, not a risk I'd take willingly but it's a possibility.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    While I agree it's highly unlikely Dozier will be more valuable in June than he is today, it's not a foregone conclusion. Teams at the deadline are sometimes desperate for talent. It's a longshot - one I wouldn't take willingly - but it's not certain what Dozier will bring at the deadline.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Very true but that may put even more pressure on the Dodgers in the short term. An emergent Urias along with Kershaw make Dozier even more appealing for two years.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    They're not. Maybe they're not quite as rabid as east coast fans but SoCal fans are not particularly forgiving, particularly when it comes to the Dodgers (which is LA's "first team", the Angels get a bit more slack).
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    No, they don't, but the clock is ticking. Clayton Kershaw is entering his age 29 season. After the conclusion of his age 30 season, he can opt out of his contract. It's possible for the Dodgers to win without Kershaw but 8 WAR pitchers don't grow on trees and they don't remain 8 WAR pitchers indefinitely, even if you can keep them.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not so sure of that. Baseball runs on a schedule and teams have to prepare for that schedule whether they plan to contend or not. If two teams can't come to terms on something in six weeks, it's likely they will never come to terms on the matter. Drawing a soft line in the sand may not be a bad strategy. It's not like the Twins are saying "Give me an offer right now or all deals are off the table."
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    It was a great scene. We never got to see Vader go into beat down mode in any of the other movies.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    The Bothans were the second Death Star but yeah, lots of Rebels die chasing the plans of the Death Star(s).
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't really understand what the argument is here: is it really possible to deny that Detroit has bucked traditional MLB thinking and been successful doing so for the past decade? I've been one of the doom-sayers of Detroit for quite some time and I have to admit I've been wrong about them. They've shown a high rate of success in trades and free agent pick-ups and they deserve tons of credit for those moves. They routinely flip prospects for better players, trade decent vets to restock a depleted system, and get quality performance from mediocre prospects. Given how most MLB teams operate, what Detroit has done shouldn't have worked and it may not continue to work... But it worked for a long time. That can't really be disputed, IMO.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I hope to see many more "not Star Wars" movies from Disney. Some of my favorite stories in the Star Wars universe have been genre-mashes that took a very different approach to the universe. Which makes sense, as George Lucas built one of the richest universes in which to play. You can go almost any direction with Star Wars: the novel Kenobi was a spaghetti western and the novel Death Troopers was a horror story. Rogue One is basically what I wanted to see: a different take on the theme laid out in Battlefront: Twilight Company... Basically, a ground-level war story with all the ugliness and frustration that goes with it.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    It's part of the old expanded universe and no longer canon but the book Darth Plagueis is one of my favorite Star Wars books of all time. It's all about Palpatine's training as a Sith and his rise to Supreme Chancellor.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    No. I'd love to have Bautista but not for the first pick of the second round. Even if you flip the guy next July, it's likely the return value won't be much higher than your 40-ish pick in June. In that situation, there are better ways to spend $20m that don't involve flipping a guy and/or losing a pick.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    This sounds good in practice but having been married to a lawyer for several years, I have come to understand only one thing about law: It's incredibly complex and outside our ability as laymen to understand its nuances and those nuances are in place for very good reasons most of the time. According to my wife, if the U of M is using either administrative or contract law to expel these students, it's probably well within their right to do so. There are multiple courts and they often have overlapping jurisdiction. Just because the criminal courts failed to meet the threshold of an indictment does not exclude other, less rigorous, courts from pursuing the matter outside the criminal justice system. As Craig pointed out, this could quite easily be a twist on the OJ case, though without the financial aspect of civil court. While the criminal courts didn't meet their (most) exacting measurements to proceed, other courts/agencies can step in and deliver verdicts using their own laws/rules.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    The thing is, that's not how it works legally (if my wife is correct and, in fact, the U of M is granted rights under administrative law, something she did not have time to research this morning during our conversation). They're separate forms of law. The severity of the situation, to my knowledge, has no bearing on the rights of either court to enact judgment, the same way it works in civil and criminal suits. Two different courts, two different forms of law.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Yes, different courts have different thresholds of guilt/liability. My wife said the U's actions likely fall under administrative law, which is separate from criminal law. It's technically part of civil law but is handled differently with its own set of laws and courts. My wife said administrative law is incredibly complex but here's what I was able to glean from it: Think of the U of M like you do the Department of Health Services, as an agency with its own rights to both issue and revoke, say, licenses for day care centers. If a day care center violates the rules set in place by the DHS, they will revoke the day care center's license and levy fines against the center. None of this operates under either criminal or "normal" civil courts. Basically, my understanding is that administrative law is set up for agencies to operate somewhat independently of the traditional court system for speed and efficiency. My wife suspects the U falls under this situation, as the students are trying to move the cast into district (traditional) court.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Butch Huskey had to cancel due to a sick batting average.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    It's darker than TFA, for sure... Lots of people die. Very little blood, though. As for Vader's "religion", two things: 1. The line likely refers to the Jedi, which are a distinct order (religion) from the Sith. Vader was a Jedi, Palpatine was only a Sith. Tarkin is one of the only people in the universe who figured out that Vader was actually Anakin Skywalker (it's explained in the new canon books and the Clone Wars series). Tarkin was one of the few people who met and worked with both Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader extensively. It makes sense he pieced together the true identity of Vader. 2. Few knew the Emperor was Sith outside of Vader, Kenobi, and Yoda. He kept that fact hidden from the population both as Supreme Chancellor and as Emperor. As far as Tarkin knew, the Emperor was just a jacked up looking dude who really liked black. Palpatine never used his power publicly and even after the fight with Mace Windu, he didn't unveil he was a Force user.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't view it as tough on crime, I view it as part of the societal discussion that is long overdue on the "hunter" aspect of male sexuality and the "prey" aspect of female sexuality. At some point, we need to take a stance that this **** is not okay, particularly in higher learning establishments.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    It may not make it sexual assault but the players haven't been imprisoned. They haven't even been expelled (yet, anyway). They were suspended from a university. Their life is hardly over. This is a societal shift and it's going to be painful for awhile. For too long (since recorded history, really), women who have been assaulted have been the ones on trial. Yes, I understand the presumption of innocence and all of that - very important traits - but this kind of **** simply cannot continue to happen. There were plenty of opportunities for just one of these players to stand up and do the right thing while all this was going down. No one did, at least as far as I know. My problem with your opinion on this situation is that you're equating felony charges with expectations of a university. They shouldn't even be in the same ballpark and given the problematic history of sexual assault on university campuses, something had to be done to scream from the rooftops "THIS IS NOT OKAY". And if the students aren't even expelled, I'd say that's a quite mild lesson learned, far less than they probably deserve.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I embrace almost all technology and give it a fair shot. With that said, I despise 3D unless there's something about the movie where 3D enhances the experience (Hugo was one of those experiences for me). I see pretty much all blockbusters in regular ol' 2D. If someone tells me it's amazing in 3D, I'll consider a second viewing in that format.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, the university published an 80 page examination of the incident. It appears they did their due diligence on the matter. My wife read about half of it but no way do I want to subject myself to that read. From the reactions I've heard of people who read the examination - or at least parts of it - the university was well within their rights to suspend the players involved.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    How so? The burden of proof for suspension from a university is not and should not be the same as a criminal case. Whether the sex was consensual or not, a bunch of football players - who are representatives of the university itself, whether they want to be or not - videotaped going one after another on a lone drunk girl. That in itself should be enough to get them the boot from the football team. Whether the girl consented or not is a police matter. Whether the students did something abominable - legal or not - is a university matter.
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