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  1. ashbury
    Expect Newman's baseball results to be lumped in with the "late, west-coast" scores due to a sudden increase in game length.
  2. ashbury
    I hope it's just the scrubs thinking that. They need to be the "team of hard work, and top notch game plans", or the season will come to an abrupt end without even the opportunity for last-second heroics. The second-half defensive scheme against the Saints looked to be exploitable, for whatever reason.
  3. ashbury
    We won't, unless we reach the ALCS. In the Divisional Series, it's only 5 games.
  4. ashbury
    Oj då, given it'll be dose Svedes who suffer from such influx.
  5. ashbury
    That comeback required two improbable plays both coming out the right way. If "greatest finish" isn't limited to the final play, I'm not even sure it's the runner-up.
  6. ashbury
    We've reached the inevitable gray areas of the subject. Given how difficult interactions can be among humans, it's impossible for there not to be any. None of the nuance, though, changes the essential message of the #metoo movement: make the default be to believe that the accuser has a story to tell. Notice that Ansari immediately confirmed the essence of the accusation. Actual false allegations appear to be very rare at this time; hopefully, that does not change. It's clear that many men need to change their behavior. I don't think it's off the table, such as in the responses like Caitlin Flanagan's and Ashleigh Banfield's, to ask whether women should consider some corresponding tweaks to their social conventions too. But again, introducing nuance into the discussion doesn't change the underlying determination to make widespread hurting stop.
  7. ashbury
    See? Trump was only pointing out an imbalance. He'll probably fund some focus groups in Oslo, Bergen, and Trondheim to get to the bottom of this emerging brain-drain.
  8. ashbury
    It could be that the Addison Reed signing was like one of those "bluebirds" the sales guys talk about - not on their radar at Rule-5 time because they figured he would get a 4-year deal that they would not want to compete for. It's OK to change plans when something good comes along. It doesn't inherently mean that the original plan was not "justified". Not that I claim to know what the FO sees in Kinley, myself. A low ceiling with not a very high floor wouldn't have been my cup of tea.
  9. ashbury
    Buddy Boshers is off the 40-man. This makes room for Addison Reed.
  10. ashbury
    Headline: "Padres Extend Hand"
  11. ashbury
    Everson Griffen has given possibly the greatest post-game interview in history. "Oh my G- ... that's unbelie-... I'm like... I'm happy? .... I was sad?.... now I'm.... WOWWW." http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=22100777
  12. ashbury
    I'm so mixed up, Ima deny your denial, and not be sure what it means.
  13. ashbury
    I believed completely in my team. That's why I was so shocked when they won!
  14. ashbury
    .... and Mike says, "sure, go ahead and kick your lousy field goal. I've got a plan."
  15. ashbury
    Mike Zimmer and Sean Payton walk into a bar with 29 seconds to go....
  16. ashbury
    I guess that's one of those calls, on Floyd in the end zone early in the 2nd quarter, right?
  17. ashbury
    Try going to a card show. They still exist. When you go, the demographics you see will explain why the business is dying*. Twin Cities Sports Collectors Club: http://www.tcscc.org/ Bring a list of what you've got, and strike up a conversation with a dealer there who has time on his hands and likes to talk shop. Or, click this link for a map from Google of sports collectibles stores in the Twin Cities area, and see who's near you. * (Which ties into the spirit of the OP in this thread - I don't deny that the youth market is worrisome for baseball. But kids aren't collecting football cards either, so again it's not an absolute metric of anything except what it is.)
  18. ashbury
    Talk to a reputable card dealer in your area. There's a certain date, the exact one which I've forgotten but I think is in the mid 1980s, beyond which cards are of essentially zero market value - supply vastly exceeds present and foreseeable demand, and the dealer will tell you so. This is true of rookie cards, HOFers, etc. While he'll have his own financial motivations, you'll likely find the same answer from each one you ask: recycle them. You won't even get a lowball offer. Cards earlier than the magic date may have value, if in perfect condition. My problem is that my brother and I played with our cards when we were kids. Who knew we had such expensive toys to wreck? Cardboard is heavy and thus expensive to ship. So even secondary solutions such as tarheeltwinsfan suggested aren't really on the table. I wish I knew what to do with mine.
  19. ashbury
    Mod note: While Fernando Rodney is undoubtedly affected by the signing of Reed, ditto the chances of signing Darvish, and it's fair to delve here into those baseball ramifications, I'd like to ask everyone that we not go from one tangent into a further tangent about Rodney's character or reactions to it. It's a fair topic if someone wants to launch a new thread, either as a baseball topic in this Twins forum area, or as a sociological one in the Sports Bar forum if you're of that bent. The subject here is the signing of Addison Reed, broadly construed.
  20. ashbury
    Exactly so. The Gallup poll, and the graph of past polls, undoubtedly conveys information. But not of the sort that has to do with "pricing", the theme of the OP here. And not of anything very new, either, since the inflection point with respect to football was back in the 1960s. Steps that Baseball (as an entity) might take that would improve the numbers in this graph, such as converting to a once-a-week spectacle with only ace pitchers pitching, could well be harmful to the sport overall. Said another way, there are probably several more-pertinent questions that Gallup could have asked, than the one they did. But those would probably require focus groups, and not a simple one-answer question - those have doubtless been performed again and again, but are less newsworthy.
  21. ashbury
    Apart from specific names, 26 pitchers is a lot. I continue to wonder if the team really will enter the season with only 14 position players on the 40-man, as they currently have. I suppose they can stand pat in that department, and after pitchers and catchers report they will 60-day DL one or more pitchers, and then add some hitters. Or, they could just plan to use what they have, and supplement with non-roster players if injuries occur. That plan won't work seamlessly if the injuries are of the 10-day DL variety; but they could just plan to cross that bridge when they come to it, as regards which pitcher to DFA to make room. Anyway, my point is that the need to identify candidates for removal from the 40-man is even greater than current signings might suggest. I keep thinking a trade will occur, to clear up some of this roster congestion. There is time before Reed has to be added.
  22. ashbury
    It was the age of trades, it was the age of free-agent signings. It was the epoch of new relievers, it was the epoch of new starters. It was the season of single-A prospects, it was the season of win-now. It was the Spring of hope, it was the Autumn of pennants. We had everything before us --- full stop.
  23. ashbury
    Sir Rodney, Sir Duke and Sir Addison! Veddy veddy British feel to the new bullpen, plus a little bit of swing thrown in.
  24. ashbury
    Watch ESPN on June 4 and see if that gives you an idea. The "N" in ESPN stands for "NFL" and "NCAA Football" simultaneously. And they don't program the way they do just to be contrary. There's an audience for football 17 months a year.
  25. ashbury
    I got him for Brian Duensing a few years back. Didn't even have to add a sweetener; Duensing WAS the sweetener.
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