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Fun with Numbers: 2017 edition
PseudoSABR replied to diehardtwinsfan's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
That sounds like there is a severe deficiency in advanced scouting for the Reds. Also sounds like the Reds pitchers have trouble learning from each others mistakes. It will be interesting to see where Thames' stat line ends up, as the league adjusts to his strengths. -
Twins option Mejia to AAA, put Haley on DL
PseudoSABR replied to Richie the Rally Goat's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Maybe, but now that he's on the DL, he no longer is wasting a roster spot. The real benefit is that the Twins will have more time to evaluate his arm on the eventual rehab assignment. -
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What conflict of interest?
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They should trade down.
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So there's a runoff for Georgia's sixth (Ossoff seemingly falls just short of 50%*), not the best case scenario for Dems but still pretty bad for Trump. This was Tom Price's district (he's a medical expert or something), and Newt Gingrich's (I'm not really sure how he's actually regarded; poorly?). * At 48.6 (with 95% percent reporting), still better than Clinton , barely (reportedly 47ish).
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I prefer italics over bold when admonishing others. That said, I was pleased to see you avoided underlining or--god forbid--combining them.
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I think if they continue to be artful on the scale of homage, rather than recycling bin, I'm totally game for echoes and callbacks to the original trilogy. If they do it right, they can build a great foundation for irony within the last film. I see more intentionality and artfulness than I do cheapness, at least as far as Force Awakens was concerned.
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At some point you have to let the kids play, no? And the truth is Rosario and Kepler can play in Center and Grossman (or someone like Palka) can man one of the corners (like today). (Yes the defense takes a big hit, but the offense could offset that if Buxton is a blackhole; it's simply rare to have great defensive centerfielder who can also hit--such a player is not a back-up plan). What would have offended the Twins fanbase more is bringing an actual veteran back-up plan for centerfield and that guy getting at-bats that should goto the youngsters.
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Game Thread: Twins vs. White Sox 4-15 @ 1:10 PM CT
PseudoSABR replied to Vanimal46's topic in Archived Game Threads
Kepler has been spanking some balls lately. -
Well, we can look forward to Trump using the phrase "Mother of all Bombs" over and over and over again...
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Why was Romero pulled in the 4th? Injury? Or ineffectiveness that would have lead to further damage? I mean at three runs, Romero hadn't yet precluded the 'quality start'.
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It would. But you figure if that was the Russian's goal, they wouldn't tell Syria to hold off on using that airfield for a couple of days to at least make the attack look successful.
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I imagine there's competing interest where what ever could be mutually gained by Russian and Trump colluding for the Presidency can be gained in spite of war/military conflict. There's probably a tipping point, however, that whatever is mutually desired isn't worth a competing cost. For instance, if what Russia wants is looser sanctions, at some point, they may realize Trump won't be able to deliver that, or much of anything else. Should that happen it will be interesting to see what Russia decides to do going forward (perhaps releasing what dirt they have a Trump).
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(Sounds like Bannon may have been jettisoned just in time.) Hopefully Mattis and McMaster have the main thrust of sway with Trump. I just wish I had a better sense of the long term policy. I guess this is a better showing than alternative people present, but really--deciding to launch missles on a soveriegn power from your own resort? Link
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The Pentagon said 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired. Fifty-nine. One imagines how diligent they were in vetting each of those missile's target. The next headlines will be about dead Russians...
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He had no less leverage than any other President without a majority in the Senate that preceded him. As no Senate has ever withheld a SCOTUS nomination for consideration. That we could anticipate McConnell would obstruct in some way, didn't really change that Obama needed to nominate a moderate as he need GOP votes. At the time, I though Obama should have nominated a liberal justice to fire up the base, rather than try to call the GOPs bluff, as I too thought obstructionism was inevitable. Yet, Obama picked a path that did show bipartisanship and functionality than playing pure politics. The more cynical Democrats nominates the liberal I think.
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In that scenario the Dems could have fillibustered any pick without the potential for the GOP to change the rules (as they wouldn't have the majority). The thing that you're ignoring is that Obama offered a moderate judge who really had no discernible ideology in Garland. The Democrats have been willing to compromise for the decades, even recently (i.e. Obamacare is a compromise), but given that the GOP has resorted to casting compromise as weakness; it is only now that the Dems need to realize the political reality and give some turn-about to the Republicans. It's an unfortunate race to the bottom, but at least in my mind, the fault belongs with the tea party, and isn't equally shared by the Democrats.
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I hate this. My cynicism is budding into conspiracy theory. Trumps eventual punitive attack will suck out the air of the real gravity of Nunes and Banon stepping down from their respective National Security/Intelligence roles.
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That might be true, but I think sussing out the non-awful nuance here tends to diminish the problematic effect of Pence's practices. At best Pence's behavior can be seen as some kind of dated decorum that guards against the appearance of impropriety, but decorum has often functioned to subjugate women even if shrouded in nobility/chivalry--isn't that the case here?
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I think that's a bold claim. Sitting on Supreme Court pick for an entire year was unprecedented. The only basis for saying that Dems would have done the same thing is a throw-away hypothetical by Biden. The Dems would have paid a higher price for such behavior, than the GOP does--that's part of the problem with equating their actions, the political realities that allow each party to exist are not mirror images.
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It matters to me who started and perpetuated the trend. Like I said above, the Democrats would be fools not to obstruct at this point, but its the GOP's actions that created obstructionist politics. To suggest that Democrats would have done the same is just guess work and isn't borne out in fact. It wasn't as if there was something in the water in 2008 that suddenly made all politicians seize upon obstructionism as their favorite tool, it coincides directly with tea-party, anti-gov't rhetoric that has blossomed under the GOP. The GOP lurched the right and adapted new tactics that wasn't design to simply oppose an ideology but to shut down the government all together.
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I tried to grant a broad definition of dirty tricks; but I agree using procedure or rule making powers to gum up the process or to get your way in spite of the process it the problem. And I think the GOP opened up the floodgates for this kind of politics under Obama, and the Democrats would be fools to not utilize the same means from hear on out.
