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  1. biggentleben
    And Chris Carter is now a Yankee. Basically, do not touch Aaron Judge in your fantasy league this year. He's already got enough red flags to outfit a Chinese palace, and now in the 1B/RF/DH mix along with Judge will be Carter, Holliday, Hicks, Austin, and Bird. Could be rough for at bats there.
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    Baseball Prospectus...not Baseball Reference. Just wanting to ensure the right company gets credit! Nate Silver didn't work for Baseball Reference.
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    While I didn't grow up with Ray, what I loved about listening to his calls when I didn't get to travel with the team was exactly what you mention. Many announcers can remember to let you know there's no flags once the runner is 10-15 years from the goal line on an 80-yard run. Ray seemed to be able to immediately note that as soon as there was day light that appeared to be a big run. I remember for one of the big pass plays that the Gophers defense would have given up in a game on the road that while the ball is in the air on a 30-40 yard pass, he made mention of a flag on the play, called that it was a holding call on a particular lineman, and then called the end of the play. Sure enough, when the play completed, the big completion was called back for a penalty on that exact lineman. That sort of stuff was just incredible, and it wasn't something he even came back to (like how Bert seems to want credit for every pitch he predicts correctly, let alone a home run call he makes). It was just part of the game for Ray, and his humility in presenting the game was such a stark contrast to the Sunday presentation on the radio (many love Paul Allen, but give me Ray's presentation of a game any day).
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    I will say that I did enjoy hearing the USD thing, though they screwed up and called them SDSU on radio, I guess.
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    I think their line was absolutely gassed - both sides of the ball. When they did try to run, they just couldn't get any push. I think what happened is that the Falcons guys who hadn't been there before got into the bright lights of the situation and went "balls out" right away, dominating the line on both sides initially, but they wore down about mid-3rd quarter. Meanwhile, the Pats' lines were just paced well throughout the game and looked mauling at the end due to their relative "freshness" in comparison to the guys across the ball.
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    No, I usually finish middle of the pack in this, so I have been...lucky? ....so far.
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    If you happened to be a Braves writer or fan, you'd be as anti-Falcons as I have been lately due to their fanbase. Absolutely insufferable lately...
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    Had an interaction with him on campus as a Gopher in his last season covering the team. RIP indeed. Absolutely a legendary voice, and well-respected nationally.
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    I just.... I can't even... https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/828459401723908097
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    In all seriousness, Gaga actually did put on a very solid halftime show. She didn't do anything over the top really, and her musicianship was on display, which is one of the things that many don't realize (or respect) about her... I was pleased with the opening singing. Both America the Beautiful and the anthem were well done. Along those lines, my favorite commercial was the Coca-Cola commercial that was the first "official" game commercial, singing America the Beautiful in its entirety in dozens of languages, showing a ton of different persons singing in different languages, and notably, many of the countries that are on the travel ban.
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    He was only picked up by the Braves with the hope to pass him through waivers so he could fill their AAA roster. He did not receive an initial spring training invite, though this year that is basically meaningless as the WBC will mean plenty of guys are going to be going back and forth between minor league camp and major league camp. The Braves have 3 guys listed as outfielders on the 40-man, true, but plenty have played the outfield on the 40-man currently, including two guys currently penciled in as starters in the infield. Right now, he'll have his work cut out for him to get consistent at bats in Gwinnett with Peterson, Mel Rojas, Jr., Emilio Bonifacio (seriously have no idea why he sticks around, but the Braves have some sort of fetish for him on their AAA roster), Ronnier Mustelier, and Lane Adams all penciled in for AAA Gwinnett currently.
  12. biggentleben
    The largest lead by the Falcons was 28-3. That totals 31 points. The Warriors were up 3-1. The Indians were up 3-1. Crazy year for exciting finishes in sports!
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    I love the revamp, btw. Well done, TD overlords!
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    Thanks. I trimmed to that as I have more than that I keep note of, but they're more niche and less "national". 2080 was borderline, but they've really increased profile in the last year as they've partnered with Perfect Game, so they're fairly well-respected, especially in the industry when I ask around about top prospect lists...
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    And, while that last breed used to have a place in the big leagues, it's basically the Orioles now that even have a place for such players behind the plate as they have the only negative cumulative defensive rating of their catchers over the last three years, and then they sign Wellington Castillo, one of the worst-rated defensive regular catchers in the last 5 years.
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    Shoot, Davis has taken reps at third base as recently as two years ago.
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    No worries! What the stats at least show is that you see more defensive talent at the position than offensive talent, and that's very true when you look at combined talent. Not many players at all have the combo.
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    So, this is in the shameless plug category, but I was able to be part of a conference call with Keith Law and an online Q & A with Jim Callis this week regarding their prospect lists that were limited to media, and the answers I got from both prompted a couple of articles that I ended up putting up that I thought would be interesting for everyone here as well. First, a look on how the game's view on catching has changed and continues to change in the minor leagues (even including a Twins minor leaguer in the analysis). Second, a look at the various different minor league prospect lists and what to look for in each one. Those who read the hundreds of pages in the Dozier/Dodgers thread may recall a similar quick breakdown I did there, but I did include a couple others as well.
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    I will say that as someone who has worked with both developmentally disabled and mentally ill and also has at-need children in my home, without forcing states to fund support for those persons, they would never receive funding. Not from churches, not from anyone. Spectrum disorders are a great example. Children on the spectrum require a different level of teaching than "normal" children. As adults, the system flat out abandons them, as someone with "only" a spectrum disorder is not able to be funded for services through disability services, which is what they truly need. Instead, most often, there is a fake mental health diagnosis given in order to get them some sort of treatment, but the second that they receive mental health services, they are no longer eligible to receive developmental disability services in conjunction as an adult. Nevermind the abhorrent way mental health is funded in the country. That's a discussion for a whole other day, but it's only briefly discussed whenever certain groups want to avoid discussing their guns, so nothing ever seems to get done.
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    One of my favorites was the wording of the order that "removed" the US from the TPP...which Congress had not approved yet. Political grand standing at its finest, and the country was never officially even IN the TPP.
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    So, I had way too much time on my hands as I was getting my brain free from baseball research, and I reviewed some of the executive orders. Seriously, what in the actual hell?! Orders to de-fund agencies that never received funding in the first place. Orders to cut off representation to organizations that the United States has not participated in for years. CIA and DOD both saying that the order to re-institute torture was never once run by them for verbage or even approval/support. This is like the 8th grade student council president going rogue and writing a new set of rules for the council without consulting the student council adviser to find out proper wording and government structure. Holy cow.
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    MLB also was not allowed to see any of the documents in the court case due to the protection of the court case and Correa and his lawyer refused to release the emails and such to them. The court testimony, however, was unsealed.
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    It was published by Jeff Passan on his Twitter feed as publicly available court transcripts. The actual documents are unable to be viewed as blocked evidence, but they are logged as evidence in the case against Correa, and the emails indicating he sent them and they were read by Cardinals officials were also admitted. There is no evidence that the Cardinals did anything with the information, however, they did have it. There's not a way to deny they saw it and knew he had done it.
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    The Garnett bit makes me sad panda. Of course, I've always said that Malik Sealy passing was the nail in the coffin of Garnett leaving Minnesota. I think he would have fought through in spite, but there was just too much still present there with memories of a friend so fresh.
  25. biggentleben
    Um, that's not exactly true. The org knew it happened and never once self-reported, even after being asked by MLB about a possible issue, they denied knowledge. Correa produced evidence of emails he sent to upper level Cardinals brass immediately after cracking into the Astros information with multiple files attached that were all opened, via "read" receipts he posted on the documents themselves and had the emails to verify. Did he do the hacking independently? Most likely, yes. However, did the Cardinals upper level brass both 1) have the information he acquired, and 2) lie about both having the information and that they had any knowledge of his activities? Absolutely, and that was shown in court.
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