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  1. TheLeviathan
    I think they needed to get all the reunions out of the way and they handled that really well. Great episode.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Also not a fan of his Strib comment that he judges catch-greatness on how hard he crashes into the wall.
  3. TheLeviathan
    His adjustment to that misalignment between the ball's trajectory and his angle would not have been possible for anyone else. That's what made that a great catch. I'm just noting this is now two wall crashes where his route and the ball's trajectory were not well aligned. Maybe it's spin on the ball or weather, I'm just noting them. He's still an elite fielder, but if his routes continue to be misaligned I hope that gets fixed so we can save that 95% Buxton that Brock referred to.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I agree about the possible knuckling, that's what I was alluding to. But Buxton also took a bad angle going back on the last crash into the wall. So when I watch it again and the camera pans to him he is running hard to right center. He starts drifting back towards his left shoulder at one point and then veers hard that direction. Are you sure it wasn't a really, really bad angle right off the bat? Maybe that's the knuckle/wind effect, but his course/angle is not good almost from the start. Maybe there is no way to answer that.
  5. TheLeviathan
    It looked to me like he took another bad angle or the wind altered it, hard to tell obviously. But it did look like a ball that did not require a wall collision.
  6. TheLeviathan
    When can we just declare Garner is a capable backstop? Every time I see him behind the dish he looks light years ahead of last year. It may be time to bury that question and see the upside his bat brings to the Twins at that position.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I took that from your post also, but I do think there is a prevailing misunderstanding in this thread about Buxton's problem. It isn't aggression, it's recklessness. And it IS a problem.
  8. TheLeviathan
    You don't want a player playing to not get hurt, that's true. But you also teach players, even in violent sports like football and hockey, to take the reckless out of their game. Getting hurt because you play hard is one thing, getting hurt (or suspended in the case of hockey or football) because you're reckless IS something you'd want to coach out of a player. Take a look at hockey last night with Kadri. Dude plays an aggressive game and is one helluva player. But then he got reckless and probably lost himself 10 playoff games for it. That hurts him AND his team. Plenty of great baseball players played all out without putting themselves recklessly in positions to be hurt. Jeter and Trout come immediately to mind. Buxton needs someone to work with him on taking out the reckless and keeping the aggression. It doesn't help him, or the team, to run himself into injuries all the time because he can't make that distinction.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Seems to be a bit of a false dilemma here. There is a difference between aggressive and reckless. Byron finding the difference (not just in the field, but at the plate) is the biggest question of this season.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I have not had the privilege of watching The Wire yet, but it's on my list to get to. For me the top five shows I've seen would be: 1) GOT 2) Breaking Bad 3) Better Call Saul 4) Deadwood 5) The Shield If I could splice shows apart I'd have The Simpsons for their first 10 years, Fargo's first two seasons, Parks and Rec, early 24, and X-files in the mix. I like The Expanse but it never sank it's claws into me. It's solid, but it's nowhere near any of these shows.
  11. TheLeviathan
    I share the same top two. It is hard to top the layers of GOT and nothing beats them for action on TV. I will be sad to see this show go.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Just saw this. That would've been a nice move.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I liked Johnson's movie much more. I'm just bitter about Force Awakens. Probably always will be.
  14. TheLeviathan
    *Checks director* Abrams eh? *Checks title* "Rise of the Skywalker"....awful lot like "Return of the Jedi" I think I'll just watch Return of the Jedi and imagine better graphics. You know, like Force Awakens..... *ducks*
  15. TheLeviathan
    That Assange comment from Ecuador is.....wow.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I too think it's not helpful to weaponize privilege against people. The way Korver invokes it is far more helpful and I think there is a lot to learn and model from his take. I very much wish white privilege was used more often in the way he describes it, because there is a vocal contingent who is too aggressive with the term.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I think most people have bailed on conversing with you. I'm sure you'll try to declare that this has been done due to the nature of your opinions. Instead, it's childish, unsophisticated responses like this. This is a complex issue that requires nuance and sophistication and you have, repeatedly, demonstrated that your contributions do not rise to that level. In fact, to adequately describe your posting technique in this discussion I'd have to use adjectives board policy would not allow. So I too will bail out in hopes that we can keep this important thread open for further discussions on these issues with those sophisticated and mature enough to handle them.
  18. TheLeviathan
    You either can't or didn't read what I typed. Please endeavor to actually try and see what is being said.
  19. TheLeviathan
    You had me fooled. Seems odd to dismiss it if you are, in fact, not sure. Perhaps, if you don't know why, you should consider what I'm suggesting. Saying "Being black makes you more violent" (as you have said repeatedly now) is definitionally racist.
  20. TheLeviathan
    All of the issues you listed are symptoms. They are inextricably linked to the damage done to black men and women for hundreds of years. Damage never rectified in any meaningful way.
  21. TheLeviathan
    There could be really solid DE talents still around in the third. The defensive side of this draft is nothing short of stacked. When we pick in the third there may be guys like Hooker or Winovich or Austin Bryant who would normally be second round picks. Really good safety or DE prospects that can be had a round or more later than you might normally expect.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I'd be pretty damn happy with any of those guys. If we walked out of this draft with Risner and Dillard or Risner and Ford....and I think that's doable with a trade up.....my god would the way we feel about this team sky rocket. If we can't and we land just one of them there will still be some really nice talents later. Sumia and Evans from Okalahoma are later types that might be great to pair back up with Ford. One of the Ohio St. guys as well. There is O-line to be had this year. Day one playable too. I am starting to wonder if the enormous amount of defensive talent will push those guys down or if there will be 2nd round DE/S/LB still floating around in the 4th/5th.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I wanted them to deal Waynes, but I don't see how they do that with Hill's suspension. Zimmer with throw a tantrum for days before he lets that happen.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Once we start rolling out Gibson, Odorizzi, and Perez three out of every five games.....I think we're going to see this team's biggest weakness is starting pitching. And they didn't add enough to the pen to compensate.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I'll say it. You're like talking to a fruit fly. You can't remember what you said, or anyone else said, if it's more than two posts ago. It makes your positions constantly shifting and incoherent. It might be helpful for you to slow down and make sure what you're saying fits both with what was said by you and by others. You get huffy mostly because you can't keep up. (Even with yourself) Slavery ended 150 years ago but oppression continued another 100 years. Black men and women are basically one or two generations into being actual citizens of this country. And unlike first generation immigrants, black men and women have to deal with an entire social structure that was built against them. As Brooks said - simply ending slavery, or allowing them to vote (or F*cking eat) where they choose is not some magic wand. The lingering effects of that abuse take time to heal and rectify. (As it does with any abuse or trauma) And the thing is...we never really tried. Twice now we did the bare minimum ("let" them not be slaves and then "let" them vote and be humans) and never once has there been a concerted effort to right the wrongs. It's not virtue signaling to recognize that there are good people still paying for the mistakes of this country's past. We should try to right them. That's called being a decent human being.
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