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  1. TheLeviathan
    Absolutely, but impartial observers are damn near unicorns. John Oliver is the only current person I can think of that might fit.
  2. TheLeviathan
    And elements of the left attack them for doing so. Slate all but exists for this purpose. You don't have to go far on social media, or listen to a celebrity talk, to hear it. You so much as mis-speak, use the wrong word but mean well, or do anything that can be taken out of context and construed as "privileged" and there is a cadre of clowns there to lambast you for what you said. What's new is that the right seems to be mobilizing their own version of this now. I mean, hell, if you don't think this is a thing you should read up on some of the examples given in that article. The professor and his wife with the Halloween thing is preposterous, but it's well in the vein of trigger warnings, barring speakers from campuses, and a host of other things. Sorry, but this is not a fantasy, even if the right is unfairly capitalizing on it.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Well, couldn't your average Republican make the same argument about some of their fringe? While personally you might not condone it, enough on the left do. (And I don't consider you a lefty anyway, far too independent from what I've observed) At some point you have to shut down the crazies and not let them represent you. And that has to come within your own side. And that's a huge issue of late. We just have no willingness to say "Hey, we agree on 90% of this stuff....but on this 10% you gotta get your *@^% together" No one seems to be willing to do that on either side. Look at the way the righties folded on Trump as soon as he won. That kind of self-policing is so damn vital and it's completely non-existent but for a few.
  4. TheLeviathan
    That's sort of hard to gauge though. We know whatever percentage is vocal and relentless. And, much like the right did with the worst parts of the Tea Party, if you give them enough cover for their absurdity pretty soon you don't get to argue they don't represent you. You coddled it and let it foster, now you have to own that.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Bill Maher has been trying to hit back at this as well. I think there is something to Trump's rise as a rejection of some of the Melissa Harris-Perry types and the barrage of stupidity like it out there on social media. It doesn't justify electing this clown, but i think it is an important part of the emotion.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Well, he's not wasting any time at least.....
  7. TheLeviathan
    Do they need a surefire scorer though? And what price do you pay? I'm not convinced they do.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Right now i'd only consider it for Kepler and Sano but it would depend on the details. I don't mind the thinking at all if the details make sense. But front loading is a pretty rare thing, especially if you're extending a young player. It's good in theory, but it just doesn't happen.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I think getting lost in this conversation a bit is Tom's original point: how do you put a championship caliber pitching staff around Sano/Buxton/Kepler if indeed they develop into a championship caliber offense? When do you reach into your prospects if you aren't willing to deal vets? And that window might be coming faster than people realize.
  10. TheLeviathan
    That's my concern too. If we pass on risky moves because of value, we're basically relying on internal improvements and draftees to save us. It's hard to see a staff of this age (save May and Berrios) making sizable strides and draftees take time. So that means we're burning through time we have this young offensive core together. I loved the Castro signing, but I really hope we see a plan forming soon. This feels so much like Ryan's regime is still in charge that it's frustrating.
  11. TheLeviathan
    I'm with you on that Brock, I was out saying how bad this offseason looked for talent acquisition months ago. But because of that I'd really like to be a fly on the wall of our FO. I wonder what was out there on Santana and Dozier and I worry we may have passed on moves I'd have jumped all over. This will be an interesting offseason to look back on when we know more about our new head honchos.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Well we're sorting of running out of time this offseason and the clock is ticking on team control for all these young hitters we all love. At some point, risks will have to be taken.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Perhaps, but so far we don't have immediate or long-term solutions that have been addressed. We basically are rolling with the same crew. At some point I'd like some immediate and long-term solutions attempted. Sooner rather than later.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Scary how good they could be if Parise finds his way back to his normal status.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Best in the West! We need a thread to talk about these guys! I'm really, really impressed with this team. 12 good forwards every night, 6 good d-men every night, an amazing goaltender.
  16. TheLeviathan
    That's overall pretty positive. Some of those comps are a bit scary, but I would imagine that's the case for everybody.
  17. TheLeviathan
    West has a LOT of bigs. I don't think he deserves it over any of those guys.
  18. TheLeviathan
    In fairness, we're on year 5? 10? of this argument in different iterations: "If we only don't give starts to X players, we'll be so much better!" How's that been working out?
  19. TheLeviathan
    Well that's the rub right? You don't have to run them if you make them cease to exist.... (And some of them certainly could be condensed or shuttered altogether. Others need more authority)
  20. TheLeviathan
    I'm not advocating that DeLeon "fixes" it. Just that he is the kind of upside gamble we have to take along with drafting guys. And I'm especially keen on this gamble given the risks I see with retaining Dozier. But ultimately DeLeon could bust, he's a unique prospect that has a long list of pros and a long list of cons. He's going to be interesting to follow. If he does turn into a James Shields type...then turning this down will have been a huge mistake. If he busts, walking away was wise. Time will tell.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I guess we'll find out if that's true about Deleon or not soon enough. What it comes down to for me is the knowledge that whatever avenue we choose (trade, FA, draft) to improve our pitching, it comes with significant risk of losing value at the outset to gamble on upside. So i'm not going to get hung up on that.
  22. TheLeviathan
    But those improvements are dicey at best and have extremely limited upside both next year and going forward. I mean, I appreciate the plan, but I'd be aiming for much better than this. This, at best, is hoping to be "not terrible" maybe "below average bordering on ok". That's just not good enough.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Man, i was really hoping we'd spend some cash on the bullpen this year. Time is ticking.
  24. TheLeviathan
    This is helpful. But I'd like to point out, you are fixing the pitching with basically the same crew we had last year. Serious question - how good can that group ever really be? While I expect a better year from Gibson and Berrios, I expect a worse year from Santana. I also value having Buxton in CF all year and Castro. (i'm on the record being heavily in favor of that move) But we're also about to throw Polanco back at shortstop and Parker pointed out how the metrics aligned way too closely with Nishioka for my comfort level. And shortstop is the most important position. Either way, your pitching plan can't possibly inspire even you with much confidence right? That's a very low upside group. You're basically just hoping for "not terrible". How do we actually become good? And I ask because I like to think your answer really isn't any different from mine when I say "take DeLeon and another solid piece". (just so you see I have a purpose in this) The Zobrist deal has been discussed previously. While I agree they should do better than Manaea and filler, you could easily make the case that DeLeon + something relevant already does that. What we don't know is what else was being offered. If it was junk, i understand walking away. If it wasn't junk (i.e. Calhoun, Stewart, etc) than I think differently.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Those kids represent exactly what we want to do to help the Middle East in general. Well, unless you really are a racist I guess.
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