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  1. TheLeviathan
    For July 31st. That's the reason to do it. Give somebody who has always wanted to close a chance and see if you can't spin that into a windfall at the deadline.
  2. TheLeviathan
    That's my fear, the intrigue will hook me but the pay-off will disappoint me. Still, I'm intrigued enough with the existential questions and mystery of it to give the season a shot.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I have really liked Westworld, reminds me of the first few episodes of Game of Thrones. I want to see the mystery unravel and then judge it. It could certainly go south though.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Seems like a bit of a stretch to conclude people are watching baseball less on TV and that's the break down of fundamentals. Hell, it wasn't until the 80s that the World Series was played at night when kids could watch it. We went decades with baseball only rarely on TV for people to watch and only in relatively recent history is baseball readily available for all. So...not buying it.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I enjoy pumpkin pie. I don't want to eat it for every meal for the rest of my life. This is just bogus logic that you probably don't really buy yourself. I'm sure there are things you are a "fan" of that you don't want to have oversaturated or overdone.
  6. TheLeviathan
    I agree, at the same time we can't revere his every opinion as pure baseball gold for the same reason. That said, he's not wrong about this. At some point we have to look at what is really going on with the length of that game: inordinate amounts of stalling, commercials being dragged out, and a variety of other factors. Baseball and college football both have some serious issues with it.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Personally, I'm not a fan of anything I like droning on and on with filler. I love Game of Thrones but if we spent an hour watching a character ride a horse from one place to another with nothing happening...I probably wouldn't enjoy it. (Literally nothing but the person bouncing in the saddle over and over and over again until the credits hit) And there would probably be some schmo somewhere that would tell me I didn't enjoy the details of the town names that were passed through with no interaction. And that I'm not a "real fan" if I didn't appreciate it. Sorry, but at some point I'd like to watch baseball. Not reasons for commercials.
  8. TheLeviathan
    I agree. Also, for the record, I don't think most Clinton voters are single issue, at least not in terms of their single issue being gender. In fact, I'd argue that was more of a "problem" with Obama. (And I'd argue most of the single issue voters this year are in the "anyone but Hillary" camp. Even more than the "anyone but Trump" if you can believe it) I was talking more generally about single issue voting. I just don't like single issue voting in any respect. Be the issue party, class, issue, or otherwise.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Will it go away though? I don't think Obama eliminated that. I don't think Hillary will either. Single issue voters are that for a reason, they don't tend to budge off that issue easily. Which is part of why I have a problem with it.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I think you conflated two things. I was talking about why someone votes, not that they celebrate an achievement. Those are different. We can celebrate that accomplishment, but our reasons for voting should be more than that IMO.
  11. TheLeviathan
    He knows a lot, but he also seems to have gone off track in recent years.
  12. TheLeviathan
    It is somewhat problematic though. While I sympathize with the emotion behind it, celebrating voting based on race or gender is still divisive in a way and pushes some to be divisive in the opposite way. It's also a form of protest vote that can be dangerous for reasons this election makes quite evident. But single issue voting is widespread, so I can't begrudge that sort of single issue voting when other people have far, far worse single issue reasons. I just try to avoid it personally, which seemed to me to be what jimmer was saying.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I think single issue voting is a widespread problem. From race to gender to abortion to guns to god only knows what. I wonder if you'd poll the Trump supporters, most of them are voting for him simply because he's not Hillary. Which is single issue voting run amok as well.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Ultimately, isn't removing gender and race from the decision the goal? That we achieve a point of equality in which we don't let it factor? It can shape the person, but it need not shape our decision directly.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Is it possible when judging the best person for the job that you take into account how they were shaped by a trait like race or gender but don't let that trait, in and of itself, weigh on your decision? It just seems like we're getting caught in some nuances that may be important, or utterly irrelevant depending upon some further clarification.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Now the DNC is being inundated with trolling efforts emboldened by the leaks revealing real email addresses.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I assume, in that scenario, Park is in AAA or traded and that Escobar is the utility infielder. Don't get me wrong, I'm open to cutting Mauer. I just don't think they will. I think there is some glimmer of hope that he'll become a situational player and not an entrenched guy.
  18. TheLeviathan
    This entire 267 page thread has been about how in here and out there are related and about the discussion of both. It has been about broader trends and a host of other things. Many thoughts posted in this thread have been extrapolated and compared to those trends. So I guess I was just sticking with the course of the conversation. If some are going to make a mountain out of a molehill here, it's worth pointing out that the same effect is happening broadly. And it's totally absurd. If your mountain is less absurd and not comparable, then you don't need to feel defensive about it. But while you may not be in mountain territory there are many out there that are. And I'm not sure even in this thread if some (excluding you, as you've made clear) don't have their hiking boots on.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Or just recognize he isn't a lineup fixture any more and make him more of a bench player than a starter.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I encourage you to look at how many people have created that mountain. If you haven't, great! But it's out there. And really, should that be a surprise? This election has been all about visceral reactions with little substance or thought behind them. Hell, you don't even disagree really, you were making the same argument about why Hillary was a superior choice to Bernie. From Bernie, to Trump, to the absurd reaction out there about Michelle's speech - it's been the norm, not the exception. I'm not a fan of it.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Yup, let the kid hit. If Mauer or Park has more at-bats than him next year, it's a mistake. (Barring Vargas having an OPS below .600, if it's above that, there is no excuse for him to get less at-bats than either of them)
  22. TheLeviathan
    Again, as ashbury showed, it's out there. You don't even have to look far. I agree, we're making mountains out of molehills. The molehill is the speech and the mountain is the overreach in reaction to it. Where that parallels Trump is that it's largely driven by immediate, reactionary emotions rather than actual insight. Let's just admire that molehill. It was wonderful.
  23. TheLeviathan
    I'm comparing the shallow sentiment behind the appeal. And it's widely out there on the internet, you don't have to look far to see people wildly overreaching after hearing that speech. Perhaps that's just the new age we live in. If so, that isn't a good thing.
  24. TheLeviathan
    It was literally said "give her power". If you're in that boat you've long since hurdled past the stage of being "intrigued". That sentiment is all over the internet right now. It's well into being ridiculous. And it's symptomatic of a lot of our problems now. We vote based more on who we like than a real evaluation of what they know and what they do. Or in the case of incumbents - what they've done. I tip my hat to her speech. It was amazing and genuine. I'll just appreciate that and not overreach.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Maybe. But the sentiment of "She's saying something that resonates with me and I like her! Let's give her power!" is sort of reminiscent. I can't put my finger on what orange faced menace might be getting fueled by a similar sentiment. But it sure does seem familiar. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer qualified people who know their stuff. Not that Michelle can't be that, but I'd need a lot more evidence than one excellent speech.
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