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  1. TheLeviathan
    You're also assuming, that's what happens when you're trying to talk about something from over a decade ago that isn't public knowledge. That's a given. I guess I side with what makes more sense and the version that does not says that the team would ultimately kick him to the curb for nothing while sticking to high trade demands to the bitter end. I tend to think, thank you occam's razor, that the interest was minimal. Epstein's vague comments about "pretty good" prospects doesn't really change things. It also fits with Ortiz being given a contract roughly equal to what Denny Hocking was making. Or less than Scott Sauerbuck on his own team. If you contention was true, I'd imagine he could have claimed something much closer to 2M or more. But he didn't. Because he was a dumpster dive. Because he didn't have much value. Because the Twins horribly mismanaged him.
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    Maybe she was banking on her grandmother figuring things out, but once Cersei was forced on her shame walk she realized she'd have to do things herself. That is when her approach changed. Well, that and seeing how bad things were for Loras.
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    First, 650,000 is a 33% discount. That's not insignificant. Second, the team was willing to accept Morban for Ortiz (partly due to money reasons as well) - if Ortiz had any value at all around the league....you don't think someone was willing to toss them the equal of that? C'mon. Having someone over the barrel for financial and roster reasons is the perfect time to target a player if you think they have value. The Twins were literally willing to give him away (and did!) and couldn't find anyone willing to even toss them a bag of balls for him. I agree it was a bad decision at the time and it was another in a long line of examples of Ryan passing on a higher ceiling player, but Ortiz had very little value. He ended up being a smart dumpster dive, but still a dumpster dive. Why he was in the dumpster is 100% on the Twins.
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    It's not that he went unsigned for a long time, it's that there wasn't a fierce market for him. He was cut, sat around a month, and signed for 1M. I don't know what your point is - there was some huge market for him? That everyone (the same people who didn't want to trade for him) really wanted him but just couldn't get him? He then shared time with the husk of Jason Giambi for a couple months. Ortiz was an extremely smart gamble by Epstein because he saw that Ortiz's depressed value around the league was due to the Twins and their ridiculous approach with him. But he had significantly depressed value, that's just how it was.
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    No, we wont ultimately be in charge of the decisions. But if criticism is warranted and you deliberately do the opposite of that you invite scrutiny on the merits of your analysis.
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    I thought the same thing as that scene was happening. Don't pan out if you're not going to show a massive army, otherwise it looks silly. Maybe the Faceless Men pursuing Arya leads them over to Westeros and into the conflict with the White Walkers?
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    I didn't realize being a decent person required a completely non-critical approach to dealing with people. I've been friends with people I supervised and colleagues with those I've been asked to help improve. I was never shy about being critical, even if those conversations were hard to have. But they're hard because they're necessary to change things. Hell, I'm married to my biggest critic and I still think she's a mighty fine person. The mentality that everything has to be duckies and bunnies to be constructive is totally misguided. I understand not wanting to burn bridges because it's counter-productive to your ability to gain insights from the team, but if we're going to try to make things around our favorite team better - than hurt feelings need to be a non-factor. We have to figure out how to get better at this, not worry about who goes home upset about it.
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    It's just a simple truth that he wasn't signed until the end of the offseason and then didn't even start until several months into the season. The power and talent were there, but he wasn't a hot commodity. But I blame the misuse of his talents for that by the Twins.
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    I would agree that we're teetering on "rushed" right now. It looks like next week is when Sansa/Jon/Davos get their army together, but I'm starting to wonder if the pacing won't become too fast. The next few episodes are going to be very interesting.
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    I agree with your premise, I'm trying to figure out how they are currently using it as well. And count me among the chorus that finds the "improvements" a dubious claim. Beautiful park, but not really improved on for this father who likes to bring his kid.
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    I'm not him, but a similar conversation happened on the Paul Allen show last week. I was stuck in a car with limited options, so while I was forced to listen to the drivel I heard him talking to Gleeman about not wanting to criticize individuals he feels a personal connection to. The problem with that (while totally understandable, by the way) is that it automatically makes your analysis far less useful and relevant. I don't want to read about what Bernie Sanders' policies would mean for the country from Ted Cruz's website. Likewise, I don't give a rip what his campaign manager says either. If you can't keep a objectivity for reasons that are understandable, that does hurt my view of your analysis. I'm curious if there is anyone out there that isn't worried about hurting St. Peter's feelings can tell me what he actually does. He seems like an affable, pleasant guy but also one that has a talent for saying baffling, idiotic things from time to time.
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    I think she's playing the long game with the Faith for her brothers sake. Her plot will be interesting to watch unfold.
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    What, exactly, is his job and how has he excelled at it?
  14. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, no one was clamoring....because we so thoroughly bungled his talents that no one could see the diamond in the rough. It was a historic bungle due to a problem we still face - stubborn inflexibility about letting talents be themselves rather than encouraging who they are and what they can do.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Well said tobi, Buxton should stay where it's best for him - injuries on the big club be damned.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Arya's story is my biggest head scratcher. So much importance placed on the faceless men and she accomplished nothing but getting bear up for awhile before quitting. I continue to struggle with her importance thematically or for the story.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, cold hands is revealed as expected, the Freys are back, and a good Tarley reunion to boot. I wonder if Littlefingers play is for the Vale to save the Blackfish.
  18. TheLeviathan
    You're in your bunker too, huh?
  19. TheLeviathan
    I'm relieved by this universal rejection of Ozzie the Clown. This awful season hasn't beaten us down totally. Ozzie is awful.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Bernie is going to debate Trump? Really? Was I onion'd?
  21. TheLeviathan
    Reusse loved this team in Spring Training. Just for the record.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Or write some sort of compendium. Or, hell, cut about 70 pages alone telling us what the Mormonts serve for dinner. Imagine if the show had tried to do some of this grand world building. I can't imagine how thrilling cut-aways to gravy would be....
  23. TheLeviathan
    Teams have been throwing at them and punching them for the last few years..... How long until the "utility" kicks in? Spoiler Alert.....it doesn't
  24. TheLeviathan
    The problem with the pro-detours argument about the books is that we know Martin had a choice between fast forwarding five years to what will happen to the core characters that matter most or filling in those years. He chose not to fast forward. But that means, almost definitionally, that much of the last two books are filler. You are welcome to have enjoyed the filler, but that's what it was. The TV show rightfully cut that and Martin should have significantly edited it. What the show is doing is not fan fic, it's just a straight adaptation of the core narrative. Something it could do without filler because they started with characters closet to 18 than 8. That was a massive mistake at the onset that the show smartly avoided and it has made for a better narrative.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I think what makes this so satisfying is that for so long it seems like we weren't progressing. That every step forward took two steps back. And there were some good narrative elements to that, but after awhile the series has really slowed to the point of exhaustion. This season has made all of that patience pay off and it's been more rewarding than I could have thought. It feels a bit rushed in spots, but with this series I'll gladly take that over the slog the books have been stuck in for some 10-20 years. (or whatever it's been)
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