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  1. Willihammer
    What about an iphone?
  2. Willihammer
    Huh. I should have checked first. Buddy told me Best Buy was offering the Pixel for $400 but I can't verify that now.
  3. Willihammer
    I'm sure you're right. But honestly this is a good move for me. I've never been an Apple consumer. I hate their inflated prices and $25 adapters and the proprietary universe- everything that made them such a great stock to own. But a front page thread like this suggests to me there is a growing number of consumers who are fed up with all that. Hell the new google phone is basically half the cost of the iphone 7. And by all accounts its awesome. I just don't share your confidence in Apple in the medium term and honestly, I'm jonesing to get as much TSLA as I can. Its an opportunity cost equation for me. TSLA's my biggest holding now, I'm all in.
  4. Willihammer
    Its not much but this reddit thread prompted me to sell all my AAPL today. My god the negativity. Who can blame them? Doubled down on TSLA.
  5. Willihammer
    Bought a bunch of TSLA today at 202.45. This ought to be fun.
  6. Willihammer
    Ah quit complaining The market still loves AMZN. Now GRPN, they got shelled. Wiped out almost all my gains from when I bought in last winter. But, that's been a good stock for covered call premiums. Don't have to worry about getting called out on that stock!
  7. Willihammer
    Well, let us know if/when you're attacked by Catherine out of the blue, after 2000 years of friendly relations, because you declined to close borders with Genghis Khan 10 turns earlier.
  8. Willihammer
    I probably logged 2000 hours on Civ 4. Couldn't get into Civ 5 but might give this one a look just to see if they fixed the RNG yet.
  9. Willihammer
    I think possibly you're conflating "average" and "replacement level." He has had a below average bat amongst a pool of players all above replacement level. Baserunning has added to his value as well. Ultimately the market rewarded him with a 9 figure salary so while the stats may be off on the margins (maybe the RF positional adjustment ought to be -10 runs instead of -7.5, for example), it gets pretty close. At least, the market thinks so (in addition to fangraphs, etc). correction- the bat has been above average (111 wRC+)
  10. Willihammer
    Its not like he had a huge WAR this year. He didn't hit, his defense is still good (defense never slumps). Overall his WAR is 1.5. What's the problem?
  11. Willihammer
    Ultimately I don't care how Apple turns a profit but I thought when I bought in last year there'd be a lot more product innovation than I've seen. Instead they've delivered... a watch. Maybe I just have to come to grips with the fact that they're a value stock now, not a growth stock.
  12. Willihammer
    Re Heyward, 2016 looks like an outlier to me. He's still 27. Lots of time to make good on that contract.
  13. Willihammer
    Ugh, Apple. Underwhelming earnings calls are becoming a regular thing. Tons of assets, not much return on them anymore. Time for a new CEO?
  14. Willihammer
    I think you are on something or onto something. Maybe they can even turn a couple of the suspects in the rotation into bullpen assets. I'm thinking about Gibson and Duffey especially. Then maybe they do the same on defense- move Sano to first or DH and plug something resembling a major league catcher and shortstop onto the field. Those are moves a mid-market team ought to be able to accomplish in an offseason.
  15. Willihammer
    Man that image of the kids sitting around scoring a game is depressing. I would have soured on the game a long time ago if my coaches had made me do that.
  16. Willihammer
    Oh right. Did the movie star Bela Lugosi?
  17. Willihammer
    Did the movie star Kevin Bacon?
  18. Willihammer
    Were there gremlins?
  19. Willihammer
    Ha I had nightmares about Chucky as a kid too. Saw it at my Rated R buddy's place around the same age. Scream was another one that genuinely scared me, I was maybe 13 when I saw that. Going way back this scene frome Never Ending Story really did me in. http://1.media.dorkly.cvcdn.com/19/72/7c5a39a1b8d562c8100cee06b8573935.gif
  20. Willihammer
    I agree Vargas is an interesting bounceback candidate. Straight TJS.
  21. Willihammer
    For some reason pumpkin pie is the only pumpkin based food I can get into. In fact its the only squash based food I eat most years. Its weird, come Thanksgiving squash will be the last thing on my plate. Even after the cranberries are gone. Even if you add marshmellows to it, still gotta hold my nose. But then when that pie comes out its game on.
  22. Willihammer
    Sounds like KC is in a little window right now where they just ran an operating loss, which their cheap ass owner hates doing apparently, and renegotiating their TV contract which probably won't happen for another year. They could be looking to dump salary. Should the Twins have any interest in their highest paid players- Gordon, Kennedy, Vargas?
  23. Willihammer
    The idea that KC is actually considering declining Volquez's mutual option, when Volquez wants to come back, over $10m, seems crazy to me. Same with Morales.
  24. Willihammer
    The Pohlad's are not meddlesome owners and that culture has been ingrained in the Twins FO for years. I highly doubt Falvey will be involved to the level of platooning players or bullpen management, bunting etc. Falvey's title will be VP which on its face seems even further removed from the dugout than GM. And he's a young guy, an outsider, being put in charge of an operation the size of a major league baseball team. He's going to be heavily relying on the usual suspects for at least 1-2 years I'm afraid, including Molitor, just to keep his head above water. I hope eventually we can have a FO and dugout working in sync but I really doubt that will happen before Molitor's contract expires and possibly not at all as long as a Pohlad is owner.
  25. Willihammer
    When's the last time that happened?
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