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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Abortion is probably the single issue that I struggle with the most. In the end, I consider myself pro-life and pro-choice. Some will say that makes no sense or I'm trying to have my cake and eat it too, but I'll try to explain. I don't like abortion. It makes me sad. I'd prefer there were many less abortions. There are simply way too many performed every year for me to believe that none of them were preventable. So, in that regard, I guess I'm pro life. On the other hand, it takes two to make a pregnancy, and I don't want the government forcing only one of those two people to carry an unwanted fetus to term. So I'm definitely pro choice as well. Women 100% have the right to make that choice, IMO, as long as it's done before the fetus is viable outside the womb, I agree with badsmerf that it becomes a person at that point. What I'd really like, is to find a way to make that a rare choice. What can we do? Better sex education? Better access to birth control? I don't know how we get there, or if it's even possible.
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    One thing i will agree with though, the Dems vocalization regarding immigration and health care likely hurts them in the general. Nobody who agrees with providing health care to undocumented immigrants was ever considering voting for Trump. Perhaps they motivate a few voters who otherwise wouldn't have participated, but I doubt it's a significant amount. I can defintely see a good number of people in the middle having a hard time with this, though.
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    Why? Because he had one bad outing? What about the 9 scoreless appearances (and 12 of 13) before that?
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Well tools matter too. I mean, that's what the minor leagues are for,development of tools. Once they get to mlb, then results matter much more than tools. Though, even at mlb guys can continue to develop. Some on this board wanted Kepler to be the 4th outfielder this year, behind Cave, because they were looking at results only, without recognizing that Kepler had tools that had the potential for a breakout.
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    Although it can get passionate at times, outside of a few isolated instances, over several years, I don't think I've ever felt these threads have become uncivil.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    I'd say those that did the molesting, those that helped cover it up, and those that continued to support specific churches where these things were open secrets didn't seem to have a problem with it, for starters.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Nobody in America, except maybe some Amish, follow every single teaching of their bible. If they did, half the population would be completely unshaven with uncut hair, women wouldn't be allowed to work in most career fields, people wouldn't work on the sabbath,and on and on. So if Castro is not a genuine catholic, then there are no genuine Catholics or Christians in America. Or are there certain teachings that are ok to ignore and others that are not?
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    Decriminalization doesn't mean open borders. It means going back to the way it was for hundreds of years, a civil matter. It doesn't mean they have a right to be here, they can still be deported, just as they were for hundreds of years before it was criminalized.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Since those rankings are considerably worse than their overall rankings in those metrics, then wouldn't that make the poster you quoted correct, that they struggle, relatively, in "clutch" situations?
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    Thorpe having a Pavano like career is near the very top of the spectrum of likely outcomes, and would be a huge success.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    I hope Thorpe isn't a flyball pitcher, yikes that is an... interesting outfield.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think the Mets would even consider that.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    And what if, instead of Sano, they'd traded Berrios, Kepler and Polanco for Scherzer? It goes both ways. Most prospects don't become stars, but at the same time, most stars were once prospects. I'm not saying never trade good prospects, but you do have to be careful that you keep a pipeline open to develop future stars.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    By circumstance, not by design. The OF has been ravaged by injuries, and extreme extra inning games. On the whole, they've seemed to emphasize it.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I'd have to see how milb babip historically translates to mlb babip. Without looking, I'd imagine there is a pretty consistent dropoff, due to facing better pitching, defense, and field conditions.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    The platform that the Dems are running on, which I've always felt, is that healthcare is a basic human right. You can't believe that, and deny healthcare to undocumented immigrants. So I don't get the controversy there. I understand disagreeing, but I don't understand questioning why it is they'd take that stance. On a pragmatic note, I'd have to think it's cheaper to offer them primary care, rather than have everyone absorb unpaid emergency room visits.
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    I'm glad this organization is emphasizing defense now, unlike during the Molitor and Gardy years. I was glad they resisted the temptation to play Cruz in the OF during interleague play, and I'll be glad if I never have to witness Rooker in the OF at the MLB level.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    Torreyes wasn't injured. He was on the restricted list, which can't be used for injuries, not the IL.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    According to baseball reference, dick n bert are pronouncing it correctly, not you. They have it as "ah-RIZE".
  21. Mr. Brooks
    I would think he could throw up to 30 pitches and still be able to start Sunday.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I don't get why you don't let Gibson go one more. I'm willing to be patient with Baldelli, I think he'll be a good manager, but that is a real head scratcher.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    They are raw grades, independent of position. A guy who isn't good enough to play anywhere but first base is never going to have an 80 grade, even if he's the best defensive first baseman to ever play the game. It could just as well be called an "athletic" grade, rather than fielding. A guy with an 80 fielding grade is athletic enough to play anywhere, 60 can probably pass anywhere, but might need to eventually move off SS or CF, 40 can likely only play a corner position, etc.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Schoop has a higher OPS this year with RISP than he does with the bases empty. His OPS with RISP (.761) isn't significantly lower than his overall OPS (.781).
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I would assume Rosie to the IL. I know they tried to downplay it last night, but I can't see an ankle sprain not requiring an IL trip.
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