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  1. Mike Sixel
    I think I just read on FG that it is a hard cap on international spending.....that's A LOT of money now not going to poor people...with no other changes to help them out at all. A real loss for the workers...
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
  3. Mike Sixel
    Not sure, it seemed a bit subtle to me....try again, please...
  4. Mike Sixel
    I haven't watched or cared about any ASG in years. In any sport.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Or Braves or other teams, this wasn't just done by the "wealthy".....
  6. Mike Sixel
    -World Series home field is no longer determined by All Star Game----I approve! -Teams no longer lose 1st rounder in QO system. They lose a 3rd rounder if under luxury tax a 2nd and 5th if over.----good compromise, I guess. But, imo, the law of unintended consequences here is that the rich get richer, but the players get more, and that's more important, imo, so I approve! -Luxury tax goes up. will gradually raise to 210 million over next 5.----I think the tax is silly, they really NEED revenue sharing. I am MEH on this. -Smokeless tobacco banned for all new major leaugers----sigh, just ban it universally, like a real company. BAD, but progress I guess. -a cap of 6 million per year on international spending----HATE THIS. All it does is screw the players out of money. But, hey, the billionaires got help. Viva America! -Disabled list goes from 15 days to 10----hate this. I think. -4 more off days during season---Love this, they need healthier, more well rested players.
  7. Mike Sixel
    thanks for the polite discussion, appreciated.
  8. Mike Sixel
    My son and I made the pumpkin pie last week, first time we've baked together in some time. It was nice. and it tasted great. Pie>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>cake
  9. Mike Sixel
    great post. Let's hope Grossman never plays in the OF again! Heck, I'd rather have him as the DH than Napoli, in a sever PINCH he could play OF for an inning or three.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Doubly hard, I see!
  11. Mike Sixel
    Phew. One travesty ended....
  12. Mike Sixel
    Rosa Parks is a true hero. Forget athletes.....This should be a national holiday. Let freedom ring, damnit.
  13. Mike Sixel
    I did ask, in that thread, for other stats to use....didn't I? How should I measure his value, exactly?
  14. Mike Sixel
    What did this mean? "You don't get to accept the likely cons of your chosen profession, and then complain when one comes up." So, Walker can't fight for higher pay for minor leaguers? Earlier FA? What did it mean, exactly? Since, you know, some minor leagures are fighting for those things, like being paid a better wage....or not having to work unpaid overtime.....just the things I literally posted about, actually.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Napoli will follow the money, they nearly always do.
  16. Mike Sixel
    That is a false equivalency..... Wait, so if you take a job, and the conditions aren't what you want, you can't complain? thank goodness people 100 or even 50 years ago didn't agree or we'd be working on the weekends, with no overtime, and no rights at all...
  17. Mike Sixel
    tell me more about it.....
  18. Mike Sixel
    I assume WARheads is some kind of term of endearment? so, every time I use WAR, I need to type how many caveats and other things? Just curious....so if I use it, I use it correctly.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    I actually didn't say "forced"...... And, if people think being at the whim of employers, and being forced to move to keep your job is the same in the rest of the world, it isn't......it just isn't the same at all. Is that really hard to understand? Imagine if you had kids, and to keep your job, you could be forced to move every year for 7 years before you had a choice....
  20. Mike Sixel
    Also, he and Palka are kind of the same thing, and Palka might be better at hitting....I have my doubts, but still.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Great platoon option, IIRC
  22. Mike Sixel
    Bruce? who the heck is taking Bruce at this point?
  23. Mike Sixel
    There were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more things than WAR being argued about Morris. Way more. So much more I can't type way enough.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Chat today on Fangraphs: 12:32 Sirras: Sunday’s links included a link to Bill James’s discussion of the AL Cy Young. He feels that those voting for Verlander over Porcello solely because of his higher WAR are misapplying defensive statistics. Did you read the piece and do you have any thoughts to add? 12:34 Dave Cameron: The issue that people are talking about with B-R’s WAR is the exact reason why we chose a FIP-based WAR. I wrote about it a few years back (http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/why-our-pitcher-war-uses-fip/), and I think it’s good that people are starting to realize the downside of doing things the way B-R does them. There are downsides to both approaches, of course, but the downsides of the FIP approach have been discussed a ton, while the downsides of doing it B-R’s way have been overlooked, I think.
  25. Mike Sixel
    well, another idea....pick a screen on your cell phone. Look at it. don't change your icon order.....think about how you might use that, or not....
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