Mike Sixel

10 million a year is the going prices for good, but not great, FAs..... What if Garver or Murphy is never ready? What if having a great pitch framer helps the young pitchers? What if they platoon Castro and one of those guys? I really don't see the downside here.

Turns out Sale is controllable for 4 years, if I am reading things correctly. That makes me much more likely to do what you propose. Much.

Heh, i told the poor woman that asks me twice a week I get why she has to ask, and we laughed.....

I have always thought it was both. In fairness, there should be constraints, every business needs a budget. Just not sure Terry really spent up to it all that often....

I LOVE guacamole. LOVE.

It's apparently OK to ignore CA and NY though.

Nothing makes me more at all......1 vote, 1 person. so, we put the future of the nation in the hands of less people, because they choose to live spread out. Does that even make sense, when you just think about it? How far would you go? If 90% of us live in urban areas, should rural areas still get more votes than us? Where is the line? And, I've been saying this for years and years. this has nothing to do with spilled milky whining. Let's look at the Slate argumet: 1. that's a terrible argument in 2016. With good voting machines, and open polling places, that argument is one of fear. It has nothing to do with right and wrong, but expediency. 2.No, he isn't "everyone's president". Turns out, that of those who voted, he isn't even all that close to a plurality when the vote counts are done, relatively speaking. this doesn't address at all the imbalance of votes per state / person counting more. 3. So, it is good that only 4-5 states actually decide the presidency most of the time? That seems very anti-democratic to me. 4. This is an interesting discussion. But it ignores that STATES should not matter. What should matter is one person, one vote. This is the ONE time that we vote across states. Why do the artificial lines on a map matter at all? I would argue that making a state matter should not be the issue, it should be about votes. 5. I don't even know what this means. MANY elections are decided by pluralities. Look, this is the ONE TIME we get to vote across state lines. I don't understand why 1 vote, 1 person, is wrong. I just don't. And no, I'm not talking about direct democracy, I'm talking about how we vote for the people that represent us. They still make the decisions.

I'm not sure the decisions are all that important. Most of the guys 35-40 are fairly fungible. Yes, they matter, but if we polled 1000 people, they'd probably agree on 38 of the names.

so, because I live in a city, my vote should count less? that's your argument. And, they lost because they idiotically chose to ignore those people, not because of the EC..... I am not dismissive at all, I'm baffled that if you start over from scratch, you would argue that those that choose to live in less dense areas should have their vote count for more than my vote. Why should it? What is the logic?

Most players go to the highest bidder, unless they have family location preferences. Even then, unless the money is close.....

Can he even hit a barn? At all?

Bull. People don't vote for someone if they come to their county. It isn't tyranny of the majority at all. We still have the senate, the house, the courts. And no, it isn't the same as the senate. We vote 1 person, 1 vote, for the senate. Not by county, not by congressional district. You are arguing that since people who decide to live outside cities live in more spread out areas, that they should get more votes than me. I am arguing we should all count as the same vote. If 90% of hte people live in CA and NE, why shouldn't those parts of the country get more sway in how the country is run? Why, because they choose to live there, should their vote count less than people that choose to live in the Dakotas?

It's not about areas, it's about people. One person, one vote. Where I live should 100% not matter. Why is it better than every vote counting the same, no matter where you live?

Actions>>>>>> words I don't believe this for one minute.

I thought a moderator told us to stop with this....

Without vaccines, millions are dead right now. That is science. Not an opinion, science. Insulting me as not thinking about those candidates is a nice straw man.

The electoral college removes my ability to have an equal voice and vote. Just because you choose to live a rural lifestyle, you vote should not count more than mine. That is wrong. One person...one vote.

Fidelity for me. Partly because my company's retirement is managed there

What possible value does he have as a part time dh and first baseman? So, you just do what with Vargas?

Mike Rowe has never struck me as understanding of the other side....but he also never struck me as mean, and someone to be unfriended. And yes, I have heard of this.....sad.

yes, yes we have. she won the primary because the party wanted a candidate like her, not another Obama.

Everyone keeps typing Gordon will stay at SS.....(assuming that is the case here), and yet, so many on these boards keep saying he won't.... as for the post above mine, wait for Fangrpahs....their write ups provide both a scouting and math set of scores and floors, ceilings, and likely outcomes.

One thought.....if you get Chris Archer for Sano, I probably like that more. Much more control....even if not the same quality pitcher. Last year, imo, was an aberration for him. Plus, he's fiery!

No idea, I don't watch the news much these days....other than to know if I can get into and out of downtown Portland during the day (have PT and other stuff there most days).

why listen to the best president in decades (when it came to deal making and understanding the people)?