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  1. Mike Sixel
    1991 was pretty boring if you weren't a fan of either team.....tense, but boring. This game was sloppy, but didn't get real interesting until the end. But, imo, it was likely much more entertaining for the masses.
  2. Mike Sixel
    They need a catcher, and a good framer would certainly help the young pitchers. Unless you really think Garver and Murphy are it, I would get a catcher. And, you can't trade for everything you need....it isn't possible.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I agree with this, that was probably the worst move of the night.
  4. Mike Sixel
    we can't even have a conversation about outsourcing, w/o blaming the victims (workers)....not sure how we go to the next level. People said computers would never replace lawyers or accountants.....or lots of other things. We learned the wrong lesson from early robotics and machinery, we, imo, took the lesson that there will ALWAYS be enough work for the people, as we grow economies. The actual lesson was, imo, that it would take longer to do, but would happen. Did anyone imagine self driving cars eliminating cab drivers and truckers and other jobs, even 5-10 years ago, other than some tiny group no one listened to?
  5. Mike Sixel
    It is possible you took: work is an outdated concept... to be about work, not work as the way we make money to live. That was what I was trying to say. Tying our ability to be alive to work is probably not a good idea going forward.
  6. Mike Sixel
    I never said that, nor implied it....you are the one that made it about me. I never said people didn't like it, I said it was likely going away, and that we shouldn't assume work is important. I made the exact opposite argument .... that we shouldn't assume it is or is not. We've never had robots and computers that can literally do everything we can do before. At a minimum, we should discuss this, and plan for it....which was my whole point all along.
  7. Mike Sixel
    Welcome to the team, now fix it already!
  8. Mike Sixel
    I wonder how Europe's economy would fair if they weren't competing against us, people who have no idea how not to work....like, would it be a more even playing field if we only worked 35-40 hours per week?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Bull...saying I should center my life around my career is bull. It assumes work is actually important, which it MIGHT be, but might not be either. But, hey, just dismiss this being about me and my career. edit: you didn't exactly say that, but a lot of jobs are not going to exist. I have my kids investing in stocks for a reason.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    You realize a rookie costs 500K, right?
  11. Mike Sixel
    Very expensive, but if they have the money, yes.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Several really good articles on Fangraphs about how you can't steal at will on Lester.....
  13. Mike Sixel
    I still like Castro as an option, if you don't believe in Murphy......or if you refuse to call up Garver.
  14. Mike Sixel
    I do think, generally, we do well. But, LOTS of people are left behind while a larger group move forward. I'd like us to do a lot better job helping those left behind, and planning for a new future.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Admittedly, my potential leaving is about weather and culture and things... about 10000 things before politics on the list....
  16. Mike Sixel
    That seems unfair.....imo. Why pay a FA and keep a rookie in the minors, just because, um, for no reason? The teams earn revenue sharing by existing. How they spend it should be up to them.
  17. Mike Sixel
    We've known for 30 years jobs would go overseas, and that we should plan for a changing world. We did nothing at all to help in the transition, other than blame the victims (workers), cut education spending, and cut taxes on the wealthy. The answer from one party is: quit being lazy, trust us cutting taxes on the wealthy will create jobs The answer from the other party is, um, I have no idea what the dems "plans" are, frankly. And I should think we can transition to this new world coming our way?
  18. Mike Sixel
    The FA class, is, um, not stellar......I gotta say, I had to go way down the list until I saw a name I would even consider.... http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/11/03/2016-17-top-111-free-agents/
  19. Mike Sixel
    If you are trading for Dozier, and you have a great 2B, but no 1B.....you might. It's like you all won't even consider how well his bat plays (if he's like this) at ANY position. Is he more valuable at 2B, of course.
  20. Mike Sixel
    Yikes, I can't see how FA will fix much: http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/11/03/2016-17-top-111-free-agents/
  21. Mike Sixel
    Well, I don't know how you prove how they are using that money, or other money..... Should the A's spend money just to spend money? It is, I think, a pretty complex question. Just go to, say, 75% of all revenue going into a pot, and that is divided evenly among all teams, with teams getting to keep 25% of their own revenue. Or, 60%, or something......level the playing field. There are no Yankees if there are not also 29 other teams....
  22. Mike Sixel
    It will be good to see what happens, it was time for change. It should, at least, lead to some good theater.* *I hope that doesn't sound cold, I know some people will lose jobs in this transition, and that sucks.
  23. Mike Sixel
    great post, and I thought it did come out, but great post.
  24. Mike Sixel
    A one game sample is not 162 games.....the best pitchers pitched the most. That's good managing, not bad managing. Are you suggesting they should have pitched their less good RPs more? I am not sure what you are arguing..... The did trust their players. They trusted the best ones to be good/great. I am not sure I get what you are arguing.
  25. Mike Sixel
    There won't be many jobs in a generation or two....robots and computers will do almost all the work. Hell, we'll have self driving cars soon......Foxconn just replaced thousands of workers with bots. How long until computers are programming computers? this isn't going away.....Dune looks prescient.... Work, frankly, is an outdated concept, that we need to examine. Which party would even be willing to think about this here? Which would be willing to talk about it? This nation is in serious trouble, due to its obsession that work is the meaning of life, and how we should pay for everything.
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