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  1. Mike Sixel
    there are less regulations now, than 8 years ago.....just a factual statement.
  2. Mike Sixel
    Agreed, but I think everyone gets a bit of a pass in year 1......
  3. Mike Sixel
    I'm not convinced he could "sell high" on him. What GM wouldn't realize what you did, other than Dave Stewart?
  4. Mike Sixel
    the numbers I've read indicate it is because he's more often going to come up with the bases empty in the first inning if he hits third.......but I have not read an article on this for several years, so I can't recall all the details of the argument. I think it is a TINY advantage though.....because, as you say, he will come up less times.
  5. Mike Sixel
    On that we agree, I like neither party right now all that much.....
  6. Mike Sixel
    Every AB he gets in spring training is one a younger, better, player does not get. There is a real opportunity cost here. Given his age, this makes zero sense, unless you think you are a WS contender this year, in which case doing nothing to fix the bullpen makes no sense What, exactly, is their plan?
  7. Mike Sixel
    I do agree, the GOP thinks that* the free market can fix everything. That is interesting, because even the revered FF did not believe that..... *clearly, we are speaking in generalities here, no group is monolithic in its views. I don't think the free market does things well that are not "optional", are not things we can choose to live without: education healthcare pollution prevention police, fire, water, roads, energy**, military I am sure there are other things too.... **see how we keep funding ethanol for no reason, and how hard it is to have small suppliers of energy with solar or other methods, and how the big monopolies there are stopping them, with the help of the GOP......
  8. Mike Sixel
    Do you disagree with my statement, that that is part of their "plan" to help the poor?
  9. Mike Sixel
    Uh, what? Aren't they a bit over staffed at MLB and AAA? edit: see Dave's post above.....
  10. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree with that at all. I think the Republicans are all about the short term, very reactionary to events around them. Other than killing government* and empowering polluters, they don't have a long term plan. *except to impose their religion on everyone else
  11. Mike Sixel
    I'm not talking about Sanders here at all......but you did manage to change the subject.
  12. Mike Sixel
    And guys that are too hard on themselves should meditate. I truly believe that if a certain OF that is back with the organization could learn to relax...... I agree that Sano should be the DH, Arcia in RF, and Park in AAA to start the year.
  13. Mike Sixel
    And what is the GOP plan to help in the interim? cutting spending on the poor........
  14. Mike Sixel
    I just can't see him as part of the plan for the first half of this year. But let's hope he is up here in the 2nd half, and is awesome.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Not if the US doesn't make products anymore, and they are all made in India and China...... I've commented (not sure here or not) that I expect 1-2 generations of wage stagnation in the US, as the world flattens, and jobs move overseas.....their wages climb some, our's flatten out for 20-30 years (bad for a lot of the US, frankly). This is largely out of the hands of our leaders. However, how we manage the transition, and the impacts of that transition on children and families is in our control. The GOP response is to make it harder to help poor people. The Democrats' response is all over the place, and they don't seem to have a real plan for this. The first step has to be to figure out how to disconnect health care and employment. My wife and I are looking at starting a business or two.....but funding HC and potentially losing it (if PPACA is repealed) is very hard to get around. It also keeps people from working full time, or switching jobs. That has to change, somehow. It is a huge drag on plans for people like me, and for small and medium sized businesses (and even many huge ones).
  16. Mike Sixel
    By Reagan, I meant the "reagan revolution" that some discuss, not him specifically. Hope that helps......or, we can worry about being Pedantic.
  17. Mike Sixel
    I am shocked, shocked, that you are a denier. How is that even possible given the clear science, the factual data around temperatures, and the overall change in climate, other than just not wanting to believe something and ignoring every piece of evidence that contradicts your view? Mind. Boggling.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I'll say this, if he suddenly hits again, either AZ are geniuses, MILW aren't, or there is a lot of luck....
  19. Mike Sixel
    you had to have missed Sano on the list someplace. edit: or, not. Uh, I'd have Sano in the top 125..... ESPN has Sano #57 on one list., USA today has him 54. so, ya, is missing a player....
  20. Mike Sixel
    2.5 years of bad play say that.......this isn't sabermetric mumbo jumbo. Simple slash lines show he can't get on base, or do anything with the bat at all. As for the field, we'll see.....
  21. Mike Sixel
    How/where did I say one person brainwashed people? If I convince you to change your mind, did I brainwash you? What a loaded phrase, typical of political discussions.
  22. Mike Sixel
    College / University is really messed up in the US right now. The explosion of non-teaching expenses, and the "free" revenue issues are certainly major problems. But, those pale in comparison to busting unions and cutting taxes on the wealthy, imo.
  23. Mike Sixel
    Good question. I think his biggest contribution was convincing US citizens that unions were bad, and taking all their money. Also, that government itself was inherently wrong/bad/ineffective. But, I'd have to go back....again, though, it is about the belief system that led to actions later that was his real crowning achievement.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Segura is bad at SS, and bad at hitting. Yuck. That said, the dBacks didn't give up a lot. So, meh.
  25. Mike Sixel
    It takes time for the world to change, the elimination of the middle class started with Reagan's work, but it takes a long time for it to happen (that and the flattening of the earth).
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