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  1. Mike Sixel
    Gold gloves are often given on reputation, and even for hitting.....but to have no finalists is not good.
  2. Mike Sixel
    I'm pretty sure the much of the GOP is voting exactly as they said they would. Cut taxes, gut regulations, keep the "bad people" out of the country, etc. Put judges in place that will reverse things like equal rights for gays and transgender people..... Literally stuff the GOP runs on.
  3. Mike Sixel
    I was baffled at not bringing in Jansen when the bases were loaded with two outs in the critical inning. Seriously baffled.
  4. Mike Sixel
    Sigh. Seriously.
  5. Mike Sixel
    Jake 1:40 Does Royce Lewis stick at SS long term? Keith Law 1:40 My gut is still no. I got mixed reports from scouts who saw him this year.
  6. Mike Sixel
    wearingwhitesoxinboston 1:07 Thoughts on the Baldelli hire? Like Cora and Roberts, he was an average player with bench coaching but no managerial experience. Is this a copy-cat move by the Twins or was he the best option? I am skeptical. Keith Law 1:07 Cora had managerial experience. Ron 1:07 Thoughts o n the Baldelli hire? Sounds analytical, young, has coaching and instructing experience and worked in the front office. Bad hire, good hire or "Meh"? But hasn't managed. Keith Law 1:09 I discussed this on the BBTN podcast this morning - I know Rocco well, and think very highly of him. He's very bright and curious. He's more than just open to new ideas and will work well with the stats guys. I believe he'll be a good developmental manager. But as you said, he hasn't managed, and that's a negative regardless of who the candidate is. I hope he finds someone for his staff who has plenty of in-game experience and can help him learn that part of the game quickly; the track record of no-experience managers is poor.
  7. Mike Sixel
    She's taking it well!
  8. Mike Sixel
    As for me, the FBI just left me a voicemail that I was about to be arrested. I just have to call them back.... Given that, seems like I should clean up my behavior.....
  9. Mike Sixel
    Hey Brock....any stocks you like right now? As for the pick, seems to check the boxes. Who knows? We'll know a lot more in 18 months or so.
  10. Mike Sixel
    What does any of that have to do with this coach? And, where did anyone here say Rose Bowl?
  11. Mike Sixel
    He's talking about rolling back the 1987 nuclear arms deal.....but that might just be to fire up the base?
  12. Mike Sixel
    I don't know we are in tyranny range....but this is moving us there: SCOTUS and states taking away voting rights left and right, and it is going to get worse Immigrants being detained, including seperating infants from their parents and having children sign away their rights, the most heavily armed our police have ever been, and entire movement being birthed because they are allowed to shoot certain people More income inequality than ever, and it is getting worse Our president encouraging violence against the press People sending bombs to "enemies of the people" Our president admitting he's a nationalist
  13. Mike Sixel
    Damn, you are better at this than I am.....
  14. Mike Sixel
    but, this seems to be going nowhere....maybe we should go back to figuring out how to get people to vote.....
  15. Mike Sixel
    I have no idea how you got that from any of my posts.......I have no interest in an all powerful federal government. States should exist, as should cities and counties and other types of government bodies. As for capitalism.....good luck with that one. Jobs are only going to get more scarce as robots do more and more (remember when we were told they'd never be able to do "smart" things, like accounting.....).
  16. Mike Sixel
    I am NOT arguing for the abolition of the Senate! I am asking if we should reconsider how it is made up, if the projects are accurate. And, this isn't rural vs city or anything to that effect......it is a small percent of the nation having 3x as much voting power when it comes to electing Senators. I don't find that tasteful or fair. I don't have a good answer, btw.....but it will be a problem if projections are accurate (and they should be, these aren't nearly as hard as predicting baseball player futures, for example).
  17. Mike Sixel
    Don't look at your stocks if you don't like price drops! But, if you have cash....NVIDIA is nearing its 52 week low (ouch for me!). Lots of great companies on sale this week! The market goes up, and it goes down, but over the history of the market, it goes up over long periods of time.......regardless of the ups and downs in any given day/week/month/year. Lots of good companies on sale right now. PS, glad I sold a few weeks ago to get enough money for a down payment and remodeling! I sold about 30% of my assets near peak. Lucky me.
  18. Mike Sixel
    I think it is too early to know this, but I can see your argument. The only one I don't get is Romero, the others make perfect sense to me though.....
  19. Mike Sixel
    Ok, it's a projection (very likely to come true) based on decades of trends in where people are moving..... apologies for calling it a fact. I assume from your responses above that if the projection is true, you are ok with 30% or so of the people electing 70% or so of the Senate?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I have been noodling that......
  21. Mike Sixel
    Between that and Machado trying to injure someone earlier, I have no one to root for.
  22. Mike Sixel
    So the alternative is to give the power to less people? I don't care who the winners are, not in this argument. I'm interested in closing in on 1 vote being close to equal to another.....not exactly. Also, state lines are arbitrary, and really don't reflect much in some ways. Is it true that rural MN is more like the Dakotas, or like the metro? It's hard to understand how we would want 30% of the population deciding how healthcare, the judiciary, pollution laws, etc work for the other 70%. Can anyone explain how that is a good/fair idea?
  23. Mike Sixel
    You are actually comparing this study to the "extinction of white people"? I was right the first time, we can't have this discussion. Why is it ok for a very small percent of the population to have this much power? How is that better? I am genuinely curious to understand your position on that. Not in slogans, but, like, how is that good for the the nation and world?
  24. Mike Sixel
    Interestingly, equal representation in the Senate was opposed by James Madison, and passed by a 5-4 vote at the constitutional convention, with one state divided in it's vote. Even then, the founders were not all that certain it was a good idea.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Want to place a bet? I will. Any amount. For someone that seems to believe in analytics in baseball, this projection should be easy to support. The odds of this being off by more than a couple seats is pretty low. Question.....if this is true....would you be in favor of changing the makeup of the Senate?
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