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  1. Vanimal46
    Well, the sun rose this morning. I'm at my job... Hopefully you are too! And zero intention of moving out of this country. It's time to accept, move on, and try to unite the gap between all of us.
  2. Vanimal46
    Castro or Wieters works for me. Standing pat with Centeno/JRM would be the worst decision out of all the possibilities IMO...
  3. Vanimal46
    Brian Williams and cast sounds annoyed/devastated revealing the calls on MSNBC...
  4. Vanimal46
    Trump wins Florida. Jesus.
  5. Vanimal46
    There seems to be a ton of silent Trump supporters out there...
  6. Vanimal46
    Well it took an hour, but the civic duty is complete. Don't think my vote is going to matter much on the national scale considering the state I live in. There was a fairly important proposition to vote on locally... $750 million to build on existing road infrastructure to alleviate the traffic problems here.. $5 a month tax sounds well worth the attempt.
  7. Vanimal46
    Didn't know these were things.. Hmm, gonna have to check out both. Maybe prime music will prompt me to cancel Spotify.
  8. Vanimal46
    Well, since I got this Playstation Vue now, I watch NFL RedZone, or catch the Vikings game whenever it's on regional or national coverage. Which fortunately has worked out quite well this season. Twins games on mlb.tv as well. Once the NFL season is over, I'll cancel Vue and stick with Netflix/Amazon prime. There's way too many shows to keep up with.
  9. Vanimal46
    Probably a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B. The big story this fall is the double digit decline in prime time NFL football games... ESPN's Monday Night Football included. It could be that we're consuming sports in a vastly different way before. You don't have to spend 3-4 hours watching a game to be up to date on what's going on in the MLB/NFL, etc. There's 2 minute game recaps you can watch... If there's a controversial moment, you can view the clip on 45 different websites. I think we're around the same age, Willi. Do you feel the need to watch a TV show live anymore?
  10. Vanimal46
    You're asking the wrong guy for that data... But I'm sure someone else who's more advanced metrics savvy could help us out. The big concern for Wieters last year was could he return to catching full-time? Especially when he underwent Tommy John surgery in June 2014.. This last season alleviated those concerns after starting 111 games behind the plate.
  11. Vanimal46
    Concur, diehard. ESPN is feeling the hurt of lost subscribers the most, but it's an industry wide problem. From the article I linked earlier: "Eighty-two of the 119 networks measured by Nielsen lost subscribers last month, and almost all have lost millions over the last few years. Potential subscribers are dropping cable altogether, trading down to smaller packages, subscribing to services like Sling TV and PlayStation Vue, or streaming illegally." I don't feel bad for ESPN or any of the networks... With ESPN specifically, they have not adapted to the changing landscape of watching sports. They have not been innovative when it comes to presenting sports in a long time. The days of watching SportsCenter hoping to catch the highlights of a Minnesota Twins game are long gone. Hell, the avenue we take to watch live sports are ever changing too with Twitter, Yahoo, and other outlets streaming games.
  12. Vanimal46
    There are a couple of options now to stream the channels you're used to with a traditional cable package. Sling TV or PlayStation Vue Both are compatible on a number of devices (Roku, Fire stick, Chromecast, etc.) And with both, you can cancel at any time.
  13. Vanimal46
    Internet for me is around $45 a month... Usually rotate back and forth between Time Warner and AT&T U-Verse when the promotion rates expire. As of the start of the football season, I'm now paying for Playstation Vue that's $35 a month. Amazon Prime I guess I don't notice, since I use that more for ordering items. The others (Hulu, Netflix, HBO) is used for short periods of time and cancelled once or twice a year.
  14. Vanimal46
    Kevin Draper of Deadspin wrote another article this morning about ESPN continuing to lose subscribers. The number is now 10 million lost subscribers over the last 3 years. All cable networks are starting to feel the heat from cord-cutters.
  15. Vanimal46
    Agreed on Plouffe. I'm also tired of the Plouffe will rebuild has value argument. I'm not comfortable at all with a Centeno/JRM platoon, and think it's crucial to sign a defensive minded C to help the rotation. Centeno was very, very bad defensively last season. He doesn't hit well enough to make up for his lack of defensive abilities.
  16. Vanimal46
    If Carlos Gomez does receive multi-year offers, then my backup plan would be 35 year old Angel Pagan on a 1 year deal. Switch hitter who can handle himself just fine against LHP (.717 OPS against LH vs. .766 against RH) Could play either corner in the OF.
  17. Vanimal46
    This is a very cool feature. Thanks for sharing with us little TD minions!
  18. Vanimal46
    Happy Election Day! Though most would say this is not a happy day.... I'm keeping the positivity STRONG today.... Why don't you start off your morning by celebrating National Cappuccino Day! Normally it's just coffee for me most mornings... But a cappuccino is a nice little curve ball during the weekly coffee routine! Today is also National Harvey Wallbanger Day! A Harvey Wallbanger is made with 3 parts vodka, 1 part Galliano and 6 parts orange juice, poured it into a highball glass and garnished with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry. In other words, yes please! Today is also National S.T.E.A.M. Day! An initiative with schools today to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math! Most all of the hot jobs in the near future are focused on these traits... I used to be pretty good at math until imaginary numbers were introduced in Calculus... It's amazing how much you forget the further away you are from the college years.
  19. Vanimal46
    Maybe drinking some Harvey Wallbangers.... Because it's National Harvey Wallbanger Day! 3 parts vodka, 1 part Galliano and 6 parts orange juice, poured it into a highball glass and garnished with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
  20. Vanimal46
    Whatever happens today, the sun will rise tomorrow. And we'll all head back to work.
  21. Vanimal46
    Step 3: Profit
  22. Vanimal46
    Agreed. Not interested in multiple years of Gomez. If he does get multiple year offers then on to the next OF who's okay with a 1 year deal.
  23. Vanimal46
    Since we're doing that, could I have one of the Mods delete my plan from the 2016 GM category?
  24. Vanimal46
    Yeah these numbers are subjective. I just went off of the projections available from the off-season handbook TBH. I just replied to you on a different thread, but I think Brett Anderson's initial salary is going to be low, but with his performance incentives it could jump right back up to $15-17 MM. The others are just a shot in the dark. Travis Wood made $6 MM last season. Figured I'd give him $8. Matt Wieters may be more expensive than that. I wouldn't mind paying a premium to keep it at 3 years so his deal expires right when Sano/Kepler/Buxton are due to become millionaires.
  25. Vanimal46
    Anderson's initial salary should be fairly cheap since he's coming off injury... But with performance incentives I could see him getting back to the $15-17 MM range.
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