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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 05, 2018, 06:47:32 PM »

Terrorists in Venezuela assassination attempt reportedly reside in Florida.

Yep - easy to get in - easy to hide.

Russian spies got into the WH!!!

Yep-easy to get in-but no need to hide.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 05, 2018, 06:15:13 PM »

You really think Trump calls Maxine Waters stupid because she is black?

He probably does that, and also makes fun of Don Lemon and LeBron because he understands that it plays well with the the racist deplorable white-trash  that make up his base.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 05, 2018, 03:07:08 PM »

"I think you are fuckin lying", might not have been a good way to approach the president.

perhaps a more conciliatory, non-threatening approach, such as, "Mr President are you capable of telling the truth?"

But as the conclusion seems to be no he can't, he's a pathological liar, and the decision to keep him from Mueller and giving sworn testimony has been made.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration

« on: August 05, 2018, 10:44:52 AM »

Treason Greetings from the White House

Trump tweets about Jr's Russian meetings


Fake News reporting, a complete fabrication, that I am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, Donald, had in Trump Tower. This was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics - and it went nowhere. I did not know about it!


Legal collusion=conspiracy with our enemies=treason.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 10:30:18 PM »

https://twitter.com/KleinschmidtJD/status/1025919671688556544

Pai-Mei's 5-point palm-ball exploding heart technique claims another victim.

5871

Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 07:45:04 PM »

The compelling part of the argument is "look how good the Sox would be with Britton. We have to do something to stop it." The rejection is "let the Sox have him. Let's get what we need."

if you accept some of that reasoning, and believe as you seem to believe that the Ys did not need Britton, but a starter, then Cashman's trading for Britton to lengthen an already deep BP but to also keep him from the Sox and Astro's does not seem a huge leap to accept. And its about impossible to tell which was a more important factor.

5872

Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 07:35:31 PM »

I thought you rejected my opinion of Cashman's Machiavellian designs, right off the bat, which was why I was surprised today when you used the word "compelling".

NBD. 

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 07:23:53 PM »

What I said was "while keeping a guy from another team" is always an argument and a compelling one, I prefer my to make trades based on what is needed and the Yankees didn't need to get a guy for whom the talent they gave up could have been used to get a guy they did need.

I agree the Ys did not need Britton, they needed a starter, just like they did before the season started, so I assumed a part of Cashman's reasoning for acquiring a guy they did not need (Britton) and could afford, was to keep a needed asset from his competitors.

I do not recall you stating it was a compelling argument, but I do not possess perfect recall.

I always acknowledge and reject that argument. I don't think any team is good enough and wise enough to focus on another team's needs at the expense of their own.
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Now I'm confused, you've said you found it a compelling argument and now one you reject.

But I agree focusing on your own team's needs, and addressing them is a simpler and more effective strategy than to try and out-maneuver what an oppponent may do.

But I also think Cashman feels he's playing chess while everyone else is playing with themselves.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 07:06:09 PM »

What I said was "while keeping a guy from another team" is always an argument and a compelling one, I prefer my to make trades based on what is needed and the Yankees didn't need to get a guy for whom the talent they gave up could have been used to get a guy they did need.

I agree the Ys did not need Britton, they needed a starter, just like they did before the season started, so I assumed a part of Cashman's reasoning for acquiring a guy they did not need (Britton) and could afford, was to keep a needed asset from his competitors.

I do not recall you stating it was a compelling argument, but I do not possess perfect recall.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 06:58:31 PM »

Say what, Cash?

https://weei.radio.com/blogs/rob-bradford/red-sox-send-message-yankees-brian-cashman

White Sox, Astros, Twins, A's. Phils, Mariners all play Sox tougher this year than NY

Cashman sounded like Rex Ryan crying about the Pats.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 06:55:09 PM »

You think Red Sox "needed" Eovaldi?  For what?

I am going on the premise that you did NOT think Yanks needed Britton (easy, since this is basically what you posted)

The 2 deals are identical, right down to the "we kept him from the opposition" stance.

The deals were not identical.

Britton was an established star closer, Eovaldi more of a lottery ticket starter.

Sox got priced out of the reliever market but could pick-up an end of the rotation starter who might be moved to the pen, or allow someone (Pom) to be moved to the pen.

Britton had a deep market

No one else wanted Eovaldi, which is why the Sox could get him.

and fwiw when I put forth the Ys keeping Britton away from Sox/Astro's was a tangible benefit, a return response disagreed with me.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 06:48:10 PM »

alittle bit of added drama

alls well that ends well.

Eovaldi was a stud.

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Football / Re: NFL

« on: August 04, 2018, 11:30:41 AM »

tough night for Johnny Football up in Canada.

in other news happy 41st TB12.

According to a new book, Tom Brady refused to falsely blame equipment staffers in the Deflategate scandal.

AUGUST 3, 2018

"Tom Brady turned down a $1 million fine instead of a four-game suspension if he publicly implicated former Patriots equipment staffers John Jastremski and Jim McNally in the Deflategate scandal, according to a new book called “12: The Inside Story of Tom Brady’s Fight For Redemption’’ by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge.

The book states NFL commissioner Roger Goodell “demanded that Brady state publicly that former Patriots equipment guys [John] Jastremski and [Jim] McNally had purposely tampered with footballs, even without his knowledge. Tom said no."

“There’s no way I’m gonna ruin these guys for something I believe they didn’t do,” Brady told NFL Players Association head DeMaurice Smith, according to the book.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 04, 2018, 11:07:11 AM »

that was a helluva gutsy performance and that game came a month after the 1-hitter

its a amazing he snuffed a great line-up Tribe team with no heater

Pedro could pitch.

good call.

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Baseball / Re: Major League Baseball

« on: August 03, 2018, 11:32:10 PM »

I've seen lots of no-hitters, but I've never seen a better pitched game, nor a more dominant performance, than Pedro's when he pitched against the Ys in '99.