Funny thing I learned not too long ago is there is a law called the anticybersquatting consumer protection act that actually prevents this. Apparently Nissan tried to use this law to get a small computer company named Nissan(his last name) and lost. Try it out. Nissan.com is a memorial website to the guy who died and Nissans website is Nissanusa.com
Good thing I legally named my left nut “Vegas Athletic” and my right nut “Las Vegas Athletic” back in ‘06 and have loads (not sorry for the pun) of fan fiction of their zany escapades. Pictures are for premium members. I missed out on the site name nuts.com.
Happy National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day! As a practicing Polish-American (and this sub’s resident badass) I leave mine up to February 2nd. This is Candlemas, or in Polish- Święto Matki Bożej Gromnicznej (Our Lady of the Thunder Candle).
He's been undergoing a repertoire and mechanics overhauling his last three seasons, and the pitch shapes were way different last season. The expected metrics on his sinker and sweeper were pretty good.
He looks like a bootleggy Romero. I've got to wonder if he represents some protection for an upcoming Romero trade. They wouldn't have wanted to DFA an optionable Kent if they didn't plan for Bruihl to stick, especially since he's out of options.
I don't know who that person is, but the awkward circumlocution "acquired in exchange for cash considerations", because people feel icky saying "bought", will always be funny.
There's got to be more to the NYY international amateur kerfuffle than has been reported (very little about it at all that I've seen) stateside.
They fired their head international amateur guy in October, and still haven't filled the post. They fired their second in command recently, and still haven't filled either post. They just cancelled all their pre-agreements with players (those are normally agreed to two or more years out), and still haven't filled the posts.
If it was something as simple as wanting to better their operations, one would think they would have done it better and more seamlessly without killing their existing talent pipeline and credibility with these players/trainers.
It makes me think they are responding to some kind of dank and dirty shit--dankier and dirtier than the system already typically is.
Like 80% of my work is seasonal (May-October), with short but intense periods of snow removal November-April. We basically never stopped working yet other than two weeks but we did snow removal then. Lots of last minute stuff property managers tried pushing to next summer being completed now. Mainly commercial or industrial. Two guys left for their winter jobs but I found two new good guys who are going to stay for next summer season so it balanced out. This adds a new level of stress trying to fill in the gaps next spring which is sucking ass but most PM's get a new batch of funding Jan 1 so I think that's going to end up covering the gaps created in the future for doing so many jobs now.
Hopefully they'll remember we went out of our way to get stuff done early. Some will but most won't. Private equity (don't get me started) took over a ton of property management in my area and the long term relationships I have with many of the people disappeared because most bring in a new, constantly changing group of people who don't know WTF is going on.
What gets me through tough times is telling myself at least I’m not a Cub fan and have to go home to a family member wife to eat tv dinners and an RV with only 2 wheels.
I don’t know if that makes sense right now. Pages would be a (very low) possibility more towards the deadline. That would be a small return for a defense first catcher, but only if multiple prospects force their way onto the roster by playing the best baseball of their lives. Even then we probably would preserve the prospects for trading opportunities/service time and look towards trade opportunities in winter meetings.
Just a reminder to stay realistic that next season is a focus on building up value and, more importantly, experience for the younger guys. Right now, the squad is getting rid of anyone with current value and trying not to trade prospects.
Looks like I picked the right day to trademark “Las Vegas Athletics” and “Vegas Athletics”.
Funny thing I learned not too long ago is there is a law called the anticybersquatting consumer protection act that actually prevents this. Apparently Nissan tried to use this law to get a small computer company named Nissan(his last name) and lost. Try it out. Nissan.com is a memorial website to the guy who died and Nissans website is Nissanusa.com
Good thing I legally named my left nut “Vegas Athletic” and my right nut “Las Vegas Athletic” back in ‘06 and have loads (not sorry for the pun) of fan fiction of their zany escapades. Pictures are for premium members. I missed out on the site name nuts.com.
Looks like tomorrow is an off day, too.
(I can keep this joke going).
Happy National Take Down Your Christmas Tree Day! As a practicing Polish-American (and this sub’s resident badass) I leave mine up to February 2nd. This is Candlemas, or in Polish- Święto Matki Bożej Gromnicznej (Our Lady of the Thunder Candle).
I forgot the team non-tendered John King
Good. His name is too boring for the pitching staff Chaim is building
He should’ve changed his name to John Here Comes The King.
St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals · 2m We have acquired LHP Justin Bruihl from the Cleveland Guardians in exchange for cash considerations.
Welcome to St. Louis, Justin!
GET BRUIHL’D, NL CENTRAL
Somewhere, Mo is checking the bylaws to see if it’s even legal to make this many offseason moves.
I chuckled. He would be so exhausted at this point.
He strikes people out
He's been undergoing a repertoire and mechanics overhauling his last three seasons, and the pitch shapes were way different last season. The expected metrics on his sinker and sweeper were pretty good.
He looks like a bootleggy Romero. I've got to wonder if he represents some protection for an upcoming Romero trade. They wouldn't have wanted to DFA an optionable Kent if they didn't plan for Bruihl to stick, especially since he's out of options.
That's what I'm reading on twitter, folks guessing that a Romero trade is coming.
Yeah. He's very much in the LOOGY mold that Romero is, though they could carry two of those, so ... we'll see :)
RHP Zack Kent has been designated for assignment
Oof
🫣
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bruihju01.shtml
That's why I said oof
I don't know who that person is, but the awkward circumlocution "acquired in exchange for cash considerations", because people feel icky saying "bought", will always be funny.
I'm getting forced to experiment with an AI in a training at work. I feel dirty.
Q
U
I
T!
I miss baseball.
I miss you
I miss us
I miss Yadi
I miss ouri.
There's got to be more to the NYY international amateur kerfuffle than has been reported (very little about it at all that I've seen) stateside.
They fired their head international amateur guy in October, and still haven't filled the post. They fired their second in command recently, and still haven't filled either post. They just cancelled all their pre-agreements with players (those are normally agreed to two or more years out), and still haven't filled the posts.
If it was something as simple as wanting to better their operations, one would think they would have done it better and more seamlessly without killing their existing talent pipeline and credibility with these players/trainers.
It makes me think they are responding to some kind of dank and dirty shit--dankier and dirtier than the system already typically is.
So tired ppl.
Like 80% of my work is seasonal (May-October), with short but intense periods of snow removal November-April. We basically never stopped working yet other than two weeks but we did snow removal then. Lots of last minute stuff property managers tried pushing to next summer being completed now. Mainly commercial or industrial. Two guys left for their winter jobs but I found two new good guys who are going to stay for next summer season so it balanced out. This adds a new level of stress trying to fill in the gaps next spring which is sucking ass but most PM's get a new batch of funding Jan 1 so I think that's going to end up covering the gaps created in the future for doing so many jobs now.
Hopefully they'll remember we went out of our way to get stuff done early. Some will but most won't. Private equity (don't get me started) took over a ton of property management in my area and the long term relationships I have with many of the people disappeared because most bring in a new, constantly changing group of people who don't know WTF is going on.
Thanks for reading my TED talk.
What gets me through tough times is telling myself at least I’m not a Cub fan and have to go home to a family member wife to eat tv dinners and an RV with only 2 wheels.
January and February I yearn for baseball. Next season can't start soon enough. Looking forward to WBC this year though.
So… when are we trading a catcher?
Is it really the Cardinals if we don’t carry 4.3 catchers?
Five Catcher Death Punch
It takes that many to replace Yadi
I don’t know if that makes sense right now. Pages would be a (very low) possibility more towards the deadline. That would be a small return for a defense first catcher, but only if multiple prospects force their way onto the roster by playing the best baseball of their lives. Even then we probably would preserve the prospects for trading opportunities/service time and look towards trade opportunities in winter meetings.
Just a reminder to stay realistic that next season is a focus on building up value and, more importantly, experience for the younger guys. Right now, the squad is getting rid of anyone with current value and trying not to trade prospects.
Did we do that a few weeks ago?
Herrera is the only catcher that would be worth much of anything in a trade. Unless we wanted to start moving prospect catchers.
Trading a backup catcher isn't going to be much of a splash but it's probably needed
I dont think we are
What about Arenado?? 😅
As soon a team he'll waive the no trade for offers to pay a chunk of his salary.
He's starting to look more like a deadline mover if he can bounce back offensively.
For the third straight year…
You would think when they said Herrera was going to catch some this year.
No. It's risk aversion/insurance.
To make a move with a catcher, they'd want to be confident about Herrera, and they can't do that until he plays.
Baseball is the superior sport.
Big brain energy
The National Pastime.
Good morning from the Ozarks!
Good morning from the dry side of the Rockies
Good morning from southern Nevada