Jake

Almost everything on B/R is now written by paid writers, including several top-notch sportswriters that they've snagged from NYT and other reputable publications

FWIW, keep in mind that Japanese pitchers only pitch every 7 days

Alex Liddi is a 1B. With that said, I feel no assurance that PK will do anything remotely useful

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 29, 2014 -> 02:29 PM) Last year he also started off the year being very complimentary towards the team's attitude. "not a butthole on the team" is a direct quote. Sometimes a team full of non-buttholes can be a team that isn't approaching things seriously

You'll be hard-pressed to find a respectable university that is for-profit

Or he could pull a Griffey and be worthless by the time he hits his prime

I wonder if the ADD prescription abuse is as bad as the 14% versus 4.4% suggests, though. For one, ADHD occurs more often in men, at least in such a way that it is likely to be diagnosed. From there, you have to wonder if something about baseball/athletics is more likely to attract people with ADHD.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Stop using a god damned flat tax, for christ's sake

There has been a lot of talk about how enthusiastic Nieto has been with working with the pitching staff. Very inquisitive, busts his balls learning each pitcher's strategy, etc.

Anything not being spent on tuition or absolutely mandatory student expenses (nope, that Macbook isn't a mandatory expense unless the school requires that every single person in your program/class has it) is taxable income - no payroll taxes, but taxable as income tax.

Welp, this is why I added that caveat. I hadn't checked since there were 2 or 3 games left in this season.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 12:22 PM) Bostic played most of the year with nothing around him. I want to see him around real NFL linebackers, hell real NFL defenders, before making a good judgement This. Also, FWIW, he rated exceptionally as a pass defender per PFF. Best pass defense from a MLB in NFL since vintage Urlacher in their rating system last time I checked

The players union has no reason not to like keeping the good players out of the league another year

The most compelling argument regards injuries, but honestly it is far rarer for an NBA player to have their career derailed prematurely by injuries than in other sports where nobody questions more restrictive processes.

There are always going to be out-of-nowhere guys that put up great years. "Aces" and similar guys will always fall off the map. I wouldn't try too hard to predict the future of pitchers.

He has looked competent. It might work out fine, even if he never develops into a starter

I can't imagine there is anything preventing you from releasing an injured player and then proceeding to pay him his guaranteed contract

QUOTE (raBBit @ Mar 24, 2014 -> 03:45 PM) I really hope everyone doesn't expect our #3 pick to be on the OD '15 roster. Agreed. That would be a failure if he isn't helping us by September

I want the Tigers to sign the guy. The more 6+ year deals they sign starting pitchers to, the more f***ed they'll be in a year or two or three.

Too bad about Bellamy. I thought he would have been in MLB by now, but I guess he wasn't the same after those injuries.

If his ST affected his price, he should get a new agent

This gives Jose a hell of a lot of room for regression/injury/etc, too. To earn this contract, he doesn't have to be nearly as good as he has been.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 24, 2014 -> 09:24 AM) Eh, I would, but I just don't think I have the time. Door's always open for you. If you ever feel moved for just a single guest post/topic, that's cool too.

Last solicitation I'll put on here - several posters in here could easily contribute to my young blog, Getting Things Tech. The "concept" so to speak is to "get" your tech in the sense that we help non-geeks understand their gadgets. On the flip side, there is also the aim to use tech as a productivity tool, to get things done. This can take a lot of different forms and so far I've been contributing a few different things: some tutorials on things broadly and narrowly useful, app/software recommendations, distilling tech news into something that might seem more relevant to regular people, and buying guides to help people make decisions on their tech purchases. I have an interest in making a lot of privacy content, but you need not. Blog is new and there is no commitment. Built on Wordpress, if you're familiar with that. I am in the process of monetizing, but there is no certainty I ever get my investment back, let alone be able to compensate writers, so view this as a hobbyist venture -- however, if we do generate revenue, I would eagerly spread it to the writing talent.