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Cease, unless you could provide a guarantee that Hansen wasn't going to need TJS in the next 12-18 months...

AP-NORC Poll: Amid strikes, Americans back teacher raises WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly believe teachers don't make enough money, and half say they'd support paying higher taxes to give educators a raise. The findings of the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research come amid recent teacher strikes and other protests over low pay, tough classroom conditions and the amount of money allocated to public schools in several Republican-led states. Tens of thousands of Arizona teachers voted last week to strike after rejecting an offer of a 20-percent raise, because it didn't include a vow from state lawmakers not to further cut taxes before providing more money for the state's schools. "To educate children and barely get a living is obnoxious," said Elaine Penman, a company manager in Tucson, Arizona, who added she and others went outside to cheer on protesting teachers who were marching by. She's among the 50 percent of Americas who say they'd pay a higher tax bill if it meant more money for teachers. "I'm a parent and I benefit directly from what teachers do," said Penman, who has two children in traditional public schools and one in a charter school. In 2016-2017, the average salary for a public school teacher was $58,950, down slightly from the previous year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Overall, 78 percent of Americans said that's not enough. Just 15 percent think teachers are paid the right amount, while 6 percent think they're paid too much. In a 2010 AP-Stanford poll, 57 percent of Americans said they thought teachers are paid too little. Americans in states with the lowest average teacher salaries — less than $50,000 a year — were slightly more likely to think teachers were paid too little and that the national average should be an important factor in determining salaries. The AP-NORC poll found that parents and those without children are about equally likely to think teachers are paid too little. It's a sentiment that crosses party lines, too. Nearly 9 in 10 Democrats, 78 percent of independents and 66 percent of Republicans think teacher salaries are too low. Slightly more than half of Americans — 52 percent — also approve of teachers leaving the classroom to strike in their search for higher pay, while 25 percent disapprove. Among those who say they've heard about the recent teacher protests, 80 percent say they approve of such tactics.

1-0 I'm now going to pretend the first 18 games, Giolito/Avi, Farquhar near death experience...the Oakland and Detroit meltdowns, none of that ACTUALLY happened and it's only unicorns, pots of gold at the bottom of rainbows, and Moncada/Abreu/Jimenez in the future.

See, the Tatis Jinx worked again. 0/4. 3 K's. .183, 24 k's and only 1 walk in 71 AB's (sounds like what we would expect from Hawkins or Barnum) http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=milb&player_id=665487#/career/R/hitting/2018/ALL And who the heck is Jones in the Future Sox report for BIRM? Hunter Jones? Can't find a single Jones is the box score...was hoping we had another possible future replacement for Adam Engel.

Let's get the cycle in a game where that last hit is not a meaningless one in the overall scheme of the game...haha. Also great to see his strikeout percentage get back down under 40%. He has a higher OPS than Altuve as of tonight (good for 9th among qualified 2B). http://www.espn.com/mlb/stats/batting/_/position/2b/sort/OPS/order/true Is there any way to get the updated fWAR numbers? Have to subscribe to fangraphs? By bWAR, he's only at 0.5.

The universal basic income argument's going to come up a lot...robot taxes in California, etc., over the next couple of decades. Of course, corporations will never want to assume responsibility for the welfare of any displaced workers. This is the issue that none of the Dems (except the progressive left) want to fight...the Occupy Wall Street one, about corporate welfare (and how we respect the rich for taking advantage of the system). Trump has bragged about it over and over again, how the system was tilted in his favor and against the little man, of course, he has no desire to actually CHANGE that system until he's finally backed into a corner and his feet are held to the fire. https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/23/opinions/sean-hannity-is-a-welfare-queen-begala/index.html Sean Hannity is a (hypocritical) WELFARE QUEEN Hannity issued a statement Monday: "It is ironic that I am being attacked for investing my personal money in communities that badly need such investment and in which, I am sure, those attacking me have not invested their money," he said. "The fact is, these are investments that I do not individually select, control, or know the details about; except that obviously I believe in putting my money to work in communities that otherwise struggle to receive such support." Yes, Sean, I'm sure it's your own money. But it's being guaranteed with taxpayers' money. That's a government subsidy. And my guess is you used shell corporations to keep your name out of the documents because you didn't want your hypocrisy exposed. Sean Hannity is a lot of things. Needy isn't one of them. Greedy, in President Reagan's framing, seems more like it. Perhaps the program that guarantees Hannity's investments is a wise one. Perhaps, on the other hand, it is a wasteful welfare program. That's not the point. It's the hypocrisy, stupid. Hannity is a very wealthy man. So is Donald Trump. It appears that part of the way they became rich was by decrying welfare for poor folks, then grabbing it for themselves. They view their voters, their viewers, as saps. Stooges. Suckers. As another great huckster said, there's one born every minute. And Hannity is laughing all the way to the bank.

Looks like Skole has only played 3B and 1B in his entire career...although one could assume he MIGHT be able to play LF (see Delmonico). At any rate, Davidson/Delmonico as a DH pairing is meant for 2019/20. Definitely not this year.

Moncada strikeout rate currently at 39.5%, and that's including the borderline call... 10% left to chop off. Maybe 3-5% this year, another 5% next year.

We can always have an "offense-first" catcher like a Piazza (granted HoF numbers, but you get the idea) and then have a defensive replacement to back him up...worst-case scenario.

Personally, I'd much prefer to get Fulmer out of the game right now and leave his statistical line where it stands. That would be a huge moral victory, especially after giving up 6-1 and 9-4 leads against the A's his last time out.

Well, if I can doom Puig...I can do the same thing to Tatis and Ohtani, right? It's sort of like Ron's threads that always have the opposite effect in real life, or the infamous ST jinx, except in reverse.

As far as Zavala goes, look how long it took Tyler Flowers to finally become a fairly competent all-around MLB catcher. It's not an overnight process.

I'd probably take Skole's bat over Palka, but it's irrelevant in the overall scheme of things. The question is what kind of numbers would you get combining Davidson and Delmonico at DH? That would seem to be the most viable option, all things considered.

Moncada got screwed on that call. Unhittable pitch. At least one more at-bat, at least.

Fortunately, Gamel and not Endy Chavez or Franklin Gutierrez is manning CF for the M's tonight... Engel is just FRIED mentally. The weird thing is that you look at those offensive numbers, other than Avi and Engel, you'd think for sure we would be a .500 team. Then you have to start factoring in fundamentals, 4 starters, the bullpen and fielding, lol.

Thank god for this game...nice to see the offense break out again, especially Moncada. Not even that upset about Avi.

Leaving Engel up is a pretty clear example where the struggles are bleeding over to other areas of his game...doing no good having him struggle, and it's going to get someone injured when he tries to do too much to make up for his offensive ineptitude.

What did Engel do that time? According to MLB.com, best fastball has been 94.7 and 94.8.

Collins is the minor league equivalent of Adam Engel, or the last 2-3 years with Beckham on the Sox...just waiting for something to change or a light to go on (or back on).

Well, it is the end in the sense that Rodon has just as much, if not more, importance than Giolito. He's either the anchor of the rotation through 2021 or he can be traded for useful rebuilding pieces. If we get neither out of him, that's another $15 million per season we'll have to pay in free agency unless Kopech, Hansen and Cease can all make it as quality starters. We know the historical odds of that happening with pitching prospects is approximately ZERO...obviously, we also have Lopez/Dunning and 2018/19 collegiate draft picks to throw into the mix as well as FA's.

Making plans around MLB contributions from Charlie Tilson seems foolhardy at best...

Out-homering Tatis, Jr., for the entire season from 2 at-bats... The minors will be a lot more fun to follow when we get Hansen and Robert back as well. Everything still quiet on the LuBob front?

https://sports.yahoo.com/baseball-strikeout-era-better-worse-050031337.html The Strikeout Era in baseball is upon us...Moncada and Avi mentions, Davidson escapes notice. Jeff passan article.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/22/opinion/big-economic-ideas.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2Ftodays-new-york-times Fortunately, policy experts have begun working on those solutions. One possibility is a federal jobs program, putting people to work earning $15 an hour on vital projects like infrastructure and child care. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who seems to be eyeing a presidential run, favors an ambitious version called a federal jobs guarantee. Another option is a strong response to growing corporate power and consolidation. The Open Markets Institute and Roosevelt Institute have sketched out new antimonopoly policies. Other economists are talking about something called wage boards, where companies and workers would negotiate over industrywide pay. Such boards already exist in New York, California and Australia. On health care, there are proposals to open Medicare to people younger than 65 (which could also reduce health spending). On child poverty, two senators have proposed a $3,600-a-year annual allowance for children under 6. On education, states and cities have created free pre-K or community college. And to help pay for it all, experts are studying how best to raise taxes on the wealthy — who can certainly afford to pay more. The details will be important. Done wrong, any of these ideas could fizzle. They could make people lose even more faith in government. Done right, though, the ideas could mimic the grand successes of government: Social Security, Medicare, the military, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the highway system, public universities, medical research and a Defense Department project that became the internet. It’s time to dream big again.

Who is Scott? Don't recognize that name...