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Deep Pockets, Bling, and Ego Games
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Reasons the M's Might NOT Close Escrow
I think that everybody on SSI, every single poster, is skeptical about ever seeing a Robinson Cano press conference here. Off site, it's worse, of course.
I'm no different.
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Reason #1 that the M's MIGHT Close Escrow
The Yankees appear to be absolutely resolved about not giving Robinson Cano a deal anywhere near $200 million.
Just for instance, they fought a bitter war with Derek Jeter about money, were totally prepared to lose him, twice. They are now treating Robinson Cano -- in their minds -- more fairly than they treated Jeter. And we both know that Robinson Cano is not Derek Jeter.
He is not comparable to Derek Jeter. In the long history of Yankee icons, Jeter would remain standing if you whittled the line down to six or eight. To cave in further to Cano would widdle all over that relationship that they have with Jeter.
We're not saying that it's unthinkable, exactly, that the Yankees would go over $200M to keep Cano. But you, as an M's fan, should be reasoning that they probably will not.
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0.0 WAR and the Green Quadrant
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One of the things that Green-Quadrant thinkers focus on, is --- > safety.
You want to avoid the DOWNside scenario. A CEO may have several lawyers on his staff, all of whose primary function is to keep the CEO out of jail. Boeing has a Quality Assurance department, naturally, and they spend a penny or two to make sure that planes don't fall out of the sky.
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Yellow Quadrants, Theorems, Axioms and 0.0 WAR, Dept.
Fangraphs takes it as an AXIOM that a major league ballclub can return 0.0 WAR, at any roster slot, merely by being competent.
ax * i * om (noun) a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.
But the Yellow Quadrant has taught us that it is okay to question dogma. :: smiles innocently ::
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Therefore: would somebody please point me to a web page that establishes this proposition?
I don't think that it was ever established that an ML team has 0.0 WAR available to it, at all positions, in all contexts, in all situations, for $0.00 (beyond the minimum wage). I don't think that was ever established, because I don't think that it is true. More than that, I think it is self-evidently false.
The Top of the Rock
If you want to spend a nice, romantic day out but don’t feel like ranging out of the city, heading up to The Top of the Rock is a great option. The Rock in question is, of course,
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Post Office
For lovers of whiskey, a stop by
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Post Office
For lovers of whiskey, a stop by
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Movie review: '12 Years a Slave'
At long last, I can tell you with certainty that 12 Years a Slave is one of the best movies of the year, and one of the best historical films I've ever seen. I can also tell you that hours later, as I'm sitting here typing, I'm still overwhelmed with emotion. I've seen a lot of depressing movies in my day, but I've never been hit so hard as I was sitting in that tiny theater. I was so overwhelmed, I didn't even shed tears until the final credits rolled.
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Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar
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Nyack Beach State Park
An amazing little piece of the
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