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21 hours ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Ok I'll see what I can do...

The Three Body Problem

It was dog shit.

Of course what would you expect when you ask Hollywood's two biggest fuck ups to adapt a chitty Chinese scifi novel. The whole thing is just amateur hour. D&D cannot write for shit, and they should really stop trying to.

I appreciate the contribution. I watched the whole thing too, and I didn’t hate it, but definitely saw some plot holes and writing deficiencies in there. I didn’t think the casting was great either. Thought the season was ok all in all, but it didn’t really live up to the hype in my opinion.

31 minutes ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

If I get drafted Im shooting Blarg first.

I don’t think that’s how drafts work. You have to get your head shaved and go to basic training first, and then someone has to try to make Blarg a communist…. And then all bets are off.

I keep coming back to this thread every couple weeks hoping for more reviews and discussion. So much interesting stuff has come out in the last few months, yet I hear virtually nothing from all of you. I need you guys to get it together. K, thanks.

This is where the path to the plate rule sucks. In years past that path would and should have been blocked.

Yeah, I don’t get why Hicks is getting so many ABs. Like let’s say he gets it together and has a good year by Aaron Hicks standards. What is that? A .750 OPS at the very best? I’d much rather give Adell consistent ABs and find out if he’s ever gonna be a legit major league starter.

I hope this is a sign of Detmers developing into a true front of rotation guy rather than just a couple good starts. He was great tonight. He put his fastball where he needed to and the change and curve were both fantastic. If he can do that consistently we might have something special on our hands.

Fuck yeah. Get that W for Detmers

Just now, aznhockeyguy said:

In real time, don't blame the call being missed, it was close. Replay clearly showed he was safe and was an easy overturn. 

I’ve seen several that seemed to be clearly overturnable on replay that ended up being upheld in years past. That one was close enough that I thought they’d side with the ump. Glad they seem to be doing a better job with their standard to overturn this year.

Just now, HeavenlyHalos said:

Yeah, he is ahead of Adell and it makes no sense as Hicks has been a career .700 OPS hitter against RHP, .663 last season. I don't mind him hitting against lefties, but he should not be getting at bats against RHP.

I think the best possible season for Adell is significantly better than the best possible season for Hicks.

This one was much closer. Kinda surprised they overturned it.

That was like a prime Barry Zito curveball there.

That’s a nasty curve there

Just now, CaliAngel said:

Wow Gubi and Wayne are ripping into MLB taking Schanuel's record like I've never heard before.

As they should. It’s pretty freaking odd to go back and change that six days after the fact.

That’s a perfect throw there. Anywhere else he’s safe.

I think Detmers might be a legitimately good pitcher. 

On 3/26/2024 at 11:39 AM, Lhalo said:

The ship lost power twice before it hit the bridge. I'm thinking maintenance might be the issue here.

There’s a show on the Smithsonian Channel (or something like it) called Disasters at Sea. Pretty good actually. But the first half of each episode is sort of the story of a modern maritime disaster, then the second half is a deeper investigation into what exactly caused it. I’d say failure to adequately address maintenance needs ends up being the cause somewhere around two thirds of the time, followed by (and sometimes in conjunction with) human error. After that comes inherent design flaws, and way way way at the bottom of the list is completely unforeseeable happenstance. Basically, almost all of these boil down to companies trying to cut corners or someone screwing up at their job.

On 2/20/2024 at 12:04 PM, Redondo said:

Finished S4

Definitely the weakest of the 4 seasons

Season two would like a word

4 hours ago, Kotchman said:

Yes, it’s a shame that area has been ruined by blacks and their mayor. I haven’t been downtown in over 10 years. 
 

I work with a Mexican that I’ve known for 15 years. He caught TDS and turned into a lefty while I was away. I pissed him off this morning talking about how violence has ruined the place and the Royals are ignorant for building a new stadium in that jungle versus the white suburbs. 

The area where the Royals play now is way sketchier than downtown. East of Troost is and always has been a shithole, but anywhere west of Troost and between 435 and the river is perfectly fine day to day, and has been for ten years. It’s only when people from the east side of town (or KCK) show up en masse for events (like today, or summer weekend nights in Westport) that shit like this happens. I’d bet a large sum of money the shooters from today have home addresses either east of Troost or somewhere in Wyandotte County. As soon as I heard there were multiple people involved I was pretty sure of that. 

Everybody Wants Some is a solid under the radar baseball movie.

Two episodes in to Masters of the Air and it’s really good. The flight/aerial combat scenes are really well done. Definitely relays the sheer terror of flying in one of those bombing raids.

14 hours ago, Tank said:

Baby Driver

have seen it mentioned here a few times over the years and found it on AMC or TBS or whatever last night. interesting story. 

the driving scenes were pretty intense, and i'm not sure how the tires survived very many of those takes. 

the mike myers masks were funny.

The first ten minutes or so of that movie is absolutely masterful. One of the better heist/action sequences ever made.

4 hours ago, Hubs said:

Is it? I think there's more involved. They wanted to keep him, they weren't going to be able to try if they shipped him out.

Sure, there’s more involved in evaluating the situation/decision in the moment, but the trade success/fail threshold is way lower than we’d all like to think.

31 minutes ago, Hubs said:

I keep saying this but the national media and some others push this narrative that this is the way to rebuild your farm. It doesn't work.

As long as you’re getting more value than you’re likely to get out of a 61st overall pick, it’s a win

Must be hard for the dudes at BJsWin to contain their excitement. I’m sure that place is gonna erupt once the news is confirmed.