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Isn’t it just as believable that the commissioner’s office has somewhat made it perfectly clear to the teams that it will be very “frowned upon” if they sign him? It would be pretty believable to me that Bauer really, really pissed off the commissioner somehow along the way and the commissioner (human) has a serious personal grudge. Then the individual clubs analysis is comparing how much he will help their pitching staff versus the impact of their signing decision has on that club’s relationship with the commissioner’s office. I am not saying this IS the case. We don’t know. Just saying if we are going ask what is hard to believe and what is not hard to believe. . . Then it isn’t hard to believe the commissioner has made his wishes clear and teams are staying in line.

I would like to see a lawsuit filed by Bauer against MLB. At least it would suss this all out. Maybe. . . a). we find out some additional specific stuff about Bauer that justifies him being basically blackballed. Or. . . b). maybe we find out that, regardless of him being set up and extorted, MLB just doesn’t feel like dealing with the PR project that would go along with having him sign with a team. Which you can at least understand but then you gotta settle up with guy. If this is the case, he shouldn’t be tossed aside out of PR convenience to MLB. With either outcome, at least it would be resolved.

Very oddly, I really don’t even care about this entire story. I have actually tried to understand exactly why I don’t care. All I can come up with is there seem to be exactly opposing forces in my interest of what I hope is true. Maybe they just cancel each other out, leaving me in an apathetic shrug. Ohtani was my favorite contemporary Angel (Bobby Grich), so I hope he is entirely innocent and continues to have a significant legacy. Yet, he now IS a Dodger. And obviously fuck the Dodgers. So in that way, I hope this scandal really screws the Dodgers somehow. So I am so stuck in purgatory, that I find myself not really even interested in the details. It’s a weird, weird story top to bottom.

OHoppe can’t play every day. I get it. But Thaiss is hard for me to watch. I actually like that he seems to be a scrapper, but I don’t like his game offensively or defensively.

I would congratulate you on being so comprehensive but you failed to cite/criticize his BMI.

The Angels have lots of depth at OF, so sign Cron? How about just play Taylor Ward at first?

He’s not “just” sitting there. He is technically dining.

Eric Hosmer is just sitting there.

I guess I do expect some basic amount of competence in communication. Sure, this is casual so the bar is low. But that doesn’t mean somebody can’t notice a major trend like the one I talked about. I think it’s perfectly fine to (what amounts to here as) rarely bring something random up and offer an opinion on it. It’s not like I chase people around correcting them.

Where did I say that I can’t deal with typos? The conversation moved into another direction where somebody else corrected grammar and I said the misuse (not a typo) of the word “myself” is annoying. You should be able to follow the meanings of these posts.

Many do, yes.

Opinionated

Ha! Check this out. My two friends were in a Wendy’s ages ago, decades before any meme. The Wendy’s employee took their order and then asked them, “Will this be for the dining room?” And my friend said, “Nah, we’ll just eat it here.” In my mind, that is the ultimate “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” where Wendy’s is the buffoon.

The mistake I wish everyone would correct is the misuse of the word “myself.” It has essentially just replaced the word “me.” ”If you have any questions about the presentation, just contact Dave or myself and we will help you.” No, it’s just “me.” “Contact me. . .” I don’t even get how anybody can get this wrong when the word “me” is so basic and easy. ”Myself” is a reflective word. It is only correct when “I” is the subject of the sentence. “I always give myself at least 20 minutes to get ready.” “I view myself as a solid employee.” “When I sprained my ankle I took myself to the doctor.” Anyway, it’s a bit of a curse to notice this one because it is rampant and widespread and, for me, it’s cringy. I kind of think people using “myself” in place of “me” think it sounds more intelligent or something. I was at a college tour presentation and the presenter said something like “After graduating, this was clearly the best role for myself.” This coming from someone selling the value of the education they got there. Nails on a chalkboard. If I ask MYSELF how I feel about this post, I would say it was too long and possible pathetically boring. So feel free to hit ME with the “lighten up Francis” meme.

Nice!

I once interviewed for a job at Upper Deck. Part of the process was to take a visual test of looking at photos and being able to identify the player. No team names or logos would be in the photo. I got two wrong. One inexcusable mistake was I spelled Bob Welch’s name wrong. I know how to spell his name but I somehow choked and wrote “Bob Welsch.” That one will bug me forever. The other one I got wrong was this guy in the photo (I just grabbed a face photo here, not the photo I was tested on). I didn’t know so I guessed John Wehner. Wrong, but they laughed at my guess. Who is this player? No cheating with image search.

What colleges are your kids going to or considering and why? My youngest is in the final stages of deciding on a school. Just curious. . . .

Whiner

Typos suck. I bet I have to go back and make typo corrections on 80% of my posts.

Yeah, but come on Taylor. It didn’t take long for you to end up talking about a BLM shirt. You have made it very easy to view your takes as a bit contaminated by your way of thinking.

You never have any problem imagining things, so try imagining this. MAYBE Washington wants something more out of the development in Adell and Moniak and wants them to work harder, be more hungry, be more disciplined, and more committed to elevating their game, and he is putting a reachable target in front of them in Hicks who maybe carries himself the way Washington wants Adell to carry himself? Maybe? I really wonder if you are capable of accepting that what I wrote above is JUST AS LIKELY as you imaging that Wash has something personal against Adell?

Does anyone have a good way to analyze the pros and cons of Ben Franklin charts versus Ven diagrams?

Washington has a heavy hand in coaching infielders. It is also very possible Neto is just trying to apply something that Washington is trying to get him to do.

David Fletcher? That’s a really bad comparison. Fletcher was a blue collar worker who would just grind to overcome the fact that he really didn’t have the high end baseball skills. Kind of a “getter dun” somehow guy. Thats pretty much the exact opposite of Neto, who has all the actual skills.

If Thaiss were a drummer, he would be one of those super annoying drummers that never stops spinning the drumsticks.