Taylor

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Those people are dipshits and we really do not care about them or what happens to them. 

Including Trump?

5 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

And finally, Taylor is gonna get addressed a certain way sometimes because he has a demonstrated history of being a certain way.  Everybody makes their own bed.

And how should we expect people to address you based on your demonstrated history?

16 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Let's move Rengifo to catcher and O'Hoppe to right field, so he can take Adell's place when Adell moves to first.  And once Sano is back from his injury, he should take Jose Suarez's spot in the bullpen.

Let's just make every player universal at all eight positions, and swap them in and out as need be.

14 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

I am perfectly comfortable if you choose lazy and think the responsibility falls on me.  That’s kinda the liberal way anyway, so no shocker there.

Translation: "I made a wild hyperbolic claim that I can't back up with facts, and just felt like arguing."

12 minutes ago, Jeremiah said:

Actually, I can think of several, but it isn’t nearly as simple as some folks are making it out to be. If it is done, it’s usually in the minors, or during ST. It takes a lot of practice and adjustments. It’s not usually done midseason unless there is an immediate need.

off the top of my head: Robin Yount, Craig Biggio, BJ Surhoff, Albert Pujols, Rick Ankiel, Kevin Mitchell, Troy Percival, Darin Erstad, Jack Clark, Mookie Betts, Fernando Tatis, Jr.

Thanks for doing dtwncbad's homework for him.

I agree that it happens, but it's rare and isn't always simple.

Just now, Dtwncbad said:

Do your own research or stay sounding dumb.  I’m good with either.

You made the claim. The burden of proof is on you.

14 minutes ago, Dtwncbad said:

You might check throughout baseball history for the, oh about one million times a player moves from one position to another.

It obviously depends on the player and the positions.

Talk about moving a catcher to short?  No.

Talk about moving a SS to third?  Yeah it’s happened plenty.

Talk about a CF moving to LF?  Yeah, realistic.

Talk about  SS going to CF?  Yeah, realistic.

Talk about a 1B going to center?  Probably not.

But you know where lots and lots of players move to if they change positions?  1B.  3B, 2B, C, and OF have regularly moved to 1B throughout baseball history, especially if they are less athletic than they used to be.

So if you want make fun of people suggesting maybe it’s possible for a young, highly athletic OF that is 6’3” to maybe move to 1B, be my guest, but you would be wrong.

Maybe Adell wouldn’t be able to do it.  But a discussion about considering it isn’t out of bounds at all, especially when you consider much of his trouble defensively has been jumps on balls and taking bad routes.

Notice nobody has suggested they throw catchers gear on him.  Yeah, changing positions can be a project but it’s not like player moving to first base is some crazy thing that never happens.  Going to 1B is probably the position change that happens the most, and plenty of immobile less athletic guys have been able to do it.

One million times. Please list just ten that were successful.

13 minutes ago, St1ck said:

Well no comments from the cons here about Trump's crew getting indicted for the fake elector scheme yet multiple replies about pronouns. So I guess that really is more important to them. 

It's all political theater. Trump and co. did nothing wrong. Hunter Biden!

2 minutes ago, Chuck said:

Sorry but while Arte takes most of the blame, there needs to be push back from the GM on the team's future success. So he gets part of the blame. 

Arte instructed Perry to keep Ohtani rather than trade him.

6 minutes ago, Jay said:

Yes you do.

2 hours ago, Dtwncbad said:

The fly is. . .

People are trying to have a normal conversation and somebody is being really distracting and annoying.

The fly. . .

No longer exists.

I'm not sure if it's an AW thing or an every baseball fan thing, but it's cute how certain folks think you can simply move a player from one position to a completely different position.

Would be nice to be the fan of a team that continually makes good decisions.

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

No comment but LOL..   It's like the Baseball Gods are trying to send Angels fans a message.

The message: "The Angels suck and aren't going anywhere this season. But it could have been worse."

12 hours ago, St1ck said:

Tabloid boss David Pecker details plot to kill Trump stories about love child and Playboy model affair | The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-trial-witness-pecker-national-enquirer-b2533464.html

“I said what I would do is I would run or publish positive stories about Mr Trump and publish negative stories about his opponents,” he said. “I would also be the eyes and ears.”

 

That included sensational and gossip-driven coverage of Bill and Hillary Clinton, admittedly “embellished” pieces attacking Mr Trump’s Republican rivals, and headlines that boosted Mr Trump’s health.

Stories attacking Mr Trump’s rivals came from Cohen, who would send information about Ted Cruz, Ben Carson and Marco Rubio, “and that was the basis for our story, and we would embellish it from there,” Mr Pecker said.

But when it came to any tips about women selling stories about Mr Trump, Mr Pecker “would notify Michael Cohen, and he would be able to have them killed in the magazine, or not be published, or somebody would have to purchase them,” he said.

 

So?

7 hours ago, EDinTUSTIN said:

Yes, it does, and it is.  I think we know all we need to know about this situation; we have seen it half a dozen times. It is like this frame in the Rendon saga is stuck in a never-ending loop. Rendon is aging much more so then most 33-year-olds. Everybody is different and ages differently, but he is a very old 33.

I wonder if Rendon is lying about his age, like Pujols did.

2 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

He did?  Shit.
 

  There’s only like 8 people standing from the old site. 

Way more than that. But far too many have passed.

2 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

… in Santa Claus. 

... in Craig.

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

You are such an abrasive twat. I am the resident expert on being abrasive, and you sir are an abrasive twat. With all due respect. 

I'm trying to find the Arrested Development GIF where Michael is in a police lineup, but the victim is bad at telling people apart, so he gets off Scot Free.

6 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

Sir, this is a Wendy's and Urshela plays for Detroit.

Blarg is never wrong.

This feels familiar.

25 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

No, that's just object permanence.

5 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I think I've told you this before, but maybe not...I also oversaw the materials testing (trailers, TV spots) for Captive.  That's the only one of your dad's projects I've worked on.

I do remember you mentioning that before. I couldn't remember if it was for Captive or for Case for Christ.

Captive was okay. I think my dad was disappointed in how it turned out, because the director kind of missed the tone he was going for.

But I am a huge fan of Kate Mara, David Oyelowo, and Michael K. Williams (RIP).

14 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I did a test screening for Unbreakable Boy, which they produced.

Jon Gunn directed that movie. He also directed The Case for Christ, which my dad wrote.

2 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Written and directed by the Erwin Brothers, whom my dad is good friends with. 

Literally a minute after I posted this, my dad told me that Jon Erwin is interested in working with him on one of his projects.