Taylor

Looks like the answer is no:

I've gotten my hopes up too many times, that's why I'm going to predict that a deal is probably getting done today. Don't @ me.

I'm sorry. Please forgive me. You're one of my top 10 favorite posters.

Fixed

Why do you guys insist on responding genuinely to Angels 1961's posts?

Rusty Hardin is a great lawyer name.

I defaced myself. Or something.

Dangit, I didn't read your previous post. Carry on.

You have a specialized set of skills that you've developed over a very long career. I'm sure you're compensated appropriately. How would you feel if your employer called a lockout and then informed you there were going to be two weeks in April that you were expecting to work and get paid for, but you're not able to work and won't get paid for it?

If we polled AW I wonder what the results would be.

People should focus on doing what they can do and not calling out others. It really is a shitty thing to do.

Bartolo Colon had a wicked offseason regimen.

Also, do you realize that players don't just sit on their butts for the remaining six months of the year (Trout blimp jokes aside)?

Blarg would be cool with his employer not paying him for (at least) two weeks of work he was expecting to work.

Vladdylonglegs

I agree. But sometimes people need to be called out.

Simplifying an entire argument and group of people into "jealousy and greed" and that their only solution is for rich people to pay for everything ... that's the definition of a strawman. You once told me you admire aspects of liberalism because they're rooted in kindness and generosity. Maybe this is one of those aspects? Or at least, that can guide your understanding of where the other side is coming from?

Sigh. Keep on strawmanning.

How do you know this?

You have to understand that much of the criticism of extremely wealthy people isn't motivated by jealousy but out of compassion for people who are struggling to make ends meet. Some people are jealous and entitled, but it's a strawman simplification to say that's the driving motivation for these conversations and arguments. Just like saying extremely wealthy people are all Henry Potter types who count every penny while gleefully screwing over their subjects. The truth is somewhere in between.

If I hated wealthy people I'd have to hate myself. The average American is wealthy by the world's standards.

Undercutting even Costco. They are heroes and deserve.