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  1. pepper brooks
    Shaka is a probably? Uh....no. He’s definitely in need of firing. 4 years and zero tournament wins. That’s fucking pathetic. Losing conference records too. Pierce finished last on the b12 last year. He’s on the hot seat.
  2. pepper brooks
    well...that's like, your opinion, man. Ha. I forgot about Jake being a FA. Good call and refutation of my idiocy.
  3. pepper brooks
    it's the perfect analogy for our AD. We are great at playing Goliath and getting slain regularly by David (KSU, ISU, BU, amongst others who have a fraction of our resources).
  4. pepper brooks
    agree. if you're going to sign an aging Pence why not just keep Marisnick? Jake was cheaper. Pence can actually hit, but still, he's past his prime despite having a great year last year. I personally like Pence a ton too. Great guy off the field. just not sure this makes much sense.
  5. pepper brooks
    that's because they used a stripped out car geared toward beating it at the ring, and not a production car like Porsche used. NIssan did the same thing with the GTR against a 911TT back in the day. https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/car-technology/a29086205/modified-tesla-model-s-beats-porsche-taycan-nurburgring/
  6. pepper brooks
    I've seen about 3-4 spisodes and kinda like it, but not sure I want to invest the time in 7 seasons. what is the surly review on this?
  7. pepper brooks
    why? it allowed a team with substandard payroll to maximize their talent pool to compete with teams they had no business beating. the goal is to win. it doesn't matter if you do that conventionally or not. he found a way to win. period. he likely won't have to use that in Houston in the near term, but if it helps win a game that is needed to clinch a division, alds, alcs, etc then you use it.
  8. pepper brooks
    my bigger issues with tesla has always been the interior bits are straight fucking garbage. performance is incredible. looks are okay on the model s. the others look terrible to me, but clearly I can get beyond awkward aesthetics if there are other mitigating factors (2016 Panamera GTS owner). At the moment it appears tesla may have the taycan beat on straight line performance, but not on track times. I know, who in the heck would be taking these cars to a track anyway. However, I know 100% the Porsche interior quality, construction, longevity is going to boat race the tesla, and it does look a ton better. anyway, it definitely has my attention.
  9. pepper brooks
    Wow. This is a truly fantastic and frankly shocking hire. They must have offered him a really fat contract. Great hire.
  10. pepper brooks
    not sure if you want this thread to be updated or if we should start a new one, BUT everyone who is available get over to Wooster's Garden this Sunday, Feb 9 from 3:00 until 8:00 for Champs's meat via Kitchen Takeover. place is at 3315 Milam in downtown/mid town. I plan on being there. https://www.facebook.com/events/594523047995019/
  11. pepper brooks
    no. and I agree. think it's cool a texas vodka and business is doing so well. I simply do not like the taste of it.
  12. pepper brooks
    looking ahead, they damn well better make hay this year because the next 5-7 is likely going to suck, and the man who could have actually navigate the hurdles was, IMO, wrongfully fired. They're going to have to replace Springer, Correa, Verlander, Brantley, Reddick, Gurriel, and Grienke all in the next 2 seasons while having no first or second round picks the next two years. They will be forced to trade correa this season or next, or receive nothing for him. they won't even get the compensatory pick when he leaves via free agency as that was also included as part of their punishment. And you wonder why they have been unable to hire a GM. Nobody wants to take on that challenge. Nobody.
  13. pepper brooks
    cool behind the scenes on the making of "the heist"
  14. pepper brooks
    That is the "turbo" and "turbo s" models. you can get the 4S model in low 100's. im not really an electric car guy, but this one has certainly captured my interest. I will give it a close look the next time I am in the market for a sedan.
  15. pepper brooks
    you can get screaming deals on the X4M an X3M. they're basically begging people to take those off the lot.
  16. pepper brooks
    I am guessing he was locked in enough it likely didn't even register with him. I know there is zero shot I would have been able to hear any of it as I would get so focused on the pitcher I didn't hear anything, not even my manager yelling at me. once I stepped in the box I had no room for distraction. it was all about trying to pick up the pitch and determine backspin or sidespin in a few hundredths of a second.
  17. pepper brooks
    it's going to look really bad if/when they fire him after one year too. First thing the media is going to do is say it's because he's old/black. that won't be true, but they will say it, and then bring up the Taubman stuff and bag on how the astros are the devil again. and to be clear, I like dusty baker a lot as a manager. i'd personally love to play for a calm, old school players coach like him. I simply think this is not a good fit for this organization.
  18. pepper brooks
    to further the analysis we would need to analyze the efficacy of the banging. What was the result on the pitches where there was a bang. not that it changes anything. I would simply find it interesting. I want to know how effective their cheating was.
  19. pepper brooks
    this dude needs to discover some of the better things to do on the internet. good lord.
  20. pepper brooks
    ausmus is at least an analytics guy and a decent bridge hire for now. I like Dusty Baker, he's just a horrible fit for this organization, or at least, for what the organization has been.
  21. pepper brooks
    seriously. it's unreal. They should just hire one of Luhnow's protégés who has moved up within the ranks either within the astros org or another one, hire a manager similar to Hinch who is well versed in using the analytics. The astros are built on the front office and team being a cohesive unit. Dusty is not the guy to keep that bridge in tact. Virtually every team in the league is now a data driven organization, and it appears the astros are choosing to bomb themselves back into the stone ages. This will not end well. Enjoy this season, Astros. The party is over. there are a few songs left, but all the hot chicks have left the dance.
  22. pepper brooks
    his handling of pitching and the fact that the game, like it or not, is now analytics driven no matter how "old school" you are. The Astros fired guys and paid their fine. Outside that they should make zero changed to organizational philosophy. Promote the best of Luhnow's guys or go hire one of his guys who has moved up within the ranks at another organization, hire a younger analytics driven manager, and keep the train on the tracks. Just do it without using enhanced sign stealing.
  23. pepper brooks
    what a complete disaster. Dusty Baker is a terrible fit for this organization. He's a well respected and great manager in the right situation. This isn't it.
  24. pepper brooks
    no, but neither did dan marino and he's one of the all time great passing QB's. Rivers is a lock HOF guy.
  25. pepper brooks
    I love dumol wines.

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