Posts posted by TonyTexas
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The owners have green lit a plan for the season and will send it to the union tomorrow. A big snag will be players salaries. It had already been agreed that they would be prorated over the number of gains played. The hang up is that this agreement was made without taking into consideration playing in empty stadiums and the subsequent lost revenue. Obviously the players don’t want to give up any more and the owners want a further reduction by pegging salaries to revenues. I understand both sides and hope they can work it out.Â
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6 minutes ago, Chopper said:
If Bosch is run-of-mill I'm curious what other US-produced police investigatory shows you'd also put in that category? Maybe I'm overlooking some but I can't think of more than a few I thought were any good.
I very much enjoyed S1 to S4. I thought S5 got tiresome, like they had to do too much to wrap up the loose ends. Hopefully that pays off in S6.
I’d put Bosch way below the Wire, The Shield, Hill Street Blues, True Detective, Justified. I’d put it more in line with the CSIs, Law and Order, Homicide. Don’t get me wrong, Bosch isn’t terrible. But it’s not great either.Â
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Edited by TonyTexas
It’s illegal for a car manufacturer to have own. dealerships in Texas. Must be franchised And Tesla doesn’t do that. What you think are dealerships are just showrooms. Sometimes repair as well. You have to order directly from Tesla in California and it will ship to you. You arrange your own financing and car had to be paid for before it ships.Â
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Room for improvement in the facilities area
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3 hours ago, TonyTexas said:
I’d like to hear your explanation for this statement.Â
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2 hours ago, Deej said:Yeah, I'm waiting for that, too.Â
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1 hour ago, Deej said:So, six years after the show ends, it's Chase's fault he dies?
Here we are going toe to toe with Lobo. At least he got the cunt-sensitive part right.Â
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I can't believe the MLBPA okayed that $20K cap. Looking forward to seeing how teams try to get around that rule.
It’s not hard to justify with these numbers
And it gets worse
Looking at how many draftees end up serving as more than a callup/fill-in sees that number drops dramatically again. Very rarely are there 100 draftees in a draft who manage to produce 0.1 WAR. Only 9.8 percent of draftees who signed have managed to register 0.1 career WAR, which is roughly 83 players per season. -
3 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:
College baseball is going to be stacked next year.  What a year for college teams that have top recruiting classes. They will get most everyone on campus.Â
You will see a ton of high school players go the Juco route so they don’t have wait until after their junior year to go pro.Â
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With the 5 round MLB draft confirmed, it will be interesting to see how Pierce manages the roster.Â
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Edited by TonyTexas
There are a lot a players that are getting fucked by this 5 round draft. Also, the teams with high slot money totals are getting hamstrung as well. They can’t sign their early picks for under slot and use the savings for later round guys. The most they can give players outside of rounds 1-5 is $20K. Will be good for the college game though. Way fewer recruits and juniors will jump to the pros. Even most seniors will probably come back now.Â
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For whatever reason, Manfred loves this stupid runner on 2nd in extra innings idea. I guess if they were ever going to try it, this would be the season to do it. The schedule is going to be tight with more doubleheader’s and fewer off days. Wanting to avoid marathon games would be understandable. Let him get it out of his system.Â
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2020 General MLB off-season
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Edited by TonyTexas
The MLBPA is the most powerful union in major sports. The owners are definitely in austerity mode. Look at what they are doing with MILB and the draft. Both sides have incentive to work it out. But it could turn into a dogfight.
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