Everything posted by Dutchrudder
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2025 MLB thread
Needs to be both a salary cap and a salary floor. Don't let cheapass teams become parasites of the league, but also try to keep the spending somewhat level among the top teams. Adding a hard cap and deleting the luxury tax would be great for the league, because it would remove some barriers to spending by those middle class teams that won't go above that first tax threshold. A $300m hard cap and $150m floor would do wonders to improve teams and make them be more creative about how they spend their money. However, the poors love the luxury tax system for the free money, and most of the big teams don't mind paying it.
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Ballmer alleged to have paid Kawhi Leonard 28m under the table to avoid the salary cap
I listened to that Cuban interview on the plane yesterday, and it was cringey how non-committal he was to everything. For being such a brash, arrogant and opinionated guy, he sure can't seem to connect the dots on any of this. Cuban also dismissed every anonymous source Pablo has interviewed to help build the case for PTFOs conclusions, and made it seem as if they are lying or embellishing their knowledge. I would have loved to see Pablo dig at Cuban more about the "when does the owner of a team learn about a 28m endorsement deal?" Line of questions. Marc deferred that duty to his President of BB Ops, and said he wouldn't be involved. At some point he would learn about it later in time, but well after it is executed. The problem with that explanation is the amount of money, $28m over 4 years is like shoe deal money. How often do you, as an owner, see deals that big? How often are they no-show deals? How often do you see company stock given to a player as part of a deal? Would that kind of deal raise any red flags for you? If your alternate governor donated 2m to a business that was paying one of your players, would you be suspicious of their purposes? Plenty of more questions to compare his supposedly clean operation with the dirty Clippers. And how the hell does Cuban not seem to recall anything about the DeAndre Jordan deal? Just feels like he's lying and playing dumb to cover for daddy Balmer.
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Jordan Peterson interviews Steven Pinker
JP did one of those Surrounded videos a.few months ago, and it was incredibly satisfying to anyone familiar with his evasive tactics and completely empty philosophy. The video was originally titled "1 Christian vs 20 Atheists" but later changed Christian to Jordan Peterson, because he never actually claimed to be one. The guy is so devoted to not picking a side on anything so you can't needle him on any specific beliefs, but it did not hold up for this "debate." The whole thing is interesting if you have time or need a podcast to listen to, as many of his opponents were well prepared. The best part is where he "GETS DESTROYED" by this kid:
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Trump Decides Cristobol Columbus Needs A Reach Around (The World).
Ok you are right, we should take away their Federal holidays, and statues of them on public grounds.
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Angel Reese: Fair pay, anti-sexualization, side eyes, and Missed Buckets
If anything, she is the Dennis Rodman of the WNBA.
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2025 NLDS Cubs vs Brewers
Gotta feel good for Brewers fans to send that traitor Craig Counsell and his team home for the year. 0-10 incoming...
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Wow, that was a crazy game, congrats to the Ms fans. Gonna be a tough hill to climb to beat the Blue Jays now, but at least you're in the ALCS.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Oopsie ...
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
So what's the rule about a starting pitcher is allowed come back into a game if the entire bullpen has been used? Should be getting close to that point for both teams.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Nice play there, beautiful throw
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Uhhh, at least 2 of those balls to Robles had to be strikes...
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
2 on, no outs, and they can't advance the runners. Dumbasses.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
C'mon big dumper, time to drop a load into the left field stands.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Ok, I'm starting to think Manfred ball isn't such a terrible idea after all....
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ICE activity/raids
I'm in Portland for vacation with the family, and we haven't encountered anything remotely scary or troubling. No Gestapo or ANTIFA, but we did ride by the ICE detention facility today and it looked quiet. The guy in the chicken suit that scared Kristi Noem was there. Some other random people in costumes scattered about. Maybe 25 or so protesters total in the vicinity. Haven't seen anything the least but concerning in this city, but I'll report back if I do.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
Does anyone want to win this fucking game?
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Ghislaine "Sgt. Schultz" Maxwell: "I know NOTH-ING"
This had me lol'ing, Howard Lutnick really gives some insight into this whole thing...
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Hahaha, holy shit: Suck it Lakers fans.
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2025 ALDS - Tigers vs Mariners
4-3 Tigers!
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
I think I'm misunderstanding the "Dems should stand back and let them destroy themselve" argument. I thought that would be to let the Republican policies go forward, by them implementing the R budget, R cuts, etc and continuing to fund the government as the systems implode on for everyone to see. That would mean some Dems voting for a CR to re-open the government. I'm not sure how the right winger common people would realize "how the new law completely turbofucks" them if the government is shut down otherwise.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
They did that in March, how's that working out for the Dems?
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2025 - 2026 Astros Offseason Thread
Because I don't want them to create a bunch of dead money that could otherwise be used for players that help now. Did the Mets really get much value in paying 10s of millions for Gilbert and Clifford? I doubt it was worth it for them in retrospect, although they were lucky they weren't on the hook for that extra year of JV. Even if all they get is a pitcher on a 10-20m deal in return, it would be worth it to help now. I would rather see that than paying a bunch of money for a lottery ticket that may never pan out.
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Skubal, Skenes, or Snell
He's under control until 2029, so I wouldn't expect him to be traded to the Dodgers until 2028.
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Government Shutdown 2025: This Time It’s Personal
Not approving of this message, but I think it's not worthy that our POTUS is posting ITYSL memes about it.
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Trump’s America
Here's a clip of it: