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Dutchrudder

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  1. Yeah, I'm just thinking about the toughness of the division. I have seen some proposals that had the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox and Phillies in the same division, and that sounds awful for them, but I love it. Some of the West divisions are just as bad too. Sticking the Astros with the Rangers seems inevitable, but the MLB seems to want this "rivalry" so whatever. The other 2 teams could go west to some combo of Arizona/Colorado/Vegas or to the Midwest with STL/KC - Cubs/Chi Sox - Nashville/ATL or to the East with the Florida teams. If those were the options, I would choose Vegas/Colorado for the destination cities and ease of competition. The Florida teams are not a bad option for easy competition, but the Gulf Division has some appeal to it too.
  2. Talk about realignment earlier in the thread got me thinking the Astros could make out like bandits if they got into a division of Houston/Arlington/Miami/Tampa. Call it the Gulf Division, and it would set them up nicely for the next few decades.
  3. I'm in the market for a new Polaris, anyone have good experience or recommendations of a brand/model? My current one is a plug-in with a long cord. It does a good job cleaning, but I don't like it that much. It doesn't have any phone control, it's just a box with a few buttons, and every time the power drops it has to be reset to run once a day. The cord is starting to chafe after 3 years, and I don't want the risk of an issue there. I saw some battery powered models that have a charging station, kind of like a Roomba for your pool. Looks like a nice option, but wondering what others think of that style. Any recs would be appreciated.
  4. This popped up in my algorithm tonight, don't think I have heard it in 20 years, but it made me laugh.
  5. Yeah, easy out at home there. Possible to get the double play at first too. Really dumb play by Gunner there.
  6. Yeah, but then we get Aaron Boone...
  7. I know Tillman has a lot of money, but hiring stupid fucking Blippi to promote the new season is not how you should spend "fuck you money."
  8. Didn't lol once, would not recommend. Sandler has been a hack for 20+ years now, churning out turd after turd. I think this movie was written by a combination of AI and the South Park manatees.
  9. So what's your top 5/10? Is Framber in there somewhere? Any relievers that are close to the top? There was some buzz about Clase last year being considered with about a .85 ERA and nearly 50 saves. Likely would never happen with the voters keeping out non-starters, but still an interesting possibility.
  10. I think the Trump administration wants someone to violently attack these ICE agents to give them cause to do what they are doing to Washington DC in other cities. They are being provocative for a reason, and the reason is escalation. Tyrants will always assume control whenever they can, and they just need a victim to exploit. They want that excuse, whether it's a car running over someone, an explosive or a hail of gunfire, they want it so they can move to the next phase. It's going to happen at some point, we aren't going to see 3 more years of abductions without incident, the only question will be who does it first.
  11. Looks like I'll be pirating Peacock streams more often... Oh well.
  12. Yeah, he needs his Kate Upton. Maybe he could hook up with Sydney Sweeney and she could start a new AE campaign about how she loves Brown shirts? /No cr lol
  13. ESPN updated their top 10 prospects for every team, something to peruse on off-day. No real surprises here, but other teams did get some prospects for selling at the deadline.
  14. It seems like it going to suck. The Office US version was a sort of reboot of the UK version with Ricky Gervais, but they did a great job of making it distinct from the original. I have watched both a few times, and each has their moments. One thing the US version did so much better than the UK was creating lovable characters and relationships that help propel the show forward. The long multi-season arcs of friendships, romances, and personal growth of the characters is something I think the UK series missed by focusing mostly on dry comedy. (Not a bad thing, just different) Recreating that is going to be a challenge for any show, and trying to trade off the past success of another show feels cheap and hollow. Aside from Oscar, is there anything tying this new show to the old one? Being a newspaper, they could have endless callbacks to the old show for single episode cameos for articles. Are we going to see Andy and Erin show up with a MENSA baby? Is Kevin's band Scrantonicity 2 going to get an album deal and an interview? Will Gabe finally be caught and arrested as the Scranton Strangler? Does Holly become their new HR person? Do we get to see Karen from behind? Will Creed's obituary be published by this paper after he fakes his own death? So many possibilities, and I don't really want any of it. Seasons 8 and 9 were bad enough.
  15. Is he in the top 3 right now? I figured Skubal, Fried, Eovaldi and Crochet are all up there with him too. It's gonna be real tough for an Astro to win it considering the voters. Would love to see it, but very doubtful he gets that kind of recognition.
  16. Nice series win. Got hunter another W too.
  17. This is a really cool breakdown of the Rockets salary cap changes through the offseason:
  18. Uh oh, Elon's gonna have to get into the code again and fix this issue with Grok! He's gonna be coding ALL NIGHT!
  19. This is more rage inducing that lol, but still kinda funny
  20. Yup, Dana has been excellent since he got to take decisions on personnel. He has found some good role players at the bottom of the barrel, and they have been a huge factor in this team being 15 games over .500. Those deadline trades have all been money, and will pay huge dividends come playoff time and next year. Sanchez has 2 years of arbitration left, and Urias has 1, so they aren't half season rentals and will give Dana a ton of flexibility in the offseason. If the team can get some more healthy pitchers back, the bullpen will improve greatly. Neris isn't good, but you need some guys to eat innings for now, and they still have another ~45 games to play. I don't think he will be here much longer, as other dudes get promoted, but he's fine for a stopgap. The playoff roster for this team should be stacked and worthy of winning it all.
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