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18 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Michelle was really starting to encroach on Julia's territory if you know what I mean....so it's probably best for all of us that she gone.

I would trade Mumbles and a bimbo to be named later to retain MM.

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Give Atlanta the early slot, Astros the mid afternoon, Yankees early evening and LA the late game.
But I can see Fox wanting to alternate start times to eliminate the chance that the Astros game bleeds into the start of the Yankee game
 

We’ll be on MLBN at 3. I’d bet a lot of money on that

Twins at Yankees will be ~6:30 Central on FS1

The NLDS games will be ~1pm and 8:30 Central on TBS

That’s my guess
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36 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

That’s amazing

I’d be livid if I was was an A’s fan (if they win Wed)

As a west-coaster, I’m good with it.   Friday afternoon is usually light anyway.   Easy to take a half day if I really want to, but I’ll keep my powder dry for bigger games as needed.  I can listen or follow gamecast live and then watch the DVR recording later.  

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3 hours ago, formermav43 said:

If Houston fans have to deal with multiple 9 pm starts over the course of every season, I think they can survive one 11 am game.

11 am.  1 pm.  Doesn't make a difference.  It pretty much kills the whole day at work anyway.

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I agree the 11am vs 1pm, etc isn’t a big deal in and of itself.

It’s just comical to me that a team could play 163 games to get to the LDS and as a reward, its fans have to tune in in the morning on a weekday to watch them.

I’ll quit complaining about MLBs asinine playoff schedule now.

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12 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

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The Astro ALDS projected roster has a 75 WAR and the next best team is at 52?  I will give props to LAD for drafting much of their WAR even more than the Astros.

Sure looks like Hinch really boffed the regular season to have 20+ WAR better than the next comer but to have only finsihed with a few games better overall.

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Staggering these start times is regarded. Does MLB actually think they're multiplying their audience this way? Nobody gives a shit about out of market teams. Nobody is watching the Astros except us Astros people. It's fucking football season.

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15 hours ago, Amos Moses said:

She sucks.  And I don’t mean that in a good way.  Probably told (politely) to GTFO along with Stanton’s baseball.

She didn’t know baseball and she seemed to struggle with English. Or speaking. 

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13 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

MLB trying to fuck over Houston economy. I know I won’t be getting any work done. 

The whole economy gets shut down every time it rains. 

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1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

She didn’t know baseball and she seemed to struggle with English. Or speaking. 

She wasn’t very good at her job. She needed to be in a bikini or lingerie to stick around 

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29 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

She wasn’t very good at her job. She needed to be in a bikini or lingerie to stick around 

You think you're arguing one side but you're really arguing the other. 

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44 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

She wasn’t very good at her job. She needed to be in a bikini or lingerie to stick around 

No way she left the job to "support her partner".  That's a once in a lifetime gig for a communications or journalism grad. She wasn't renewed.

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she would have been a better as an in-ring girl holding up what inning we were going into in the telecast while wearing a bikini type of girl.  

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“What about Greinke?” Crane asked. Luhnow and his staff were surprised. They loved Zack Greinke, the 35-year-old Diamondbacks ace and former Cy Young winner who was at the time 10–4 with a 2.90 ERA. Everyone loved Zack Greinke. According to the Astros’ internal metrics, there was only one other realistically available player they might acquire who would boost the club’s chances of winning its second World Series in three years as much as Greinke. But Greinke also had two-and-a-half years left on the six-year, $206.5 million deal he’d signed with Arizona, and was one of the most expensive players in the game. Over the past half-dozen years, Crane had already sextupled his payroll, lifting it from the league’s lowest ($26.1 million in 2013) into the top 10 ($158 million on Opening Day). Could they afford Zack Greinke?

 

Crane smiled. “If we think the package of players we’d be giving up is reasonable,” he said, “we can get the money right.”

 

I love literally love Jim Crane.  Best owner in Houston history, and I will find a way to have his babies if he wants me to even though it will require major surgery.

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I love how the local media is praising Mattress Mac for his $3.5 million dollar bet on the Astros. Such a great guy for betting so much on the home team. No mention about what he’s actually doing. 

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I love how the local media is praising Mattress Mac for his $3.5 million dollar bet on the Astros. Such a great guy for betting so much on the home team. No mention about what he’s actually doing. 

It’s a genius promotion. His cost on those mattress sales is, at most, 50% of the sales price so that’s how much he needs to hedge. Let’s say he sold $20 million in mattresses. He bets $5 million on the Astros at 2 to 1. So if the Astros win, he covers his cost and doesn’t lose any money. But if they lose, he still makes $5 million. Either way he gets a ton of free publicity and goodwill.

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It’s a genius promotion. His cost on those mattress sales is, at most, 50% of the sales price so that’s how much he needs to hedge. Let’s say he sold $20 million in mattresses. He bets $5 million on the Astros at 2 to 1. So if the Astros win, he covers his cost and doesn’t lose any money. But if they lose, he still makes $5 million. Either way he gets a ton of free publicity and goodwill.

I can make a 50% profit margin selling mattresses?

I’m in the wrong line of business
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1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s a genius promotion. His cost on those mattress sales is, at most, 50% of the sales price so that’s how much he needs to hedge. Let’s say he sold $20 million in mattresses. He bets $5 million on the Astros at 2 to 1. So if the Astros win, he covers his cost and doesn’t lose any money. But if they lose, he still makes $5 million. Either way he gets a ton of free publicity and goodwill.

doesn't he have some sort of "prize" insurance or some such?  i wouldn't think he'd have to turn to vegas to hedge it out, but it definitely presents an opportunity.  the tax implication on either is probably fairly messy.

also i was in vegas about 3 weeks ago and the astros were 5/4 to win the world series.  that's stupid.

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