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Aug-07-25
 | | plang: There is no way that you can convince me that batting someone who is struggling that badly second after Ohtani and before Smith and Freeman doesn't hurt the offense. How much is not easy to quantify but he is getting more ABs batting second and has to be having at least some negative impact on potential rallies started at the top of the lineup. |
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Aug-07-25
| | plang: Sophie Cunningham certainly is getting a lot of attention with her public comments. She has been a terrific addition to the team so I am willing to overlook the controversies. |
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Aug-07-25
 | | HeMateMe: What do Suppose happens to those sex Toys that get thrown on the court at Indy fever games? Sort of like a hat trick in hockey? |
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| Aug-08-25 | | unferth: <There is no way that you can convince me that batting someone who is struggling that badly second after Ohtani and before Smith and Freeman doesn't hurt the offense.> yeah, I know, seems obvious--but study after study suggests that batting order effects are surprisingly small, as everybody has to hit at some point. if you stack all your top hitters, you can end up with a corresponding dead zone that costs as much as (or more than) the profit from the slugger synchronicity. the effect of getting extra ABs at the top is real, which is why teams now put their best guys 1-2-3 rather than 3-4-5. but even that doesn't seem to be a huge deal. |
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Aug-08-25
 | | saffuna: Also, the manager sees things in his players and his team that we don't. He can make good decisions, or bad decisions, but Roberts certainly has more information to help him make his decision. Way back when, I remember batting orders always followed certain guidelines. Power hitters hit 3-4-5, high-average singles hitters 1-2. First basemen were power hitters. Second baseman were singles hitters. So the Cubs batted power-hitter Sandberg second and singles-hitter Grace third. When I was first fascinated with baseball and lineups, the 1958 or 1959 Braves moved Aaron and Mathews from 3rd and 4th to 2nd and 3rd, with Wes Covington moved up from 6th to 4th. I believe they dropped Red Schoendienst or Felix Mantilla out of 2nd. |
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| Aug-08-25 | | The legendary Mark F: What happened to the political page on here, the one that <Big Pawn > ruined? |
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| Aug-08-25 | | The legendary Mark F: Anyways... Messi is the greatest football player in the history of mankind, just as I said 15 years ago. He got his WORLD CUP and 8 BALLON D'ORS... A very humble goat 🐐🐐🐐🐐 |
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| Aug-08-25 | | unferth: <Messi is the greatest football player in the history of mankind> a quarterback, I take it? can't say I recall the name. |
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Aug-08-25
| | HeMateMe: Even a little older, in Miami, Lionel Messi is still making jaw dropping passes. He is/was the Wayne Gretzky of soccer, smallish guy who could dominate the game with superior technique. |
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Aug-08-25
 | | perfidious: <The legendary Mark F: What happened to the political page on here, the one that <Big Pawn > ruined?> <Mr Finan>, Rogoff is still about but has been marginalised. For reasons I have never understood, this page is also invisible from the home page. |
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Aug-09-25
| | saffuna: I went to a joint practice between the Rams and the Cowboys on Tuesday. I was already doing something in Oxnard, so why not? It was played on two fields side by side, and we "freeloaders" could only watch the Cowboys offense against the Rams defense. So I didn't see Davanta Adams or Nacua work on the far field. It was like a high school game, we were forty feet or so from the field, or we could stand against a fence along the sideline. I never got the rules totally clear. It was like touch football/no hitting the ballcarrier or QB, but the linemen looked to be going all out. If a DL broke through he pulled up before hitting the QB. As soon as it looked as if a player was about to be tackled, men in black ran out flapping their arms to stop the play. Cowboys could not run the ball at all, got stuffed over and over. Don't know if the rules made it tougher to run. Prescott and second-stringer Joe Milton connected on some nice passes to Lamb and Pickens. Lamb is very impressive to watch. The Ram who stood out, who was new to me, was #8, named Verse. He was going all Lawrence Taylor over whatever Cowboy got in front of him. The teams play at SoFi tomorrow. Prescott might be thinking, "Verse eased up on me last time, but I better look out tomorrow." A fan video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDA... |
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Aug-09-25
| | HeMateMe: Every casual football fan I know, even people who admit they like Dallas (a no-no in the NYC area) don't think the Cowboys will win sh*it until the Jones family (including Jerry Jone's son) GTFO of the front office and simply hire professionals to run the team. As long as Jerry Jones or his son have a say in trades and draft choices the team will be at a handicap. Coaches coach
GM's run personnel
Owner's Own
division of responsibilities. |
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Aug-09-25
| | HeMateMe: interesting 12 most feared boxers?
<https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZS44...> not exactly who you would expect. perhaps Thomas Hears, a baker's dozen? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rS...> |
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Aug-09-25
 | | keypusher: <HMM> And yet in the 90s (admittedly, Jerry was a lot younger) the Cowboys were clearly the best organization in football. Even now, after decades of mediocre results, the Cowboys are the most valuable sports franchise in the world (or so I’ve read). |
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Aug-09-25
| | HeMateMe: I think Jimmy Johnson both coached and had final say in personnel moves. A gradual decline after he left. Jerry Jones was brilliant in building a mega stadium that can host any possible event. It brings extra value to his team. I think Real Madrid and Barcelona might be the most valuable sports franchises in the world, followed by the NY Yankees. |
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Aug-09-25
| | saffuna: Forbes lists the Cowboys, Warriors, Rams, Yankees and Knicks as the most valuable teams in the world. That is surprising. The Rams have a tiny fan base, but also a big new stadium. And how are the Warriors more valuable than the Lakers (#8)? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/For... |
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Aug-09-25
| | HeMateMe: Warriors have a larger TV audience than the stale Lakers. Yanks have their own TV network YES. |
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| Aug-09-25 | | unferth: Forbes breaks the values down as follows:
Warriors: Sport $1.427 billion/ Market $3.425 billion/ Stadium $2.825 billion/ Brand $1.124 billion = $8.8 billion Lakers: Sport $1.682 billion/ Market $3.308 billion/ Stadium $993 billion/ Brand $1.118 billion = $7.1 billion A tad surprising to see the GS brand valued a tiny bit higher, but the big difference is in the arenas. The Warriors own 100% of Chase Center, with an average ticket price of $285; Crypto.com is owned by AEG & has average ticket of $165. Revenue per fan is $146 vs $63 for the Lakers. Looks pretty clear that it's tech billionaire/millionaire money boosting the Ws. I doubt that GS is a bigger tv draw. |
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Aug-09-25
| | saffuna: So that's the difference. I believe the Rams own SoFi, which is extremely valuable. |
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Aug-09-25
| | HeMateMe: The modern chase center probably has greater potential, future value, than where the Lakers play. I guess no one misses the old days... Atlanta Hawks coach mike fratello refused to have his team overnight in Oakland, with all of the drug dealers around. He'd spend the extra time and money to get the hawks to a hotel in Los Angeles. "I'd rather they go to LA and f* their eyes out than spend one night in Oakland." |
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Aug-09-25
| | saffuna: <The modern chase center probably has greater potential, future value, than where the Lakers play.> The Lakers don't even own Staples. |
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Aug-09-25
| | perfidious: Once Steph Curry hangs 'em up, hard to imagine Warriors tickets commanding anything like an AAV of $285. |
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Aug-09-25
| | saffuna: <Once Steph Curry hangs 'em up, hard to imagine Warriors tickets commanding anything like an AAV of $285.> Sounds like the Warriors are Silicon Valley Central, with people willing to pay whatever. You can get tickets for $80 or less for most Lakers games, and I believe Clippers games. But they are pretty far up, where you can't see all that well. |
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| Aug-10-25 | | unferth: I expect it's de rigueur for every Bay Area tech firm, venture capital firm, or big-league law firm to have season tix if not a box or suite at Chase. |
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Aug-10-25
| | HeMateMe: The Jets came to Lambeau to play my Packers tonight. My God, the game was beyond ugly. The Packers stink.
They aren't pungent.
They aren't odorific.
The Packers STINK. |
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