Laika
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I wonder if journalists carry litigation insurance? Seems like they should These jobs do not pay well and carry massive risk, evidently
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Tapia is just very possibly a gross player who hits the ball with a pool noodle, straight into the ground, and then sucks on defense somehow
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lmao
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Grichuk was miserable here and probably would not have performed to his talent. Tapia fits the roster better than him for a couple reasons. It's one of those trades that is a slight downgrade ON PAPER but perhaps not IN REALITY. The prospect is also Jose Altuve mixed with Alejandro Kirk so you are all missing the point.
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Espinal looks juiced up for sure And Leo Jimenez - billed as a slap hitter - legitimately looks like Yandy Diaz. Big offseasons for those two obviously
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Actually two this spring harder than his max last year
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Max EV is a measure of power so this may not be irrelevant data. But the average probably doesn't mean much yet.
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he probably just wants to drain Molly Knight's life savings
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yeah it's true, most are never litigated and get dropped or settled for who knows how much
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I don't think molly knight needs to KNOW it is not true. But she has to be guilty of some fault similar to negligence. So it might actually be enough to prove that she SHOULD HAVE KNOWN given her profession and what the medical evidence actually shows. Google says defamation in the USA has four components 1. false statement 2. which is communicated 3. by someone guilty of a fault amounting to at least negligence 4. damages From good old Wiki: In United States v. Jewell, the court held that proof of willful ignorance satisfied the requirement of knowledge as to criminal possession and importation of drugs.
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I didn't not say that exactly. I am just saying what her lawyers will probably say. But whether she had a skull fracture is very relevant because that is the untruth. The lie. The misrepresentation. The important questions are things like: - what exactly did the evidence say and how was it displayed If page 1 of the dossier is a CT scan that says in bold "no evidence of any skull fractures" then Molly Knight might be in trouble. If page 169 of the dossier has a very tiny print, bad scan, of a handwritten interpretation of a CT scan that says "some evidence of possible basal skull fr. but further examination leads me to not diagnose same" then maybe she is fine.
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In Knight's defense: a) the complainant's submissions said she had a skull fracture Molly Knight is not a medical professional who can read CT scan results ^ this is what her lawyers may say "willful ignorance" would generally speaking actually be an argument used by Bauer's camp. They would say something like "it is no defense that you did not know; it is your job to know. The mere fact that you did not know comes from wilfully failing to meet your journalistic responsibilities because you wanted, so madly, to defame Mr. Bauer"
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The Blue Jays sign Dexter Fowler to a minor league deal
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
yeah that would mean two starters on the IL at least -
There are other ways to walk through the situation. "in an attempt to harm someone's reputation" would be subject to heavy debate. what was her actual intent? regarding the evidence - did she just misinterpret the medical evidence and truly believe she was reporting facts? how and why did she misinterpret the evidence? was it confusing, reasonably speaking, or was she negligent or wilfully blind in her review? it's complicated extremely unlikely that she a) knew it was false but tweeted it anyway with the explicit intent to harm Bauer's rep
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Yeah that's probably the worst part for Molly Knight. The tweets.
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The Blue Jays sign Dexter Fowler to a minor league deal
Laika replied to TwistedLogic's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Replacement level projection but that STILL might be a slight improvement on the OF depth chart because guys like Mallex Smith and Palacios could be sub-replacement level for all we know. -
I was in a small Yahoo points league for years that did this. Not a draft n hold, it was a keeper, but the points system was based on linear weights. It was lots of fun. The only tricky part is balancing pitchers, I think. IP are worth so much and it is kind of boring if everyone just maximizes bulk SP.
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Yeah... I don't do litigation at all so really I have no idea and jimcanuk is probably more expert than I at the subject but Bauer's claim seems pretty flimsy on the whole "actual malice" part. Like, the media for sure reported and spread some information that was not factual but actual malice? Really? I dunno. And the stories being referenced from when Bauer was a free agent are kind of funny because of how TRUE they are in hindsight. Like, Ken reported teams were wary of signing Bauer because he might be a distraction? Well f*** yeah, look what happened lmao. So have fun in court with that argument, Bauer lawyers.
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If this lawsuit goes to the finish line the effect on Bauer's career will probably be more palpable when it comes time to assess damages because the suit would take years.
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this doesn't mean that he's not if he has any mind to go after MLB I would guess he would assess that claim once his suspension saga is over
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Blue Jays showing "strong interest" in Dexter Fowler
Laika replied to Laika's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
lmao good bump *snort* -
it's the totality of things - ******** - not even a career blue jays - arguably overrated
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Well yeah a bit. Semien will not have the counting stats he did in Toronto but the Rangers lineup is more mediocre than downright awful. Belt is always a performance and injury risk but he's a solid hitter. And when healthy a safe play. Taylor has some mild playing time risks in that lineup too
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Probate Tax is like 1.5%, sir. Your inheritance of the principal residence of your old protestant parents is mostly untaxed.
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Semien side if competing this year, for sure. Cronenworth if rebuilding I guess. But even then I'd prob just trade Semien for younger guys.
