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He meant total times on base, you pedantic douche...and I'm assuming he doesn't count Bonds and Rose cuz....well, the BBWAA doesn't count them either.
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Cleveland has been punishing us ever since Geddy Lee got into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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I'm not so sure Cleveland is all that upset about losing its only Jew.
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Raptors lose Eastern Conference semis to the Cavs. Jays lose to the Tribe in the ALCS. Jays lose EE to them as well. This is so tragic. I cannot take this anymore. Cleveland is a shithole. It doesn't deserve nice things and we have to stop losing to them. All that city deserves is the Browns. The NFL team and the stuff in the toilet.
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Yes, this question did really come off as the snide jackass in university who likes to show off how smart he is by asking the professor an "intelligent" question. Meanwhile everyone is just annoyed by the interruption, including the lecturer.
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Oh for f***'s sake... What this guy is asking is similar to the time value of money question, if you've taken any finance/economic courses. For instance, $10,000 in 2020 is equivalent to $6,830 in today's dollars, assuming a 10% discount rate over 4 years. The calculation is $10,000/(1.10^4) where 1.10 is 1+the interest rate. You would rather take $7,000 today than $10,000 in 2020 because the assumption is you can put it in the bank and earn 10% interest a year (maybe in 1980, not today) and come out with $10,250. This is different from inflation, though the two topics are strongly related when you're making investment decisions. Now I don't know if it makes any sense to apply the time value of money to WAR calculations. Measuring the value of a World Series win in 2017 versus one in 2020 to the franchise today is not as easy of an exercise as putting your money in the bank at a "risk free" rate.
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*Came to this thread in interest, noticing 5 pages added in the last 24 hours so there must be some relevant rumour or something. Left in disgust after page three, discovering this is just going to be another argument about Travis Snider*
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The answer is next to nothing. Trust me I checked. Unless you have signed super-duper ultra-rare inserts or something. Back in the 90's when I collected them it was before selling on the internet became popular so finding the cards you wanted was a tough task which helped keep the prices up. Plus there was always the illusion that they were an investment. I remember paying $50 for a 1972 Topps Carlton Fisk rookie along with Bench, Seaver and Reggie Jackson cards from that year thrown in and thought I was getting a steal since a Fisk rookie booked for $100+. I haven't looked at a price guide in a while but I know an ungraded Fisk rookie can be had for $5 on eBay easily now lol Surprised that OPC was unwanted. I thought they fetched a premium because they were in a lot lower print. Guess the Americans can't stand the French on the back.
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Loria Open to Considering Sale of Marlins
Dick_Pole replied to reedjohnsonfan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
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I really don't get the crying over signing Morales "too early". That deal shifts the balance of power in favour of the Jays when dealing with EE or JB. Without Morales, and with other guys like Reddick and Beltran signing elsewhere, the Jays would have been just as desperate to fill holes with MLB talent as EE and JB would be to find teams. With Morales, Smoak and Upton, the Jays at least have live bodies in there and they could always try to go to the trade route to improve on one of those players. With Smoak, Upton and literally no one else, the Jays would be equally as desperate as Bautista. Should the Jays sign both back, Morales is not really a sunk cost. RF, 1B and DH are filled, albeit with shaky defense and Smoak/Upton are relegated to part time duty. And based on the injury threat of EE, JB and KM, would probably start 50+ games throughout the season anyways. It's good to have depth, and that Morales contract is not egregious. EDIT: s***, forgot Pearce as well in this...well he gets dumped into the depth pile.
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17-2 when you exclude the Kings as well.
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http://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/playoff_prob.cgi Not sure how seriously to take this but Basketball Reference has the Raptors as the favourite for the top seed in the EC and also the conference winners. 24.6% chance to win it all behind only Golden State. Of course their computers are also spitting out only a 3.2% chance for the Spurs so colour me a bit skeptical. Their models must be highly reliant on point differential because right now Raps > Cavs and Rockets > Spurs when it comes to points and that's reflected in the playoff outcomes too.
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I thought homophobic remarks were frowned on around here ever since it's been known that there are real-life homosexuals perusing these threads.
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I voted Stroman because the second that you board s***-iots get too high on Sanchez is the exact moment he will turn into dog turd. Do you not remember the Stroman projects to be an ace conversations this time last year? Sanchez is a reliever or #4/5 guy. That's what I said last year and I am sticking to it unlike all of you hive-mind bandwagon jumpers.
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New MLB collective bargaining agreement thread
Dick_Pole replied to G-Snarls's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
That doesn't make any sense. Trump has railed against trade imbalance, particularly with the Chinese, of which he specifically called out their currency devaluation (ie $US is overvalued relative to the Renminbi) as an issue. Trump may enact policies that inadvertently raise the US Dollar against the Canadian Dollar, like lowering taxes to stimulate national (and foreign) investment in US borders. But I haven't heard him say anything specific about wanting to raise the dollar itself. Also, traditionally the stock market goes up when the $US is weak and when the stock market tanks, the $US moves up in "flight to safety". -
I wouldn't mind Revere at the right price but then you have Pillar plus Revere, Upton, Pompey and Carrera - four players with very similar skill sets who would be trending just a little above replacement value. Not sure if that's the best way to construct the roster and I sure as hell would hope that the Jays would aim higher for RF and be stuck with a glut of interchangeable OF.
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If you had bought KEK stock like I told you to back in August, you'd be able to buy all those things three times over by now
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Reminds me of when Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted about Isaac Newton's birthday on December 25.
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But this is AMERICAN Thanksgiving!!!! *Receives text message from Telus alerting me to the Black Friday deal on iPads* FUUUUUCKKKK YOU INTRUSION OF U.S. CULTURE!!!!!
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If the Jays don't find an effective BP LHP by Spring Training I'd have Bolsinger as the incumbent #5 starter with Biagini battling for the spot and Liriano in the pen. Keep it that way unless both of those guys completely s*** the bed as starters in the spring or early in the season and they have no choice but to slot Liriano #5.
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Do we play Russian Roulette with bullets in 5 of the 6 chambers?
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If the Jays could get the best players with 1-3 year long contracts like those guys and Molitor got at that time, I would say go for it. The problem is to get the best players now you are laying down money for 7 years with the expectation that the last two years are very likely going to be throwaways. I can't imagine the Jays, or any team for that matter, laying down $500+ million over 21 combined years to get the three best players available on the free agent market. Your name and posts imply a very retro thinking and expectation. I like the idea of mimicking Gillick teams (largely done through Rule 5, signing young international players and good trades), but it's time to get it out of your head that the Jays can or even will want to sign free agents at will. It would cripple the budget in future years.
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Signing Morales, at this early stage, would be so demoralizing in the context of the Jays' chances of signing EE or JB to a reasonable contract. Even if some of us already see the writing on the wall.
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If EE gets $25M a year I'd rather knock on the Cubs door and see if something can be swung for Heyward (salary relief and/or prospect hoard a la Liriano) and try my luck with Bautista at DH or Reddick. Then roll the dice that Heyward has a big season hitting in AL East parks and opts out of his contract after 2018.
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Maybe not him. But in 2016 this board has been in existence for three years. Pretty sure it has achieved a 100% market penetration of smart, snarky guys who are Blue Jays fans and who want to talk baseball online for a couple of years now. Guys like him are recycled profiles.
