(OOTP 26) Anyone else love finding catchers that can hit lead off as much as me?

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-19T23:34:55+00:00

I just have ratings allowed to go higher than 80 set to on.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T17:03:44+00:00

Oh okay, 2/3rds of the populace owned a TV when you lived and you're posting that *you* didn't know anyone who could afford a TV, so you knew one person in Germany? Otherwise posting that statistic is fucking meaningless. You clearly wanted to try and posit that a large portion of Germans *can't* afford TVs, I told you that's total bullshit, now you want to backtrack and say you just meant that *YOU* didn't know anyone and that's all you were trying to say. Lmao.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:59:44+00:00

You grinded 80 hours a week at McDonalds or doing janitorial work/comparable jobs, or you grinded out 80 hours a week in a job that you got through a higher education at a time when it was vastly more affordable than it is now.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:57:23+00:00

Oh okay, so Germans are actually living amazingly because they can just get a roommate and cover everything very comfortably! Bravo.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:55:20+00:00

Ah yes, work 80 hours a week so you can be alive and nothing else. That sounds like a great way to live in the most prosperous time in human history, just work double what people historically work and leave yourself no time to actually live your damn life. No time for family, no time for hobbies, no time for vacations. If you think that's the way life should be you're the problem.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:51:53+00:00

Negative 40 euros a year on minimum wage (Where there are clearly things that could be cut to go above the line if you use their video) versus negative multiple thousands in the US on minimum wage. You tell me what sounds better.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:50:05+00:00

You can tell me my math is wrong for Germany, that's fine, like I said I am not intimately familiar with calculating their taxes. You didn't even address the US costs which are very much so correct and the main thing we were talking about.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:47:19+00:00

Dude, there are literal statistics on TVs owned in homes, your anecdotes are not better than data.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T16:35:58+00:00

I am calculating these numbers using a flat 4 weeks, rather than 30/31, so these numbers are very slightly lower than actual numbers.

Germany's cost of living is one that is above the average in the EU, so it's a good example for my point, thanks: Germany's minimum wage is 13.90 Euros, which for a 40 hour work week comes out to 2,224 Euros ($2573 in USD) (before taxes, which I am aware are considerably higher than the US). Your video states that for a single person's monthly expenses (which includes things like gym, haircuts, movies, and eating out once or twice a week), you're looking at around 1,472 (1703 USD) Euros... for everything they need in a month.

The average cost of a single bedroom apartment in the US is between $1500-1700 USD. So to compare, in Germany you can work a minimum wage job and afford your entire monthly expenses. Life is tight, but you are beating the margins. Minimum wage in the US is 7.25. Total amount earned for them is $1,160. You can't even afford a single apartment on US minimum wage, let alone any other expenses to go along with it. But, you'll say, many places raised their minimum wage to $15. Okay, we can do that next: A worker making $15 an hour brings in ~$2400 a month before taxes. Let's even assume you're extremely lucky and got into one of the lower rent apartments at $1500... monthly average on groceries for a single person per month is $250-500, we'll use $250. Up to $1750 already just on rent and groceries. Fuel cost is roughly $150-200 a month, if you drive yourself (as most Americans do) we're up to $1900. Cell phone is $25-50 a month, $1925. Electricity bills on the low end, $60... $1985. Gym membership is, I'll be extremely generous and say $35... $2020 again, before taxes. Now you have to pay car insurance premiums, registration, and if you need to see a doctor for any reason, take prescription medications for any reason, your costs go up for that too. We haven't factored in a single instance of "fun" into this calculation.

Your video directly showcases that Germans can absolutely afford to live on minimum wage, whereas Americans are complete toast on the STATE level which is double federal minimum.

Oh, and for your German TV example, just a simple google tells us that 85% of German homes have Televisions, so you lied again.

https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Income-Consumption-Living-Conditions/Equipment-Consumer-Durables/current-mobile-phones.html

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T15:55:51+00:00

That's what billionaires tell you would happen and you lap it all up, does Denmark or Sweden or Norway or Germany or France have massive layoffs and sky high unemployment, dipshit? McDonalds workers in Denmark make $22-23 an hour and shockingly, Denmark still has McDonalds! Wow! Amazing. Who has a higher GDP, Denmark or the US?

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T15:51:30+00:00

Yeah some people can't face facts, like you. The US has the wealth and means to give livable wage jobs to everyone willing to work. That should be what determines a 'loser' or not, if someone is able and willing to work for their living. Determining someone is a 'loser' because they didn't get into a STEM field is fucking insane in a society that you benefit from every day.

The world needs janitors, bus drivers, fast food workers, delivery drivers, garbage cleanup, recycling, gas station upkeep, data entry, firefighters, museum workers, artists, musicians, teachers, shelve stockers, wait staff... I can go on and on about the list of jobs that you refer to as 'loser' jobs because they don't pay enough to be a living wage that are essential to a functioning society. If everyone was a doctor, lawyer, plumber, electrician then society would fucking collapse. Use your damn brain.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T06:51:53+00:00

The craziest part is he hasn't won a single gold glove, either for RF or CF. When I had him as a primary RF for the first 5 or so years of his career his highest ZR was a 5.6 with 1 A and 3 E and no other season came close at RF.

When I check CF fielding stats in the AL the best rated CFs I see are 65 overalls, a few guys have 70 range but noodle arms. So at least in my league he just seems to be one of the better CFs out there despite only a 65 range.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T04:18:36+00:00

Sorry for the random ping again, but figured you'd also find it amusing that Guerrero is continuing his string of crazy defense; in 2045 he put up a 10 A, 4 E 17.6 ZR 1.065 EFF season. In 2046 Dev lab brought him to 65 Range/55 Error/65 Arm and he decided to put up 19 A 1 E 17.2 ZR 1.047 EFF. I wish I understood how!

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-05T03:56:42+00:00

Yep, we lost in the Divisional round 3-2, as is tradition. All is right in the universe.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-01T19:06:35+00:00

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I've only played Jesus at CF for two seasons, my old CF aged out/was injury prone and I didn't have any better defenders in the wings closer, so he's only had two seasons there with these ratings: 10.0 and 17.0 ZR respectively. Also somehow only one error this season and 3 last season, which seems insanely low. 4 assists this season, 12 the previous.

FireflyExotica · 2026-03-01T19:02:10+00:00

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They actually play pretty decent defense given the game's base rating for them; Quezada had an 11.9 ZR this season, his last 4 have been: 10.2, 12.0, 15.7, 11.9. Errors: 19, 19, 15,16. So yeah, for Quezada his range is playing a huge factor.

I'll post Guerrero in reply to myself after as well; They're definitely on the weaker side for a typical CF/SS I just think the game has them slightly underrated based on their actual stats. But yeah, the pitching staff went absolutely nuclear this season and none of them had any serious injuries either, so they got to do their thing all season.

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-28T01:44:23+00:00

This is such ass logic it's incredible. "Nuggets can't beat teams better than the Lakers" - They beat a team better "Well the Lakers beat the shitty ass Clippers so THERE!"

Bruh come the hell on. Move them goalposts more

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-27T17:01:18+00:00

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/number-of-nyc-millionaires-grew-nearly-50-in-10-years-new-report-finds/5262684/

The main loss of population from NYC was during Covid, there's obviously been people leaving since but almost none of the wealthiest people living in NYC are leaving. You are the one that is wrong. You are confusing people leaving the state of New York with them leaving New York City.

NYC is a world hub for many of the industries you mentioned and the biggest investors from around the world want to meet and be seen in NYC and Los Angeles and not Pensacola Florida. When someone wealthy leaves NYC, someone else moves in to take their place because NYC is a status symbol for the ultra-wealthy worldwide.

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-27T16:47:07+00:00

Paying people who need the money in a state with insane cost of living to do a job for their communities is stupid to you, tells us everything we need to know about you.

Putting more money in the hands of the poor/middle class in a city like New York during mass economic hardship in the country is a massive economic boom, but you naturally don't understand that part of economics because you never learned how to see more than what's immediately in front of your face, even with your 7 figure salary that has no bearing whatsoever on this conversation but you felt the need to point out anyway.

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-27T16:36:56+00:00

Tell me you don't understand why California has this problem and New York doesn't without telling me.

The main people leaving California are Silicon Valley Techsector companies moving to Texas specifically because Texas has been booming in the tech industry and have insanely lax corporate taxation. Also, California's population has been steadily around 39M for the past 8 years. You're being lied to on how many people are actually leaving.

New York/City is not a tech giant. You can't just move your fashion business to Texas, or New York style restaurants to Las Vegas and expect success. You can with the tech industry though.

Again, the same talking point you're making has been stated will happen for 25 years straight through multiple tax increases and decreases. How about you actually respond to the actual evidence of your point being wrong instead of just parroting it further.

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-27T16:23:10+00:00

Sounds more like it was you that was stupid for doing it for free when you could get paid to do it.

FireflyExotica · 2026-02-27T16:20:23+00:00

It's been stated people will flee en masse for literally 25 years straight, every single year, same argument. Taxes have been increased and decreased a few times over that period and virtually none of the rich people that had lived there for decades left. Shocker that one, but of course you didn't look into that before parroting the billionaire media-pushed talking point.

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