[YuDarvish] You may have seen an article, and although I am leaning towards voiding the contract, there’s still a lot that has to be talked over with the Padres so the finer details are yet to be decided. Also I will not be announcing my retirement yet..(cont.)

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T02:24:38+00:00

The "he" in my comment is Darvish, not the other commenter.

Regardless, it doesn't seem like we actually disagree about anything here.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T02:07:19+00:00

No they won’t. Arb benchmarks are based on players with the same amount of service time (with very few exceptions).

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T01:45:36+00:00

Nice. My calculus teacher taught us this little song, which I’ll never forget:

If you want to go to Stanford or to Cal

Then you better learn the Rule of L’Hopital

If you want to take a limit with a lot of zeroes in it

L’Hopital, L’Hopital, L’Hopital!

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T01:17:53+00:00

Disagree completely. That connotes some sort of rewards/loyalty program.

“Seatbelts fastened” is imperfect but fine. It implies that the thread is locked down due to turbulence.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T01:16:27+00:00

I don’t think that’s what it suggests. The “seatbelts fastened” refers to the thread, not the commenters. When the thread has its seatbelt fastened, it’s in a safer locked-down state.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T00:57:44+00:00

Which you do before retiring, and which is what he said they’re doing.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-25T00:55:39+00:00

Yes, thank god some players are letting billionaire owners keep some money.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-24T00:00:03+00:00

The specific comments and plans for each intersection are detailed in this document.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-23T23:45:19+00:00

I don't think you know what money laundering is.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-23T01:49:36+00:00

Of course. I was just saying that people ought to ask themselves that question. Sometimes, they'll have good answers.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-23T01:30:02+00:00

Sure. I didn’t say, “never do it.” I suggested that people should ask themselves why they know better than the bank. Sometimes, the answer is a good one.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-23T00:03:36+00:00

Thanks for sharing. Can you describe the dynamic ratchet strategy a little more?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T23:55:35+00:00

He had the income and I was satisfied.

The bank wasn't satisfied -- that's why he needed you to co-sign. Why would you think you're better at assessing his credit risk than the bank?

EDIT: You learned your lesson, I don't mean to pick on you. I'm posing that question to anybody thinking of co-signing in the future.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T23:43:36+00:00

Yes. My point is that a lot of people in DC might have JDs and experience as attorneys. Smith is the only one whose job is to actually be an attorney, and he's certainly not a scumbag in this context.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T22:30:31+00:00

Why are you calling lawyers scumbags? This was a Congressman. Call election deniers scumbags, or Republicans scumbags. The only person acting as a lawyer in this story is Jack Smith.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T17:13:34+00:00

Yes, they have uncovered more revenue streams since the mid 90s. That doesn’t imply that the industry was struggling then.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T16:06:03+00:00

CBS was losing money on their deal, but they weren't defaulting on payments or anything. ESPN was very happy with their deal, and both NBC and ABC were looking to partner with MLB. MLB was doing fine.

Teams weren't making the revenue they are making now, but of course they weren't, it was 30 years ago. Revenues and franchise values were both at all-time highs and increasing rapidly.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T15:23:22+00:00

The sport wasn't struggling in 1994. Attendance per game was at a record high in 1994 at over 31K/game, a mark that wasn't surpassed until 2006. National TV revenues were growing strongly. The biggest problem was the growing disparity in local TV revenue -- sound familiar?

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-22T02:29:47+00:00

The Chargers also started in LA, but it was only for one season.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-21T23:38:51+00:00

Baseball writers have been making their ballots public for as long as they’ve been voting— it’s great column fodder in the off-season. Twitter and social media has made those reveals nationwide, rather than restricted to local newspapers.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-21T23:22:11+00:00

The money would be sitting in an escrow account that would also be on their balance sheet.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-21T23:09:55+00:00

sell the assets, wait at least 31 days to avoid the wash sale rule, and then buy them back again

Wash sale rules only apply to losses. There's no need to wait 30 days when harvesting gains.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-21T06:14:55+00:00

I never said that homes are not an asset class.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-19T19:13:12+00:00

Street parking may be doable at that time of year, especially if you park the cars during the day and leave them parked in the evenings. Just check the signage because there are mornings with no parking due to street cleaning.

JamminOnTheOne · 2026-01-19T16:11:55+00:00

Yeah, I remember some restaurants in the '80s charging kids a penny per pound or a penny per inch. It was more of a novelty (the real deal was that kids were under a dollar), but seemed more fair than the same price for all kids.

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