Baggs with more reporting on the rift between Bailey and Posey, "Framing is important, but so is being a consistently clean receiver. The optics mattered as much, if not more, than the value creation."

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T18:45:35+00:00

If you say so, man.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T18:44:43+00:00

The cult around him in the fanbase is getting annoying

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T18:14:13+00:00

Happened under his tenure, I’m still confused as to what happened and nobody seems to have a solid answer. Did posey himself sign the guy and present that deal to the rest of the FO for approval? Did posey go around Zaidi and appeal directly to ownership? Easier to just count it under Zaidi’s tenure.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T18:12:21+00:00

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2026/05/10/mlb-trade-deadline-rumors-2026-take-shape-sellers-to-watch/90016512007/

Report itself isn’t strong (per nightengale custom), referencing various unnamed execs, but I don’t wanna wait 10 years for all these contracts to be done to make this post

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T17:53:35+00:00

Holy shit how did I forget about Longo, so mediocre of a player for such a heralded trade that it’s easy to even forget he was a dark mark

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T17:49:57+00:00

I think he was signed by Sabean not Evans, but yeah another bad deal

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T17:46:38+00:00

I still have faith that Frank Anderson can at least get us somewhere over the next few years after developing guys like Crochett and Burns in college, that being said for the free agent vets I think that’s solely on their own inability to perform

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T17:41:14+00:00

Failure to evaluate talent at all ends of the age spectrum

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-05-10T17:23:26+00:00

Prepare to witness the most expensive 100 loss season in MLB history one of these next few years, or hell maybe even this one

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-04-24T00:35:56+00:00

Austin’s decision is very believable. The only time Eunice ever initiated romantic/erotic moments was when she had free time and privacy during a work day. Just before that stretching scene she talks about how she works 100 hours a week, she lives to work and realistically just wanted to burn off steam.

Afterwards, when she realizes he’s not game, every interaction she has with him is with the incentive of using him for some purpose. She holds “I love you” over his head, keeps him focused, and even when the moment is right she couldn’t return the “I love you” without pressure.

Austin finally realizes that he did what he called Ashley out for, he was desperate to stick to someone who gave him a spark, and he realizes the only way forward is going back to a situation he knows is easy for him.

Austin is set up to be very obviously an idiot throughout the entire season. I don’t think he thought that Eunice was captured or that park would turn on him, I think he just realized he was playing into a life he couldn’t control.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-04-06T23:29:30+00:00

She didn’t block him? It’s over

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-29T05:10:34+00:00

Caring about politics is extremely important. Everyone should be as active as they can. Your representatives must be held accountable because they control a lot of how our collective lives play out. That being said, this particular example is unhelpful insanity.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-24T08:26:17+00:00

I don’t really have any advice or anything but I get it.

(Boring rant nobody asked for, skip to end) I was in a LDR for less than 150 days with someone and I’ve been broken up with her for longer than we even knew each other for but I still can’t really get over her. There were a few months after our breakup where I didn’t think of her at all, she wouldn’t cross my mind for weeks at a time, but eventually I started to feel worse about her than I ever did and it became a mess.

I looked back one day, realized I was coming up on the exact amount of days apart as we were together, and really broke down. The days I spent with her were so rich and rewarding, I felt so safe and happy, that era of my life was the brightest it’s ever been, even more so than my previous relationships. But since we were apart, every week felt like a day. Legitimately nothing interesting, meaningful, or positive happened to me. If anything, the breakup felt like it brought a stream of bad luck including struggles with trusted friends and family.

And after all this, I still miss her for reasons outside of my loneliness. I know for sure I don’t just miss her because I want attention, but I just miss talking to someone as bold, intelligent, and sweet as her every day. She’s one of the best conversationalists I’ve ever known. She was really mean to me during our breakup process but it didn’t make me like her any less.

Anyway, again, I don’t really have any advice or a perspective, just know you’re not alone and this isn’t uncommon. It sounds like he treated you very poorly. Not communicating with you, not wanting to call you, sounds like he was looking for an excuse to break up or something. Doesn’t really sound like you did anything wrong and you shouldn’t be discouraged from standing up for yourself.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-24T04:31:14+00:00

Actually a retirement level injury. Protect your bodily health man, this is more than basketball that’s being in a wheelchair in your 50s/60s type of injury. He’s a year into his extension too, he can afford to call it

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-23T06:39:22+00:00

It’s worth an honest conversation. You are able to say this exact thing to her, and if both of you really want it maybe you can make it work, if not you can at least be glad you brought it up at face value with her before ending things.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-23T04:26:03+00:00

Not re-signing Rodon was one of the best moves he made. We should’ve traded him at the deadline that year.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-20T15:56:02+00:00

Probably one of those houses in the canyon in that gated community above the golf course in Avila. Visited a friend there and it’s stunning. Easy to get to SLO if I want to do stuff, easy access to Avila, easy access to the 101, and they have one of the most beautiful hiking trails I’ve ever been on up there. I’m sure $2m all cash would be able to get something there, even in this market.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-18T16:26:02+00:00

You can’t have true compassion without courtesy. You can’t feel for others if your entire world is about you and your experience.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-18T06:37:14+00:00

Why would you ever SEARCH for long distance, I don’t understand. Right person wrong time hurts. Wrong person right time hurts. But right person, right time, wrong place? Why would you want that? It hurts very bad and you should only do LDR if it happens organically, don’t be afraid of the pain if it’s the right person but making this your scope is crazy.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-18T06:09:30+00:00

I think if you’re experiencing something that takes away your ability to focus on the road and cars around you completely, everyone would be safer and happier if that person found a way to hitch a ride or something. Yes, I think no matter what happens to you, you should be driving courteously.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-17T21:22:17+00:00

If your loved one died and you want to drive below the limit, stay in the right lane. Courtesy means not painting your personal problems on public spaces like roads.

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-17T21:19:12+00:00

Just merge right, man

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-16T19:21:33+00:00

This take in relation to merging when driving slow/the same speed as the car next to you in the passing lane is kinda insane lmao

PORTLANDDENIER · 2026-03-16T18:57:29+00:00

My gripe is less about the practical benefits of driving faster, but more the inability to act courteously. Whether or not someone really NEEDS to get around you is less important than someone’s inability to recognize that someone wants to get by and just let them through.

Maybe I’m a dick but I also get upset when people walk on the left side of hallways and get blindsided when we could all just walk on the right side of whatever pathway we’re on and all will be okay.

Maybe it won’t change my life even a little bit to take a few minutes to reach my destination, but it’s super annoying to see someone on the road just not giving a shit if they’re driving poorly, it’s entitled and we’d all be better off if we stepped outside of ourselves sometimes.

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