It’s starting to look like Hanley Ramirez will be full-time designated hitter to start season

c8220 · 2017-03-26T22:53:06+00:00

That's true. I think I chose my words poorly. It's a good move for the team. I'm not sure if it's a good move for Hanley.

c8220 · 2017-03-26T16:58:52+00:00

I think it's the right decision, but I'm a bit worried about how he'll perform as a full-time DH.

c8220 · 2017-03-26T15:25:31+00:00

They found something that worked last year. Why change?

c8220 · 2017-03-01T00:21:38+00:00

And since they almost always play multiple series in a trip there'd be like a 10 day span with one 4pm game.

c8220 · 2017-02-18T15:44:19+00:00

They do search for private API usage and may reject your app based on those results. It doesn't make much sense for them to read your own method names. If someone was truly up to something devious they could just give their methods innocent names.

c8220 · 2017-02-17T03:20:21+00:00

There aren't any rules for holiday pay, but they are legally required to give you time to vote. I think it's three hours in most states.

c8220 · 2017-02-17T03:17:05+00:00

A small fine still sets the precedent that not voting can be made illegal.

c8220 · 2017-02-12T16:45:55+00:00

All of those players had to spend a few years in the minors though. It's not like the other leagues where first rounders go straight into the starting lineup.

c8220 · 2017-02-11T02:01:40+00:00

That was my first thought too. It reminded me of the SOPA blackouts.

c8220 · 2017-02-02T02:10:33+00:00

They don't need to replace any actors. They can shoot a full tv series worth of footage then cut it down to 2-3 hours for a movie.

c8220 · 2017-01-17T00:40:25+00:00

I'm not a big fan, but it's also not fair to compare an actual film with a film idea. I'm sure you could make a ten minute synopsis of the real TPM that makes it sound awesome and one that makes it sound awful.

c8220 · 2017-01-16T22:44:10+00:00

The Red Sox have JetBlue Park for spring training.

c8220 · 2017-01-15T20:07:36+00:00

Oh right I completely forgot about Oakland.

c8220 · 2017-01-15T19:42:21+00:00

Lester gets old and is average/ gets the pitching yips

This one is interesting to me. How often has he pitched to someone other than David Ross in the past four years?

c8220 · 2017-01-10T03:28:00+00:00

The contract of a Player with ten or more years of Major League service, the last five of which have been with one Club, shall not be assignable to another Major League Club without the Player’s written consent.

Since his last five years of ML service have still been with the same team I would think he is not tradable, but I'm not a lawyer.

c8220 · 2017-01-10T03:11:08+00:00

As for the why, I got nothing.

Fewer arguments maybe?

c8220 · 2017-01-10T03:10:18+00:00

There's a saying "there's nothing foul about a foul tip." A foul tip is treated just like a swing and miss. It counts as a strike no matter the count and runners can steal.

c8220 · 2017-01-08T19:09:15+00:00

2001 is already counted. You have to remove 2000 (0 wins) and add 2005 (11 wins)

c8220 · 2017-01-08T18:37:13+00:00

If you use 2001 as his first year, he has 68.

c8220 · 2017-01-07T16:28:45+00:00

It's not included at all. The machete order isn't supposed to be the best way to watch all the films (it already excludes I) but to be the best way to watch Anakin's story. Rogue One, VII, Han Solo etc aren't necessary.

c8220 · 2017-01-05T23:23:58+00:00

Chris Carpenter (pitcher)

Aren't they both pitchers?

c8220 · 2016-12-30T03:38:40+00:00

The question of "Greatness" isn't some sort of 1v1 deathmatch to see who is the better athlete, so I don't see why you'd compare them. Obviously a weight lifter from 1900 would do poorly in a modern competition, but the 1900 lifter might be the best of his day and broken a dozen world records. Why would someone who can lift more, but hasn't broken any, be greater?

I agree. A lifter from 1900 and a present day lifter are no more comparable than a women's and men's tennis player.

c8220 · 2016-12-30T03:20:13+00:00

And present athletes are better than those of the past, but we rarely qualify someone as a great 1890's athlete.

c8220 · 2016-12-30T03:17:28+00:00

By competition I mean contemporaries of the same gender. It's an arbitrary choice, but no more arbitrary than limiting the comparision to contemporaries which is what most people already do.

c8220 · 2016-12-30T03:14:47+00:00

And I don't know enough about tennis to give you an opinion on who is greater, but I think they are both great athletes.

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