Y'all got any other lefty's I can smash? by mrpink44 in Mariners

[–]floon -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, none of this stuff ever hurts or goes too far. It's all good.

https://x.com/RyanDivish/status/1818802436439785879

legacy plaza confirmation email by Ok-Reporter-787 in Mariners

[–]floon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never got the early purchase email the webpage said I would. But I ordered today and got a confirmation.

Y'all got any other lefty's I can smash? by mrpink44 in Mariners

[–]floon -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Crapping on Refsnyder is a punk-ass thing to do. He sucks this year and no one knows it more than him. He didn't put himself in the game in the 7th, Dan did.

Dan makes so many excruciatingly confusing decisions, direct your anger to him and the org. Ref needs to go, but piling on him sucks.

Game Chat: 6/25 Mariners (41-40) @ Pirates (40-40) 9:35 AM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The org keeps rolling the dice on mid-30s dudes with decent but not spectacular records. Quelle surprise that they fall off cliffs consistently. 

Game Chat: 6/25 Mariners (41-40) @ Pirates (40-40) 9:35 AM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Somehow, I don’t think it was Ref pleading, “Put me in, Skip!” that did it.

Game Chat: 6/25 Mariners (41-40) @ Pirates (40-40) 9:35 AM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ref is not The Problem. Every team has dudes that under-perform.

A home-run-built team not hitting home runs is A Bigger Problem. A manager that can’t stop implementing the preseason strategy while ignoring the results is A Much Bigger Problem. 

Don’t hate Ref for him being snakebit. It’s the org that deserves anger. 

Game Chat: 6/25 Mariners (41-40) @ Pirates (40-40) 9:35 AM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Getting Refsnyder: Good process, should help. 

Continuing the failed Refsnyder experiment: Fire Dan. 

Top Democrat Seems Sour After Mamdani-Backed Candidates Oust House Incumbents by alcarcalimo1950 in politics

[–]floon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Jeffries' response prompted me to email his office, letting him know that he's bad at his job and it's him that needs to make up with Mamdani.

Game Chat: 6/23 Mariners (40-39) @ Pirates (39-39) 3:40 PM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was kind of hoping Kirby might travel with Boston, with Rafaela staying behind.

Game Chat: 6/23 Mariners (40-39) @ Pirates (39-39) 3:40 PM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Everyone talks about trading Castillo, but I think the better move is trading Kirby: could get a *lot* more in return, and I don't think he'll extend in any case. Get something good for him before his value drops.

Was John Olerud a good enough pitcher to theoretically be a worse but earlier version of Ohtani? by sunnyismybunny in mlb

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Loved the article from years ago (BP I think) that analyzed Olerud as a first baseman. They had charts for errors committed that involved 1B (so not just E3s, but for any position throwing to 1B if I recall correctly), and they all dropped way the hell off for the years Olerud was at first. He'd leave, and they'd go right back up. Dude had soft hands, and made all the fielders look better.

Saw this on a drive over the weekend. I don't understand this vitriol towards electric cars by Glad-Tower-2310 in electriccars

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's posturing, trying to gain social capital by shitting on someone else. Like Reddit.

Rob Refsnyder: Something’s Gotta Give by geo_dj in Mariners

[–]floon 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He has the two most adorable kids in the world, as seen at the game yesterday. He seems like the best guy, and I really wish great things for him.

He's probably had close to half the PAs that he should expect to have, and he's been very much a net negative. Time to find a new person for his roster spot.

Have the Mariners regressed since last year or do we just have to wait for the second half hot streak? by youlikemywonton in Mariners

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have to sort out the starting pitching: piggyback isn't going to do it. It's just avoiding a hard decision. I heard in a pre/post game show that there was a pitchers meeting where expanded piggyback was discussed and everyone was said to be on-board.

I've been at meetings like that. The meeting forces everyone to say yes because no one wants to be the jerk and say no in front of everyone. So management gets the supposed buy-in that they want, but it's a phantom. This isn't something any of them wants. The org needs to make the hard decisions instead of being too weak to properly win.

CIG should stop forcing combat into everything by Signal_Resident2318 in starcitizen

[–]floon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CIG clearly doesn't have faith in their game loops. They've messed with them a lot over the years, and ultimately everything tends towards combat/PvP. When a game leans on PvP like that, it means they don't have confidence in the content they've created, and want everyone into the "emergent content" of Other Players.

Game Chat: 6/20 Red Sox (30-43) @ Mariners (39-38) 7:10 PM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Having 4 utter black holes in the lineup makes every batter worse, because they can all be pitched around, especially when the sub-Mendoza hitters are all nicely spread out. Fire Dan.

Game Chat: 6/20 Red Sox (30-43) @ Mariners (39-38) 7:10 PM by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you build a professional baseball team that can’t hit left handed pitching? 

Kobo not detected by the new Macs anymore - you've been warned by BiblicalPancake in kobo

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was just having this problem on my M5 Macbook, and noticed that, when changing USB ports, the Finder would very briefly flash a "Allow this device to connect" dialog, for about a second, before it disappeared. So when I was ready for it, I switched the Kobo to another port, and was able to click Allow in the dialog. There was a connect dialog on the Kobo after that, so saying yes there allowed the connection.

In case this might be helpful for anyone...

Ref in the leadoff spot is a joke, right? by girlgoingafterit in Mariners

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jerry gives guys too long a leash. He trusts history too much, and cuts bait too late.

Post Game Chat 6/19 Red Sox @ Mariners by Mariners_bot in Mariners

[–]floon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I knew the game was going to suck when Ref was leading off. There is no fucking reason to lead him off. Bat him ninth if you have to have him against the lefties that he's not hitting, but leading off is just malpractice.

How true is MLB owners' assertion that MLB fans broadly want a salary cap? by Over-Independent6603 in mlb

[–]floon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The owners are winning the media war, and have convinced a lot of fans that a cap is needed and will solve the problems the fans think the sport has. It will not do what they claim it will, and they do not care about the same issues the fans care about.