26 thoughts on “March 21, 2017: “Missing Assignments in Science””
AMR, apologies for the fumble. The good news is that our department's intern was 20 paces in front of me rather than 20 paces behind, so she remained completely oblivious.
I saw your nervous looks her direction. I kept the item in my pocket until she passed.
Come on Fhqwhgads, I see you jockin' me. Trying to play like u no me.
Trogdor likes this.
this video happened to fit my circumstances almost perfectly today. I had a tough conversation with my director yesterday about a project I'm overseeing (including the development of a web app to display some data visualizations), as we were disagreeing about some aspects of the web app.
I shared this with him, my dev team, and my fellow deputy. We all had a good laugh.
And that reminds me of this
A law school classmate (and friend I still keep in touch with through FB) argued in front of the SCOTUS yesterday.
If I weren't so good at living vicariously through others, I'd be a more disappointing attorney.
My comment is awaiting moderation?
The government flagged some of the words in your post
All things in moderation, sir.
New Wolves logo on 4.11
New or retro? Either could be disastrous.
The San Diego Padres may have four catchers on their opening day roster. Can you imagine a major league team actually carrying four catchers?
Well, if one of the catchers can also pitch, and another one can play short...
Probably still not enough to make Gardy feel comfortable DHing one.
It seems like the Rule 5 situation is what is forcing the issue. Short term, 4 catchers is ridiculous, but maybe it's a short term compromise you accept for the long-term potential of keeping the Rule 5 guy on the roster. And as RR mentioned, if you are using one of them as a pitcher, then maybe you have:
5 starting pitchers
6 relief pitchers
1 C/RP
1 C/1B
2 C
10 field players for 7 positions
It's also somewhat less outrageous in the NL where you don't play with a DH as much. Honestly, if you trust the C/RP to pitch, you could go to 5 starting pitchers, 5 relief pitchers, plus the C/RP.
I don't think it's what they are doing here, but it could kind of be an interesting strategy to run a sort of catcher platoon. Paul Lo Duca may be a somewhat extreme example, but check out his career tOPS+ splits (OPS relative to his overall OPS):
104 -- April
117 -- May
103 -- June
105 -- July
92 -- August
81 -- September
And that's over the course of his entire career, not exactly a small sample. The position is notorious for wearing people down. If you had three guys that could catch and play a corner infield position, rotating them around to keep them from sitting in a squat six days a week could be good both for the team down the stretch and for the players as they get older. The hardest part is finding guys who can both catch and hit.
Salvador Perez
102 -- April
106 -- May
126 -- June
68 -- July
94 -- August
106 -- September
He's the guy everyone says wears down because he never takes a day off. It sure looks like it until September, bizarrely.
Nibbish - Hope you had fun kicking some butt in cribbage tonight. (he's kind of a ringer) It was nice meeting you after all these years. Should be a fun league. Thanks for playing!
Had a blast. Looking forward to next week!
That was the Shabazziest quarter ever. Constant gunning, crashing the boards, never considering a pass.
3 left in the 4th, and i have no idea how the wolves are still in this thing.
Welp.
The ending was a snafu in the most literal definition.
AMR, apologies for the fumble. The good news is that our department's intern was 20 paces in front of me rather than 20 paces behind, so she remained completely oblivious.
I saw your nervous looks her direction. I kept the item in my pocket until she passed.
to continue the supervisor thread from yesterday -- an oldie but goodie from the Brothers Chaps, the makers of Homestar Runner
Come on Fhqwhgads, I see you jockin' me. Trying to play like u no me.
Trogdor likes this.
this video happened to fit my circumstances almost perfectly today. I had a tough conversation with my director yesterday about a project I'm overseeing (including the development of a web app to display some data visualizations), as we were disagreeing about some aspects of the web app.
I shared this with him, my dev team, and my fellow deputy. We all had a good laugh.
And that reminds me of this
A law school classmate (and friend I still keep in touch with through FB) argued in front of the SCOTUS yesterday.
If I weren't so good at living vicariously through others, I'd be a more disappointing attorney.
My comment is awaiting moderation?
The government flagged some of the words in your post
All things in moderation, sir.
New Wolves logo on 4.11
New or retro? Either could be disastrous.
The San Diego Padres may have four catchers on their opening day roster. Can you imagine a major league team actually carrying four catchers?
Well, if one of the catchers can also pitch, and another one can play short...
Probably still not enough to make Gardy feel comfortable DHing one.
It seems like the Rule 5 situation is what is forcing the issue. Short term, 4 catchers is ridiculous, but maybe it's a short term compromise you accept for the long-term potential of keeping the Rule 5 guy on the roster. And as RR mentioned, if you are using one of them as a pitcher, then maybe you have:
5 starting pitchers
6 relief pitchers
1 C/RP
1 C/1B
2 C
10 field players for 7 positions
It's also somewhat less outrageous in the NL where you don't play with a DH as much. Honestly, if you trust the C/RP to pitch, you could go to 5 starting pitchers, 5 relief pitchers, plus the C/RP.
I don't think it's what they are doing here, but it could kind of be an interesting strategy to run a sort of catcher platoon. Paul Lo Duca may be a somewhat extreme example, but check out his career tOPS+ splits (OPS relative to his overall OPS):
104 -- April
117 -- May
103 -- June
105 -- July
92 -- August
81 -- September
And that's over the course of his entire career, not exactly a small sample. The position is notorious for wearing people down. If you had three guys that could catch and play a corner infield position, rotating them around to keep them from sitting in a squat six days a week could be good both for the team down the stretch and for the players as they get older. The hardest part is finding guys who can both catch and hit.
Salvador Perez
102 -- April
106 -- May
126 -- June
68 -- July
94 -- August
106 -- September
He's the guy everyone says wears down because he never takes a day off. It sure looks like it until September, bizarrely.
Nibbish - Hope you had fun kicking some butt in cribbage tonight. (he's kind of a ringer) It was nice meeting you after all these years. Should be a fun league. Thanks for playing!
Had a blast. Looking forward to next week!
That was the Shabazziest quarter ever. Constant gunning, crashing the boards, never considering a pass.
3 left in the 4th, and i have no idea how the wolves are still in this thing.
Welp.
The ending was a snafu in the most literal definition.
t-pups.