I know I’ve complained about this several times, but it time is just flying towards the end of year. And I have soooo much to do.
34 thoughts on “December 6, 2019: Light Speed”
Meeting today with people from the Three Rivers Park District, hoping to convince them to remove the outhousevault toilet it installed just past my backyard, visible from my bedroom window, deck, dining room, etc. It's only 60% closer than the distance illustrated in their "final plan", and behind 0% of the trees. It's at the edge of a transmission-line easement meaning no vegetation will ever be allowed to grow up to block the view. Working from home till then, but needed to vent.
Good luck. I've been lurking on this saga over on FB. Hoping for the best for you.
Likewise, and likewise.
You can fight city hall. But bring your flamethrower.
The Twins are apparently going to sign Alex Avila. I assume that means Mitch Garver will be the full-time catcher this season.
How's his D / pitch framing, I wonder? He gets on base more than Castro, I guess...
alex avila had a 6.29 framing runs above average rate in 2019.
Avila & Castro are the same age. Over the past three seasons, Avila's led in OPS+ (98 to 91) with almost 30 points more OBP. That means Avila's been solidly above-average for OBP, while Castro's been just a hair below. Both have below-average power. Avila strikes out more frequently than Castro (34.3% to 29.4%), but also walks more frequently (16.7% to 11.5%).
Great pick-up, I think, especially if Rocco follows through on the intent to keep Garver fresher by having more of a timeshare behind the dish. Something like 50/40/10, Garver/Avila/Astudillo?
Plus Avila (like Castro) is LH batter for the platoon, fwiw
Yeah, I really like this pickup. Avila's on base skills are very very good for a catcher, and his left handed bat balances Garver. This is about a perfect a backup catcher (who will likely be more of a "1b" to Garver's "1a") pickup as we could have hoped for, I think.
Pretty decent price on top of everything too.
Great value for sure, considering they paid Castro $8M last season, so a slight upgrade at half the price. Castro has pretty wide splits, so he would benefit from a strict platoon as well.
I love that kind of article -- breaking down everything and showing its work clearly. I'm sort of surprised it came from MLB.
At this point, I'd like them to go with Ryu and Donaldson. Ryu's command will play anywhere, so long as he's healthy.
Wish our defense was better to back that up.
Donaldson at third would help the left side a lot. Arraez would be the biggest hole then.
Not convinced he's a big plus on defence, but I guess compared to Miguel
UZR has him above average (9th overall)
DRS has him as one of the best in the league at third.
Both show him as a significant improvement over Sano.
I wish we could get a stud shortstop. It would make the entire defense better.
That and a healthy Buxton -- oh yeah.
Yes. C, SS, CF. The rest fall into place.
There's been a lot of talk about our pitching versus the other playoff teams last year but I've hardly heard anyone mention how much worse our infield defense was compared to others.
Meeting today with people from the Three Rivers Park District, hoping to convince them to remove the
outhousevault toilet it installed just past my backyard, visible from my bedroom window, deck, dining room, etc. It's only 60% closer than the distance illustrated in their "final plan", and behind 0% of the trees. It's at the edge of a transmission-line easement meaning no vegetation will ever be allowed to grow up to block the view. Working from home till then, but needed to vent.Good luck. I've been lurking on this saga over on FB. Hoping for the best for you.
Likewise, and likewise.
You can fight city hall. But bring your flamethrower.
The Twins are apparently going to sign Alex Avila. I assume that means Mitch Garver will be the full-time catcher this season.
How's his D / pitch framing, I wonder? He gets on base more than Castro, I guess...
well, okay then, sign me up
Avila & Castro are the same age. Over the past three seasons, Avila's led in OPS+ (98 to 91) with almost 30 points more OBP. That means Avila's been solidly above-average for OBP, while Castro's been just a hair below. Both have below-average power. Avila strikes out more frequently than Castro (34.3% to 29.4%), but also walks more frequently (16.7% to 11.5%).
Great pick-up, I think, especially if Rocco follows through on the intent to keep Garver fresher by having more of a timeshare behind the dish. Something like 50/40/10, Garver/Avila/Astudillo?
Plus Avila (like Castro) is LH batter for the platoon, fwiw
Yeah, I really like this pickup. Avila's on base skills are very very good for a catcher, and his left handed bat balances Garver. This is about a perfect a backup catcher (who will likely be more of a "1b" to Garver's "1a") pickup as we could have hoped for, I think.
Pretty decent price on top of everything too.
Great value for sure, considering they paid Castro $8M last season, so a slight upgrade at half the price. Castro has pretty wide splits, so he would benefit from a strict platoon as well.
Are we sure Bumgarner is good?
I love that kind of article -- breaking down everything and showing its work clearly. I'm sort of surprised it came from MLB.
At this point, I'd like them to go with Ryu and Donaldson. Ryu's command will play anywhere, so long as he's healthy.
Wish our defense was better to back that up.
Donaldson at third would help the left side a lot. Arraez would be the biggest hole then.
Not convinced he's a big plus on defence, but I guess compared to Miguel
UZR has him above average (9th overall)
DRS has him as one of the best in the league at third.
Both show him as a significant improvement over Sano.
I wish we could get a stud shortstop. It would make the entire defense better.
That and a healthy Buxton -- oh yeah.
Yes. C, SS, CF. The rest fall into place.
There's been a lot of talk about our pitching versus the other playoff teams last year but I've hardly heard anyone mention how much worse our infield defense was compared to others.
and 2/3 of an outfield
I bet he wanted the Vikings as pallbearers so they could let him down one last time.
This sounds oddly familiar. 🤔
In case anyone missed it, be sure to volunteer for your Best of 2019 Guest DJ spot.
Fifteen years ago
Ttoday, one of the all-time greatest viral videos was published online:Unlike most folks who viewed it, I was already very familiar with the song that inspired it.
well, it wasn't published online today
Fixed.
Less wholesome, but it’s also the fiftieth anniversary of the Altamont Free Concert.
The perils of livestreaming.
What's wrong with slapdash?
this g’d game.
wolves were up by 2 with like 1.2 seconds on the clock and still lost.