16 thoughts on “August 30, 2023: Appraisal”

    1. #samesies

      In our case (previous house), it was because of stucco failure, not window failure per se. The construction practices employed in our prior subdivision were shit. No flashing around the windows, and the "Western One-Coat" stucco practice was crap.

      Of course, we were unaware of these construction deficiencies when we bought the house and the statute of limitations for claims was ten years from completion (ours failed at around 20).

      Thank God we bought this current house, built to exacting standards....

    2. Mosey around the 200 level and look for sections that don't have an usher. Avoid the wheelchair sections, you will get asked for your ticket there. Otherwise, the drink rails behind the bullpen and right field are good leaning spots. You might try buying a drink at Truly on Deck and sitting in their outdoor seats for awhile.

    3. The seats down along the first base side near the foul pole are usually open. Just have a hot dog in one hand and a drink in the other and don't hesitate.

  3. Waiver rules changed in 2019 so league no longer matters.

    From The Athletic:

    When a player is placed on outright waivers, all 30 teams have a chance to claim him. Waiver priority runs in reverse order of record; ties are broken by last year’s record.

    It will be determined based on records through Wednesday’s games. As of Tuesday afternoon, the waiver order was [deep breath] Athletics, Royals, Rockies, White Sox, Cardinals, Pirates, Tigers, Mets, Nationals, Padres, Guardians, Angels, Yankees, Marlins, Reds, Giants, Diamondbacks, Twins, Red Sox, Cubs, Blue Jays, Phillies, Astros, Rangers, Brewers, Mariners, Rays, Dodgers, Orioles and Braves.

    There are only a couple teams vying for a postseason spot with a worse record than the Twins. Short of the Padres really going for it, it's only Marlins, Reds, Giants, and Diamondbacks that might beat out the Twins. And another loss to the Guardians today keeps the Giants at a better record. The Diamondbacks are tied with the Twins right now and hold the tie-breaker (four more losses last year).

    2. The tiebreaker goes league first, then prior season’s record, so the Twins would actually pick ahead of the Diamondbacks if it’s a player waived from an AL team’s roster.

      I would not discount the Padres being chaos agents, unfortunately. My hope is that Cleveland is too cheap to make any waiver claims to spite the Twins.

      2. MLB updated their page to note league affiliation does not matter.

        (A previous version of the rules gave priority based on the league of the team waiving the player, with NL teams getting priority for NL players, and AL for AL, but that is no longer the case.)

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