It doesn’t matter how rich a baseball team is. They’re still not going to waste money. And sure Machado *could* be very good at 34, but how much better than a replacement level player under club control and ten years younger? It’s not about simply paying someone who is a good player, but the difference in playing…

Why would a team pay for a guy when the back end of the deal is going to be a bad one? People love to throw out collusion, and claim the owners are cheap, but there are plenty of examples of teams that succeed without throwing around large and lengthy contracts that can be an albatross. The Astros and Brewers are…

Another place where it is perfectly acceptable to eat a hot dog.  At Costco. Their hot dogs are amazing!

He is much more like Steph from shooting perspective. Both are predominantly three point shooters who make those shots with extreme consistency and distance. Fredette got more of his points by putting it on the floor.

I see Caldwell as a guy who *should* be given another chance. He was fine at Indy until Peyton left - the guy made a Super Bowl. At Detroit, he was fired after a winning season in 2017 after two playoff births. He has been replaced by guys who are arguably worse at their jobs.  Yet the Jets are recycling Adam Gase and…

As a man, I really appreciate this explanation. In fact, I’ve really appreciated this entire discussion.

Actually my opinion is that anyone who criticizes what he was wearing on Monday, including yourself, is a dumbass.  Is that better?

Actually “what people do” is wear what they want to wear. Just like Watson did. 

This dude looks like a composite of every sports radio guy with HOT TAEKS across America.

Advice: You should watch who you are calling “dumb dumb” when your post includes “I’m agreeing with the dictator.”

Yeah that’s one of the things maddening about the Deadspin authors.  They LOOOVVEEE unions.  But when unions do things like collectively bargain with owners, they complain about the outcomes.  But limiting access to the union is something that is done all of the time in these bargaining sessions.  You can’t be a union…

Then “siding with the dictator” when the dictator CAUSED the problem isn’t really all that defense-able.  

Man those uniforms are awesome.

“We”

Why are you assuming it’s a binary choice?

Right. The visa problem *caused* by Erdogan. Read this:

I mean, at first I felt bad for the team because it obviously meant no harm.  But when you go into “WHO SNITCHED???” mode, you’re gonna lose my sympathy.

The players may be fighting, but at least the staff doesn’t bicker.

Just get me through the next two months.  I can deal with March - the days get longer and the occasional 55 degree will keep me happy.  But January and February are crap.

OK, but I think the point is that teams *can* win without spending like that. Houston won the WS last year, and Milwaukee got to the LCS this year, by building from within and making smart investments when they had to.  Neither of them went hog-wild in free agency, and it worked!  While it is 100% accurate that every…