Trading Soriano

[ConstableRabbit]

Doesn't like SF weather? That's like one of the greatest things about the bay area.

SF weather sucks during baseball season. It's cold/windy every single night and is never hot.

 

Also, "Bay Area weather" is a misnomer. There are like, 15 micro-climates in the area.

[ConstableRabbit]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

[XZero771679666304]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

 

It's not ideal, but I'll take 60s/70s during the day and 50s at night over 90+ with humidity every single time. I live in the high desert and it often drops into the 50s during the night, even on the hotter days. And it's far more comfortable than the muggy, balls soup summer nights of the midwest.

 

I've spent many awesome summers in Chicago, but the weather was never, ever a selling point. Midwestern summer weather sucks out loud, and I don't miss it one bit.

[El Duderino]

Nights in the 50's in August is a [expletive] beautiful thing.

[Guest]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

How's that a bad thing?

[Guest]

Doesn't like SF weather? That's like one of the greatest things about the bay area.

SF weather sucks during baseball season. It's cold/windy every single night and is never hot.

 

Also, "Bay Area weather" is a misnomer. There are like, 15 micro-climates in the area.

I know about the microclimates (it's the same in the LA area). That's why I only said San Francisco - the North Bay and Santa Clara Valley can get too warm for me.

 

Seattle seems awesome in the summer too.

[XZero771679666304]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

How's that a bad thing?

 

I have no idea how someone could consider it a negative.

[Banedon]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

How's that a bad thing?

 

It's a fantastic thing.

[Tracer Bullet]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

 

Sleeping with the windows open is fantastic. It's too [expletive] hot to do that almost every Chicago summer night

[Tracer Bullet]

I can't imagine a better place to live in the summer than San Francisco.

 

Seattle is loads better

 

That's your answer to everything.

 

But he's right this time.

[ConstableRabbit]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

How's that a bad thing?

 

It's a fantastic thing.

Not if you like having a beer on your porch or going to a baseball game or dining al fresco. It's not summer.

 

Different strokes, I guess.

[Tracer Bullet]

It was like 75 here and still under the sun after 8. As soon as the sun hits the mountains, the temp drops. But that's why god invented sweaters and light jackets.

[ConstableRabbit]

It was like 75 here and still under the sun after 8. As soon as the sun hits the mountains, the temp drops. But that's why god invented sweaters and light jackets.

Maybe you live further South than me.

[Tracer Bullet]

It was like 75 here and still under the sun after 8. As soon as the sun hits the mountains, the temp drops. But that's why god invented sweaters and light jackets.

Maybe you live further South than me.

 

I'm in West Seattle.

[d_money]

Maybe Sori's anti-LGBT?

[jersey cubs fan]

Maybe Sori's anti-LGBT?

 

He'd want out of Wrigley ASAP.

[biittner77]

Maybe he'd like to be closer to his home in "mexico"

[Guest]

Humidity is the worst thing ever. What is wrong with you people?

So are nights in the 50s. In August.

How's that a bad thing?

 

It's an awful thing.

 

Warm summer nights are awesome.

[Guest]

Sub 70's temperature = the suck. I don't care how hot it gets, I'd take it over the 50's every single day of the week.

 

Like someone else said, different strokes. I can't even fathom considering 50 degrees pleasant (unless it comes in the middle of January or something).

[XZero771679666304]

Sub 70's temperature = the suck. I don't care how hot it gets, I'd take it over the 50's every single day of the week.

 

Like someone else said, different strokes. I can't even fathom considering 50 degrees pleasant (unless it comes in the middle of January or something).

 

 

My take on temps:

 

90+ = It's hot (especially if it's humid, then it becomes FU weather)

80-90 = Pretty warm, but within tolerances

70-80 = Warm

60-70 = Ideal (65 is perfect)

50-60 = Cool but pleasant

40-50 = Brisk, but not horrible

<40 = Too [expletive] cold

 

Cool is always nice at night. If you have to use the A/C overnight, it's too hot.

[Banedon]

Cool is always nice at night. If you have to use the A/C overnight, it's too hot.

 

Exactly. Ideally, I want to be comfortable sleeping with my windows open and my comforter on.

[Backtobanks]

From MLBTR:

 

•"It's no secret, we're going to need to improve our offense," said Indians manager Manny Acta to Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain-Dealer when asked what his team needs to improve in 2013. "We're going to have to find a solution in left field, we're going to have to find a solution at first base and we're going to have to find a solution at DH. That's pretty obvious. And the third base situation is not determined either."

[davell]

Indians seem like a fringe contender, at best, doubt Soriani would waive the NTC to go there. In fact, I'm thinking it may have to be a perfect situation to see him waive it for anyone. He may just want to stay here for the duration.

[Guest]

So, Soriano either misspoke or inadvertently let the cat out of the bag...

 

When asked about his advice for Starlin Castro, who is on the verge of inking a big-time, $60 million extension, Alfonso Soriano had a number of great things to say – remember to save some money, stay hungry and passionate about baseball, take care of your family, don’t forget that the tax man takes half, etc.

 

He also said something that immediately struck me as troublesome.

 

“When I signed my contract, I was 32,” Soriano said, according to Carrie Muskat. “I knew what I wanted. Before, during my years of arbitration, I had a lot of ‘friends,’ but my agent and my financial guy were always on top of me. They said, ‘You got the money, more people will come. Don’t be afraid to say no. You didn’t have that friend before – why is the friend now coming?’”

 

The troublesome part, of course, is that, based on his reported birthdate (January 7, 1976), Soriano wasn’t 32 when he signed with the Cubs in November 2006, he was 30. Having already had his age corrected once while in the big leagues, you can understand why the age thing is probably always going to be an issue with Soriano. If he was actually 32 when he signed with the Cubs, rather than 30, his rapid decline would be even easier to understand (and the next two years even more daunting).

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2012/08/28/alfonso-soriano-says-he-was-32-when-he-signed-with-the-cubs-um-i-hope-not/

[Sammy Sofa]

Whoopsy-doodle.