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PBR is a great beer in the adjunct grain class. It wins taste competitions over and over. I can see why people might not like it, but if one is comparing it to the Budweisers of the world there is no equal. I think some people don't like it because of the perception of the people who drink it. Hipster got on the bandwagon because it is a cheap beer that tastes good and wasn't massively marketed. Agreed on all counts. Buyer just has to be beware in places where hipsters have driven up the cost. But if you can find it in a small town for some $1.50 pint special on tap its a good buy. Also I'll just take a moment to stick my neck out in support of Coors amongst the macro beers. I think most people have just had Coors light as its sold just about everywhere. Coors heavy though is starting to become easier to find and is my favorite amongst the big 3. Coors light? Nah.
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That just doesn't seem accurate. I signed up several years ago and still am only about 68,000.
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That's kind of a ridiculous assumption. His next employer doesn't get to draft him. It's not an assumption of what would actually happen if he left, but you can immediately cross off half the teams as being worse of from payroll standpoint. You probably never would've seen the [expletive] Reds coming in with a higher payroll than us coming either. It's not far-fetched to see the Braves, D-Backs, Mets, Mariners, and Orioles drop us down to 19th next season. Well not sure if any of those teams will look to expand payroll a lot due to revenue gains, but I really hope we've bottomed out and in the relative long term have more potential growth than most franchises. We'll find out opening day I guess. -
I'd just deal with the hives and use their intensity as a modified BAC test.
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That's kind of a ridiculous assumption. His next employer doesn't get to draft him. It's not an assumption of what would actually happen if he left, but you can immediately cross off half the teams as being worse of from payroll standpoint.
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No I want them to spend whatever they can afford, but from an attractiveness standpoint and competitive standpoint, that's the measuring stick.
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I'm most interested in using an inherent revenue advantage to position the team I care about to be in the best possible place to win, which is what the [expletive] the Dodgers are doing. The Cubs are doing something else, but I understand why that's the case. They are going to have to be much smarter than the Dodgers, Yankees, etc. of the baseball world given what seems to be their limitations. Edit: I don't care what the mean, median or mode is for teams spending money. The original statement was about Theo sticking around because of an above average payroll, so if he left for elsewhere he has a better chance of ending up worse off payroll wise. Even if you think the Cubs could do more, more teams aren't doing more than are- regardless of market size. Anyways if you really wanna get down to it, the most important thing is being the top payroll in your division. From a spending standpoint the Cardinals right now are much better off than Boston from a payroll perspective even though they have less to spend. Their spending just means a lot more when a huge segment of their competition to an automatic LDS bid spends less than average (as a mean) than the rest if the league. Then it's all a crap shoot anyways.
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It's the same thing as household income. Median tells us a much better answer to the question I'm trying to answer. 9 times out of 10 I could ask a statistician what the average household income is he is gonna answer me in median without any prior clarifications because every reasonable person knows what the hell we are answering and why one answer sucks st answering the question and the other is better. And if I told you I have an above average income I'm not lying or misunderstanding my stats terms, just doing a better job of answering the basic question that was set forth to be answered.
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I mean average is just part of the definition of mean. So even I was a weirdo who wanted to use the definitions of words in place of words themselves I'd say "the cubs don't have a payroll that is above the quotient if the sum of several quantities and the number of quantities), because it would be more clear.
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Also in the discussion of baseball wins and using payroll as an input that correlates to wins I care much more about my position relative to the median than the mean. So in normal discussion it's perfectly reasonable to bring up payroll in terms of median and to use the term average to describe it. If it was a stats class the use if average just shouldn't fly at all because I have readily defined terms I could use.
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Your mistake here is thinking average means what you think it means. No one is disputing the specific and unique definitions of mean, median, and mode. You seem to think average only is defined as mean, which just isn't the case (although probably the most frequent since its the easiest to calculate and most often used). Simply put if you we're trying to have a meaningful statistics discussion you wouldn't use average at all because its not a statistics term but an just a normal English word.
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Pick two WR DeSean Jackson @ SD Dwayne Bowe @ Dal Mike Wallace @ Ind Antonio Brown @ Cin Alshon Jeffery @ Min (Baring any further injury I can just repeat this list weekly except for 8, 9, and 12 where I have RB byes and need a a flex). Oh and two of my RB went down between draft and now (Vereen and Andre Brown-on draft night) both out until at least week 11.
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I really dislike all light macro beers, but if forced with the choice of the three big Americans, I do like Miller the best by a long shot for me with Coors slightly edging out Bud but usually behind, "don't drink" most of the time. If I'm drinking cheap though and have my choice I'll go with the non-light versions of any of those with a particular liking towards Coors or PBR if I'm not in Wicker Park and the hipsters have driven the price up to Craft Brew level.
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Green Line is their best beer anyways (other than maybe matilda) and is still locally brewed even if it's not locally owned anymore. I don't like 312 as much anymore, but I'm not sure if its just my changing taste or if the flavor changed once they move operations. I lean towards the former, but you never know what effect different water sources will yield. Did they ever start labeling 312 with local area codes and marketing as such? I remember reading that was their plan. Anyways I'd gladly drink an Old Style at the game, but I go so infrequently I don't mind just shelling out for a nicer beer too. I definitely remember last time I was at Wrigley being underwhelmed with the nice beer selections, so hopefully they get some other good crafts flowing along with Goose Island brands.
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Haha, brilliant.
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ROFL
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Also, less drunk.
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Considering one of his teammates got taken out on the play while trying to recover the fumble, I'd say it did matter a little bit. He ended up coming back into the game later, but can you imagine how bad it would have been for him if that play cost one of his teammates a season ending injury? WHAT ABOUT THE 6 FANTASY POINTS IT COST ME!
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The important thing everyone is missing is the coaches have nothing to do with the depth chart posted on the Bears website.
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Without knowing exactly was available, I don't love any of your top 5 picks.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-29-13
WrigleyField 22 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
I don't think anyone would say stole to imply he actively worked towards not getting to the big league team. But in a bitter fan use of the word he did, even though he just took the contract he was presented. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
WrigleyField 22 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Oh and that first part of the post could change "Hardin" to "Long" and third rounder to first rounder and have been read in July word for word. And that ones already looking different, so hindsight does kind of matter here (though Long could still fail, obviously, despite a strong pre season). -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
WrigleyField 22 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Well Hardin was probably always a hit or miss since he had injury issues. That doesn't necessarily mean if you miss on a third rounder injury risk it was unwise. For Hardin? Well it looks like the upside wasn't even there if the injury portion worked out. Injury risks just need to be weighed against reward, but Hardins seems off, especially with hindsight. As far as Angelo's middle round prowess, he was living off a lot of early-mid 2000s hype by the end and a lot of our roster issues stemmed from our inability to draft and develop players who contributed. By the end of his reign I think we had one of the lowest ratios of homegrown players, and year to year the perennially good teams have a pretty high ratio, generally speaking. You build that in the middle rounds. So the bar isn't that high to match Angelo for middle round ability when seen in its entirety and not a relatively short span where he hit on a few. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
WrigleyField 22 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
So is Slauson the backup C? I like Williams, but as long as Slauson can handle C, I guess this allows you to keep extra T/G bodies, and it would easier to shift outside guys inside that being left short handed on Tackles (if Mills struggles or there is an injury) Probably put a C on the practice squad, but yeah Slauson should be fine. Boggs I assume. -
Bears Offseason Thread (Trestman new HC, pg 37)
WrigleyField 22 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
The only reason you can say that is because he hasn't been on the field. He has tape. The little I've watched and what I've read from people who have watched more of it than me is that his athleticism doesn't transfer, even in preseason. But anyways, I said the initial comment less about his athleticism and more about more superficial things like Angelo's love for safeties as well as throwing in a few other recurring themes we saw at times like injury risks and CB-S converts. The athleticism thing has some merit as well though now that you bring it up. And I did defend the Hardin pick at the time. But it was obviously a miss. I wasn't trying to free Emery of blame, just putting his failure into terms we can identify with. I do think we can count on less Angelo type failures from Emery the longer our scouts work under him than Angelo (and thanks to the fact we have a more expansive scouting network now). We can re-evaluate this draft next year, but I think it looks stronger than year one at the same time.
