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Jimmy Carter outlives another one.

Tommy La Stella.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 27, 2018, 02:28:35 PM
Jesse Chavez.

It's more fun to trade for him anyway.

Quote from: Tonker on November 26, 2018, 11:48:20 AM
And there was me hoping this was a Bon Jovi thread.

I bet you could sell a JBJ biopic to Yahoo! if you came up with a decent enough PowerPoint.

People's knees. Cover your knees up if you're going to be walking around everywhere.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 20, 2018, 04:50:33 PM
Jim Hickey

What a surprise, said no one.

Quote from: Tonker on November 15, 2018, 01:28:17 PM

Quote from: PenFoe on November 14, 2018, 04:46:44 PM

Quote from: PenFoe on November 13, 2018, 01:39:37 PM

Quote from: Tonker on November 13, 2018, 12:46:56 PM

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 08:20:36 AM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 13, 2018, 03:19:31 AM
I humbly seek the current wisdom/learned degeneracy of the Desipio crowd.

I never tried alcohol until I was in my 30s. (I know, I know, that explains a lot.)

People keep asking me what I like and the answer is, I don't know yet. So I have a chance to do this right! No crushing 64-packs of Natty Light in a dingy frat house. No sir, I'm gonna be a classy drinker.

So what's the best stuff for a brand-new, 8-month, occasional social drinker to try and what's worth avoiding altogether? What should I order at a bar to not look like a complete jackass? This is probably your only chance to advise a new drinker without attracting police attention! I'll revisit the rest of this thread in time, but it might assume a little more working knowledge than I have. So far I've tried some red and white wines, basic cocktails (martini, old fashioned, whiskey sour, daiquiri, nothing else memorable), and some beers. Mostly pale ales and an IPA or two. And a Hefeweizen. I have not tried Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Coors, or Busch and am not really planning to change that.

And Malort is already #1 on the Try list, so don't even bother. (It's not.)

If you're in a bar and want to try a gateway Scotch, most watering holes stock either Glenlivet or Macallan. Get them neat (no ice), you can always add an ice cube if you want. For bourbon, the good starters are Makers Mark and Knob Creek. If your local bar has Woodford Reserve, try that. Again, no ice, you can always add it in if you want.

Try it for yourself, but in my opinion, far better than adding ice is to add a few drops of room-temperature water to your single malt.

I'll let others jump in on the liquor, but in terms of beer, you should try some stouts and darker beers to see if you like them.
Since this is all new, try a Brown Ale and an Amber Ale too.  You may "graduate" from those eventually, but they're very good for new beer drinkers.
After that, try a couple sours. 

IIRC, you're in SoCal, so you have no shortage of options. 
Look for Modern Times (Black House) or Firestone Walker (Mocha Merlin, not on Nitro) to start with stouts.

Even better, you should really just go into a good local brewery with a decent selection*, sit at the bar and explain to the bartender that you've just escaped from The Church or whatever depraved rationale for never having had a drink before and ask him/her to give you a good flight or two. 

There's no better way to find what you like.

*Note: I'm contractually obligated to mention that any SoCal brewery except Ballast Point is a good choice, as they are merely Big Beer in craft clothing.

I'm contractually obliged to mention that there's nothing wrong with Big Beer per se, and that Saul might find that he enjoys a Sam Adams Boston lager or a nice cold, fizzy PBR, say.  I do.

Noted.

Thanks, morans.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 03:26:56 PM

Quote from: Canadouche on November 13, 2018, 01:59:21 PM
Assuming Joe doesn't accept a promotion into the front office, he's on track to become the 5th winningest manager in Cubs history this coming year. Joe will surpass Joe McCarthy sometime in 2019. Only Charlie Grimm, and Hall of Famers McCarthy, Cap Anson, Frank Chance, and Leo Durocher are ahead of him. In his short time with the team, he's surpassed Riggleman, Baker, and Pinella, who are directly below him on the list.

Can anybody here imagine Joe Maddon being happy in Theo Epstein's shadow? He's going to want a gig where there are reporters around him each day.

Everyone knows "Joe Maddon: Live From the Cousin Eddie" is coming to Netflix in April 2020.

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 13, 2018, 08:24:56 AM
There's someone on SBNation dumber than Alvin?

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Behind Hamels is Jon Lester and his $27.5 million salary. Lester is quickly becoming the poster-boy of paying for past performance rather than future value. He has not lived up to billing as an ‘ace’ for many years. Adding on $20 million going towards a broken Yu Darvish, the Cubs have $67.5 million earmarked for three players who likely will not emerge as ‘the guys’ to take the Cubs back to the World Series. When comparing Chicago to the other strong teams in the National League, including some in their own division, they have no differentiators in the rotation.

They should be embarrassed by that piece. After reading it I’m not sure he’s ever seen a Cubs game. Or knows who Lance Lynn is.

I humbly seek the current wisdom/learned degeneracy of the Desipio crowd.

I never tried alcohol until I was in my 30s. (I know, I know, that explains a lot.)

People keep asking me what I like and the answer is, I don't know yet. So I have a chance to do this right! No crushing 64-packs of Natty Light in a dingy frat house. No sir, I'm gonna be a classy drinker.

So what's the best stuff for a brand-new, 8-month, occasional social drinker to try and what's worth avoiding altogether? What should I order at a bar to not look like a complete jackass? This is probably your only chance to advise a new drinker without attracting police attention! I'll revisit the rest of this thread in time, but it might assume a little more working knowledge than I have. So far I've tried some red and white wines, basic cocktails (martini, old fashioned, whiskey sour, daiquiri, nothing else memorable), and some beers. Mostly pale ales and an IPA or two. And a Hefeweizen. I have not tried Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Coors, or Busch and am not really planning to change that.

And Malort is already #1 on the Try list, so don't even bother. (It's not.)

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on November 07, 2018, 04:50:25 PM

Quote from: Saul Goodman on November 07, 2018, 12:04:41 PM
What is this crying poverty bullshit. Guess we're supposed to be happy with Cole Hamels, Jesse Chavez, and a bucket of balls when two generational talents are available as free agents in their 20s?

I don't believe a word of that shit. With Hamels, Zobrist and Morrow (if they don't pick up his 2020 option) all due to roll off after the 2019 season, that's $41.5 million off the payroll. The following year is Lester and Chatwalk, another $32 million.

Even if they go over the luxury tax threshold this year, they'll be under after that. And they're in a championship window, and they're going to launch whatever TV/Streaming package they're cooking up.

Theo's going to go balls-deep to get another championship - I have no idea why they're faking austerity here.

If they don't even bother pursuing Harper or Machado and largely sit out this offseason due to "the budget," they deserve to have their asses handed to them by the Brewers next year.  I'm tired of hearing that any improvement will have to come from the current roster when they're in a perfect position to supplement that roster with proven talent that costs only money, which they have plenty of.  It's time to stop dreaming on guys when better alternatives to help you win are available.

Wasn't the whole point of adding all these new revenue streams to make it possible to take risks and make some mistakes in free agency (but still end up with players like, you know, BRYCE FUCKING HARPER, who would have led them in wRC+ last year)?  And if they shrug as they bring back Daniel Murphy and/or Addison Russell and turn out their pockets so a moth can fly out, I'm reaching for my pitchfork.

What is this crying poverty bullshit. Guess we're supposed to be happy with Cole Hamels, Jesse Chavez, and a bucket of balls when two generational talents are available as free agents in their 20s?

Hey, remember last season how the Cubs signed Chris Coghlan but he never made it back to the MLB team?  See? 2018 could have been worse.

Cubs announce they'll exercise Quintana's 2019 club option.  But we knew that already.

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Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 29, 2018, 11:10:54 AM
Finally the season is over. Now it's time to SPEND THE RICKETTS' MONEY (on anything other than funding Trump/GOP politics)! SPEND SPEND SPEND!

At first I read this as "...spend the Rocket's money...", making me wonder if there was an inter-sports cabal that I knew nothing about.

But back to the point, that sure worked with Darvish, didn't it?

It's simple. If you sign all of the players, at least some of them will turn out to be good. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.