Open Thread: A letter from Safe At Home
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That up there came from the thank you letter I received from Joe Torre’s Safe At Home Foundation today. As you probably remember, we donated $1,500 to the foundation as part of our 2009 Pledge Drive a few weeks ago, though I wasn’t expecting any kind of thanks. You can see the full letter here, though it’s tough to read from the pic. Don’t worry, I did transcribe the thing, so you can read it after the jump. It’s not overly personalized or anything, but it’s the thought that counts.
Otherwise, here’s your open thread for the night. No basketball tonight, just the Olympics. You know what to do, so have fun.
Dear Michael,
On behalf of the Board of Directors, volunteers, staff and the tens of thousands of individuals suffering through the experience of domestic violence each day, I want to express my gratitude for your generous gift to The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation. You contribution will be of great help, as we continue in our mission of “educating to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives.”
The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation is a publicly supported 501(c)(3) organization, tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service. Accordingly, contributions made to the Foundation are deductible for federal income tax purposes. Please note that we have no provided you with any other goods or services in exchange for your $1,500.00 contribution. Your donation is, therefore, fully deductible. Please retain this letter for your records.
Our combined efforts give hope and support to the many children and families that have to cope with fear, abuse and violence in their lives, We hope that you will continue to be a member of our Safe At Home team.
Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Coppola
Development Officer
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Rough start for the American women.
So, the headeline “Jeter Bites Tongue Over Contract Issue” is on the front page of Yahoo. It’s followed by “The Yankees refuse to change a policy to accommodate one of their all-time great players.”
Why don’t they get it? It’s seriously friggin annoying that this is even an issue. The Yankees have a strict policy… big deal, Jeter has said he can’t imagine being anywhere else, and the Yankees aren’t going to let him go unless something out of the ordinary happens, end it there.
We’re the champs. They have to write something.
Controversy free never lasts long…
So. Dude. What the hell is with this snow?
I just heard it going to pretty much be snowing from now until Sunday. So much for getting any work done.
Whatevs, I could use a few days off. I’ve had roughly 2 1/2 since New Years.
You know what yanks me right out of a dramatic moment in “Lost”?
When Mac from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” shows up as a random Other.
And he was very “Mac” even as Aldo, wasn’t he? Acting all tough and stuff. (It’s too bad his character was so annoying on Lost.)
I was kinda waiting for Mac to come back at some point, it always seemed weird that he had sucha a bit part when he was first on the show.
PS: For the Lost fans out there:
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/.....ban-hitmen (safe)
Always Sunny was pretty new when he appeared on Lost, so that’s probably why he had such a small part. The best is seeing him and Charlie in (different) episodes of Law and Order.
He was Mac-ish, trying to figure out Hawking and then getting smacked around by a girl.
WORST. RANKINGS. EVER.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....index.html
25. Jacoby Ellsbury
26. CC Sabathia
WTF.
The meme potential here is astronomical.
I thought it was a joke…I worte in my diary, “Veronica said a funny joke..HAHA!”
/Anchorman’d, FTW
It’s a fantasy baseball ranking, I think you have to keep that in mind.
I know but still I think I’d rather have CC Sabathia rather than Jacoby Ellsbury. Ellsbury good but he can hit for average and get a lot of steals but that’s really about it.
They also have Broxton, Nathan and Papsmear ahead of Mo, and a zillion other things you could make fun of… But it’s a fantasy baseball ranking. A guy who steals 50-70 bases a year is worth a TON in fantasy baseball, and anyone who drafts closers early in a fantasy baseball draft probably won’t do very well in their league.
There’s really nothing to see here, this is
muchsome ado about nothing.Seriously. Not everything needs to be taken as the national media hating/disrespecting the Yankees.
Agreed. 70 steals basically locks up the SB category in a roto league.
clearly they like stolen bases. a lot
Oh, it’s fantasy rankings.
Meaningless.
I’d like to know why Pablo Sandoval is 55.
I don’t disagree with that. Ellsbury’s value in fantasy is much, much higher than it is in real life.
Plus, in fantasy baseball, there are far fewer 70 stolen base threats than there are top of the line pitchers. SP is such a deep position that CC’s value takes a hit.
Nothing to see here.
A-Rod, Kemp, and Miggy Cabs are also listed higher than Mauer. I’ve never played fantasy baseball so I dunno how it works, but I probably wouldn’t really sweat it. CC is still listed as a top five pitcher.
If it was a list of players in baseball in general then yes, it would be dumb to list Tacoby over CC.
And why is Youk #58?! I hate the guy, but he’s way better than that.
It’s all about positional value. There are so many good first basemen that Youk isn’t as valuable.
Though, his value goes up if he has third base eligibility, as that position isn’t nearly as deep.
OK, thanks. As I said – I never played fantasy baseball, so I have absolutely no idea about what stats are valued and what stats aren’t.
Happy to help.
I’m kind of a fantasy baseball nerd anyway.
Picture day!
http://www.gettyimages.com/Sea.....ees%202010
(safe)
And they look slightly less like zombies than last year!
Danke.
What do they use these pictures for anyway?
Capturing your soul?
heh Edwar looks like he has a mullet
GGBG looks like a ridiculous badass.
There are actually a couple of pictures where Edwar is turned sideways, and you can still see him!
Gardner has hair now. It’s on top of his head though, so it doesn’t add grit
If only there was a picture with the rays coming through of Jesus…
Ha yeah for a minute I thought that shadow was hair.
Axisa’s favorite picture.
http://cache4.asset-cache.net/.....C783688B46
Oh good Lord. Nunez has to be one of the most comically unfortunate looking people I’ve ever seen.
A-rod has raccoon eyes on the 2nd page, first suit picture
Someone order a recall:
http://www.gettyimages.com/det.....ages-Sport
Is there a way to get these images for personal use (i.e. desktop wallpapers) without paying a ridiculous sum of money?
http://www.daylife.com/search/.....?q=Yankees
Here are a couple without the watermarks. I don’t know if that’s what you’re looking for, though.
heh. great minds…
http://www.daylife.com/search/.....?q=yankees
BOOM.
jinx.
Is the K-man wearing sneakers?
http://www.gettyimages.com/det.....ages-Sport
THANK YOU.
Very little makes me happier right now than picture day, except for a lack of injuries and 500-foot home runs from Montero.
Dude that one Arod pic is sooo photoshoppable into a Centaur(CentWAR?).
#97054056
(I don’t know how to link to it, it’s a pop up)
I can’t wait for spring break. I live about a half hour from the Sox and Twins ST sites so I’m going with my best bud, who is a Sox fan, to see the Sox. I can’t wait to see how much shit i get from Sox fan for going there wearing my WS Champ shirt.
Question: Which book do I tackle next? Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, the Bronx is Burning, 2066 or a book on Auschwitz?
#2
Mentioning James, Theo said on the radio today that Bill has little to do with the Handbook, they just slap his name on it, and that he has zero to do with the projections at this point. That bothers me. They are the Bill James projections, yet Bill saves his “good” projections for the Sox. The book should state very clear that these are not his best projections.
Are those “good” projections the ones that said Smoltz and Penny were good risks?
IP/ERA predictions going into 2009 (I think this was PECOTA):
Brad Penny 155 4.47
John Smoltz 70 3.57
http://www.sadtrombone.com/
The Bronx is Burning is ready good. Some baseball drama during this *quiet and boring* spring training
Agreed. Bronx is Burning was an excellent read as I managed to shoehorn it into my graduate school comp reading list.
Do you mean 2666? I’d recommend that, since what I’ve read of Bolano I like a lot.
If you were a pitcher, wouldn’t you be terrified to get giant tattoos on your pitching arm?
I get nervous just seeing them, especially on the elbows.
I also hate needles though so maybe I’m overreacting.
What inspired this post? Haha.
The pictures of AJ.
Alright that makes sense. I thought you pulled it out of right field.
But for realsies, don’t tattoos get infected? At least sometimes?
I’m sure it happens.
Ask this guy: http://www.theheckler.com/news.....verson.jpg
we’re talkin’ bout tattoos….
…not a game…
….not a game….
we’re talkin’ bout tattoos man.
Not if you take care of them.
AKA shower.
No, actually I would get as many tattoos as possible of life-sized Baseballs on my arm, in an attempt to confuse the hitters.
You’d spend your summers wearing long sleeves on the mound then. But I appreciate the strategy.
I’m an innovator.
Open question: Over/under 40 HRs for Tex this season?
I say over with 42.
Do you think he’ll start out hotter?
Considering Tex-man, he has similar unorthodoxies from both sides of the plate. He looks like he’s leaning way back away from the plate, and swings one-handed (this is more accentuated when he hits lefty). How does the man hit anything?
I liked it that you picked the “over.”
I think he’ll be slightly better at the beginning of the season this year. He’s gonna have Alex Rodriguez batting behind him from day 1 this time around, after all.
He’s always a slow starter, though.
any stocks people on the site?
Your looking for financial advice on a Baseball site, filled with people you don’t know?
Sure, I can help you. What you need to do is invest in ABC corp. It’s small cap, but the growth projections are enormous. It’s actually so small, it can only be accessed through my Paypal account. Shoot me an e-mail and I’ll hook you up with this incredible opportunity.
heh. no it wasn’t financial advice i was looking for. see below
Do you have a particular question? Maybe someone will know the answer.
yeah, what does it take to start a career in that field?
Buy “The Four Pillars of Investing: Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio” by William Bernstein. It goes through history all the way to how to make a portfolio.
Know that at some point you will take the Series 7 exam. For all the in between stuff, you should start with some google searches about how people got into the field. Maybe talk with someone you know in the field and pick their brain.
Just like any other career, you should get some of the basic knowledge about what you have to do. Then really research everything and use people familiar with the field as resources.
The 7 is a biiiiiiitch FYI.
You’re asking for finance career advice on a baseball blog?
put all of your money inWAFFLES! Tasty Waffles!
Classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyEU7R0AWr0
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/quotes
i love this movie. A LOT.
What makes you think I’m trying to seduce you, Benjamin?
One of the best ever. Timeless.
Amazing, amazing movie. One of my favorites EVER.
Seriously? If you’re into currencies, stay away from the Euro right now. Dollars are a lot safer. And, commodities – gold, copper, oil – will not do great this year. Greece is set to default on a lot of its debt, and will hurt the rest of the European market.
But don’t quote me.
Avoid Zimbabwean Dollars. 6.5 × 10^108% inflation in December of 2008. Yes, inflation was more then a googol percent.
I have a Z$50,000,000,000 bill. I think at the time it was worth about $3.50
Ahoy:
does anyone have any insight into which projections/advanced metrics are the best for fantasy draft prep?
I have finished 2nd and 3rd in my NL-only roto league the last year but I am looking for an edge (outside of luck) to put me over the top this year.
Snow is coming down SIDEWAYS in Bayside right now.
Sideways rain
/Forrest Gump
you’re in bayside? i’m in college point
Pick one:
Waffle House or IHop
IHOP. It is arguable that they have better waffles than Waffle House in addition to great pancakes.
IHOP
You know, the guys at NoMaas are just WAY too obsessed over that one comment Jorge made about ‘toughening his hands’ a few years ago.
http://nomaas.org/blog/wp-cont.....place2.jpg
Agreed. Although I was certain that link would take me to their custom t-shirts:
http://www.zazzle.com/ladies_j.....6625496774
HOLY CRAP THAT IS AMAZING
(I already have my share – and by my share, I mean one – of Yankee t-shirts with bad puns, though.)
go on…
He has one that says “I’m too Bexy, I’m too Bexy for this shirt, this shirt, so Bexy it huuuurts.”
I lol’ed.
Anyway, I have the “let me Pett-itte” one because I’m super lame.
Ouch.
Terrible pun.
“Urine good hands” is better because at least it’s clever and sort of an inside joke.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I literally LOL’d right there.
i was under the impression its “she”
Yup.
Ooops, sorry.
+20
I know there’s been complaints about the ads on the site or whatever, but I just want to say that I’m very amused that there’s currently an ad for buying Cubs gear. That’s all.
Beats the steroid ads.
Do the people of RAB think that the Yankees should spent more money on the draft? I was wondering because over at nyyfans.com in the forum a guy is complaining about the Yankees spending on the draft and int signee’s. I think that they spend enough.
They spend plenty, more than enough.
They are in the top 10 in spending. Just because they spend the most on the MLB payroll doesn’t mean that they are made of money. Spending 8 million a year should get you a good draft.
With a CBA coming up in a year or so and an Intl draft being one of the issues as it is, I’d say they’re smart not to push their luck.
Could they sign everyone? Sure, but it would probably be the last time they do so.
does the person you’re talking about’s user name end with a question mark? Because that person is… uhhhh… interesting.
Joe has another Fangraphs piece up.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs.....ent-135629
Someone tell that Steve S. guy that he isn’t funny. What an ass.
there needs to be a snow day tomorrow. I’m knee deep in slush on the upper west
side
of New
York
City
no snow day here in Brooklyn ::grumbles::
I hate Thursdays.
Sweet Thursday? The day after Lousy Wednesday and the day before Waiting Friday?
A-Rod Offered Damon Advice on Free Agency
http://slidingintohome.blogspo.....to+Home%29
-Announce your free agency during the World Series
-Receive no offers from anyone due to your asking price
-Fire your agent and attempt to negotiate a deal yourself
-When all else fails, remember these two words:
Hank
Steinbrenner
I’m sure Johnny will cry himself to sleep with his 8 mil this yr instead of his non offer from the Yankees.
2 years 14 mil, according to Johnny himself.
That fact does not fit my narrative, and do I reject your reality and substitute my own.
/Lanny’d
Well…
My two words would be.. I’m Alex Fucking Rodriguez. That’s two words, right?
Oooh I should add that I had MLB Network’s Hot Stove program on in the background earlier and one of the analysts said something like “it’s a good thing they got all those strikeout pitchers because the outfield defense is very iffy,” and then a couple of the other analysts chimed in that what he was saying wasn’t necessarily true, and that the Yankees had greatly improved their outfield defense. (fistpump)
w00t!
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times reported that Manny Ramirez said he would play three more years in the majors and then two years in Japan. This came just a day after Ramirez hinted that 2010 would probably be his last year with the Dodgers and possibly his last year in baseball altogether. At this point, Ramirez could announce that he wants to play for Mr. Burns’ softball team and nobody would bat an eye.
Haha that was funny.