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@theaibets @RaatmaKills @DrJesseMorse C’s need a big if they ever want to win again. In the apron era, paying two thirds the cap to two guys that effectively play the same position and have redundant skill sets is definitely going to leave holes at big or in the backcourt.

No one said he’s better. Listen I hate the Celtics but that team has won together. They were missing their best player this year. They have cohesion. Adding Giannis changes that dynamic so much. Offensive will look so much different. Who knows how that plays out. However you do know how the current squad does if you look at 2 years ago with a healthy team.

Welcome to the Boston Celtics Giannis Antetokounmpo! Sounds like a trade is in the works and could be done in the next couple of days

@elsathora You’re not going to find an American experience, at least the kind you’re looking for, in a major city. You need smaller towns, preferably not on the coasts.

Is Miami a good place to spend 4th of July? I want the most American experience possible

@DSzymborski And bring back cool nicknames as first names like Oil Can Boyd, Shooty Babbit, and Heinie Manush

I am a big fan of things like Seattle's home run trident or Colorado's Amazing Purplecolor Pimpcoat, and I'd like MLB to go all in on that fun nonsense. Closers should ALWAYS have theatrical entrances.

@tylermilliken_ Oh man, that was a great year. $5 tickets. Team sucked. But they still had Mo Vaughn, Wakefield and it was Nomar’s first full season. Rest of the team reminds me of the 2026 Sox.

I wasn’t even born yet

@PardFerguson @realEstateTrent I don’t know him personally or professionally, but from his tweets and the echoes through retwit, I would not have come to the same conclusion about his ego as you did. Sometimes it’s just not about money. Especially if you’re young-ish and already are stable and successful.

@vickers9 @realEstateTrent He has a $50M ego

Someone just called, barely introduced themselves, and offered me $10M for this brand. I said I had to run and had zero interest. They hung up.

@VinnysCorner1 Pete Rose Moises Alou Jeff Fassero Larry Walker Wil Cordero

Without saying Oil Can Boyd, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Vladimir Guerrero, or Gary Carter, name an Expo….

@wydsilent Thomas Hamilton of Celtics/Hornets fame

Whoever names the most obscure NBA player wins.

@pinchharmonic_ @MurrayHillGuy1 Then don’t live in a coastal area? No one lives in Tampa Bay Area to be indoors

@vickers9 @MurrayHillGuy1 I don’t want to date girls who won’t date me because I don’t have a boat. They’re usually plastic cunts without love in their heart

How much you need to make as a man to succeed in dating, by city: NYC $500K Miami $750K LA $400K Boston $225K Phoenix $300K Chicago $200K Detroit $175K Tampa $125K Philly $80K San Diego 150K Austin $110K San Fran $100 (Anthropic equity) Source: female friends & CPN metrics

@HighSocietySD @chasedownleads Square will give you 1.8% on $1m in processing and an average ticket over $150

Just found an infinite money glitch My credit card gives me 3% cash back Just set up an LLC and charged my credit card $100k I’ll get $3,000 in credit card rewards And I still have my $100k I could do this every day and make over a million a year Insane how easy it is to make money

@moseskagan It’s transferable consent, data brokers, and VOIP networks that are the cause. The mobile carriers hate it because the reasons you mentioned and also because they become the lightning rod for the customer complaints. Source: I worked in wireless telecom for a decade.

Someday, someone will explain to me the incentives causing the mobile networks to allow these spammers to degrade the quality of the networks' product (and all of our lives).

Like I said, we have no disagreements about the content quality of Panini baseball. They do a great job. Even on Prospect Edition and Boys of Summer. USA Prizm was a big hit this year. I do stand by my statement that the products would be very watered down or much more money if they had the licenses. Accountants, rights fees, and all. I also stand by my position that they’ve been fleecing their NBA and NFL buyers for six years now with auto checklists worse than most Leaf products and dead retail products. Almost everyone is better off buying a case of retail blasters or megas than the equivalent spend of hobby boxes of the same sport. Except Prizm. Just leave it on the shelf. The people working on the products care more than the accountants do, that’s for sure. And I also believe that to be true for Topps.

@MishaWines97 If Panini had the MLB license, they wouldn’t give a shit about the product just like they did NFL and NBA with their extremely watered down auto checklists and lack of content in most retail products. (Donruss, Optic, Absolute being the exceptions in FB)

If both companies had the licenses, Donruss would beat the daylights out of Topps flagship. Topps is lazy and knows their stuff will sell no matter what. You actually get new and unique stuff in Donruss. “It’s unlicensed” shut up, we all know this. It’s a fun rip if you’re not a greedy fool.

I stand somewhat corrected, they did have PA license and not MLB license. You’re right. But they also had to try because they didn’t have the logos. I’m not disagreeing that Donruss/Select/Prizm/NT baseball give bang for the buck, but if they were lazy like they are for other sports, it wouldn’t sell. Prizm NFL sold below cost ever year when Topps had the NFL license.

@vickers9 You clearly never opened panini baseball when they had the MLBPA license. I’ve pulled better everythings out of panini products than Topps. It’s not the same team building every sport, I know, I worked on baseball products.

@MishaWines97 That wasn’t Panini. It was Playoff/Donruss. Different company. Panini didn’t exist as a card company until 2009 when they got the NBA license. All they did was just buy the IP.

@JeffPassan Some of the people in the comments bemoaning the MLBPA probably cheer when their employers lay people off and give them more work without more pay.

- Changes to the revenue-sharing system that would distribute more money from local television revenue but decrease the amount distributed from in-stadium revenue -- to incentivize teams that win and draw larger crowds - Free agency for players who are 30 at 5+ years of service

The MLBPA made its first proposal to MLB today in collective bargaining. Among the topline issues: - A "competitive-integrity tax" for any team that does not spend $150M - Increase minimum salary from $780,000 to $1.5M - Increase in base CBT threshold from $244M to $300M

@SlabDaBase In this current market everything is about tomorrow’s price, not yesterday’s.

Me: “hey, can you take $250 for these 5 cards? Sticker is $260.” Shop owner: “I don’t negotiate on pokemon.” Me: “okay, I’ll just take this one card for $50. Thanks.”

@rossjensen @ProspectsLive Lots of shortstops out there. The Dansby Swanson’s of the world will do just fine. Can often be had reasonably as everyone falls in love with the next great SS prospects.

Who would you rather roster in dynasty? James Wood or Konnor Griffin?

@BigBobsCards Jose Ramirez been doing good for ten years and still isn’t a big hobby name.

The harsh reality of collecting baseball cards is that any time you have to ask, “this guy has been doing x, y, and z well for 3 straight years when will his cards go up?!” the answer is that they probably won’t. If he was going to be a big hobby name he already would have been.