Quote from: Jockey on January 21, 2026, 12:27:27 PMTrue, but it included an optout if he wasn't in the 3 highest paid players which he used after 2 years when the WS refused to do so.

He posted 3.4 and 0.6 WAR seasons the next two years then retired from baseball. So, perhaps declining to make him one of the three highest-paid players in baseball wasn't a bad idea?

I appreciate that the squirrels that come down to our deck keep my cat entertained throughout the day. He still hasn't bagged one, though.

Quote from: TSmith34, Inc. on January 21, 2026, 08:47:50 AMA large part of the difference IMO is that he is playing at "Nigel speed" rather than trying to play at "Sean speed".
 

Chase needs to learn that difference (not likely 88% through his college career). He needs to
learn to vary speeds and change timing. He is OFTEN basically out of control and moving too fast to put up a good shot. If he could add some finesse he'd be much more effective.

I'll be appreciating mine sauteed with a nice brown butter sauce.

Quote from: MU Fan in Connecticut on January 21, 2026, 12:40:15 PMCody Bellinger officially back to the Yankees on a 5 year deal.

Finally a win for one of the little guys

Quote from: Tha Hound on January 21, 2026, 01:36:26 PMWould enjoy seeing the minutes distribution over the course of these games. I love confirming my priors.

Some of what you're thinking: confirmed.

We're not good, but the crazy choices by the staff have made this year worse. Shame!

Quote from: brewcity77 on January 21, 2026, 12:02:09 PMThese might be damning with faint praise, but from the start of the season through Dec 20, we ranked #148 at Torvik. Since then, we're #97. Against high majors, we've had 6 game scores of 60+. 5 of those came in the last six games. We are playing better. It's still not good enough, but it's better.

Would enjoy seeing the minutes distribution over the course of these games. I love confirming my priors.

DO's ceiling is sky high.  While there will be some ups & downs the rest of the season I hope he continues to get a lot of minutes and that we continue to see progress. 

That could set him up to take a pretty big leap next season. 

I had high hopes for Zaide this season but it turns out that his departure may have created this opportunity for DO.

As for Royce, in conference play:

12.2 PPG
3.8 RPG (Need to see some improvement here from our stretch 4)
50% FG%
33% 3P% (He's at 28.4% overall for the season so has shown some improvement here so far)

Definitely needs to rebound better and improve defensively.  Another big offseason ahead for him but I really like what you could be his junior and senior seasons.

Quote from: wadesworld on January 21, 2026, 12:04:36 PMSo if Kolek, Lewis, Ellenson, and OMax are in the G League come mid March and Marquette brings them in for the Big East Tournament, what seed does the NCAA Tournament give a 13-22 Marquette team that now has a lineup of Kolek, Chase, Omax, Lewis, and Ellenson with Nigel James, Ben Gold, Royce Parham, and Adrian Stevens off the bench?

gotta have a spot for Vander Blue...and heck, DWade might want in too😆

Quote from: JWags85 on January 17, 2026, 04:34:45 PMYep.  HS football is fun live cause of the energy but also cause the small size of crowd/stadium mean you can see basically everything.  Smaller college stadiums are similar. The stadium at Miami (OH) was/is around 23,000 with no end zone stands, so sight lines again were great. 

But when you get to a large college or NFL stadium? Unless you're at the 50 yard line halfway up, at least half the game (in a game of feet/inches) is all a guess or confusion what happened in the moment.  I had 10th row seats on the 10 yard line at Soldier Field one time.  I spent the vast majority of the game with my back to the field trying to look at one end zone screen or peering 125 yards away at the far end zone screen.  It frankly stunk.  Hell, the guy behind us had the game streaming on his phone to have a better idea of the action.   Add rough weather to that? Sheesh 

Sounds like you need to go to a game in Green Bay.