Ryan Garko Claimed by Texas
by Matthew on Apr 1, 2010 11:11 AM PDT
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PrintNow confirmed through a couple different sources, the Texas Rangers have claimed Ryan Garko off waivers from the Mariners. Seattle clears his entire salary and his roster spot (which was going away anyways).
Proceed to blow this way out of proportion.
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Cot's contracts has Mike Sweeney down for $650k if he makes the major league roster.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul means no extra money for Washburn.
It does save you money over optioning Garko to AAA
If you option him you have to pay his 550k AND Sweeney’s 650k, meaning 1.2mil total instead of 650k. It’s obviously not just about saving money though, they must either really hate Garko or really like Sweeney (or both) or they would just keep Garko and actually have more money to spend total.
From my understanding Sweeney is taking Garko's spot on the 40 man
So by letting him get claimed you’re subtracting Garko’s 550k and adding Sweeney’s 650k. So it’s true we’re not really “saving” money overall, we’re just saving money over what it would have cost to keep Garko in the organization and also add Sweeney to the 40 man. Ultimately if you wanted to option Garko the total cost would’ve been 1.2mil, while if you let him get claimed it’s 650k or whatever Sweeney is owed. I think.
Oh shit!!!
Now we have no backup for Kotchman/Sweeney!!! We’ll be lucky if we win 70 games this season!!! Shit!!!
And our second string bullpen catcher is below replacement level
We have no chance.
M's news flowing at breakneck speed! Assume! React! Wail!
by lemonverbena on Apr 1, 2010 11:39 AM PDT reply actions 9 recs
I've always loved the idea of eight birds being able to lift a whale
since whales weigh like 40 tons
It's not a question of where they grip it, it's a question of weight ratios
Eight 5 oz. birds cannot carry a 40 ton whale
by OlSalty on Apr 1, 2010 12:10 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
It's not the weight of the birds that matters, it's the lifting power they generate.
And in this case, they don’t need to create much lifting power, since the whale payload is clearly very light – the ropes aren’t even taut. Unless, of course, they’re solid (perhaps carbon fiber?) and pre-formed into those arcs.
by Chris Hafner on Apr 1, 2010 12:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Also, half the birds are facing the opposite direction.
They’re trying to create a spinning whale
by Matthew on Apr 1, 2010 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The really strange bit is that the ropes don't appear to be secured to the whale in any way.
The whale would likely just slide out of the ropes into the red-and-white water.
by Chris Hafner on Apr 1, 2010 12:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, it forms more of a lattice work at the bottom
which probably creates enough friction to avoid that so long as the birds maintain a roughly level pitch.
I think the lava would scorch the underside of the whale
Perhaps the birds have lifted him this far and are just now preparing to drop him.
by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 1, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Is that lava?
I thought it was swimming in melted orange vanilla ice cream
The point is that the tweety birds are FAILING to hold the whale
They never shoulda tried! Stupid twitter birds
by lemonverbena on Apr 1, 2010 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Perhaps this is it.
What if we assume that the whale started far above the lava/melted ice cream/cartoonish water through some unknown means and is now plummeting down just as we would expect? We just don’t see its downward motion in this picture. The birds and their rope structure aren’t able to hold the whale – of course they can’t.
So, the birds and the rope are not actually applying any force on the whale – they and the rope are falling at the same rate as the whale, which explains why the ropes are not taut.
by Chris Hafner on Apr 1, 2010 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions
What if it's a flying whale? Or if it's leaping like a dolphin and doing neat tricks?
then it’s the birds that are failing, by interfering with the trick. Stupid unladen swallows.
What hasn't been addressed is that this whale is clearly enjoying the experience
Perhaps this is some sick whale bondage fetish scenario.
The ropes would still be taut
The whale would be dragging the birds down, hence tight ropes
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm arguing that they're all falling at the same rate, like skydivers in formation.
Ropes, birds, whale – all falling at the same rate, no relative speed differences, no force being imparted from one falling body to the other, no force to keep the ropes taut.
So the birds have given up and have stopped generating any lift at all?
by Graham MacAree on Apr 1, 2010 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I think it's arguable whether they ever generated lift at all.
Based on all the other inconsistencies that need to be explained here, that seems to be the most likely explanation. I mean, hey – those don’t even look like real birds.
I thought when Matthew said to blow this out of proportion he was talking about the Garko loss
I guess I was wrong
by Gihyou on Apr 1, 2010 2:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The only thing I see wrong in this Improbable scenario
is the lack of even a mention of the bowl of petunias.
And here I was expecting to read about Garko.
This was way more entertaining. Hooray for random whale tangents.
April Fools?
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by jameslcrockett on Apr 1, 2010 11:51 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
On Garko
Jon Daniels is a motherfucker.
De Gutibus non disputandum est
by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 1, 2010 11:52 AM PDT up reply actions
Please god let the answer to that question be no
because that brings a whole new dimension to what I’m doing right now, which mostly just involves working at my desk.
He's just a little stretched out. It's not you.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Apr 1, 2010 12:38 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs
Thursdays are $2 You-call-it nights down at the Bullpen.
It’s understandable.
angels fan in seattle
by Eyebrows on Apr 1, 2010 12:39 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
WE ARE DOOMED!
Doomed I tells ya, doomeddddddddddddddddddddd!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
by skywaker9 on Apr 1, 2010 12:58 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Until Z trades to get Yuni back that sentence might not be 100% true
by pdb on Apr 1, 2010 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
The Kansas City royals aren't a baseball team.
Though I suppose they’re a “team” in “baseball.” Semantics.
Now we know there was no master plan beyond telling Garko to GTFO and STFU.
He was just a worthless part after all. Our backup for the 1st base situation is Everidge and Carp. I wouldn’t be surprised if Z just decided he’d rather have one of those “youngsters” get a shot at proving something than handing at-bats to Mr. Smelly, who doesn’t really have any upside at all.
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