JotCast | Klawchat 2/22/18

Klawchat 2/22/18

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Keith Law

1:54

One rampage was done entirely with handguns (can't a handgun be semi-automatic, BTW? Isn't that what a Luger of detective novel fame is?) ... what about all of the massacres done with AR-15s? No one is claiming we will ever prevent all mass murders. If we can reduce their frequency at minimal cost, then we should do so. As much as I would love to see us improve mental health treatment in this country, that is very, very expensive. Banning weapons designed to kill as many targets as possible in a short period of time is cheap.

Bobbo

1:54

thanks for the chats. here's a two parter: do you tend to veer away from hidden role and deduction games? and if not, are you partial to Deception (a fave of the game group im in)?

Keith Law

1:55

I played Deception with some new friends at Gen Con this year and it was fun, but definitely better thanks to the drinks in everyone's hands. I don't mind those games at all but they're more social/party games than strategy games, which is my preference.

Josh in DC

1:55

So help me, my kids (8 and 10) like "Life." Do you have any recommendations of games that are like Life, but not terrible?

Keith Law

1:56

Depends on what they like about it. I don't know any games that try to simulate what (white, suburban, straight, cis) life is like. Do they like that they're building stuff - like Agricola, where you're a farmer and have to feed your family and build our your house and raise animals? (It's also kind of easy in that game to forget to grow enough food to feed your family.)

Jonathan

1:56

Would MacKenzie Gore and Logan Allen be enough to pry Kevin Kiermaier away from the Rays?

Keith Law

1:56

Yeah, if the Padres are out of their fucking minds.

John

1:57

Even if he's great the next two years, do you think it's likely that Darvish actually uses his opt out? There is a lot of competition scheduled to be on the free agent market that year (Sale, Bumgarner, & Cole at the top; plus mid-rotation depth like Gray, Porcello, and Pineda, among others).

Keith Law

1:57

He could always threaten to use it and try to renegotiate his deal, too.

Dr. Bob

1:57

Colby Rasmus just signed with the Orioles. I don't know if his career would have turned out the same, but I always wonder if TLR's manhandling him contributed to his downfall. Might be a cautionary tale that you shouldn't necessarily treat every player the same.

Keith Law

1:57

I think the combination of TLR and Rasmus's father led to his failure to develop.

Todd

1:57

Yankees Luis Medina a potential breakout prospect?

Keith Law

1:57

He was my potential breakout prospect for the Yankees.

Mike

1:58

This isn't relevant to a sport that you follow, but some Oregon State fans were accused of yelling racial epithets at players from a rival school after a game. What level of punishment to the school do you think can decrease this deplorable behavior? No future home games, tournament bans, something else?

Keith Law

1:58

If the school takes action - banning those fans from games, even suspending them - I'd be fine stopping there. You go after the school if it has shown an unwillingness or inability to stop the problem.

1:59

Also, what's worse, Oregon State fans yelling racial epithets, or Oregon State fans giving convicted child molester Luke Heimlich a standing ovation?

RSO

1:59

Thoughts on the economy booming right now under Trump? You ever just give him credit or just rip him for every little thing he does like most liberals do?

Keith Law

2:00

You dropped your binky. The economy isn't "booming," by the way. The stock market is, but that's not the economy. Q4 GDP growth came in below expectations.

Dennis

2:01

Does Nick Tropeano have mid rotation potential or is he a likely back-end guy?

Keith Law

2:01

Two pitch guy, most likely a reliever/long man.

Chris

2:01

If and when Andujar and Gleyber entrench themselves, should the Yanks trade Wade, Thairo, and Drury if they'd be average regulars for so called second division teams? Understanding depth is important, at some pt it is not a good allocation of resources.

Keith Law

2:02

Trade one or two of the three, but not all. Someone has to back those guys (and Didi) up.

Buck

2:02

What do you think of Nick Senzel getting a look at shortstop this spring? Any chance he can stick there, at least for a few years?

Keith Law

2:02

No. Don't get it at all - he was a poor defender at SS as an amateur, and worked hard to get to average at 3b.

2:03

Who are a person or two on the social/political right that you read and respect their rationality and integrity even if you disagree them?

Keith Law

2:04

David French comes to mind. I'm sure he's written something that would make me tear my hair out, but he's been one of the most consistently thoughtful, rational writers on the right I've seen over the last year.

2:04

Yandy Diaz is an enormous human being with a good swing. Will the power come at some point?

Keith Law

2:04

I think there can be average power.

wade

2:04

I believe you mentioned previously that you remodeled your kitchen and decided not to do a double oven. What do you do when you need to cook two things at different temps but want them to be done at the same time?

Keith Law

2:04

Almost never comes up.

Dave

2:04

Curious what your problem with Douthat is - he's devout and I'm not, but I assume that's not the issue. At least he's smarter than their other conservatives.

Keith Law

2:04

Literally wrote a piece arguing for rolling back part of the First Amendment.

RSO

2:04

I really enjoyed hearing you on the RAB podcast. Do you plan on working with RAB on any future endeavors?

Keith Law

2:05

I've always enjoyed their work and have said yes whenever I could when they've asked me to do their podcast.

jake

2:05

so im confused, where was florial actually born?

Keith Law

2:06

An excellent question. For folks who missed it, Florial told Randy Miller he was born in the DR. MLB thinks he was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and he wore the Haitian flag in the Futures Game last year. Seems like a visa problem waiting to happen, so I'm hoping this is all just a misunderstanding.

Josh in DC

2:06

In slamming intangibles as something that doesn't exist, you also said leadership abilities don't exist. Look, I'm dubious about most intangibles. But just because something can't be measured doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Keith Law

2:06

If it can't be measured, then you can't rationally price it, and that is functionally equivalent to nonexistent.

Jay

2:07

Can we look forward to your thoughts after Ohtani's mound debut Saturday?

Keith Law

2:07

Nope. Not until I see him live. I'll be on the road Saturday anyway.

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