These two would take my Grade-8-self to town in a lightsaber duel.
(Hat tip to Chase McCoy on this one.)
Master Fencers Duel with Lightsabers●
Monday, Nov 23, 2015
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Bryce Harper Should Have Made $73 Million More Last Season●
Monday, Nov 23, 2015
Neil Paine for my favourite publication, FiveThirtyEight Sports:
FanGraphs has a way of converting a player’s WAR into his monetary value on the open (free agent) market. The site calculates how much teams spend per projected WAR in a given season1 and then applies that “market price” to each player’s output at the end of the season…if you take a consensus average, teams were willing to pay about $7.7 million for every additional WAR this season. That means Harper’s 9.7 wins above replacement2 would have been valued at a staggering $75.4 million on the open market.
When you consider the runner-up to Harper for the NL MVP (Paul Goldschmidt) provided a surplus value of $59.8 million, and both Josh Donaldson and Mike Trout (AL MVP and runner-up, respectively) both had surplus values in the $60 to $65 million range, we just witnessed one of the highest margin baseball seasons (potentially) ever.
Want to know why baseball salaries are catastrophically high? Because sometimes, those $30 million per season contracts are returning upwards of 100%.
My Favorite iPhone 6s Case
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015
And today, I made my debut on The Sweet Setup with review of a number of iPhone 6s cases. We put together a research list of about 10 different cases and put them all to the test to see which would take the crown.
In the end, I’m most attracted to Apple’s own Silicone and Leather cases. The turqouise colour on Apple’s latest Silicone case is to die for and the case as a whole is a winner. From colour, to thickness, to buttons, to protection, the Silicone case checks all the right boxes.
I’m personally most attracted to Apple’s latest Saddle Brown Leather case. The Leather case takes the cake in terms of looks and elegance, but its button presses are mushy and Apple’s Leather cases are known for picking up the colour of your denim jeans after extensive use. For now, my Saddle Brown Leather case is aging beautifully, but I’m worried it’ll start to turn blue after awhile.
Even if Apple’s Silicone or Leather cases aren’t your style, we outlined a fair number of other cases which might suit. I’m particularly fond of Otterbox’s heavy duty Commuter and Defender cases, especially when its time to get into the thick of things.
Head on over to The Sweet Setup to check out the full review.