Aaron Mahnke

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@elson222 @MySportsUpdate The "ambiance and decor" Dave and Busters segment is iconic.

He was always his own guy, see The League appearances. But I do agree, he changed with his presentation to the media

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@reshmanuel @chasedcsports @WashProbs And he averaged 4 Reb/game that year too. That's insane 😳

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@Hoerner1st2018 @PSAcard There's a /71 BGS 9.5 on COMC for $241. Not sure if that's in your price expectation, but the subgrades look like they'd cross to a PSA 9. Hope that helps, I love that card

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@fightwithmemes @TheBabylonBee You using this chart shows your shortcomings in the education system

Scores can't increase markedly above a few percentage points

Inflation in that time is about 500% (your graph only goes to 2013). That means we're spending less than half one-to-one compared to 1970

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@nomadc50 @DezzyPax @KurttheFearless Should a baby be a consequence? No. If you have parents, especially single mothers, who regret their children, is that setting them up for success? There's plenty of scholarly articles linking the original Roe ruling to significant drops in crime in the 80s and 90s.

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@DezzyPax @KurttheFearless @nomadc50 Do you really believe women want to get an abortion procedure? It's a major *medical* procedure

There's been two abortion procedures in my family in the last year. Both women are married. One was ectopic, the other was non-viable. Let women and doctors make educated decisions.

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@realMWO @SSBak_i @annoying_turnip @the_irv_m_ @seldo Once Elon included the phrase "in swing states", it 100% became about the Electoral College.

Like stated earlier, the fate of the presidency rests on less than 100,000 votes in a few states. That's not representative.

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@DamonDxb @NReveillee @atrupar Your graph is deceptive and doesn't prove what you think it does.

1. Trump enters the WH in 2017, not 2012. You're representing data from Obama

2. This is not a measure of inflation or growth. This is a percentage of total net worth. It's 25% higher now than under Trump

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@EricBrankey @CoxRyan89 @Cody_CHGO Better yet, compare their times as Cubs. They're within 5 games played. 71 vs 99 OPS+. Hoerner with 5x as many SB

.244/.290/.335 vs .278/.338/.381

NO CONTEST

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@MichaelMazzier @Michael_Cerami The Golden State Warriors won 73 games and still said "we need to get better". They signed Durant and won two more championships

The Cubs are not GSW-good right now, and we're talking about it being too crowded to add a top-3 talent?!? You sign Soto and figure out the rest

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@JacobOverman12 @BirdsellIsMyACE @CubsSkipper Cardinals did it with Arenado and Goldschmidt. Braves did it with Olson.

Take some of that prospect pedigree and flip it for Rooker or a front-line starter. There's always someone available

How many prospects in those trades worked out? None. Make the big club better now

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@LIsOwn @shants_thoughts @NYSportsfan63 @statmusemlb Pete Rose? PETE ROSE?!?!? A guy who never hit more than 16HRs or stole more than 20 bases in a season? That's about the worst Ohtani comparison seeing as he's on the precipice of 50/50

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@SwoooshLife @Ballislife Curry vs. DeAndre Jordan (if DeAndre Jordan shot 38% from the field) lol

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@Time2Rip @BigBobsCards A HR is 6-7 times more valuable than a SB, so it's close already. And Ohtani has 26 games left.

What Acuña did was incredible, no doubt. But we're talking about an elite pitcher rehabbing from injury on pace to do something nobody ever thought was possible... at the plate

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@trewq418771 @blowoutcards 1/1 rookie auto in a new, anticipated release. This could be THE grail card of his in the future. He's exclusive to Topps, so no National Treasures RPAs. Just my 2 cents

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@MichaelGorman @CraigSolberg @BleacherNation Cubs fan here living in STL... the weather is absolutely a factor. It's nice going to a random Tuesday night game in April or May, but anything over ~88 degrees is miserable at Busch

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@DSBS55 @_BRCooper @willie_lutz What argument are you trying to make? Is it too expensive for the average person? Yes. I'll keep paying for Redzone and watching local and primetimes

Is YouTube TV leaving money on the table at that price? I don't believe so. If you drop to $100, people will just share logins

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@DSBS55 @_BRCooper @willie_lutz Yeah, demand would go up. But 7x as many people would have to buy it to match revenue. That's not happening.

It's a business. I'm sure they have data on the exact number to charge to maximize revenue. It's like the Laffer Curve in economics

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@DrewDRJ @TJNextWave Washed? Keenan Allen went 108/1243/7TD last year

[Aaron Mahnke @BasementMonkey7]

@LeProgressive @BirthdayBetz @DailyRandomCub Dwight Gooden has almost identical numbers, 3 WS rings, and a Cy Young. He didn't make it past the first year of voting. I'll gladly eat my words as a Cubs fan if it happens, but Lester is not a "sure fire" HOFer