Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

vansmack wrote:

hutch wrote:
the MVP award does not go to the "best player"…it goes to the most valuable player..to be valuable your team has to actually be doing something..

For the record, I don't think Trout wins it this year either (that was Buster Olney's post, and I am not Buster Olney), but I still think Trout's the best player in baseball.

Cabrera, Cutch, Scherzer and Kershaw. I'm tipping Fernandez for ROY in the NL over Puig (backlash) and I don't think they should award an AL ROY this year.

is puig a runaway consensus in the media? i would think fernandez gets the nod, simply by playing the whole year.  and he's really, really, really good.

… he did play the whole year, right?

stevewizzle wrote:
is puig a runaway consensus in the media? i would think fernandez gets the nod, simply by playing the whole year.  and he's really, really, really good.

… he did play the whole year, right?

Yes, Fernadez played the entire year, though they may limit his last two starts to six innings, if not shutting him down completely.

Puig's hot start has fizzled a little, to about .307, so he's in the discussion for sure, but Fernandez has just not let up all season.

sweetcell wrote:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/erikmalinowski/this-sports-app-is-almost-worth-wearing-a-computer-on-your-f

Yes.  Totally awesome, but doesn't address my two biggest problems with Glass. 

First, it only works on the right eye.  Well, I'm left handed and, thus, left eye dominant.

And, second you have to have near perfect vision as you can't adjust the focal length to work with prescriptions. 

So until they figure those two things out, Google Glass is not in my peripheral vision.  And I'd drop the cash on it too.

vansmack wrote:
And I'm just going to say this because I know none of you stay up late enough to see it for yourselves:

Mike Trout>Bryce Harper

I'm referring to all 5 tools, plus he's better looking and has better hair.

Mike Trout is having another Awesome Season

For those that might not click the link - some highlights:

Might lead the league in hits and walks, and might have 200 hits and 100 walks.

And if Trout reaches 200 hits, he'd be the youngest player ever with 200 hits, 100 runs, 25 homers and 30 steals in the same season. Alex Rodriguez is the current record holder, reaching those numbers in his age-22 season in 1996.

And check out this stat line because this is where Mike Trout is headed at his current pace:

.330 AVG
.437 OBP
.558 SLG
.995 OPS
25 home runs
36 stolen bases
109 walks
113 runs
197 hits
315 times on base

Want to guess how many players, at any age, have ever etched all those numbers on the same line of their Baseball Encyclopedia page?

Right you are. That would be none. Nada. Not a one.

So how great is Mike Trout? We think we just answered that question. Right?

Shemp wrote:
As Mark McGwire said - 'I'm not here to talk about the past.'

Current WAR:

Machado  2.3
Trout        2.3
Harper     1.7

This story has a lot of time to be played out.

And 'Bam Bam'?  What, like Bam Bam into the wall?

Mike Trout 8.3
Manny Machado 6.5
Bryce Harper 3.4

This Charming Charlie.

Now I know how Joan of Arc felt.

i can buy a new phone.  i want a new phone.  you know that they control me.  i like samsung galaxy series, and i dont care what anybody says, should i wait for the sfouractive on sprint in like december i think they are saying, or is the sfour good enough now?  or do you recommend one of these dandies that sprint will allow me to buy:  moto x / htc one.  i know nothing of either two.  thank you sir vansmack.

walkonby wrote:
i can buy a new phone.  i want a new phone.  you know that they control me.  i like samsung galaxy series, and i dont care what anybody says, should i wait for the sfouractive on sprint in like december i think they are saying, or is the sfour good enough now?  or do you recommend one of these dandies that sprint will allow me to buy:  moto x / htc one.  i know nothing of either two.  thank you sir vansmack.

If you've been fine with Touchwiz via the S2 or S3, there's no reason to not stay with it for the S4.

I actually find the S4 Active to be a pain in the ass for all the times it's "useful" - under water photos are cool, but the quality is terrible as a rule, so is it worth it to have a phone you can submerge to take photos IF you have to open a USB cover every time you want to charge it?  That would drive me completely insane.

vansmack wrote:
so is it worth it to have a phone you can submerge to take photos IF you have to open a USB cover every time you want to charge it?  That would drive me completely insane.

there are plenty of wireless charger options for the S4
here's a nice one Wireless Charger from WIQIQi

My wife could have used one of these waterproof phones…her's took and unplanned dip last night

I've had the S4 now for about four months and I already notice the lag time in things loading. Kinda lame.

i'm still in love with my S4.

yada, how much crap do you have loaded on your phone?  maybe it's time to clean house…

I had a smashed screen on my S3…sold it for $220 on ebay.  Ridiculous.  Now i'm back on the nexus 4.  I had one of these last year and the battery was for shit.  Must have had a lemon, cuz this new one is going all day like a champ.  Can't beat it for $250.

Yada wrote:
I've had the S4 now for about four months and I already notice the lag time in things loading. Kinda lame.

I'm in the same camp too…starting to be less responsive. Love the S4

Sidehatch wrote:
there are plenty of wireless charger options for the S4
here's a nice one Wireless Charger from WIQIQi

Would have been the easiest solution, yes.  But the S4 Active does not support Qi charging natively.

I have switched all of my chargers to Qi chargers (save for my car) for my Nexus 4 and I hope to never look back.  So much easier.

chaz wrote:
Now i'm back on the nexus 4.  I had one of these last year and the battery was for shit.  Must have had a lemon, cuz this new one is going all day like a champ.  Can't beat it for $250.

Yep, that's what I figured.  Actually, so did you:

chaz wrote:
My Nexus coulda been a lemon.  If i ever want to find out I can sell this boat and buy another new nexus and come out 150-200 bucks ahead  ;D

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote:
Now i'm back on the nexus 4.  I had one of these last year and the battery was for shit.  Must have had a lemon, cuz this new one is going all day like a champ.  Can't beat it for $250.

Yep, that's what I figured.  Actually, so did you:

chaz wrote:
My Nexus coulda been a lemon.  If i ever want to find out I can sell this boat and buy another new nexus and come out 150-200 bucks ahead  ;D

As it functions now this is prob my favorite android device to date. 
Now i'm thinking of rooting it.  Never rooted a phone.  Can you point to an easy how to?  My add always kicks in when i'm thinking of rooting a phone…go here download this install that flash this.  blah blah blah.
I want to install this but need root:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.paranoid.touchcontrol&hl=en

Edit:  nm…we have a security policy on our exchange server that will probably make that app pointless anyway.  Policy was in testing and was about to delete it but found out it's a keeper and will be mass deployed soon….

chaz wrote:
As it functions now this is prob my favorite android device to date. 
Now i'm thinking of rooting it.  Never rooted a phone. 

Jellybean 4.3 is the first Google OS I haven't yet found a need to root.

I will see if there's a non root equivalent of touch to wake or "knock, knock" as LG calls it.  I suspect it's something we may see in Kit-Kat.

I also mentioned that I liked the Moto X's Bluetooth Bypass of the lock screen.  I've found an equivalent that does the same for Bluettoth and Wifi that I love:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2&hl=en

It's called Delayed lock and is awesome for the in the car and at home, though your Exchange PIN requirement may also render this moot.   

vansmack wrote:

chaz wrote:
As it functions now this is prob my favorite android device to date. 
Now i'm thinking of rooting it.  Never rooted a phone. 

I also mentioned that I liked the Moto X's Bluetooth Bypass of the lock screen.  I've found an equivalent that does the same for Bluettoth and Wifi that I love:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.j4velin.delayedlock2&hl=en

It's called Delayed lock and is awesome for the in the car and at home, though your Exchange PIN requirement may also render this moot.   

Got excited when reading about this, but see in the notes that it will not work if Exchange Policy requires a pin. 

I just remembered something else about my first N4…thing took forever to charge.  It was definitely bunk.