HoustonTiger2008

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The 5% going into my 401K is definitely 5% of my gross pay

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Yep.

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but my taxable gross is my gross less what I put in my 401K.

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Well this would make it a traditional 401k contribution. Deducting the amount you contribute before you pay taxes on the money.

What I am saying is maybe on your check they take the 5% out of your base (gross) salary and then take out taxes and insurance and arrive at your "net" pay, but then they deduct the 5% of your gross from that amount. That would be a Roth 401k contribution in that it was deducted from your paycheck after you paid taxes.

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So say my gross is $4000 per check, $200 is going towards my 401K.

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My suggestion would be to check the math on your check of all the deductions.

Your example doesn't necessarily mean that the 5% isn't coming out after taxes. It just means they figured the 5% figure on the gross pay amount, but they could be deducting 5% of your gross pay from the net pay.

Max is right - forgot Olt is about ready to go. He could possibly get a chance and have KB play some CF.

I don't think Schwarber will come back up yet.

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Didn't soler stay in the game after spraining his ankle?

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He did. I don't remember at what point in the game he injured the ankle.

I wasn't insinuating that there is no chance Fowler's injury is serious. I simply said I hope it isn't because he did stay in for a little while after it was hurt. Sometimes that doesn't mean anything, sometimes it does.

Great way to start a four game series. Bullpen continues to be absolute nails going 7 innings and allowing only 1 run.

The guy that caught that one was pretty excited.

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I know what a game winning RBI is

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Oh ok, so you know that yesterday was a game winning RBI then.

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but you were trying to paint him as this clutch player yesterday

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I said nothing more than he had another game winning RBI which gives him 4 in the last 10 days. That is fact. Much more fact than "he doesn't hustle and looks lackadaisical."

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Hitting a sac fly in the 3rd inning of a scoreless game doesn't exactly jive with his other walk off hits.

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Well no - it wasn't a walk-off or even a hit for that matter. But it was a game winning RBI. His 4th such RBI in the last 10 days. Glad we could have this discussion.

Thank God you made a thread about this. There definitely haven't been any other threads on this same topic and I'm just oozing with anticipation on who tadellatt thinks the 2016 baseball starters will be.

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But it is funny and convenient how you weren't posting when Castro had back to back walk off singles just last week.

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Annnnd he gets the game winning hit today giving him three game winning hits in the last 9 days.

Also made a really nice leaping catch to end the game.

Lester might be quiet for a little bit. We can only hope anyway.

Perfect. Thank you sir.

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but not change the development schedule for a promising player.

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I disagree slightly here. I think the FO has mentioned that if they think a guy can help the team win then they would definitely bring him up in order to help the ball club make a playoff run. I think it is pretty obvious that we are going to be in the running for a playoff spot at the end of this season. Especially with how much better the bullpen has gotten and now Neil Ramirez will be back soon. Even if that player has to move to a different position temporarily. They will do whatever it takes to makes the playoffs if they have that chance.

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I understand lefty righty matchup but lift cogs for ross with the tying run at 2nd.

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I thought this was one of the dumber moves I have ever seen last night. It got even worse when he compounded it by lifting Denorfia for Mike fricking Baxter because the Indians brought a right hander in the game. Beyond dumb.

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Anthony Rendon was drafted in 2011 and was an everyday player in MLB by June of 2013.

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Anthony Rendon was also a SIGNIFICANLY better hitter than Alex Bregman.

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Considering they have Correia and Altuve in the IF it will be awhile for him. They would need someone to get injured, start sucking, or for Breg to change positions.

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Agree completely. This is a very silly thread because of that reason. I would think there is no way he will get called up before September of 2017, even that might be pushing it.

He isn't going to come in and mash like Kris Bryant or Schwarber.

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1st year would be extremely unlikely unless he tears it up continuously and they have injury issues

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I hope you aren't counting this as his first year because there is absolutely zero chance he is getting called up in 2015.

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because our pen has been so bad

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Pen has been absolutely nails for about the last month or so now. They had 4 consecutive games last week where they went 6, 5, 4 and 4 innings. They allowed a total of 2 ER in those 19 IP.