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« on: December 05, 2019, 11:43:36 am »
Weird, IE works for me on my home computer but not my work computer.
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That was unexpected.
Makes a big difference in this division.
So you're saying you can't keep Mike Fiers from posting here?
Unfortunately, this is not a matter of wanting to try something new, or even a choice of keep this format or move to a new one. It's move to a new format or the forum dies. The current software is simply outdated and is no longer supported. Waldo has held this one together with pine tar and bat tape until we could get something new set up, but it's simply not sustainable. We'll have to get used to something else. I'm certain we will.
I think this is what he's referring to:
https://twitter.com/aubrey_huff/status/1199200986658553857
This drives me crazy because the NCAA will burn a program to the ground if a kid takes a loan, but coaches covering up rapes doesn’t even hit on their radar.
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Compare Tom Herman's three year progression with Matt Ruhle's progression at Baylor. Also consider that Ruhle had to recruit with the label of Rape U hung on the school and also that he went 1-11 his first year.
There is a large group from MLB (estimated 20+) of MLB folks including Manfred currently in town conducting the investigation. They are interviewing current and former players, coaches, and staff including Brandon Backe. Some players have refused to cooperate.
I predict Jeter gets in with 110% of the vote. He will also be the only one elected because he s in a class by himself.
And the silence from Houston is deafening. I imagine they’re under gag orders but Jesus Christ.
Not really. I doubt they make any more money.
He had the chance to be a pitching ninja type account
I keep waiting for one with the curb your enthusiasm theme.
Just watched someone named Chris Russo
What’s the medical news?
There's someone on Twitter arguing vociferously that the person in question or at least the station in question pertains to the MLB replay system.
I started watching The Expanse but never got into it. This is likely entirely down to my mood at that moment as there are multiple examples of me going back to stuff and thoroughly enjoying it. I'll give it a whirl.Maybe it’s harder to get hooked if you haven’t read the books first, but it’s really worth a watch. It doesn’t have the same social messaging that BSG had, but it’s currently my favorite sci-fi show.
I'm enjoying the books (currently reading the fifth one Nemesis Games). But I haven't watched the show. Is it a good companion or should I pick it up once I'm done with the novels?If you’re on book 5 then you can start watching the show now. Seasons 1-3 cover books 1-3. Upcoming season 4 corresponds to book 4.
I will say that the production values on both shows is top notch. The effects in FAM are perhaps the best I've ever seen on TV, and they even give you a wobbly zoom in every once in a while to remind you that Ron Moore is the producer. Clearly, they didn't scrimp on either show.
Worse: Crane will be forced to sell to Loria
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This is what I mean by martyr complex. Literally none of what is being described is actually happening, despite many of you really, really wishing it would.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mlb-commissioner-on-astros-scandal-we-will-find-out-how-far-up-in-the-organization-it-went-131204081.html
"Some fans have wondered" is quite some distance from "Commissioner Manfred said."
Obviously, following the rules is crucial to the competition on the field; any time there’s this sort of allegation, we take it very seriously,” Manfred told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview at the Paley International Council Summit in New York on Thursday. “We’re in the midst of gathering the facts. We want to make sure we understand everything that went on, who was involved, how far up in the organization it went. And at that point in time, we’ll make a decision as to what, if any, discipline is appropriate.
The Athletic article has a picture of the tunnel behind the dugout. There is a disconnected data cable haphazardly strung along the wall, with a coiled end dangling directly above a big trashcan. The side of the trashcan has a big wear spot that looks like it's been beaten to shit. Again, not conclusive, but it sure looks like it's what they say it is.
This is the only AppleTV+ show that moved the needle for me, so I was excited to learn that I got a free subscription with my new iPhone 11. I haven't watched the show yet, though, because apparently I can only watch it ON my iPhone, and while the screen is larger than on my older phone, I'm not sure I want to invest 10 hours staring at my phone.
I have an older (Gen1?) AppleTV device but when I try to stream through it I get an error., so I assume it's not compatible. Same with my older Fire stick. And of course our relatively new Samsung smart TVs don't have the app - it's only available on certain Sony TVs.
Stephen A. Smith now says Altuve’s walkoff against Chapman was 2019 sign stealing. Make it stop.
I agree wholeheartedly.
But lying to the media is commonplace, especially when folks are protecting their self interests.
I thought using technology to steal signs was always against the rules, and the new rules regarding camera placement and usage this year were just put in place to shore up prevention.
Of course, it was. The ex-Astro accusing the team of electronically stealing signs wasn’t on the Astros’ playoff roster at any point during the 2017 postseason, so how would he know what was going on?
Then Beltran lied? This allegedly went on in the dugout and in the tunnel immediately adjacent.
Not very subtle.
I was keeping it to regular season.
The ALCS walkoff is the uber highlight.
The groveling of Ryan's schlong knows no bounds in DFW. This idiot bastard is just making up his own version of alternate facts. Not ot be outdone, this dumb-as-a-turd dipshit is just as ill-informed. WTF is wrong with so many of those people up there?
Nolan Ryan is a Ranger. He will always be a Ranger. He sold his Astros...ness...years ago. Fuck him.
What did not happen was an executive search that yielded Jared Crane as the best candidate by pure coincidence.
I see no baseball background at all.
I see a member of the lucky sperm club. He would not be considered for this job by any other team. That doesn't mean he won't be good at it, it just means he didn't get the job on merit.
Does Nolan have an official position with the club? Will be interesting to see who is providing the wienies next season.Special assistant or some such.
Bahahahaha! The Dodgers wont care for long if he can't hit above the Mendoza line.
Did he get his breasts caressed like Suzuki did?
Too be fair he didn't say the Astros didn't want it he just said the Nats wanted it more. The Nats maybe wanted it 110% and the Astros only wanted it 109.99%...
I'm pretty sure none of the previous five teams with three straight 100-win seasons went on to make it four.
Just a quick back of the envelope almanac survey; the only superteams (105+ wins) who’ve played in the ws against 90-96 or so win teams and won have been the NYY, and the BoSox last year. Many have lost outside of that restriction. Winning the WS is a formidable task in any event
Do I wish Hinch had left Greinke in? Yes. Did I think putting in Harris was a misteak? No. I'm so used to my Houston teams getting beat in extraordinary and disappointing fashions, that this loss wasn't that bad for me.
I (finally) upgraded my iPhone 6S last month. That must be it.
This season the main thing I worried about, besides injuries, happened: the Astros didn't play their best in the postseason.
That's what gnaws at me right now.
I do not know how that is possible. Pulling him too soon is not the answer, and the man thinks 200 innings is important. Foul balls, walks, and Ks run the pitch count up. He would have to be a willing participant in any arbitrary limit.
As an aside.my scout friend told me after Game 2 he was concerned about JV because “his arm speed is down.”He blamed the innings pitched, which I think reached 258. I do not know about that technical point, but I do know he was not throwing 96-97 in Game 6.
I would have bet my last dollar you got that from some radio pundit. Come on, man. You know folks on the GZ/TZ will check this stuff out.My favorite bogus take so far was some idiot on Twitter who said they should have opened the roof because the Astros have a better postseason record with the MMP roof open.
Hinch turned into Dave Roberts this week.
I don't think Waldo really cares about my point.
There is no fucking way he's going to re-sign with the Astros.
I think the key takeaway here is that slumping in October is bad.And slumping in October against elite starting pitchers is especially bad.
So what does that say about the Astros’ analytical model? Should other teams follow it? Some are in hopes of repeating a winning windowLet’s not treat this like some existential crisis. The Astros’ model provably works.
Everyone that said the Astros were done after Altuve failed to capitalize yesterday was right.I still think that’s a horseshit take.
Home games 4, 3, 2, 2.Scherzer, Strasburg, Strasburg, Scherzer
I don’t care what Kendrick did, I walk Soto.Didn’t work in game 2.
I've seen enough of Yordan Alvarez to last a lifetime.Seriously?
This Astros offense does not have the 2 runs in them needed to win this game.This opinion is bad and you should feel bad.
Right. This isn't about Greinke, this is all about the limp-dick offense.Game ain’t over yet.
Time to start pacing.I ate too much for dinner. I’m on the verge over here.
Surprised as this move, but AJ is a master.I like it, and this time Jake isn’t in the middle of the order.
Fat one taken by Robbie.He looked completely fooled.
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I'll admit it, I was not expecting that.I’m just glad that Rendon finally didn’t make a spectacular play for once.
Cole warming, I'd stay with Greinke for one moreAbsolutely.
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Soto may have gotten jobbed there.Zero fucks given
I'm sure the Nationals version of MRaup was swearing up a storm.Hell, Mark probably was too.
If he’s needed, the car is in the ditch. If you can’t get 8 out of Greinke and Cole, then whoever comes in next is probably moot.
Well, it comes down to one game. If the players need any additional motivation, other than it's Game FUCKING Seven of the World Series, they need to re-evaluate their career choice.
I'm glad someone has faith the offense will show up for at least one home game.If the pitching gives up 5, 12, or 7 runs then the offense probably won’t matter.
I certainly don't.
I think we need to prepare ourselves for the possibility that won't happen.I’m prepared. But fuck everyone who started saying the game or the series was over three innings ago.
Greinke 3-6, 4.33 era in career postseason. Won’t matter without runsWon’t matter if they win tonight
Or extra inningsCan I subscribe to your newsletter?
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Exactly. I think it helped that Yuli's glove got knocked off.I think that’s the key.
Everyone saying the Astros are doomed for the rest of the series because they failed to score in this inning needs to shut up. There are four more innings tonight, and, this team is good enough to beat Max Scherzer in a game 7 with Zack Greinke on the mound if it comes to that. Act like you have some damn faith in the team Lunhow built.
The biggest problem concerning the next game is that I can't watch it. Not sure if I should grab scores when I can or try to avoid the scores and watch the game when I get home... so anyway, enjoy the game you lucky bastards.
Has he been this bad for the entire game? I only picked up the game from Zimmerman's AB.He has gotten progressively worse.
Jake gave it a shotAbout as close as Springer came against LeMaiheu.
Baseball savantDaren Willman is a must-follow on Twitter.
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Ugly swings by Zimmerman.I think they both only count as one total swing.
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What is the weather situation, did the rain arrive?
With all the shit rightly thrown at Joe Buck for being crap at his job, the thing at which he is empirically bad is describing the set up. In an era when teams shift on a regular basis, we - the tv viewer - never know because the directors are obsessed with close-ups and reaction shots while Buck is just smug as a bug in a rug in the booth reading stats passed to him by a producer.
Then there's a ground ball that should go through a hole in the infield. "Ground ball" Buck will helpfully note. And then it's straight to an infielder you had no idea was fucking there and Buck describes it as a routine out.
Just completely fucking useless.
And Alvarez is the solution to that?
You forgot “catcher running”.Maybe they were trying to give Chirinos a breather?
I’m starting to figure that Soto doesn’t have an accurate arm.This take didn’t age well.
Devo in the 9th with a 7 run lead?I would.
Did Rendin hit the bag?Yes
I remember that game but I don't remember who was pitching.Wagner, right? Wasn’t that the first game of a doubleheader?
You know that Google thing that you can pause with your hand will be the most annoying thing in the world as it will pause at the slightest movement and/or any passing pet.Plus you get the extra feature of Google spying on you while you’re nekkid.
I have an easy fix though; you use you hand still, but you move it an extra 3” and touch the pause button.
I wonder if Brownie would call him K-Tuck?Better than Milo calling him Tucksy, probably.
Now what? Who sees nine outs in the bullpen?Pressly - Smith - Osuna?
I love Will Harris.Literally?
They said earlier Harris would only be used tonight to get out of a jam. Not for any lengthRight, because he faced five batters last night.
I haven't spoken to my contempt for DC area sports fans, they are in sort of an unassuming manner some of the worst fans in the country. But I have enormous respect for the Nationals because they for some reason have managed to put together a team that plays really good defense. I commend Suzuki especially, but there are plenty of other guys that I'm getting tired of.Also, the Nationals have banned The Wave.
That is beating the odds. She is blessed.One of the very rare cases where they found it in stage 1A, almost by accident. Treatment has been hell on earth, and there is a higher risk of relapse, but it’s a miracle she’s made it this far.
SU2C: Ian and Ann WardMy aunt just received her last chemo treatment and is going to beat the odds against pancreatic cancer.
Hadn't heard.
The top of the eighth was underwhelming.
Damn Correa..what the fuck are you waiting for?
They are just sitting on Greinke's curve ball knowing he can't throw a fastball by them.
Low in the strike zone not being called.
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Well, Springer's was a lucky break
I have no doubt there are parts of the article that are factually accurate. It was also written by Evan Drellich.Passan’s latest column strikes a lot of the same chords. Or do we hate him now too?
One ex-Astros baseball operations employee said this week that when they left for another team, they did so specifically because of the culture of the front office. They’re not alone, though an exact number is unclear. The Osuna acquisition was eye-opening for many.
Astros GM Jeff Luhnow was asked whether he had personally reached out to @stephapstein to apologize.
Luhnow said he’s been busy and hasn’t had the time.
Stephanie was sitting in the room.
Ok, so Soto has some irritating gloss to his game, but is that any different to Bregman’s posing and staring?
Getting arrested to own the libs!
(3) order pizza. I’m not kidding.So, about that... a Fox News reporter is saying on Twitter that some of the Republicans were hoping to - even ASKING to - get arrested so that they could use it for propaganda.
I’ve seen reports on Twitter that the Sergeant at Arms has been called. We’ve all seen protestors - even handicapped ones - being dragged from hearings. How the fuck that hasn’t happened here is a travesty. It’s a felony to use a cell phone in a SCIF and these dumb fucks are tweeting and ordering pizza.
They are not hitting with RISP.Yeah, we’ve seen this coming since the trip to Tampa.
They haven't done it all postseason.
They're just playing tnr best team they've faced. It ain't the stage.
It bounced away because Pressly fucking threw it in the dirt in front of the plate. How is that Maldonado's fault?Just watched again and you’re right. Looked worse for Maldonado when I saw it live.
How so?Ball bounced away, runners moved up, both scored on Bregman’s throw to first.
the only thing missing from this inning is a HR, right?This inning has been so long you forgot that it started with a HR.
That's no fucking hit.Scorer being awfully charitable to Bregman.
JV struck out Robles on the 2-2 pitch, but the umpire didn’t notice.That pitch hasn’t been called much all night.
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That was a foregone conclusion, no?
Assuming Taubman was targeting Footer -- which certainly appears to be the case -- and given that she works for MLB.com / MLB Advanced Media, L.P. (a partnership of the team owners), I wonder if that dynamic is affecting the front office's public statements. MLB says they are launching an internal investigation, but the articles I've seen suggest that inquiry will focus on potential violations of the team/media relations provisions in the CBA. But Footer is something other than a "media member". She's an MLB employee. So, this "internal investigation" may actually be a MLB human resources investigation.Good points.
So, Taubman's little stunt, on top of being disgraceful, also puts MLB in the cross-hairs of a potential workplace harassment suit. I suspect that both MLB and team lawyers have told the FO to stop short of any statement that might constitute an admission of liability.
(this, of course, would have little to do with that initial abomination of a press release that attacked the SI article)
Indeed, going into an interview not being better prepared for entirely expected questions suggests a lack of understanding of the gravity of the situation.
Seems quite clear he has a serious hard-on for Taubman.
Bregman was a total mess too. He acknowledged as much postgame. He's gotta fix it. And yes, I know it's just that easy.
Did they really do those stupid sparkle Vegas lights on the HR by Springer? Goodness.Yep.
Huh? Diaz was used because Corbin is tough on lefties.Why not both?
Not even close. They're facing one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball. He's controlled his damage. Cole has not.And Cole is facing a top 6 run scoring offense. It goes both ways.
And Cole shits the bed.Not as much as the lineup has so far.
now finally I guess they have also kinda sorta "apologized"
It is truly amazing that people so smart can be so stupid.
What the fucking fuck, Waldo. Reading comprehension much? I said Reid Ryan ALSO, not instead. The press release is in Ryan’s umbrella, and he needs to be involved ALSO. along with Luhnow and Crane. Having Ryan involved is hardly “walking it back.”
Reid Ryan is President of the Astros on the operations side including PR and media. He must be involved also.
Not saying the reporter is NY, but much of the media was very pro-NYY. That was discussed here loudly and often.
Massive difference. Do not let a perpetrator have any more head start on abusing the next person than you possibly can. We teach immediate reporting for that very real issue.
That's not the same as going straight to Luhnow or Crane that night and reporting the event. Then writing the story. If she wrote first then asked for comment that's not the same.
It looks like (1) the Astros got the facts wrong in the press release; (2) Traubman was being an ass at work and embarrassed the organization; and (3) the Stros could have diffused the situation with a simple you-misunderstood-the-motives-but-we-are-so-sorry-our-behavior-was-inexcusable, which was really the only thing appropriate. If Traubman and the Astros intended to defend Osuna they've accomplished exactly the opposite. Osuna and the Astros will never be able to walk away from the domestic violence storyline now.
It could be mentioned that at least 3 of the reporters involved are from New York, including Hunter Atkins of the chronicle.The NY angle is a nothing burger. None of the reporters who have corroborated the story were on the Yankees beat, and many national writers are based in NY. Looking too hard for an anti-Astros bias.
If I were Crane or Ryan I would fire Taubman this morning for not being able to control himself and creating an unneeded distraction.
Peacock really stepped up.
He didn't go home after getting back from NY. Slept in the nap room in the stadium.
First pitcher in something like 100 years to end one postseason game and start the next.
Yes it would have been great to get 2 IP/0 R, but no complaints on his performance.
(also had his father on his mind: dsd had bypsss surgery earlier in the week)
Today started with news that Turkey didn’t even bother pretending to adhere to the bullshit moratorium, and has been shelling the Kurds.
Please, MLB, for fuck's sake, sell rights to broadcast your playoff games to a network that isn't run by 3 gibbons in a trenchcoat.
The difference being the length of the series. In the LDS, you pitch Verlander in game 4 because there are only 2 games left and Cole has game 5. Here, if you are not facing elimination in game 6 then you aren't risking going down without getting 2 games from your top 2. The fact that Verlander struggled with command on short rest only furthers the argument against it.
Indeed.
Worth watching to the end of the game.....
(Added later) Prime example for not using IBB, esp to load the bases.....
What bothers me more than JV going today is the talk about the rotation for the ALCS. Win today.
Carlos! He's not giving up!
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I know splits and all that, but why not let Rondon face more than one batter? His velocity after 3.2 innings of Grienke has got to look like a missile.
FUCK! where are my heart pills?
and that 's where it gets me.
Game 4* is at 3:15 on a Tuesday and game 5* is WHADDAYA KNOW?! 7:40 on a Thursday.
People that are not watching and just getting pbp here, please note that Hudson is not exaggerating on the 'takes meatball down the middle for strikes one two and three' business. It is truly as bad as you're imagining it might be.
Amen.
2 big dp's turned by the good guys today.
So is Dr Evil, they will let just about anyone be a scientist.
Maybe. He had to be sweating pretty good too. Could have just been that.
Yordan is a black hole right now.
Is Glasnow crying?
The fucker who is not to be named is the bench coach for the Braves?? Go Shitbirds!!
Crane is apparently a bottom line guy,
I know it is an annual tradition to bitch about the start times of games, but this is fucking ridiculous. There are only two games on Saturday, there's no need to have one starting after 8:00. Most elementary school age kids will only be able to watch just a few innings of the first two games of the series at most.
It's amazing to me that now--months after the Mueller report was released and (right or wrongly) met with a collective shrug despite detailing multiple crimes--Trump and his folks are still working to undermine both the report and the underlying foundation for the investigation that Russia launched a cyber campaign to help Trump's campaign.
Medicare runs at about a 3% overhead. Show me a for-profit insurance company that comes within 15 points of that!That is shockingly efficient for the gubmint. If I correctly interpreted the numbers I just looked up, the UK’s NHS is about 2.5%.
I have no idea, but found this as showing a great deal of the money is being used frivolously.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1140908.pdf
I haven't been told any of that. Maybe I don't know any real Republicans if that's how real Republicans think.
Rays won, so the MN to have home field over the Yankers is 2. Over the Dojers, currently beating the Pads narrowly, it’s 3.
Gave it all he had. Just wasn’t hit very hard.
Was that the Glavine start? *shuddering*
Magic number for best record is 4.
Our seats were behind the plate (one row from the top),
It’s now being reported that Trump ordered Acting Chief of Everything Mulvaney, days before calling Zelensky, to put the military aid to Ukraine on hold. The guns in this circular firing squad are all smoking.
Is that the tiebreaker when there's no head to head?
Why not just call out all lunacy for what it is? No matter if it's your party of choice or in an upcoming election your candidate of choice. What she said was stupidly impossible. I'm not going to waste my time defending someone with the dumb.
Compared to saying you are just going to shut down one of the biggest growth industries in the U.S., drawing on a map with a sharpie is just "eccentric".
The number for the Yankees is 8 assuming the tie breaker. 6 for the Dojers.
https://www.playoffmagic.com/mlb/
Lastly, if you're cutting the cord, I recommend you buy your own modem. Just make sure to get one that's compatible with your internet provider of choice. You will save instantly by avoiding an installation charge, and every month thereafter by not paying to rent their modem. I got mine for $80, and it saved me the $100 installation fee* and $10/month thereafter.
Trump wants to lend Iran $15billion
The Federal deficit just topped $1 trillion (per year) for the first time in 7 years
As a proud owner of a pair of Dome seats, I’m often reminded at just how large and comfortable those seats were.
I'm pretty sure I've heard Crane say the Luxury Tax thing is a priority. Staying under it, of course.
I'd venture to say being subject to the luxury tax is a requirement, because the other teams are doing it.
I could see the Astros doing 4 years guaranteed with 3 years of options... but I would still question how they are going to fit another $30MM+ into the payroll and not pay luxury tax.
Eric Anthony's seat is there too.
Notice how much wider the old seat backs were.
Austin currently has a food truck and a brick and mortar of a Nashville Hot Chicken restaurant called Tumble22. I've eaten there probably 6 times in the last year, and it is absolutely amazing. If not the best fried chicken I've ever had, it's pretty damn close.
“Read more, post less” is excellent advice for everyone new, not only you.
But...if I'm being overly optimistic, let's say he's in week 24 of that plan right now. 6 weeks from now, if the team is still playing, would he not be able to pitch at a game level?
I'm starting to get cautiously optimistic about seeing LMJ pitch this year.
Until Spackstruck him downate his fucking spleen.
Here's the Chronicle's story from early August:
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Astros-plan-changes-at-Minute-Maid-on-suite-14274302.php
Sir, a fax has come in from Mr. Tucker... It appears to be a drawing a big middle finger, with your name written under it.
He is mentally unfit to be President. He has absolutely lost his mind. Amazing that there are people so blinded, they can't recognize how batshit crazy this shitbag is.
And I do wonder if using your daughter's name is respectful of her privacy. Not something I think a Dad should do, We can respectfully disagree on this one too.
I did not mean anyone was judging Elizabeth, Waldo. I know her situation and what caused her to wake up. The court in her case mandated treatment/rehab. She would not have gone to in-patient without it. Lots you do not know, but your advice is plentiful. Lots of luck to your cousin, but controlled addiction is not a solution.
TY for sharing, Coach. Thankful the consequences helped her hit the wall and seek changes.
Pls provide a link for "Redemption".
Lots of judgmental advice on here from folks who do not appear to have lived with/through it. Speaking for only me, law enforcement turned my daughter’s like around. Her arrest and pending trial, along with a hard shove from her lawyer (a friend of mine since JHS), were the combined impetus to get her to rehab. From there, she made the decision to get clean and to change, as all addicts must. Twelve Steps and a year-long incarceration (halfway house the last six months)together with her personal commitment to change were her salvation. She had lived a life largely without consequences to that point (for which I deserve blame), and she needed consequences for her behavior. I am happy law enforcement intervened, and if I could have stopped the court proceedings, I would not have done it.
I have written about her if you are interested enough to read. See “Redemption” on the front page.
Mental illness seems to be the cause of everything from mass shooting to heroin addiction. No.
Not mine. In patient rehab started her recovery, and incarceration turned her around. I am thankful law enforcement intervened and glad she had serious consequences for her behavior.
This makes me wonder -- what keeps long-lasting rivalries going in the minors? It seems with players, coaches, even affiliations changing so frequently, that there might not be enough continuity over the course of years to keep a rivalry stoked.
When I saw McGwire’s BP, he did not hit rockets. He hit long lazy flies which landed it the upper deck!
I do not care one bit about how they do, and you will not find me being sentimental or effusive about their current accomplishments.
You want advice from me, Waldo?
Seriously, dude. Who cares.
Injuries are disappointing, for sure, but I would not try to trade him, especially not now. He is ARod talent when healthy. I’d be patient with him.
I just tried one for lunch and I’m considering another for dinner. Popeyes is going to take over the world with that sandwich.
DC was my first choice, I’m worried it will be a zoo in DC then though.
Whatever all of that means. I did not bring my slide rule.
Not after the deadline. No player who was on a major league roster at July 31 can be dealt.
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Apparently when he met Jim Crane, Crane asked him where he's from and he said Africa
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Sounds like Bibb Falk
When Lance Berkman was hitting .095 during his first month in the Major Leagues, he had the usual questions young players have about whether they're good enough to play at this level.
That's when Jeff Bagwell pulled him aside.
"I think he's going to give me a great piece of advice," Berkman said. "Here's a veteran player that really wants to see me do well."
OK, here goes.
"He puts his arm around me and says, 'You know, Lance, you might want to think about hitting a few more balls on the barrel,'" Berkman remembered. And? "And that was it." Berkman smiled at the thought. "Well, I wish someone had told me that beforehand," he said. "That was great advice."
Jayson Stark @jaysonst
Asked a baseball official how close to 4 pm the Greinke deal went down. His reply:
A "couple of seconds!"
This seems like a great trade, IMO as Beer and Bukauskas seem marginal to me, Martin is hurt and Rojas might be good, but not a great need for us at the moment.
Well, there were no huge trades today, but I did learn that our server was no match for the One True Trade Deadline. Rebooted it with more memory a few minutes ago, things should smooth out soon.
That would make the runs unearned. Makes no sense to bring in a rental not named Beltran or Johnson if there are alternatives.
Helpful. Thanks.
Curious about zero new registrations since 2017.
Somewhat related... HBO's amazing From the Earth to the Moon miniseries is finally once again available, at least on their streaming platforms (guessing On Demand as well). I've watched every episode a half-dozen times, at least, but not in many years.
Possibly, although Trump seemingly is doing everything in his power to unite everyone except his base against him.
For many years, reading Ball Four was an annual part of my preseason prep. My favorite blurb among many in the book was when a teammate of Bouton's was in the bullpen flirting with a fan. The girl cocks her head and suspiciously asks "Are you married?". The guy replies "Yeah, but I'm not a fanatic".
This is only going to get worse. The 2020 strategy is going to be the 2016 strategy if the 2016 strategy snorted Adderall on a daily basis.
According to a summary of the hospital records provided by Mithoff, the child sustained a skull fracture with associated subdural bleeding, brain contusions, and brain edema.
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The child continues to undergo treatment at Baylor College of Medicine's Blue Bird Circle Clinic for Pediatric Neurology and continues to suffer seizures and has an abnormal electroencephalogram reading, Mithoff said.
Just head the interview, Hinch said, Charlie Gonzalez advocated for him. No idea who that is or if he is still with the org.
https://twitter.com/darenw/status/1137719666351267840?s=19
Nervous as hell no doubt.
Nothing about Correa either. I have no inside info, but I can make an informed inference: the .org is very pissed.
We have, believe me, the best hyperbole you’ve ever seen. Lots of people are saying nobody knows as much about hyperbole as we do.
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The NBA Finals and baseball in May/June are not the same thing. If it was October then a hammy might not keep you out but during the season there isn't much reason to rush back
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I mean, if you have ever even thumbed through a history book. And read about dipshits, and thought.....I can’t believe people were so fucking stupid to fall for that dudes BS. That is how history will remember trumpers. Sad!
The ball is definitely more lively. Homers are being hit at an all time rate
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Sad.
Condolences to his family. Dementia at advanced age is heartbreaking. Dementia at earlier ages all the more so.
So, what are the options to watch? Just theaters and blue-ray disk?
Along with Jim's views of the game, here's a link to a synopsis of who Luhnow was at the game to see. I don't think there is much to debate about Luhnow's attendance.
https://therunnersports.com/houston-astros-gm-jeff-luhnow-showed-up-at-aaa-round-rock-express-game/
Hey, there's even a Waldo reference...not that Waldo though.
...and got absolutely massacred in the media for it. And was proven right. And got us Bregman.
This Luhnow guy is pretty good.
Ask me if I care. He plays for the Twins. I loved him in Houston and am grateful for all he accomplishments, but he chased money, turned us down, and did not stay. In 2019 he is a JAG on another team.
I just don't understand why they won't release it. No collusion. Why not share it??
So I live in a dumb house, built decades before LANs, the internet, and Wifi. Last year I got fiber optic internet, with the megaspeed, 1,000 Mbps, blah, blah, blah. It works great (though nowhere near 1,000 Mbps...but I'm told that's mostly device limited),
but because of the router placement, it doesn't reach very well across the entire house...upstairs, downstairs, outside on the patio, etc. I have tried a mesh network, which works great when connected, but it will not stay connected. It drops the connection after about 30 minutes. Every time. I've spent hours on the phone with Linksys, and they've been very patient and tried to be helpful, but it just doesn't work. I'm considering an "old fashioned" wifi extender, or installing LAN ports in various places. I don't really want to do the latter, though powerline adapters may skin that cat. Do range extenders or boosters or whatever do the job? Are they reliable? I realize you can get anyone's opinion on anything from Yahoo, but for some odd reason, I trust you yahoos' judgement more.
Thoughts? Complaints?
But his pride is costing him tens of millions of dollars, so I have no sympathy for his situation.
Front page? Is there one?
Didn't the Astros offer 2 years at 18MM? I'm having a really hard time being sympathetic to 9MM a year not being enough fair pay to play baseball.
Stroganoff
Kluber took a 102 mph liner to the forearm; fractured ulna.
Finally got the see the episode... honestly I was laughing the absurdity of what happens. All over the place, just awful. I tried to like this episode, I wanted to like this episode.
Was Jorah outside the walls the whole time just waiting for Dany? It appears that every extra is dead, but about 2 or 3 named characters died? Arya gets past thousands of undead and about 15 Whites with none of them seeing her? Where did all the undead that surrounded Dany go when she fell off Drogon? What about all the undead who were literally less than 2 fucking feet from Jon on all sides, next time we see him they are all in front of him. I plan on watching it again and taking notes, I bet I'll have 20+ "that makes no fucking sense" moments. God I use to love this show but that may be my least favorite episode outside of the shitiness that was season 5
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My biggest gripe with the ACA was not addressing the out of control spending.
Has it slowed the rise of expenses? I haven't seen that personally.
I've seen studies showing that expenses for hospital services are 60% higher in the US. Other areas are more expensive than other countries also, but 60% more for hospital services is obscene!
My sister and bro n law are both self employed. They had expensive crap coverage before and expensive crap coverage now. Only positive I see coming out of the ACA is preexisting illness coverage.
Meanwhile Tucker sinks slowly out of sight.
2) Why, after Control was dispatched, did they still go through with the plan to jump to the future? Taking what's left of Control with them! Surely the entire point of the final plan was to separate Control from the Sphere data by time. Well now they have both leapt forward 950 years together, albeit with Control being declared neutralized.
With that out of the way, I think someone re-watched the BSG reboot, and decided to take it to 11. Each episode was a balance between spiritual and emotional exploration, and amazing battles. The production values were truly cinematic. And then, in the finale - they put on screen perhaps the largest, longest, most complex and meaningful space battle ever seen on the small screen. It made sense too: no single shot that takes out an entire array of weapons, or knocks out life support, or takes down the shields around some crucial part of the ship. Both Discovery and Enterprise take - and give - an absolute pounding a la Galactica and Pegasus in the rescue from New Caprica, with their shields counting down at a consistent rate during the near-episode long battle. Burnham flying in her Red Angel suit across the saucer of Enterprise at the peak of the battle was gorgeous!
There is supposed to be a Section 31 spin-off in the works already, but that was supposed to include Georgiou, who wormholed off to the 24th century with the rest of the Discovery's occupants.
Control was meant to be Thanos-squared, but was totally lacking in true menace or charisma, perhaps because he was a fledgling AI or perhaps because there were just too many great characters on the other side of the equation. He was powerful and relentless, and it was a bit weird that - in the end - he was beaten to death physically by Georgiou. Perhaps they needed something for her to do in the final battle, but to get them together it needed Control to board Discovery, setting up the plot hole above. There surely was a better way to have this happen - maybe put her on his ship, rather than the other way around.
In the end, they tied off the major loose ends the show created with the existing canon - with various levels of aplomb. Discovery is now erased from history and deposited into the future, with the spore drive, the Sphere data and the Red Angel suit, to take us on an exploration of a Star Trek universe yer to be seen. I can't wait.
The other wrench in timelines of books v. show is that everyone on the show started off several years older than in the books. Dany was something like 13 in the books when it started. Jon Snow was 14 or 15, I think.
All those Democratic criticisms of Republicans (many of whom know what a piece of shit Trump is) for putting party over country ring hollow.
As expected, Pelosi punts. Probably some bullshit about gathering evidence or proof. Fucking cowards.
The problem, is at their core, they are just like Republicans in that they believe both that the majority of Americans are lazy and depraved and that the purpose of a political party is not to promote values but to instead accumulate power.
What's the word for a cougar from another century?
The town hall was in Bethlehem Pa. Take the event to Kentucky and you'll get a different take I bet.
"Renovations - what's that all about?"
Giles was actually 12/12 when the Astros traded him. In addition to the well-documented struggles with the organization, there were two problems with his pitching:
1) The Astros were almost certain to lose any tied game that he entered. He was a complete dumpster fire in those situations.
2) Even when he recorded the save, he often needed so many pitches he was unavailable the next day.
They're going to introduce more technology that is more advanced than anything seen in any ST iteration ever, further polluting their own timeline.
I'm curious to see how they depict the Enterprise internals (e.g. the bridge), given that Discovery's tech is equal to or better than the TNG/DS9 era. I doubt that they're going to make it look the way it looked in the 1960s, but even the show Enterprise, with better special effects available to them, still depicted relatively primitive technology on the Enterprise NX-01 (buttons to open doors, comm panels vs. comm badges, etc.).
I know that the Discovery and Enterprise coexist at this point in time, and I'm fine with them featuring it in the show since the ship will not yet have Kirk or his crew (except possibly Spock, who served under Pike). My hope was that later on (i.e. in a few seasons, if the show is still going) they resist the temptation to dredge up Kirk and the TOS crew again.
Add Chirinos to this list. Practically everything I've read about him since he signed emphasized how voraciously he was consuming all the new data that the team was feeding him, and the training they provided for pitch framing in particular.
The kindle version I read included a chapter about the 2018 season/ playoffs and Sig's/ others departures.
Anybody got any advice concerning virtual private networks? Or know of other ways to bedevil MLBTV into not blacking out any teams?
FIFY
I have a Mac at work and the ergonomic people said the Apple mouse was too small for my hand, so they replaced it with a Logitech mouse. The new mouse, which is also wireless, is actually designed so that you can charge it and use it at the same time. It's quite nice.
Those two were cheaper, but the replacement Windows machines she was looking at were coming out the same price as the MB Air. The latter had the ports and the form factor that she wanted (she's a realtor so is carrying the thing around all day). It wasn't $1200, because it was the old model discounted because the new one was out. She didn't want the new one.
Well. Well. Well. I just wanted to check in now that Mueller's report was a bust, and it appears that the wheels are grinding slowly toward prosecuting some of these criminals, e.g., Comey, Clapper, Ohr, McCabe, etc. and putting them in jail where they belong. Karma is a beautiful thing.
* Mrs Limey was far from an Apple fan girl, but after suffering through HP and Dell laptops, she's now thoroughly enjoying her MacBook Air
They stumbled blindly into the obvious fact that most people simply won't buy a new phone every year if ithas stupid face-recognition tech that no one wantscosts as much as a laptop. Since then, the best they've come up with is dumbed-down phones that are still too expensive and being last into the crowded subscription TV service melee.
I thought the abandoning of the MagSafe charging port for new MacBooks - in favor of a few USB-C ports that don’t connect to anything - was the all-time low, but this is close in the lazy design Olympics.
So now you have to stick with the USB-A connectors for your phone and AirPods, plus a dedicated USB-A charger for your watch, none of which will plug into your MacBook without an adapter. Add to this the Apple TV remote that doesn’t plug into the Apple TV it comes with and you have the sort of disaster that almost has to be planned because the unconnectivity is so complete.
Every pitch JV threw last season, broken down by type and count.
https://twitter.com/darenw/status/1111696482003021826?s=19
I can't tell from the article whether Verlander's line "It was something that was important to me," is about being one of the highest paid pitchers or just getting an extension. The context is not very clear.
Pretty sure there were similar articles when he took over the Astros.
He's been a great owner so far. He(and Luhnow) didn't beat around the bush and give the bullshit "we're going to compete" line that most owners spill. He made no secret that it was going to be bad for a while but that things would turn around and that the money would be there when the time came. The time is now and the money is here. It's quite refreshing to have an owner that is(seems) honest and puts his money where his mouth is.
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So I'm still working my way through Season 2. So if you're gonna post spoilers, please give us a heads up beforehand.
W-L ERA G GS IP H R ER HR SO BAA WHIP
2013 0-1 9.64 3 1 4.2 10 5 5 1 0 .500 2.14
2014 0-1 14.29 3 0 5.2 12 9 9 1 5 .414 2.47
2015 0-2 3.98 6 6 20.1 16 10 9 3 22 .216 1.03
2016 1-1 4.61 4 4 13.2 15 7 7 1 8 .283 1.32
2017 0-1 16.20 1 1 1.2 5 3 3 0 2 .556 3.60
2018 1-0 5.91 6 2 10.2 12 8 7 2 17 .286 1.41
2019 0-1 15.88 3 3 5.2 12 10 10 2 3 .429 2.47
Career 2-7 7.22 26 17 62.1 82 52 50 10 57 .322 1.57
- position players could only pitch in extra innings or when leading or trailing by at least 7 runs
I like the part where Bregman told them to just renew him at the minimum and the Stros gave him an extra 100K anyway.
Conversely, if it adheres to the top and bottom, hitters will.
Brian McTaggart @brianmctaggart 13h ago
Hinch was very complimentary today of LHP Reymin Guduan, saying he was "97 and nasty." He's in the mix for last bullpen spot.
6) Hell yes, but I foresee a lot of "injuries" with this one. Relief pitchers should be banned from playing for 3 days if they leave due to injury.
If he makes the team will that be a happy finish?
That's new-fangled stuff, like people wearing caps in restaurants.
Re-watched Dave a couple of weeks ago, still great.
Ok. Good luck to Bryce on the 400.
SF still is pursuing a short term deal. Wonder how they are pitching it? If they could only read the TZ....
GM: “Sure, Manny got ten years, but he has an opt out after five so he can pursue another FA deal. Here is a five year deal for you at $X. At its end, you are free to go after the next big deal too without having to fight over the opt out clause now.”
Harper: "Do you think I am fucking stupid or only ordinary stupid?"
A classic.
My friend recommended YouTube TV to me. He swears by it.
I didn't think the idea could get any stupider, but it has. Just makes it a luck of the draw thing.
I don’t know if it is the players, Boras or a little of both, but I find it kind of laughable that either thinks they are getting that kind of contract.
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Boswell in the Wapo today was talking about the extra-inning, runner on 2nd rule and acting as if it were on the table. I didn't see that in Nate's list. Is it really on the table? Definitely the stupidest proposal I've heard.
I think LA was on his no trade exemption list.
Keep in mind, this isn't a prediction but a fear.
It ranks up there between nuclear war and carnies on my list.
2020 Rotation (Assuming they sign JV for 1 year and Cole long term)
Verlander
Cole
Whitley
Valdez
James
Hopefully getting the deviated septum fixed will have a similar effect to Josh James getting treated for sleep apnea. Oxygen is important!
Some of the dossier is wrong, but most of it is correct.The way I see it, Buzzfeed was wrong enough, or they were wrong on important-enough details, that it took less than 24 hours to get a fairly rare rebuke from Mueller. And them standing by their reporting is worth nothing when a spokesman for the investigation itself is calling their claims into question, however cryptically.
Wow, that didn’t take long:That is some Gene-Kelly-and-Donald-O’Connor level tap dancing.
https://twitter.com/Evan_Rosenfeld/status/1086391477456883713
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If we know anything about Trump, we know that he sucks at reading pre-written, staged speeches into camera.
Tomorrow, “evangelicals” will claim he divided five Big Macs and two Filet-o-fish to feed the Clemson masses.
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I know it's not important, but it's part of Trump's inability to tell the truth about anything, any time. He tweeted that he bought over 1,000 "hamberders" for the Clemson Tigers, and they were all eaten in less than an hour.
Think about the math of this: if the Clemson party was 100 people, that's 10 "berders" each. If it was 200 people, that's still 5 each. In an hour. Certainly doable as a food challenge, but when a guest at the White House?
As Trump repeatedly makes clear, it is indeed a lot of food, but perhaps not a lot of food in the context of a hungry college football team. In his comments, he claims that there are 300 burgers total...
...There is one other asterisk worth noting. In other comments, Trump — in true Trump fashion — suddenly more than tripled the hamburger count.
I’m also not too wild about seeing McHugh on the list twice. He’s been a great citizen with the club. Role changes and not a peep of discontent.
Fuck. Take Cole to a hearing? We should want to extend him, not fight with him.
Not placing much credence in a blog that thinks you can trade a player you just signed as a FA.
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Does Ensberg not count as an ex-Astro?
Damn, I could go on forever on this, but some recent ones and some important ones:
1. The airing of his thing tonight. The only reason they are airing what they fully expect to be propaganda and lies is because they are afraid of the right characterizing them as left leaning or unfair to Trump. They didn't air Obama's, probably since they didn't view it as news-worthy. I get that, and have no problem with that; just don't have a double standard;
2. For about a year or longer, the press was cowed into not calling Trumps lies for what they were: lies. All types of euphemisms were used, justified by a shitload of bad rationales. Hell, Maggie Haberman (NYT) is still probably trafficking in those bogus rationalizations;
3. Just look at a typical CNN panel. Since they are scared to not have a Trump supporter, they have one alongside some Democrat. It normally proceeds with a complete lie or distraction by the Trump supporter and the resulting "discussion" revolves around that. If this scenario doesn't ring a bell, just think about Kelly Anne Conway, or Sarah Huckabee, and ask yourself "why do they still give airtime to these lying sack of shits?" They've dumbed down real and necessary discussion just to accommodate the fear that they'll be called "unfair to Trump;"
4. This example always burns me up. That motherfucker still hasn't released his tax returns. The press asked for it for a few weeks during the election, met some transparently bogus resistance, and just flat gave up. They still don't ask him. You think Hillary would have been treated that way? No fucking way;
5. The NYT relaying the bogus story, right before the election and sticking to it for over a year, that the FBI had cleared Trump; and, mostly since I am tired
6. The writeup before the Iraq war
There are likely hundreds of examples more. It's difficult to see through the fog, or step outside accepted norms of thought, but the paradigm of liberal bias will crash one day too.
IMO radio doesn't get called out for it's bias (it is biased) because it's barely relevant in the greater conversation.
What I find interesting from this thread is that many of you don't see media as a whole more liberally biased. To me it's obvious. Equally obvious that Fox News is conservatively biased.
It was a link to a Washington Post article/editorial. It mentioned the "police acted stupidly" in the arrest of Henry Louis Gates comment. Some of his Trayvon Martin comments like if I had a son, he'd probably look like Trayvon. He had other disparaging comments about law enforcement. The few folks I know who are in the military now loathed President Obama for his lack of respect.
Also, for any Twitter users, Collin's wife is a trip. @arbuzzy
Wrong. A million times wrong. He's leading hopefully by protesting the all-star rogue nation makeup of the committee. Sometimes, a leader has to go it alone for a while.
Ok, boys and girls, I am more than ready for the big news Bregman forecast. I’ll leave the money talk to Crane, Luhnow, and Nate.
2016 & 2017.
I think a even bigger problem is his ability to stay healthy for a full season.
Maybe my worldview is too simplistic, but if there were impeachable crimes committed then impeachment should follow. Although, as an Independent I’m not looking at this from the standpoint of what’s best for a Democrat or Republican. IMO, if crimes were committed then what is best for the country should precede what is best for a political party that serves the country.
This is just so, so wrong. Impeachment is political suicide for Democrats. I get that it's the right thing to do in the abstract, but it's also the biggest gift they could hand the GOP for 2020. Democratic candidates for House, Senate, and POTUS need to be able to make a positive case for their own policies. In particular, they need to keep the conversation on health care. Do you honestly think anyone will be able to break through with a positive message on health policy while everyone is screaming "IMPEACHMENT IMPEACHMENT IMPEACHMENT" on the airwaves 24/7? It's nonsense.
You have to offer an alternative to the circus. Offer a return to normalcy. Offer people a chance to go a day without being bombarded by the latest absurdity from Washington. Impeachment would do exactly the opposite.