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this most recent poll that has him down ~33% - if it is to be believed, is a solid increment down from the 38-42 where he he seemed to hold in the past. I don't want to give the idea I'm resistent to evidence - I just want to see it!

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If the Virginia Supreme Court has standing in Texas perhaps. Since they do not have the ability to change Texas' behavior, screw them.

It will be interesting to see what the Virginia Supreme Court may do. The punted when the referendum first came up and may be reluctant to weigh in now that the cows are completely out of the barn. Since the management of elections is constitutionally assigned to state legislatures they may just back off. Then it will be interesting to see if the SC has the stomach to take the case. Given the timeline of the upcoming midterms, it could be problamatic

yeah, the best line-up for a given team depends upon the make-up of that team, The Tango line-up won't necessarily work for every team. It is what works for the average team. What I am pushing back against is the idea that the best hitter should bat third. That might work a given team, but it is not the best idea on average.

I'm not opposed to that but it is a side effect and if the intent is to make them a democratic seat, under the guise of racial equality, rather than siply minority represented (which is a key difference to me) then the overall effect may be negated.

I was being sarcastic by the way Some coaches and managers like doing this. Leyland would sub a guy into the order slot of the guy they're replacing. Trammell did his Sunday lineup.

The “second leadoff hitter” at #9 does make sense for some situations, maybe against good starters or anticipated pitching duels, although a team probably wouldn’t want to put a remarkably better hitter #9 behind the worst hitter at #8 every game, since that would result in about 18-20 more ABs for the worst hitter (or more likely collection of worst hitters) over the course of a whole season.

Yeah, there would not be as many African Americans in congress if Southern states didn't carve out the districts to max them up.

Although some sabermetricians advocate very best hitter at the top, then second best second, third best third, etc., aka the cricket batting order, aka the Ohtani method. It does help that Ohtani is also fast and a good base runner, in addition to being far and away the best hitter, which makes putting him top of the order defensible even to old school guys.

That’s pretty remarkable in today’s terms, and very good even for his time.

Yes, and that's also an unintended consequence to making districts comply with US Civil Rights/Voting Rights laws. To "guarantee" a blue seat by making it bluer you make neighboring districts redder. So instead of a generally reliable blue seat and a swing district you get a locked blue seat and a pink seat nearby.

and the war on brown people.

Rough night for Rainer, he's being too passive at the plate from what I have watched. I think he'll find his footing soon, though. Liranzo though, even if it is on a rehab stint looks good; the weight loss is noticeable. Also, don't look now but Peyton Graham is actually healthy and is putting together a nice start to the season.

Toledo Mud Hens Triple-A · IL Omaha Storm Chasers 10, Toledo Mud Hens 5 #2 Max Clark 0-for-4 | 0 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K #26 Eduardo Valencia 0-for-5 | 0 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 3 K Erie SeaWolves Double-A · EL Erie SeaWolves 3, Binghamton Rumble Ponies 2 #15 John Peck 0-for-4 | 0 H, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K #30 Justice Bigbie 2-for-4 | 2 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K (1 SB) #30 Peyton Graham 3-for-5 | 3 H, 0 R, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K (1 2B, 1 SB) #30 Izaac Pacheco 1-for-3 | 1 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K West Michigan Whitecaps High-A · MWL Lake County Captains 4, West Michigan Whitecaps 2 #3 Bryce Rainer 0-for-4 | 0 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 3 K #23 Jackson Strong 0-for-5 | 0 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 K Lakeland Flying Tigers Single-A · FSL Tampa Tarpons 2, Lakeland Flying Tigers 6 #7 Thayron Liranzo 2-for-4 | 2 H, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 K #9 Jordan Yost 1-for-3 | 1 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K #21 Jude Warwick 0-for-2 | 0 H, 0 R, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 K #24 Grayson Grinsell 4.0 IP | 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0 HR #30 Jack Goodman 0-for-1 | 0 H, 1 R, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 K

Mize for us.

The Val Kilmer part is completely AI generated with the blessing of his family. Not the first time he has been involved with AI in movies. Top Gun: Maverick used AI to do his voice in that role.

Listening to Stuart Stevens talk about the referendum. He says the numbers were: double digits Yes in areas with predominantly African American residents single digits Yes in white predominant areas double digits Yes in Hispanic areas bare majority no vote in Virginia Beach Doors blown off for Yes in NOVA and Richmond So the devious attempts to use Obama images to juice No vote failed because African Americans are not "low IQ" like Trump says they are. The stars and bars crowd out in the Shenandoah and other places where they worship Robert E. Lee are still out there Hispanics probably turned off by all of the past year...how is that possible? You set forth a gestapo against everyone who is brown...why don't they like outright racism by the federal authorities? VA Beach is a GOP stronghold. They barely kept that maybe because some of those military retirees were sick of the current drunken asshat running the organization formerly known as the DoD. Nova - DOGE

she's lost weight or invested in photoshop.

Yep. play the game as it's played by the opposition not how you think it should be played.