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HOLY CRAP! F-15s, F-35, MQ-9 Reaper Drones: US Report Says 42 Aircraft Lost In Iran War The actual combat aircraft not as shocking. Its combat, what are you going to do. The support aircraft is a shocking number. 7 KC-135s! 1 AWACS 2 MC-130

They really don't get it at all.

What is your point with the note above the video?

Maybe this is just my own biases as a Michigan fan clouding my judgement, alongside my general lack of basketball knowledge, but Yaxel Lendeborg seems like he would be good fit here for the Pistons. First, he can help the Pistons space the floor. He's not a guy that is going to be down in the paint bumping around with Duren and clogging things up. Second, he has a decent 3pt% where he shot around 38% from deep at Michigan this season. He can also create shots when asked and is not simply a catch and shoot guy. Who needs shooting worse than the Pistons? Third, he plays good defense and has the length to guard bigs and the athleticism to go on a guard if he absolutely had too. I don't understand why most mock drafts I've read are projecting him outside the top 10. But if he were to fall outside the top 10, is Yaxel the type of player you think would be worth getting aggressive for and trading up to get?

Funny, I don't remember the King of England having reign over the United States (at least since 1783) But the Grand old Pediphile party just keeps blathering on...

Wonder if Alex Tuch cost himself some money with his playoff performance (probably not). Seven points in six games in round one but then didn't manage a point in seven games in round two, which is crazy with the Sabres scoring 25 goals against the Habs. Free agency is so bad overall it probably won't matter one bit but it was definitely interesting to see him disappear last round. Seems like a lot of people have been hot and cold this playoffs, but it has certainly been entertaining.

I have colleagues who are being pulled into the criminality and I'm having a hard time not judging them.

Thought he looked overall solid last night, some nice passes. He looked a little tentative at times but wasn't backing down from the other team. I think he's the most NHL ready of our D prospects right now, Wallinder didn't stand out much last night but I'd say that's a plus. I'm looking forward to Gustafsson's contract ending this offseason, I thought he looked awful last night and he's supposed to be their steady vet. Him and Lagesson were an adventure in their own zone. I was pretty encouraged by ASP's play. Showed creativity in the offensive zone (man he's good at the top of a PP) and some physicality and positioning on defense.

Cleveland plays their game(contact, defense, pitching) and they do not deviate from it. They will trade guys who get too expensive and stick to their budget. That might cause them not to have top end potential to win 95 games, but they will always have a floor because everyone in the org knows and implements the same plan. The Tigers roster is not in sync like that. They haven't moved on from guys who don't work and have some excess on the payroll(Flaherty,Torres) that are not produding.

Kane is pretty intimidating if you're a cab driver

Bibee vs Anderson & bullpen. Not a good pitching matchup.

I don’t buy this at all. Yzerman is not telling players not to defend teammates. Todd is not telling them this. It is unimaginable. Right now, the core of the team is skewed in the favor of small players who rely on skill more than physicality and in the favor of mercenaries. Larkin is not an intimidator. Raymond is not. Kane is not. Debrincat has moxie but he is not going to physically dominate someone. Copp and Compher are just happy to be getting paid. Compher had only one more hit on the season than Kane! Rasmussen too, even though he came up through the system. Appleton hits a little bit, but had half the number of hits that Kasper did in slightly less ice time. Among the mercenaries, only Chiarot hits, but that is what he is paid to do. I’ll say it again, if Yzerman has said anything that can be remotely interpreted as an “Yzerplan,” it is draft high character players, let them play meaningful hockey together in the AHL, and call them up when they are ready. He is doing this. Kasper led the team in hits. Finnie was third (after Chiarot) then Seider and Edvinsson. Mazur and MBN are playing with physicality in the playoffs. They will be in Detroit next year and will make the team harder to play against. So will Carter Bear when he is ready. But I do not believe for a minute that Stevie or Todd are telling the team to abandon their teammates.

"I am not a number, I am a free man!" - quothe #6

https://www.theringer.com/2021/03/15/mlb/pitching-mound-move-distance It’s understandable that pitchers would be uneasy about the mound moving under them, and no athlete with a limited time in their prime is eager to be treated as a guinea pig. To assess the real risks, MLB approached Fleisig and ASMI in February 2017 about studying the effects of lowering the mound, and again in January 2019 about studying the effects of moving the mound back. The resulting MLB-sponsored studies, published in January 2019 and February 2020, respectively, reached a couple of counterintuitive conclusions. Fleisig and his colleagues found that lowering the mound might “slightly reduce shoulder and elbow kinetics, possibly reducing the risk of injury.” But no significant differences in ball movement were detected at the lower elevations. “Dropping the mound, to me, is not as radical an idea, but our study showed it might not give the advantages you’d think it would,” Fleisig says. Although it’s commonly believed that lowering the mound from 15 inches to its current 10-inch height played a part in reviving offense after the anemic 1968 season, the more robust offensive environment of 1969 may have had more to do with the strike zone returning to its smaller 1961 size.

it is going to take a while to die, but this country is done. the abject, blatant corruption is breathtaking. MAGA is the ultimate combination of grifters, racists, nihilist, useful idiots, and just plain weird and nasty trash. a basket of deplorables.

Interesting question - throwing downhill allows a pitcher more follow-through. The big question would be what a change in the mound large enough to actually lower pitch velocity would do to pitcher's arm health. Could go either way for all I know.

This hits one my single biggest reservation about Hinch - I've said I think he is a great pitcher's manager and he keeps a non-toxic clubhouse - all to the good, but I've never been able to shake the suspicion that he gives his players seriously conflicting messages about hitting. You can't spend all your focus 'looking for good pitches to drive' - an absolute Hinch Mantra - and still be a 'tough at bat, control the zone, keep yourself alive, get the ball in play, move the order along no matter what' hitter that wins close games. You just can't. Now to be fair, for my money, once a guy gets to the majors he should probably ignore 95% of whatever anyone else tells him about hitting - it's something where every player is so unique you have to understand yourself and no-one else can do that for you.

Freeing oneself from the algorithm is a start.

is it possible to just lower the mound ?

this is where the art comes in - the ability to look at these guys at AA and below and project accurately who is going to make it and who isn't so that you can still get something for them. I don't really care whether you do it with advanced metrics on eye moment, nerve conduction and swing dynamics or with some grizzled old timer who has been watching and picking good baseball players for 60 yrs, you want to have some ability in your org to project more accurately than the other guys. It's a prime place to create differential roster value.

Maybe Hinch was trying to get that point across to Spencer" I trust my Swing" Torkelson. But I was surprised he pinch hit for Tork all the same. Heck it was his 2 run homer that kept us in the game. I don't see how broadcasting to the league a players weakness helps even though they all know that. A simple "I went with a hunch" reply was sufficient but Hinch never spares the opportunity to talk about how smart he is. I wonder how the clubhouse perceives that. But most likely nobody notices I guess.

always respected Barney - he knew his stuff. If more people in Washington understood economics like Barney did we'd be in a better place.

This echos what I mentioned earlier. I remember after Harris traded for JHM he was quoted as saying "trades are hard" and for many PBA's who value (over value ? ) prospects it's that much harder. When the prospects are highly rated and performing well in the minors that is when they have value in trade but it's also when PBO's grip them tightly. I mean Jace Jung was once a tradable asset. Now he is close to DFA as someone here noted. So if you aren't trading from the minors your left with your major league players and it's often creating a new hole but filling an old one. But we are on the precipice . 2026 is close to going down the drain. The Cleveland Guardians are, to me, a very good Baseball team and have been overlooked. They have added 2 young players, solid bullpen, excellent defense and just enough offense and starting pitching to stay in games. Then there is their superstar third baseman who a true 5 Tool star. Our counter to the Indians is Skubal and his absence has sent us cratering.