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I deleted a post that posted a picture of the judge's daughter. We don't do that shit here.

I will only accept Wade comps if Ivey changes the spelling of his first name to Jaedn.

3 hits for Greene. 3 hits for Tork including homer and double. Decent start for Manning. Feeling better about things than 24 hours ago

hooker might be as old as kirk cousins by the time that 5th year kicks in...

Pretty cool of the Astros to include their bat boy

Imagine following Eric Trump on Twitter.

Love it...

Knicks-Cavs will play each other in the first round of the playoffs.

Six games into the season, and I can’t take any more of CMO. I switched to the Houston feed …… much better.

Maybe, or he's just not being tenative and thus pulling the trigger a lot sooner.

Remove three black holes. Love it. Although Baez’ defense might be missed.

They weren't just Drummond stat stuffing performances either, they both played really well. Those two are the primary reason I'm still enjoying some of these games. Couple of truly bright spots in the abysmal season. When you think about how young these kids are, what they're doing already, and how far they've come in just their rookie seasons it gives you some hope. There's more to the NBA than the "counting stats", but let's have some fun with this... I heard Wade and Mitchell as some ceiling comparisons for Ivey when he was drafted. Let's compare rookie seasons: Rookie Wade vs Rookie Ivey (per 100 Possessions): eFG: 47.8% vs 47.5% 3pt: 30.2% vs 34.3% FT: 74.7% vs 74.3% REB: 6.3 vs 6.1 AST 7.1 vs 8.1 TOV 5 vs 4.9 PTS: 25.4 vs 25.2 Surprisingly comparable stats with Wade being better from 2 and Ivey better from 3. People knock on Ivey's turnovers, but his assists are higher and turnovers (a tiny bit) lower than Wade's were. Wade was also 2 years older, which makes a big difference as well. Rookie Mitchell vs Rookie Ivey (per 100): eFG: 50.6% vs 47.5% 3pt: 34.0% vs 34.3% FT: 80.5% vs 74.3% REB: 5.6 vs 6.1 AST 5.5 vs 8.1 TOV 4.1 vs 4.9 PTS: 30.7 vs 25.2 Mitchell has some really good offensive numbers here, but Ivey's 3 is comparable and he has him beat on rebounds and he's crushed him in playmaking. Also, Mitchell was 21 while Ivey was 20. ------ OK, now let's do Duren. I've heard a lot of Howard and Adebayo comparisons. Let's see those rookie season comparisons: Rookie Howard vs Rookie Duren (per 100): eFG: 52.0% vs 64.4% FT: 67.1% vs 61.1% REB: 15.6 vs 17.2 AST: 1.4 vs 2.2 STL: 1.5 vs 1.3 BLK: 2.6 vs 1.7 TOV: 3.1 vs 2.5 PTS: 18.6 vs 17.8 I had to triple check that eFG to make sure it was right. Wow. Duren's also looking like a better passer. His blocks aren't where Howards were, but everything else is right there or better. This kid has some serious potential. Both were 19 years old. Rookie Bam vs Rookie Duren (per 100): eFG: 51.2% vs 64.4% FT: 72.1% vs 61.1% REB: 14 vs 17.2 AST: 3.7 vs 2.2 STL: 1.2 vs 1.3 BLK: 1.5 vs 1.7 TOV: 2.4 vs 2.5 PTS: 17.5 vs 17.8 Again, this is showing pretty well in Duren's favor. He's not the assist guy that Bam is and his FT% needs some work, but every other counting stat is right there or better for Duren in his rookie season.

Unless there wave been recent updates, I don't think WAR takes base out state into consideration. You could get that if you plugged WPA into the formula as the offensive component.

There's basically four factors for WAR that get added together: offense, baserunning, defense, and positional adjustment. On FanGraphs, they basically take wOBA and adjust it to batting runs for that section of the calculation. wOBA factors in walks, HBP, singles, doubles, triples, home runs, etc. The exact situation of when these hits occur doesn't matter. A home run in the first inning in a 0-0 game is worth exactly the same as a home run in the bottom of the ninth with the score of 5-5 or 10-0. Win Probability (WPA and RE24) factors in specific situations, and the result gets added/subtracted, but this stat is not used in the calculation of WAR. I have seen arguments that this stat should be heavily weighted when determining MVP because it directly shows who has affected the team's winning, as opposed to WAR.

I wonder how much of that is due to budgetary cuts in big media. Or could just be laziness. It's the old Pauline Kael joke about Nixon, "Nobody I know voted for him". The media is not journalism. The media wants ratings and clicks and eyeballs. Republicans apparently sell.

The worst part is Democrats bought into as well. Ron Johnson was beatable and they punted on Wisconsin. I said as soon as the new maps came out in Michigan that MI-10 was winnable and Haley Stevens bolted to carpetbag in MI-11. They left Marlinga on his own severely underfunded and came within 1,600 votes of winning.

Ex-president Donald Fraud. Perfect.

Baddoo, Meadows, and Lipcius all homer, and Meadows and Baddoo add a two-bagger for good measure. Malloy went 2/2 with 2BB.

There are probably a few spots in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties that could use some sprucing up https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/he-got-fed-up-with-a-petersburg-pothole-so-he-decided-to-plant-a-tree-april-3-2023?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_richmond&stream=top

Yes, the Bae play was more difficult to make and I do agree that a good left fielder could have taken a much better route and been in a position to camp under the Meadows ball to catch it. That’s the point I’ve been making. I don’t think even a good LF could have made the catch flat-footed, though. The ball hit off the wall about nine feet up. Maybe Chuck Nevis could have made the catch flat footed. Anyone in baseball would have had to jump. I made the comparison because the angle both Bae and Meadows were taking upon arriving at the ball were about the same. Bae is a younger, far more athletic OF so he cold leap much higher up. Meadows has limitations that wouldn’t allow him to make his own play, let alone the Bae play.

Perhaps they'll feel complacent. Or the rings will weigh down their hands and make their swings slower. Call me an armchair body language expert, but I thought everything about Wingenter said "nervous" last night. He didn't seem that way on Monday. Maybe being out there for the ninth felt different to him? I guess we probably won't see him today anyway as he's pitched two consecutive days.

After reading Weavers letter to fans, I used ChatGTP to write my own. I typed: This was the response

Nice work everybody. We should be proud of ourselves.

Luka Garza was drafted the same year Cade was. He has more win shares than Cade. In fact, 52 other people from that draft have more win shares than Cade. Don't use win shares to determine if a guy is good/bad.

I agree, but I will punt on that part of it in exchange for smart takes.

So C-Mo has a ball. 😏

CMun actually gave Schoop some heat there too! I was pleasantly shocked!

Win-Getter

Now doesn’t everyone feel stupid?

I suspect this Spencer kid is gonna be OK after all.

Manning competed tonight. Encouraging outing and he's the only healthy high pitching draft pick right now.

Early returns looking good for the liberal in the Wisconsin supreme court race.

3 straight curveballs...strikeout. Don't ever change Javy.

heads up play by Haase if it stands.

Obtained from the Didgers for ....Josh Fields. Who knew you can find a top player without tanking for a draft pick?

Alvarez will be pitching the 6th inning and selling beer in the 7th.

Alvarez has one of the more intimidating profiles in the batter's box that I can remember, definitely gives me David Ortiz like vibes.

if manning loses his job to a 31 year old journeyman starter, there are real problems with this franchise.

Why are the red hats so mad at Budweiser now? Cancel culture run amok.

This should be all over the news instead of the OJ style tracking of Trump’s exact location

I would think they do care whether you go to church, because that’s where a lot of the Trumpy radicalization takes place. If you hear it in church, if it’s coming directly from God, it’s definitely true, right?