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I don’t think it was the cold. It definitely wasn’t freezing yesterday. I wonder if he did something to cause it when he dove for the ball in the LF corner yesterday. It didn’t seem like he was hurt then, and I think he also hit after that.

That might actually help him.

Turned out to be a great day for totality here. Not perfect, there were high clouds. But with the eclipse glasses, I don’t think I could tell a difference. Temps got up to low 70s, so that added to it. Part way through totality, I ditched the glasses and just looked around. Pretty surreal to see how dark it had gotten, I guess I wasn’t sure what to expect. I kept them off and observed the other side of the eye of the hurricane and the relightening of the environment. It was just kind of stunning how quickly that occurred.

If we want to guesstimate visiting fans at Las Vegas games, baseball is probably closer to football in terms of popularity. I want to say baseball is probably closer to hockey in terms of a schedule, but we’re also talking different times of the calendar, and hockey games are more individual with few back to backs whereas baseball is more day to day and in series. I don’t know, maybe the typical baseball traveling fan and typical Las Vegas visitor do or don’t share much of a commonality with each other? I would think those in the trenches of this relocation have probably done some research on this, but this situation is such a mess that maybe it hasn’t been taken into consideration much at all.

Different list. Liabilities, not assets.

This phrase does not compute.

Along those lines, I noticed a neighbor that flew a Trump flag four years ago has put a Biden flag up this weekend.

Humbling weekend. Now go to Pittsburgh and make amends.

The baseball gods brushed us back after we got a little too chesty over the plate with the 6-1 start to the season.

What bugs me is he never panned out as a 3B.

Thanks. I was looking specifically for 5 seasons because that’s the current Piston quagmire (well, the absolute lowest point of it anyway), and trying to find any 5 year span worse than it. I eyeballed other teams (like the Mavericks), but the cursory look wasn’t as bad as the current Pistons, so I moved on. As for the Memphis 8 year run, the way things are going, we may be looking at that comparison in 3 years. What an absolute catastrophe this manglement team is.

I think you've mentioned that you don't follow baseball. Michael Lorenzen through a no hitter in August last season and essentially wasn't worthy of being a starting pitcher after that. He hit a season stamina wall because he hadn't pitched as much during a season as he did last season. Maybe that's what happened with Flynn. He had his peak game, but because he hasn't played as much with other teams as he has with this traveshamockery of a franchise, he hasn't the legs to finish the season.

I don't know what the worst 5 season stretch in the NBA is, but the Pistons have to be in the running. They have a shot at the bottom section there (22.68% winning percentage) and currently sit at the top section (22.91%). The Grizzlies have that honor at 20.63% which includes a strike shortened season. I figured the trust the process 76ers had to be in there somewhere, those of us at a certain age knew the mid to late Clippers had to be in there, and I looked over the last several expansion teams which got the Timberwolves in there although their worst stretch didn't include their inaugural season. So, yeah, start cleaning house 5 minutes ago.

Have any players’ unions commissioned any similar studies before? I’m curious, I have no idea. The two seconds seems ridiculous either way during the game. By making the change, what is MLB gaining from it? What’s the reward in exchange of the risk here? The clock was needed and I think it has helped the game flow. But what are we doing with the two seconds?

You forgot no Evbuomwan.

Of the ten worst seasons in franchise history, this season as well as the previous four completed season comprise five of those ten. Nice restoration.

They reduced from 20 seconds to 18 seconds with runners on base? Is that all? It does seem like an unusual move. The “reduced recovery time” that Clark is referring to is solely in game recovery? One of the oddities with the pitch clock is that it reduces the in game betting opportunities. It just strikes me given MLB’s googly eyes with betting these days.

Yup. Get the invite to the playoffs and then hope for series wins once in there.

It ain’t the pitch clock. The abundance of pitching injuries been going on since before the pitch clock. Deaden the ball, allow pitchers to pitch with reduced torque on their arms. Keep the ball in play, the three true outcome brand of baseball disappears, more action on the field,….

Sure. First one to 660 runs scored wins the division? (Go ahead, look at what both scored last season).

That seems like a stretch. I think Las Vegas home games might have a considerable amount of away fans in attendance because of it being in Las Vegas. But second most popular team in the country behind the Yankees? Ahead of the Red Sox and Cubs? And Cardinals and Dodgers? And will the stranded fans in Oakland follow the Giants out of necessity (unless the have MLB.TV and have to deal with blackout rules)? Are the Raiders the second most popular team in the NFL? They had a leg up on the A’s in national popularity when they moved from Oakland. I’m not sure that they’re more popular than the Cowboys, Chiefs, Packers, Steelers. If they were, they’d have the national TV exposure that those other teams do. It’d also be easier to accomplish that with the Raiders being in a western time zone and the national Sunday afternoon games getting the 4pm slot. Are the Golden Knights the second most popular team in the NHL? That might not be a fair comparison because of Canadian fandom and the following that Toronto and Montreal have in Canada. But they’ve also been highly successful for an expansion team (honestly it seems quite unfair to be a winner right away), and we know how popularity can ebb and flow with winning percentage.

Yup. Take two of three and move on to Pittsburgh.

Another team with a questionable offense.

I think the ALL CAPS that you used got his attention. Nice work. Now can you do something about he offense?

Depends upon your perspective. Lots of hilly terrain in Pennsylvania. Detroit to Chicago has a trip through Gary, Indiana. Seems not equal.