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I liked Allen so much, I used to switch the White Sox feed every time they played them.

perfect

I think grand parents being soft with children is a requirement.

run differential don't win you no championship.

I remember being young! I just looked back at my blog where there a lot of memories. I have no idea how I had the time and energy to do all that. I could not do that now! I should go back to it later to see what I was thinkking about during the season - especially at the beginning when most of us had no idea how good they were,

Most players don't get better in their platoon splits though. If you let all the lefties that can't hit lefties a chance, you'll lose a lot of games figuring out that they'll never hit them.

Baez hits lefties pretty well, but hasn't faced them much this year.

Carpenter is not hitting well and has no history of being able to hit LHP. You can make a case for Keith batting more often often against LHP.

They've been reading Motown Forums.

I love the rabbit ears photo. That needs to be posted all over the place just to piss him off.

He'll just claim some kind of victory.

Batting outcomes in different temperatures: https://markkolier.medium.com/when-the-weather-heats-up-do-hitters-really-get-hotter-2245bdbe0689 Not surprisingly, home runs are way more common in hot weather. Nothing else is significant except non-zone swing %, but the raw numbers there don't look like they are practically significant.

He once said that he told Putin he would blow up Moscow if he invaded Ukraine. He said Putin was pretty sure he wouldn't do it, but all he needed was a a little doubt and the threat would work. I doubt he ever said that to Putin, but I believe that is why he issues those kinds of threats. I don't think that stuff works when he is dealing with people who are just as crazy as him though. This isn't a real estate deal.

Scales needs to calm down. His commentary has actually gotten better with time, but he does not sound really comfortable as a broadcaster. He doesn't know when to stop talking and he talks too fast.

I was usually a pitcher and first baseman with occasional outfield when I played. My other infield experience would happen only in infield drills during practice or pick-up games with friends. The first baseman's mitt was part of the team equipment. I had one glove for everything else - pitcher, outfield, infield practice. I never played at a high enough level to need to think about different gloves for every position. I was a decent enough athlete, but once I turned 16 there weren't many opportunities to play unless you were really talented. It was a big high school, so it was hard to make the high school team. There was a town team, but that was all the same guys that made the high school team. I tried out for both, but I was clearly not in their league. I'm not sure how easy it would be to have different gloves for everything. Maybe it's the same as having four pairs of glasses (distance, reading, computer, sun)! I don't know. It's easy enough to adjust, but I lose them all the time. 😀