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LarryTheSequel used to be a poster here by the way. He was one of my favorites. I think he went by the name MrMalefic or something like that.

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That's the kind of thing Manfred would do and not undrerstand the significance of it. I don't like the DH rule, but having a universal DH makes sense with so much interleague play. There are legitimate advantages to having the DH rule.

Networks that talk honestly about conservative issues are good. I wish there were more (any?) of them. We like to see dangerous extremist media based mostly on conspiracy theories get banned. When networks like that can't get a large enough audience to stay afloat, that says something good about America.

We need Fox. What else are the retired MAGAs going to do?

Pretty much everyone in my family got sick the last two weeks. Some tested positive and some didn't, but we all had the same symtoms - like a typical winter cold. Thankfully, the only ones who haven't gotten sick are my parents as even a cold would take a lot out of them.

It seems like every few weeks, the Trump Foundation does something corrupt, it shows up in the back pages, nothing happens , nobody cares and we move on to something else.

What do you think of Tucker Carlson? I honestly don't watch much of any of these people. I just see clips here and there and have impressions.

I think people that are dumb enough to go to those people for serious medical advice are the biggest problem. Carlson, Hannity, Rogan are all using the public to make a buck and people fall for it There are a lot of stupid people in this country and that is hard to fix. Maddow presents her material in a more educated and nuanced way, but she is also just an entertainer trying to make a buck. We shouldn't go to her for news either.

He's got no command.

Humor for stat nerds: https://www.theonion.com/cdc-announces-plan-to-send-every-u-s-household-pamphle-1848354068?fbclid=IwAR2xXMJ93fLKlEJrdgBnmKrb_CSxRJ-t8UyHvFc2-SOFGJXuhg3svcn0upY

I don't think most people have a problem with small business owners making money and I think most realize it's not easy to run a business. When we are critical of businesses, it is usually big businesses that rake in billions and don't treat their emmployees well.

The gamblers don't want the robo umps for obvious reasons. 😄

Sieya later.

That definition works more often than not in this forum. Less so when he is talking about the future stardom of Victor Reyes!

yup, if you're a Republican then the Republican obviously won! If you're a Democrat then the Democrat obviously won! I think the primary debates probably mean a little more.

yeah, I am remembering the 2020 one now. I doubt it hurt him as surely his base knows that he was being treated so unfairly.

You can't predict relief pitching. If we look at the list that chasfh posted at the end of the year, the ranks will probably be almost randomly shuffled. You would probably do just as well predicting 3.5 WAR for each team.

On the other hand, Trump never says anything of substance and acts like a five-year old in every debate and never loses support.

The debates suck and don't change anyone's mind. Republicans all say that their candidate won the debate. Democrats all say that their candidate won the debate. There will be debates though. It Trump is a candidate, there is no way he'll turn down a TV appearance. If he's not a candidate, then they'll just have a regular debate without a lot of whining.

Alex Lange and Jason Foley will make all the difference.

My understanding is that everything that has been done since the beginning of the pandemic has been done largely to prevent hospitals from exceeding capacity. So, getting vaccinated is for your own good and the good of everyone else. I really wish that hospitalization trends were presented more often rather than just cases (which isn't very useful) and deaths. Whether or not people will need to get vaccinated every year will probably depend on how many people are projected to get seriously ill. If it becomes "like the flu" then they probably won't require annual vaccinations.

Republicans want more "election security", because they tend to do better when voter turnouts are smaller. If they benefitted from larger turnouts, you wouldn't hear them talk about "election security".

True, But I think that might be a separate problem. If the goal is to get the game back to one where the ball is in play more often, I think a deader ball would do that. I don't know that the problem of fragile pitchers has ever been solved. That might be something biomechanical versus style of play.

Hasn't it always been that way? We just know when someone is injured now because they have surgery. Before surgery, pitchers would get sore arms and become ineffective and/or disappear.