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Did it ever rain at Comerica? It didn’t in Dearborn. The radar was nuts. Giant green and yellow blobs heading south but it seemed to dissipate around 696 or M 59. I got some lightning alerts from my apps. postponing was the right call based on the radar. It seems like the last few years they’ve been more proactive in doing that rather than waiting it out. It’s my second one this year and I had several last year.

It goes about as far as possible. You can’t change the history of what happened but you can sort of welcome those guys into the club a little bit more by elevating their record. It does nothing to alter anything going forward and nobody is being stripped of a title or accomplishment. We don’t have to worry about integrity of the numbers. We aren’t doing financial auditing or messing with insurance actuarial tables. It’s just sports and a record of what happened in US professional baseball at the highest levels for about 50 years. It’s symbolic. Nobody’s pay is getting docked. It hurts nobody. People are just being contrarian to sound smart. I mentioned before avout reading Joe Posnanski’s book “top 100 players” or something like that. It was phenomenal and covered many negro leaguers and a common theme was… “they were good” as the chart above proves. Once more came into the AL and NL we saw the talent was legit. Sure it may not have been deep but that runs both ways. Many of the AL and NL stats prior to 1947 wouldn’t have been as high if they faced black players.

What problem is created by doing this? Who does it harm? There’s already so much disparity across eras anyway so this just adds another but big deal. It rights a wrong that was deliberate.

Not sure what to make of the weather situation tonight. Spotty stuff coming down from the northwest with pockets of storms. That could be enough to delay if lightning is around the area even if no soakers.

This situation has made the word genocide meaningless. If Israel wanted that they would have done it many times over the decades let alone months.

I blame the metric system

They should totally hire him to be the guy who gives opinions on challenged calls and what the league will do.

She has to wait for the experts from the Federalist society to tell her what to do. They are the ones who are running this case.

Had an uncle who took up smoking after his wife passed. He was of the WWII or Korea generation. Like most he smoked then quit for a long time, from like the 70s onwards. Then in the mid 2010’s he’d sit outside the small house they bought in the 50s and raised 3 kids in and smoke and lived out the rest of his life. Had a quick illness but nothing out of the ordinary. I always told him I wanted to be him when I grew up.

He always said managing in the AL was harder than the NL. Once the game starts the managers primary job is pitching management. In the NL the P in the batting order often made that decision for you. Throw in the “roles” then why do you need a manager? at the end of the day the players have to make the outs and they determine whether a move is good or not. A manager is there to guage the situation with regard to that particular matchup in that moment. The stats won’t always be there.

Eeewwwww.

Big fan of the T shirt hoodies. T i got a sleeveless one. Is great for working outside when it’s slightly chilly.

as someone with a kid in college... it doesn't. I went to college in the early and mid 90's. I could pay my way just working odd jobs part time. Granted I commuted, but so does my son. It's about 5 times what I was paying back and he goes to the same school.

Interesting... and you couple that with what I observe on social media of older generations constantly talking down generations that came after them. I hate that **** with a passion. Even something as simple as "Kids today should be taught cursive!" It's a constant drum beat to make them feel bad or not up to par. I got snippy with someone who was a boomer complaining about how "kids today don't play outside like before". I told him if that were true then blame the people who raised today's parents... meaning... you boomers. But it's not true. It's just different. The kids in my neighborhood may not be outside in a free for all like we were "in my day" but they are always busy with activities. The families are never home during the week. They like to push this narrative that kids just sit around playing video games. So given that.... I understand the jadedness of certain generations.

Of what benefit is there to the runner trying to advance to touch a fielder? By obstructing them you are also obstructing yourself. There needs to be some kind of subjectivity for the umpire rather than the 1999 NHL style "In the crease rule"... which itself was hilarious as all seaon long they called it then the stanley cup winning goal it was overlooked.

that sounds right. I know this isn't the election thread but I still worry about MI for Biden. The Arab American vote is lost for him. Biden can still win and probably will but I'd be surprised if it's a higher margin. We'll see.

Mattis too.

I'll defer to the rulebook as I don't feel like looking it up but I thought on an infield fly the play is dead. The runner can't advance at that point unless they go back to the bag. Seems like a situation where fielders could game the system... just move towards a runner and glance them and get the other out.

and do elections swing because of vote switching from consistent voters or from a particular group voting or not voting at all?

and the same thing on the other side of the border into KY. It takes a minute. Then you have a brief respite until the hell that is Lexington. I get off 75 not long after and then it's 2 1/2 hours of joy as it's highways and winding back roads through the hills. Beautiful country. Yet each time I go there's more and more development. If I go back soon I'm going to count the # of Dollar Generals. I'd say I saw at least 15 of them.

I think a lot of “independents” today are republicans but they say independent because they don’t want to be called racist. Things have changed so much since Trump that it’s hard to use historical practices. I feel like normal people gravitated towards the Dems. The trump voters are made up of idiots or those smart enough (Like Cruz and Rubio) to know that’s their only option so they play along knowing it’s bull****.

The Giant Jesus is further south.

His Smith regime had to rebuild, so that's what the 96-98 seasons were about.... it was a bad thing looking back that the '97 team did as well as they did. It masked issues, like the 2000 season did. Get near .500 and you think "Ok, we're not far away". I remember Buddy Bell being fired and the rumor was he wanted a new contract and Smith said the team isn't performing and Bell said the players suck, Smith said, no they don't.... so he fired him. Then we learned the players sucked. Buddy was right. How long was Smith here? 6 years? I know he was let go in early 2002.