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And the trial start is moved to Tuesday. Maybe Fox offers up 2 billion in exchange for confidentiality. It’s not the money that scares Murdoch.

Given the nature of today, that they waited so long and the forecast didn’t change and what was predicted to happen did happen, I’m of the belief that they were both hoping that the weather would improve and they could play. When that didn’t play out then they called it. TThe tigers were the ones in position of not caring since they aren’t going anywhere tomorrow. There’s collaboration as much as reasonably possible since the home team could be the visiting team next time.

I don’t know the current rules either but I have a hard time believing this wasn’t a mutual-ish decision. I think most of these are. On paper I guess one side has to have final authority but outside or bitter rivalries I think they come to a decision together.

Probably a lot. Nobody wants to start/stop.

It may not have rained in that area but the weather was stormy around the region in a fast moving unpredictable way. This was middle of summer Florida weather. I don’t blame them at all for not starting. It’s not the rain it’s the lightning that is an issue. There’s precise rules about distance and time of strikes.

They should allow expanded rosters for make up games. That way teams might be willing to use a mutual off day later in the season. I believe there’s much more collaboration between teams and the league now on if and when to start. If both teams are fine with waiting it out and playing in 50 degree weather with high winds at night so be it. I bet that if SF said “look we’d rather get going for tomorrow” I think the tigers and league are fine with it. The effects on the team in terms of wear and tear are the same now as it would be later on the season at this point.

They will blame unwed mothers for not raising better kids.

I think the chance of storms is key. They can play in rain. But lightning is a no go and if conditions favor that then they wait. From a friend down there it opened up and they told everyone to take cover…. Meaning get in the concourse.

They are not playing today. Already a delay. It will be 50 degrees by 6 pm. But I guess they need to get some concessions in first. But since it’s the giants I guess they will try.

This could be tough to get in. Probably can start it.

He’s the Applebees while on a road trip president. Nobody’s first choice. A little stale in decor. You get a peak mid 90s vibe. But if the other choices are a cockroach infested diner or a place where the meat is gray and you aren’t sure you won’t end up with food poisoning… it will do. The beer is cold. The chicken tenders are fine. The French onion soup is comforting especially when they used too much cheese and it overflows along the mug and you get to peel it off and eat as a hunk. None of this will be the best food you ever had. It it’s familiar and will get you thru until you find a 4 star modern establishment at the next stop.

I can’t believe it’s been 16 years.

All of my bitching about the clock making the games too quick came back to bite me. We get a 3 hour game they 9 and we left because we are running a race tomorrow morning so numb nuts missed the 11th!

It’s like Elon’s For You tab.

You know these assholes would have different opinions on such things if it were their wives or teenage daughters that were victims In their mind it's targeted towards black people, poor white people, and just "sluts" in general so they deserve whatever hardship befalls them and any hurt for the child is the fault of the woman. But just the woman. Boys will be boys. What are you gonna do?

If a republican wins in 2024 I fully expect pardons for Jan 6 convictions.

I read on my kindle app. Doesn't bother me. I'm one of the rare ones I guess that prefer electronic. Plus when I'm done they make references to other books on the same topic.

It is a funny show and I snicker but if I had to explain it to someone i couldn't. I can't remember all of that dialogue.

I'm reading a book about the development of the Lunar Module. When reps from Grumman went to Houston for a gathering of all the major contractors for Apollo, while the Johnson Space Center was still being constructed, the Grumman folks had to stay further away because they refused to stay at hotels where their black employees couldn't eat in the restaurant. "He can stay here but we ask that he not go in the lobby and we can fix him something to eat in the kitchen". The race to the moon was impacted.

That's why I always said it would never catch on for casual fans. YOu need something you can easily quantify to a guy at the game or the bar. Most "old" stats provide that. SOme newer ones are just better extensions of that, like OPS. I mean at some point in WAR's calculation there has to be an opinion about the worth of a metric, right? With most other stats it's just a factual representation of what happened. Maybe it's not as good overall and shouldn't be used by front offices that way but for the casual fan it's good enough. Even if you can use an explanation on defensive metrics like "Well they use lasers and high speed camera data to measure speed of the ball and the players and can figure out what plays an average defender makes".... that's something you can express. Just have to trust they did it right.

When I read Halberstam's book The Fifties it opened my eyes a lot to what went down in the South in the first half of the 20th century. Because of the job opportunities up north in the factories and slaughterhouses, black families had to sneak away. The whites weren't happy they were leaving because they needed them to work in their fields and farms. They would patrol train stations and make threats like "If you go up there and get a job your family might not be here when you come back to get them". It was a 20th century version of the underground railroad. Legally the blacks were free but sheriffs and good old boys in the rural towns had their own legal system. They were still fighting the civil war. The North was taking all their blacks and giving them better jobs and now they were screwed. These TN legislators had grandfathers who did that so it was just passed down. I've also heard of the saying, in regards to blacks, "In the north we don't care how high they get just don't get too close. In the south we don't care how close they get, just don't get too high".

I've enjoyed it but haven't watched a whole lot of it. Just random episodes and clips here and there. The fast paced nature requires my full attention so I get "tired" so to speak. But it's really good and deserving of the credit.

So yesterday afternoon I saw a tweet referring to a Tigers play... "Oh, they're on? Makes sense, getaway day". I put on Bally's. I'm working so just 1/3 watching, no sound. "Man, this game is moving fast, 7th inning already?. Aw man, they've got the bases loaded in the 9th.... no way they are winning. Losing 2 extra inning games on the road.... isn't terrible I guess" Yeah I thought the replay was the real game. So them winning is extra meaningful for me.