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People will believe what they want to be true. I’m fearful of something more localized. What if a disgruntled employee, student, or parent makes one of these about someone and we end up with some kind of vigilante justice? Yeah I know…. I browse too many lifetime movie network listings. Girl doesn’t make the cheerleading squad? Jealous mom makes a video showing the girl who made the squad over her daughter in a compromising situation and if spreqds. Girl commits suicide.

How was the weather nationally?

I first saw that video from a pro trump account. I read the replies and I agree with them, then I notice the MAGA hats in the avatars. Surreal experience. I think the GOP strategy among the other candidates is to knock off Desantis and hope some external factor keeps Trump out of the race and leave the rest for a Scott of Haley or Hutcheson to pick up the leftovers with Trump giving a half assed endorsement. I think now the only path for a GOP win is to go for the middle and hope Trumpies stay home. Too many Trump fans will not vote for another Republican politician.

This is a guy very uncomfortable outside of his zone.

“Can.we just watch friends?”

I prefer to call him Boris.

I don’t think Pence didn’t get into the car because he feared for his safety. It was because he had strong suspicions they wouldn’t agree to bring him back. Is that because they planned it that way or they just wouldn’t think it would be safe? He knew the process started on January 6 had to be completed.

It's ok to do that to condense some things. One of my favorite President movies is Thirteen Days and Costner was the producer and star so they made his character, Ken O'Donnell, more of a prominent participant in the Cuban Missile Crisis than he actually was. But they needed a focus and by making it a secondary person it means you don't change history too much. Everything in that movie that was said was said by someone, just not who said it in the movie. Instead of 18 princpal characters you have 7. I was looking forward to this series and will watch but I've heard similar things about it so it won't be a priority.

good question. I could see it being something like an intern or something. But it's also kind of important since it affects actual play.

and their freedom to not see, hear, or be otherwise exposed to anything that offends them in the slightest.

Why do gun nuts want to be around children so often?

I always assumed that. Wahlberg/Damon/Leo was such a head spinner for me to keep straight in that movie.

ha ha... mine also had a similar memory where Buster said it's like watching Ruth in 27, Williams in '49. HOF caliber at their peak.

Good point. How many times do we see an OF jump for a ball that's about 30 feet up the wall or into the stands? TV tech wasn't the best prior up to 1999 so we can't really tell where the ball were hit. My seats at Comerica are midway between 1B and RF and I saw some epic VMart, Papi, and Prince moon shots. In this scenario I think the short RF hurts the cause of this ever happening. The point you make on the wind is valid though along with any other factors like spin.

how hard would one have to hit the ball at an extreme launch angle to travel 330 feet yet come down at that angle? Do we have data on current trajectories given all the lidor and high speed cameras in use now? Seems like you could analyze what's been hit since we have that tech just to see if any would fit this profile. I'm not saying it never happened but from listening to old timers they make it sound like it was a regular thing.

I saw a tweet referencing the RF overhang at Tiger Stadium and it brought back a memory of a discussion that I'm sure existed on this site previously. The legend of a RF'er standing under the overhang waiting to catch a ball only to have it land in the overhang or off the facing to be a HR.... I have my doubts but will defer to those who understand trajectories of batted balls better than I do. Is this a myth? People swear to have witnessed it but I am willing to believe it's one of those things that we hear about so often it just becomes assumed as a fact. Is this something that could be analyzed given the information we have on home runs today and the likelihood of a ball needing the specific kind of arc required to do that in Tiger Stadium? I recall a detailed discussion on this a long long time ago.... I think Brian Bluhm participated in it.

I'm not convinced that Caitlin didn't do that simply for publicity. It's extreme, I know, but wealth and fame can do that to a person.

There's a shock.... When someone is pro Russia/Anti Ukraine... it's a good indication of certain things.

that doesn't seem very 'free'.

My cable system never had WOR. At the time I was just as mad b/c WOR would show wrestling. The summer of 1989... I was 15. Too old to "go out and play", too young to drive around all day. My friends with licenses either had no car yet or we didn't have gas money. So I watched the Cubs a lot during that season especially. When they won the division I felt like a fan.

Oddly enough, for my 28 game package, outside of opening day, I only have one day game during the week, at least until July which is as far as I looked. Usually they sprinkle them in earlier in the year. I know group sales are a big consideration for that, along with travel on getaway days.

I love day games during the week now. With my home office set up I have my two monitors and in between the gap I have my TV spun over so I can glance over at it between systems and spreadsheets.

I have a boss form the south side and he's very particular about what region gets referred to as the "South side".

Two of my best non playoff game highlights were the games 2 weeks apart in May 2013 where he struck out 17 and then took a no hitter to 1 out in the ninth. Seems like a good guy and I also recall one very good game near the end of his Tigers career. Glad he got a ring.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65602182 some new 3D pics of the Titanic.