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Is there any reason why you would use BA over OBP? I get old school sensibilities but I have wondered for 25 years why OBP never became the dominant stat that BA did.

Any stat that can’t be easily explained and calculated is going to have issues gaining mainstream acceptance. It’s gotta be a counting or ratio based stat. This year at Comerica they began listing OPS instead of BA next to the names. Started it in may. My theory is it was because everyone except one or two were under .200. I’ve had to explain it to people. That one is easy to comprehend and it makes sense those.

Apparently McConnell slapped him down in a GOP meeting. “You wouldn’t be in the senate if not for citizens”

The Arab nations don’t care who has to die or suffer. As long as in the end Jews also die then it’s fine.

I follow the Webb telescope on FB and it's amazing. that clip is so infuriating to me for some reason... the smug way she says it. James Webb was a titan of a man. He deserves that honor of the telescope. Apollo had over 400,000 people working on it. Here's a clip from the great HBO series From the Earth to the Moon. The dad from Wonder Years plays James Webb. So so great.

Uncle Ralph at the Villages in Florida got the message though. Now he and Carl and Ray and Lyle can have a good laugh over it at the Moose lodge for the 3 pm dinner special over cheap beer.

If you were a server in a restaurant and you saw Sidney Powell sit down at one of your tables, you would cringe. "this one's going to be a handful, I know it"

Ignorance is key to their sides success

Maybe. But I never else said liberals so if a point is made in refutation against what I say then I will go off on the words I used.

Two rabbis attended the funeral. I saw a photo of them with the Iman of the mosque and parents. condemnation, when it happens, of Oct 7 aways comes with a caveat.

i stumbled across this. I don’t know who this person is but it’s a sentiment I have seen expressed many times the last few weeks.

No, nothing triggered. I’m just kind of surprised. The far left being not terribly friendly to Jews is a thing.

Clearly you aren't seeing the same things I am seeing. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-democrats-lash-socialist-organization-for-backing-rally-supporting-hamas-attack/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bds-dsa-antisemitism-israel/ I would strongly argue that a lack of outrage over what happened on Oct 7 or to try to justify it amounts to antisemitism. Just because it's not the same words as those on the right make it's still antisemtism. Think of it as being anti black because you think they are inferior to whites or being anti black just by suggesting they have their own schools and bathrooms and such and such.... both schools of thought are wrong. Anti semtiism can have more than one definition.

The point isn’t that the left or liberals are displaying antisemitism. It’s that some elements of the left, the extreme portion I guess, are. Whether it’s anti Israel or anti Semitism is semantics to me.

I signed up for in Oct 2011 because the Tigers were in the playoffs and there was a rain delay. I noticed people on this site were using tweets to indicate when the game would resume. I was with friends tailgating and signed up so I could follow along and know when we could head in. I think it was an Oakland series.

But what does that have to do with treatment of Jews who are not in Israel and have nothing to do with what the government does there? If someone's targeting Jews in a university, and many other places, who are not in Israel and not part of the government then I will call that antisemitism. Not everyone at a Trump rally are racists and confederates but when you see some of the flags and T shirts and slogans mixed in.... I see no difference here with regard to Israel and Jews.

Democratic Socialists of America. They've had some high profile defections over the last few weeks.

and it's disappointing to see it so prominent on the left. This is not a right wing thing. Sure there's extreme right wing anti semites but I don't think the increase we've seen the last 2 weeks is due to them. It's the college crazies.

I think even bigger markets won't make a difference. It would in ratings beause more people in those markets will watch, and by default those fans in other markets, but I don't think ratings matter much everywhere else. A random person in Milwaukee or Charlotte or Alberquerque, not from Boston/NY/LA isn't going to be more likely watch the WS if those teams are in it. It all comes down to the rise of other sports, especially football, and viewers having more options. Until the explosion of cable and satellite, and streaming/DVR, viewers watched what was on. And the World Series was often the only thing on at that time. Now they can watch the NFL or a show on Hulu or Netflix. People who watch TV have a backlog of shows/movies they have to get to. It's not because the game is suffering or did anything wrong.

I'm using it less, not intentionally, but just because it's not giving me anything I want so I naturally just don't go as much. It's not informative. I might do another purge of who I follow to make it more specific to sports and entertainment rather than news. I keep trying threads but it's not doing it yet for me.

In that aforementioned Posnanski book he talked about one of the old time pitchers, I can't remember which, but he was good enough to be on his top 100, that purposefully avoided strikeouts. He wanted them to hit it. He thought he was more effective at getting outs. By going for strikeouts he risked hard hit balls.

I’ve said this before but I wouldn’t mind if this were done later in extras like the 11th or 12th. At that point I think both clubs just want to move on. You burn thru pitchers and it affects the upcoming games. Starting pitchers are brought out, position players… it gets silly. I mean with the pitch clock proving to reduce games by a significant number it’s now ok to play real baseball for 2 or 3 more innings. Then you can introduce gimmicks to just get it over with. But even doing that I don’t think is required. Let the clubs employ an emergency starting pitcher that isn’t active but can be used after inning 10. You can rotate it every few games. Let a AAA pitcher come up for 2 or 3 games to live the good life. No service time accrual unless they pitch but they get a ML salary. Then he can go back for his regular start and another comes up. You can figure out a rotation within their existing workload. Hockey has a similar setup with goalies. There’s always one on standby in case goalie #2 gets hurt. It’s usually some beer league guy. A few years ago in Toronto one of them came in and the team came back to win.

For a long time it was on TBS all afternoon and on Nick every night for a few hours. My wife always had it on and I work from home so it was prominent. Recently they moved it to the morning. It is a comfort show for sure. Some of the jokes don’t hold up, gay ones in particular but otherwise I find myself laughing quite a bit. More so than its original run. They kept some of the sets and it’s been touring. We went in July. IMG_2863.heic IMG_2841.heic IMG_2839.heic

Or you could have high blood pressure and pass out. Those time limits they post at Public hot tubs are not just for show. It’s a legit concern. But given his history it’s not a stretch to suggest something like that. You are never over addiction.

I didn’t like the clock initially but mid season someone at a game asked me about it and I realized I forgot all about it… so that’s good. I like the playoff games ending about 25 min earlier. you are not the old guy. I come across them in numerous Facebook group the site pushes to me and it’s amazing how many still go on about wins and RBI and make fun of todays pitchers being soft and not as good as Nolan Ryan and how it is a travesty he never won a cy young and why isn’t Pete Rose in the HOF because of all the steroids today and these Mexicans are ruining things with their showboating.