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you say that as if there were a bad argument for scrapping the electoral college......() ( yeah, I know I argued in the past that winner take all by state has the positive effect of clarifying victories, but the population imbalance and the thus the loss of a true democratic outcome has just gotten too bad for that to matter enough....)

I truly believe that in another misguided dictat from the commissioner's office, the umps have been instructed to call more strikes to "move the game along - nobody likes walks" so the guys with the plate discipline to force a pitcher to make good pitchers are the ones getting screwed. So instead of men on base we get more K's and more incentive to swing for the fences.

well, I just read a take on Marbury v Madison that argued that John Marshall connived to get the case to the court and likely suborned his brother's perjury to make sure the case went forward. Enough clay feet to go around!

for whatever reason, it's getting worse. Apparently not enough enough guys interested in becoming umps to be able weed out all the ones that should never make to the majors. Candelario has been absolutely jobbed at in at least 2 AB already so far. But the great thing is that at least now Tork can look at this himself and know that he can stay the course rather than worry about needing to change his approach.

And we wouldn't find out Reyes has turned into a star.... ....Ok, we probably won't find that out either way.......

I remember when Verlander was a young ace, and the Tigers lost his first start in 2007, 2008, 2009...

Likewise 7 of 9 for the centers in the 60 were just Wilt.

I think someone once said "Wisdom is justified of all her children" --

did Ginsburg make public appearances with Obama or Biden? I'd say there was at least another mile between giving an opinion and making joint appearances or doing photo-ops that imply outright campaigning. Again, this is pretty pure and non-equivalent whataboutism. Thomas has been out there with Ginni being a *political* advocate in public throughout his tenure in a way that leaves the average justice in the dust - that just is what it is.

yeah - Gil Brandt already got hammered with the 'don't speak ill of the dead' backlash, but at minimum, the circumstances are outre'

yeah, I think events have proved pretty conclusively that she was right, and truth is supposed to be the absolute defense, is it not? I certainly wouldn't want to die on the hill of arguing Herschel Walker wouldn't be bad for the US Senate either.

what if his previous managers only batted him third against bad left-handers? Stat would be be pretty meaningless then. There is always an issue of relying on statistics when you really have no idea what they are telling you.

depends how old. I think it's been a long time since people dressed to go to a ball game, at least before our lifetimes, but on the other hand, when I was a kid, mostly people still dressed up to go to a Red Wings game. Why the traditional of dressing up lasted longer in hockey I couldn't say.

Report I read said a truck. On I-595

Faedo with 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K for Lakeland. Brieske got knocked around a bit for the Hens though, 5 runs in 5 innings.

gritty performance, but not enough firepower....

one point in the books.

Putin must be getting more delusional by the day. A generation ago the US ran a military buildup that bankrupted the CCCP pretty much by itself. How does he think he has the resources to compete with an energized EU and US upping the competition together when the GDP differences have only grown? Plus the 40 millions of the Ukraine plus any resources of Kazahkstan removed from the strength of the old CCCP. The raw economics of it don't make any sense. Does he think the Chinese are going to carry his water? Even if Xi is willing, Putin would be consigning himself to vassal status. That would sure do wonders for the glory of Russian Christian Imperialism wouldn't it? Not to mention I have trouble seeing the Chinese signing on to underwrite Putin's pseudo fascist version of Russian Christian Orthodoxy! Just a slight philosophical disconnect there with the Chinese leviathan that's tries to stamp out activist religion of any kind where-ever it rears its head. Plus you have to wonder if Russia stated costing China serious money how long Xi would be able to keep himself in power, let alone Putin.

Hronek - just effing terrible.

Imran Khan out in Pakistan. Government in Pakistan has been a mess pretty much since Partition, but at least this time an orderly, court sanctioned Parliamentary vote of no confidence to remove a Prime Minister has beaten out the more typical Military Coup or assassination as the method of succession.

FWIW, years after the fact in an SI feature, Darko said he really never wanted to play. So what he could do was less important than what he would do.

Casey's weakness remains the FB in the middle vertical third of the plate. Has to keep them up or down.

He's throwing high and in to all the LHB, maybe they need to back out half a step and force him out of his pattern.

Baddoo can't K there....

Cease pitching to Tork's strength