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I'm not asking you to show your work, but things to consider... Drag force depends on shape/profile of bullet and wind. It is often neglected in physics 101 projectile calculations. Just wanted to point out it is unlikely a bullet comes back down to the ground at anywhere near the same speed it left the gun. The bullet will experience a lot more drag on the way back down unless it can do a full 180, and it depends on the orientation of the bullet.

I would pay 20 a month for Tigers games if it was the only way for me to watch them, unless of course cable would offset that.

Yep, N=1 doesn't supercede published (legitimate) science. Another case: another friend of mine on her third case of COVID, was more cautious than me during the shut down and has gotten all her shots as soon as advisable got roughed up pretty good by this variant.

Glad you are doing better, Biff. I wasn't referring to you at all above, just passing along a social interaction I had. I genuinely feel bad for the guy because he is struggling to work, struggling to parent, struggling with everything right now, and when he passed along some sewn vaccine doubt, I couldn't help but wonder if there was a chance the source of that doubt wasn't to blame.

The cost of misinformation... I was talking to a friend the other day who was just getting over COVID. He is somebody who definitely took it very seriously early on, but leans way right, is definitely MAGA. Was telling me it finally got him and it got him hard, potentially long COVID but it's too soon to tell if it is that. Anyways, I broached the topic of how many shots he's had because "I've heard more shots helps the symptoms." He replied "Just one J+J shot. I've heard mixed reviews on boosters." I kept it cordial, just left the topic except to mention yeah, I got it after four shots but was okay after a few days. Just an example of the waters muddying, somebody who was finally turning the corner from a fitness standpoint, hitting the gym hard, and hasn't been able to for three weeks potentially because Tucker Carlson or Joe Rogan planted that seed of doubt about boosters.

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NFL isn't dependent on RSN's. College football and basketball aren't either. MLB, NBA, NHL are. I guess they all hurt a bit when ESPN loses subscribers, but streaming services offer ESPN. Now, I forget if it was the write-up in Fangraphs or BP (both were good), but it was pointed out this doesn't mean the RSN model is dead and kaput. It was a mismanaged situation by Sinclair/Diamond and they just racked up too much debt on the deal they couldn't stay afloat. This does not mean an RSN can't be profitable, but it certainly isn't the cash cow it was 15-20 years ago. The cable model revolves around bundling and making sure people are paying for stuff they don't watch. Not everybody is a sports fan, but every cable subscriber has ESPN. Every cable subscriber has Fox News and MSNBC, although I doubt there is anybody who watches both at this point.

Norris has decent projections too among old friends out there. I suspect they may have a deal with one or two of those guys but are waiting on the roster spot from Mize/Skubal next week.

Edwin Jackson was solid in 2009, and was a big part of the Scherzer/Granderson deal. I'd say the Tigers won the Joyce/Jackson trade. If Reese Olson gives the Tigers anything, a small portion of that value can be traced back to Matt Joyce.

Well as long as Emily Waldon is on the BA payroll...

Sorry but this isn't true. I can say for a fact that he is more reputable than every single one of the Tigers specific prospect writers out there after Tigstown shut down. And other team specific sites have the same issue. As prospect writing has become democratized and social media engagement has become the main goal over accuracy, the bar has lowered significantly.

I think a lot of guys took steps forward last year.

Found it... https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN201708160.shtml Mets had some injuries so they had to move Travis d'Arnaud to second base, but switched him with Asdrubal Cabrera so that Cabrera would always be on the pull side.

The reason is likely related but more that it was explored and they realized it was a declining business model.

Didn't the Mets do that a couple years ago? Was Alderson in charge of both teams? Was he the common thread?

Apropos of nothing, but people confusing resign and re-sign will never not get old.

Best, and I have witnesses: 2015 Michigan/Michigan State before the punt I said Michigan State was going to win because a punt introduced the only chance of disaster. I suggested scrambling and chucking it down field out of bounds to kill clock. Worst, after the 2004 draft I said Eric Beattie was going to be a better pitcher than Justin Verlander.

I noticed Andy Ibanez on Team Cuba for the WBC. So he will be out of camp from roughly March 1 until Cuba is done. Should be plenty of infield/dh at bats to go around, assuming Baez, Schoop, and Cabrera are playing as well. Cuba and Netherlands (Schoop) are in the pool in Taiwan (Please call it Taiwan. Chinese Taipei nomenclature is Chinese propaganda), so that is a bit of extra travel time/adjustment.

Avila has his mind on other things tonight.

Parker? He's on the 40 man and doesn't need one. I don't mind the Davis signing. In terms of controlling the zone, he does that. Similar to Vierling, a right handed counterpart to the Meadows/Baddoo/Carpenter crew at least is a complement.

They should have kept Greene down until August so he would show up in prospect lists.

Fwiw, I did games from age 12 to 20 of increasing levels, calling balls and strikes for 7 years, one of the most sought after umpires in the area before entering the white collar workforce. Also worked a tournament at 23 the year I was out if work and living at home. My parents said when I was away for college, former Tiger Heath Murray called asking me to do games. I'd estimate in that time I called somewhere between 300-400 games behind the plate, culminating in summer high school tournaments the last couple years. Probably could have gone down that path if I wanted to, but chose not too. I had the rule book down pat at the time. Just getting credentials out there...

Anybody here ever umpire and call balls and strikes? You have to stray from the rulebook zone for common sense sometimes. Doing youth games as a kid, you get a lot of loopy pitches and catchers too far behind the plate... In other words, called strikes in the dirt. Obviously that corner case doesn't happen at the Major League level, but the strike zone as defined in the rules will surpise some people.

Dammit, Kenji deleted his twitter account. He had some great zingers mocking air friers. I got one as a gift a few years ago, really the only thing it was good for was broccoli. It died a couple months ago, and I really don't want to replace it.