RE: the refs. Was briefly listening to the Indiana broadcast on Siruxm and they referred to a bad call by the refs who said something to the effect of "you know why Indiana got that call, because its that type of game" which indicated that the refs were so obviously putting their fingers on the scale that it registered with the homer radio crew.
In most things I think Xi is reading the Party Congress waiting for his coronation for his third term. That should be happening soon. China's National Day/week is just about over.
Edit: that begins on 16/OCT
Not disagreeing that they suck and are bad at this... but, scarily to consider...How many votes do they need to take back the US House of Representatives and install their stooges as defacto Speaker
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Sorry had to do it
The biggest of my early disillusionment with this season was Tucker Barnhart. I'm sure he calls a wonderful game of MLB the Show but I never saw him do so for our pitchers.