Tiger337

If that's true, then it's like letting your pitcher throw 140 pitches in a blowout. It's a poor use of resources.

It's more than 3.20 where I live.

Like third base for most of Tigers history?

Is that what he meant? My guess is he was talking about drafting hitters by quality and pitchers by quantity

Join the plurality party - independents. I have been an Independent forever. I am a liberal independent, but I don't like identifying with a party.

Either they both make the team or neither makes the team. They go together.

I think it's lot less than 50/50, but who knows?

I wrote a paper my Sophomore year in college supporting Reagan. I really wasn't interested in politics, but I had to pick a side to write the paper. My left-wing radical professor liked the paper and gave me an A. He was a good teacher and it was an interesting class. Taking liberal arts classes was also a good way to boost my GPA. I voted for Anderson (not Sparky!) in 1980. I probably voted for Reagan in 1984. I don't remember. I later became marginally interested in libertarianism. There was no magic moment which made me switch from left to right. Life experiences and observations made me more empathetic and compassionate and I gradually shifted left.

This sounds fake. I could see one commander saying something like that, but I doubt it is systemic.

I think that ship has sailed already. Every place you go on the internet is invading you privacy, stealing your identity, whatever. There's no way to get away from it. I don't pay for a lot of subscriptions, but I pay for what makes my life easier.

Marco Rubio has always been weak. He used to ne somewhat normal. Now, every time I see him it's like he's a hostage held captive by Trump. I think he has destroyed his political career much like Pence.

I am not even sure what the media is anymore. A subscription is required for almost everything thing now and what they were giving us before isn't worth ****, so I haven't signed up for anything. I look for stuff on bluesky and twitter and try piece together what's happening.

I have been paying $20 per month for ChatGPT and it is a LOT better than the free version. However, I am hearing that Claude is better for the kind of stuff I do. I am going to try it out. If the $20 version is good, then I can dump chatgpt.

I like to compare pitching to distance running as I am very familiar with the stresses of the latter. It's not the same because throwing different kinds of pitches with maximun intensity strains your arm more than the repetive motion of running. However, I think of frequency and duration of running is analagous to the frequency and duration of pitching. I think that running 33 half marathons in six months versus running 70 5ks in six months would each put a different kind of stress on the joints. Starting pitching has the risk of cumulative long-term wear and tear whereas relief pitching has more risk of acute injury due to max intensity and shorter recovery. Both are big risks, but I think that the routine of being a starting pitcher is easier to manage than the erratic use of relievers. There are pros and cons of each, but I don't think using a young pitcher in short relief versus starting is keeping him safer.

This whole thread is: "You've cosen to ignore content by Tigeraholic1" "You've cosen to ignore content by Tigeraholic1" "You've cosen to ignore content by Tigeraholic1" "You've cosen to ignore content by Tigeraholic1" "You've cosen to ignore content by Tigeraholic1" Must be having a huge meltdown.

I don't fully understand the graphic. The economic ruin in Trump's first term came from Covid, not a war. I do understand that he mishandled it.

Your retirement sounds nice. Where are the games?

Me and Bert don't care! 😄

I also don't care about the WBC. I have always thought of Spring Training as a very laid back time where players get ready for the season, fans dream unrealistic dreams about the season and the feeling of anticipation builds up as we get close to opening day. Then all of the sudden the real games start and there is a jolt of excitement. The WBC interferes with that for me, but I don't get upset about it.

He's bored of peace.

Only at the bank.

"Have a good one" is definitely an annoying expression, but it is well intentioned, so I don't care. Please sounds like begging. I don't like it and don't use it regularly. I do thank people all the time and that includes clerks. I thank clerks mostly because they have low paying often undesirable jobs and I want to show that I appreciate their effort.

Also, **** the Yankees.

I think it started with Branch Rickey. If that is true, I can believe that there was some sophisticated math involved. The scouts wouldn't have to know the math in order to use it.

I have the same reflex habit. It's just an expression that doesn't really mean anything specific. "My pleasure" sounds fake to me because I usually am pretty sure that they got zero pleasure out of whatever they did for me. I know it's just an generational thing like you said though.