Screwball

I found this really interesting, and close to home. Whirlpool Announces $60M Investment, Up To 150 Jobs For New Ohio Facility - press release from WHR Up front I will disclose I worked for them, directly, then indirectly. This is about a new facility and investment in Perrysburg, Ohio. Previously a solar company. (FSLR maybe?). The WHR mothership is in St. Joe/Benton Harbor, but they have a washing machine plant in Clyde, Ohio, a dishwasher plant in Findlay, Ohio, and a clothes dryer plant in Marion, Ohio. Two of which are along I75. Clyde's another hour away. The news release is new and best I can tell they didn't disclose what they were going to do. But there are a few clues, maybe... FTA: That's some all-star corporate bull**** right there. But they did give us this, which is the important part trying to figure out what they are doing; Bold mine. Remember a few pages ago we were talking about the place around here going belly up that made parts for the car companies. I wonder... Are companies like WHR having the same problems with their supply chains and decide to invest in their own? There is no reason they can't build their own machines to build some of their parts instead of outsourcing. Within reason of course. Maybe that's what they want to do here. Relying on stable and good suppliers is not easy in my experience. I'm guessing it's not much better today, especially when the bean counters want the cheapest first and always. If this is their intent, I salute that decision. We can do it better ourselves - if we do it right. We'll see.

I was partially kidding. I don't have much faith in any of the useless ****s who run anything. I don't believe 10 percent of what I read from the MSM. Less than that from any political dip**** that holds office. They are all a bunch of lying sacks of **** who only care about themselves, or are getting blackmailed into destroying the entire world for a bunch of sick ****s who want to continue to rape and pillage it. Great theater for those with their head up their ass playing the blame game, while the media covers up for them. The Big Club is kind of like the banksters, but worse. I think the banksters have a little more credibility than the scum in the Big Club. Not much, but a little. Not a good bunch to count on, but they might be all we have. They have the goods on the Big Club - they banked them, and laundered their money. They know and have the records. A global depression benefits nobody. The banksters, even if behind the scenes, may be able to stop or slow down the madness. The criminal CEO of JPM just recently had some things to say. CEO of nation's largest bank says Iran war raises risk of 'bad economic outcomes'

Inflation Has Been Above the Fed’s Target for 5 Straight Years They will get it right - eventually...

It's kind of funny. Given what is going on in the world today, and so many that are freaked the **** out, which I understand; I have faith in the most swine pieces of **** on the planet - our bankster pigmen of Wall Street. They are still the smartest guys in the room and control the entire financial system. You don't have to like them. They are like AJ Pierzynski. You hate the prick but in this case you are glad he's on your side. If we go to war with the world, militarily or financially, (maybe we are doing that already?) I'm betting on our very own wizards of Wall Street. The pigmen also have to live here (most of them) and don't want to get strung up. I'm hoping they are that smart.

A little chart porn in order. I'm sure the frontrunning stuff will immediately start, if it hasn't already, but there are some who also got their face ripped off as well. Hit $117 ish around 11:30, then went downward from there, especially late in the day. Once the day change at 6 it took a ****. Ouchie! Looking at that chart, there is a gap right smack the 6pm time change. Why? Just another tick in the timeline of the open market. Funny to how it bounced around the $93.46, then tested it again, and now back above. Still, from $117 to $91 in the same day is quite a move.

Everything is so ****ed up even the stock market doesn't know what to do.

This day in history for the music lovers. Probably not on history dot com. 🙂 I remember this. I'll use Wiki as the source. California Jam - this day in 1974

That guy made one of the greatest plays I have ever watched. I was sitting along the 3rd base line down around 3rd. The batter hit a ball right in front of the plate and it bounced so high it looked like a pop-up. Right down the line toward 3rd. I watched Aurelio. He turned his back to the plate looking over his right shoulder, the ball landed right beside him, which he short-hopped, turned and fired a bullet to 1st base. Out. One of the most incredible plays I have ever seen. It gets even better. We were heading home going back to Ohio and sitting at a streetlight somewhere by the park. Hot, windows down. He pulls up right beside us. I'm the passenger. I look over there and tell my buddy - hey, look - that's Aurelio. Yep, sure was. I yelled - hey, great play on that high hopper - never seen anything like that. Thanks, glad you guys had a good time. Light changed, he was off. Off the charts cool.

Neat and interesting conversation about gloves. At the end of the day I think it boils down to a personal preference. Gloves matter. It is one of our tools. Speaking of tools, back in the day they rated people on the 5 tools. Fielding, throwing (arm strength), hit, hit for power, and run. The glove is only part of one of those tools, but you want what you want. What is comfortable for you, what do you like, and also what position. That matters, without a doubt. The pitchers glove is bigger to help hide the ball while he's deciding what to throw and moves the ball in his glove to get the grip he wants. That is something they watch - tipping pitches. A big clunker of a glove doesn't work so well with a 100 mph shot at 3rd base. But only part of one tool. Nothing game changing. Unlike hollow bats (in the old days), roids, and baseballs that should have Titleist printed on them. 🙂

It certainly could. That was my pitching glove. I had a fielding glove that is smaller, but broke in even more. 🙂 I had another that was completely wore out and I finally had to retire it. Hated breaking in new gloves. When not in use, wrap a baseball in it. They don't do it today I don't think, but back then (70s) we rubbed them down with neatsfoot oil to soften them up. Things were much different 50 years ago. A funny little story. In 1994/1995 I coached a high school team. By that time all they had were aluminum bats. I suppose due to cost? Doesn't matter I guess. Anyway, I had an old wooden bat at home (I made one in shop class and used it, but it broke and never made another) so I took it to a practice late in the year. The kids were amazed. They never saw a wooden bat, and of course never hit a ball with one. It was neat to watch them all gather around and "wow" over that bat. We had to have extra batting practice so everyone could use it just to see what it was like. Oh wow, that was cool!!! No ping. A crack of a ball on a wooden bat. Music to the ears. The glove also traveled. In 1973 it rode in a car from a ball game in Mansfield, Ohio to our hometown (about an hour drive) with 4 other guys on the team, a case of beer, and a bong that was the head of Richard Nixon. The bowl was his nose, you sucked on his head, and his ear was the carburetor. 🙂 I wasn't quite old enough to drink, but nobody cared.

Your brain will be just fine. If you play enough it comes natural and you think nothing of it. Can you imagine how many thousands and thousands of balls you have fielded over the years?

I can't compare to that. Pretty. This one is just about broke in. You can tell at the bottom the leather laces are different. Local grocery, display of shoe laces. Scissors, a small screwdriver, and we fixed them ourselves. My web busted one night and about got my nose broke.

Gloves matter, depending on where you are. Pitchers want big gloves to help hide the ball. Outfielders would too for that one that just got away. Infield is a time thing. You have little. Smaller glove is better. I'm sure today they can get custom made gloves, just like bats. I don't know if the difference between bigger/smaller 3rd base glove and a SS would matter, but if that's what they want to do, and can, why not? A pitchers glove and a SS/3B guy was like a boat anchor and something you could catch a ball with. :-). Of course that was when Denny McClain was winning 31 games.

This one was funny. Simple geometry. Didn't need to italic diagonal, hypotenuse would have worked.

John Daly not only knocked the snot out of the ball, but some of the best hands around the greens I've ever seen. Incredible touch. His upside was huge. I'll bet he would be a ball to party with. 🙂