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so watching inter-inning ad on the cartoon and the graphics is line being chalked - makes me think of a question I have wondered about off and on over the years: If they rechalk the baselines 81 times a year, why aren't the baselines just completely all white by the end of the season? Do thy periodically vacuum up the top layer or does chalk fade by itself or do they use a special fading composition?

Out of the pool of 4 positions Colt can play - 1b,2b, 3b, DH, it's at least 50/50 one player at those positions will be down at any point in the season to an injury or slump. Or you just give 6 guys 500 AB instead of 5 guys 600 AB. Finding AB for one extra player isn't much of a struggle in 26 man roster. Now if McKinstry were to hit so well again that they wanted to get him another 450 AB, then it can start getting a little crowded.

well see 84. I'm going to put my money the other way. I like what I've seen from McG at 3b a lot, and Javy can still pick it at SS.

this, all the way.

I think McG is going to his main time at 3b. He has played the position well, has a good arm. Against a tough RHP, Javy sits, McG goes to short, Keith to 3rd, or they sit Tork and Keith goes to 1st. Colt is pretty much the only other guy on the team now who plays 1st at all. Or they sit Tork and and Javy and go with Colt, , Gleyber, McK, McG, And everybody rotates through DH. With Vierling healthy, when they sit Parker against LHP matt probably gets those PA and Javy stays at short.

they have very vital interest though because East Asia is where the majority of Persian Gulf exports go. I'm a lot less confident the US could sanitize the entire gulf from Shaheeds. Iran has tens of thousands of sq miles of territory they can launch drones from that can range the gulf in minutes. It would be an exhausting task for a navy that is already seriously over extended. The Bush has already had its tour extended from the normal 6mo out to a year. They are at a point where both human and machine fatigue are at their breaking point - as evidenced by the ridiculous 30 hr laundry fire. Never would have happened if the ship had be been back for maintenance on schedule. And that doesn't even count that there are several hundred miles of coastline from which Iran can simply float mines out into the Gulf. How are you going to control that without 5-6 figure commitment of boots on the ground? Who would then be sitting ducks for Iranian attack, trapped between the highlands and the sea. There is a reason that in 40 yrs no American government has been stupid enough to attack Iran outright. These strategic realities have always been known, but the Idiot and the Drunkard just decided they knew better.

I think someone has to tell Kasper he is better than he thinks he is. Guy seems to have a lot of tools but aside from being a strong checker he's playing to much of a "don't make mistakes game" instead of a 'lets win the game' game. I guess you might say the same about Ras, but Kasper is already stronger on his skates and plays a more physical game than Ras ever has. In fact maybe they need to tell Marco "we don't need you to lead the team in hits, make more plays."

and think of the birds. Won't somebody please think of the birds?

I think the goaltending improved more than the team D, but I think they finally do look better with Faulk. Apart from the injury callups, they still have too many place holders - Rasmussen, Copp would be a good 3rd or 4th line center but you need more than 9 goals from your #2 center. Kasper makes his presence felt on the ice in some ways, but he's not contributing enough to putting pucks in the net. Kane still makes the occasional 'only Kane can do that' play, but in general is no longer a dominant presence on the ice at all. van Riemsdyk seems to have faded away. They basically have Larkin, Cat and Raymond as forwards who make you notice when they are on the ice - that's about it. But even more than a 'star', they need three more guys at least at a Copp level. Maybe Danielson Kasper, and MBN will get there but it would be nice if they would hurry.

but he's remade himself, doncha know?

And can he keep playing 40min/game?

aren't the NIL deals public? In Michigan the salary of every single university employee at UM is public and published once a year by statute - are they letting NIL deals violate the law on this?

his ST numbers with the Jays are busy if nothing else. 13K in 6 2/3 IP but also 7 hits, 4BB and 3 HB!

The Persian Gulf is only 100 miles wide over most of its length. You can't make the Gulf safe for shipping just by controlling the Strait, you have to defend it across the whole South Eastern coast of Iran.

according to gameday, the first pitch to McK was almost middle-middle, was called a ball, but not appealed. Did the burn their challenges?

Rockies return the defensive favor by throwing out a Tiger I never heard of at the plate. It was a hit for McGonigle though. Tork getting his warning track power swing down pat tonight....🙄

Holton gives up a couple of loud ABs. One scores, Nido erases the other on a CS.

top of 7th TTBDNS

Three times now the Rockies PBP guy (who is terrible BTW) has said McGonigle is starting at Toledo. Go figure.

great K/BB ratio, lousy WHIP

Parker's bat coming around some.

The talks announcement came out, the inside traders already had their bets down. Now it will take day or two when nothing good happens for that bit of false optimism to evaporate (or for everyone to figure out the announcement was purely a market play) and the S&P will resume its down trend and WTI will float back up to $100.

Petzold's prediction today was that Mize would be the guy to fall out of the rotation, I'd put my money on Flaherty. I know everyone loves his peripherals. but I'm not persuaded the ability of his outcomes to lag his peripherals isn't more than just bad luck.

This should make Lee's day (at least the news comes late so there isn't much left to it) msn_polymarket_announcement

The way the system is supposed to work, findings of fact - like how an election works, are supposed to be established at the trial court. Unfortunately, that's a distinction that often doesn't make a difference in the end, because the Justices are still using their own belief system and the 'facts' they hold within that belief system, to make their judgements on matters that in theory are only about 'the law' of a case, but never really are. In a technological age where the Justices are often totally ignorant about the real world context of what they are deciding, I wonder if the fact that appeal courts are not tasked to retry the facts of cases almost becomes an impediment to good outcomes.