My question would be whether the more aggressive stance by Israel makes it any harder for these groups to swim in the population or not. Probably not since they enforce their will by terror at home as well, which is completely unreported by international media. But just ask yourself how Israel always seems to know where these guys are? There is a large segment of the local population that hates them and provides a constant stream of intelligence over the transom to the IDF.
IDF kills Nasrallah.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-hamas?nl=from-the-times®i_id=143837266&segment_id=179102
I don't know if the Arab radicals realize what a shift 10/6 has caused in Israel. It used to be Israel would go after radical leaders as targets of opportunity presented themselves. Now Israel is operating free of any self imposed restraint. I don't know what difference that makes longer term, but it's notable.
May depend on whether Houston vs Baltimore. Are they allowed to make moves between series?
Malloy is 2 for 21 in Sept and only 2 walks. He's right handed but he's almost no bat at all at this point.
yeah - Twins won the division by 9 last year, will probably end up 10 out this year. KC is going to make the playoffs after finishing 30 out last season. The Central has really been through the blender and back in a year.
partly I think we have hitters that are maturing and just improving their approaches, but I also think that the staff has gotten better at getting guys off of the pre-game meeting advice when a pitcher has come out deliberately pitching against the scouting report. It seemed early in the season hitters were not adjusting the 2nd time through when their 1st approach was not working - or at least adjusting less than they are now.
Then again, if you had calculated the probability of the Tigers winning 85 or more on August 2 I'm going to guess it would have been worse than 1/64.
Never tell me the odds!