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maybe Baddoo sensing the presssure. 4 for his last 11 with two HR.

Bigbie 2/4 today. He now has almost the same number of AB in AA as in A, and his average is higher, HRs are higher, OBP is higher, Ks are lower. Not much else you can ask a guy to do. I would think that should be a ticket to the next level.

Agree, and didn't have the arm either. McKinstry's not much better quickness wise but at least he can get the ball over there in good shape when he fields it - most of the time.

four was probably too many. I thought the earlier players game with Jones, Monroe and Petry actually went better than the average Monroe/Shepherd game, though that's a pretty low bar.

Poor guy. Mid 20's is when things like schizophrenia can begin to manifest. Sounds like whatever this is, it's serious enough they can't get a handle on it which is not good.

I think more to provide some PR that they are not suppressing service time while still leaving owners free to suppress service time for 90% of players.

If he is re-elected he will quash all the federal prosecutions and no-one will/can stop him. And he'll sit in DC and dare Georgia to send someone there to arrest him on any state charges.

Who knows. To me, it seems like the only possible outcome in the end is a 30-36 team super league under a whole new constitution and *everybody* else ends up dropping virtually to non-revenue status. Looking at it globally, I think it's inescapable that high cost/high revenue programs will only be able to exist in the same kinds of markets that pro-sports teams today do, and that is a pretty limited number of markets around the country. Certainly nothing like the current number of FCS teams. I can see maybe a few exceptions of teams with no local market but national brands like ND, Penn State and LSU, but not enough to keep anything like the current system alive. But again, Congress is the wild card. They could - at any time - end NIL, make college athletes non-employees, recreate the system any way they like.

Apparently UCal did not want to see the two schools in different conferences but UCLA was in such dire need of more $$ they had no choice but the let UCLA make the initial move. Now they are going to have to find a away to split to differenct conferences for revenue vs non-revenue sports. Track and swim programs (etc) can't afford to fly cross county for meets, not to mention a lot those athletes really are students and don't need the extra time committment. But what will probably happen instead is that more non-revenue sports will end up being downgraded to club status.

Cal, Stanford, W State and OR State left holding the bag. UCal regents find themselves in a funny position, one foot on each side the outcome.

Turnbull with a so-so outing at Toledo 3.1 IP, 3H 2ER 2BB 2K. He left the game after hitting a batter with 1 out in the 4th and that man came around to score, so 1 ER while he was on the mound.

I think it should be a relief from the down beat of this season to see if they have anything in P Meadows, but to be honest. even best case I'm doubting he's going to be a player whose clock setting is going to be a big deal. Of course I hope I'm wrong about that!

I love the comments that the SS woudn't allow him to be incarcerated. If it did ever come to it, they have zero authority to prevent it. They can guard him standing outside his cell as well as anywhere. In fact the government would save a ton of money if he made it that simple for them! 🤣

I don't think there is much question he hasn't been unlucky when he's been hit this season, he hasn't been able to throw stikes. The episodes when his blreaking ball command has just disappeared have been almost painful to watch.

Nice catch. The kick is smaller than Denny's and Jackson 'sits down' a little lower but there is definitely an echo there.

yes - I don't know what else he's been doing beside selling property but you'd think he's been doing Radio for years.

the rest of this season is going to turn in a musical chairs of who is worse: Olson, Faedo, Manning or Wentz.

too bad JHM can't play 3rd.

Isaac is not going to let the Tigers forget

For tonight, In Dickerson I will trust.

IIRC, one of the reason they were never high on Paredes is that they though he'd never hit of any power. Bigbie's HR rate has picked up this season, granted he is a couple years older than when Isaac's power finally began to emerge.

Coaching can be key here. If you have QB with lots of physical talent and not much else, your offensive coaches may have to swallow their pride and just redesign an offense the QB can run instead of the one they want to run.

I think for now it's all in a holding pattern waiting to see if Congress does something to put the genie back in the bottle, and who knows, they might do something to push the current systems back into viability. But since Congress is a mess (can anyone in college sport be thrilled knowing their future is hanging on Tommy Tuberville's legislative chops?) and 2024 is like a wall beyond which the shape and function of the Congress can't be guessed, everyone is just muddling along with deck chair rearrangement on the USS NCAA-Titanic.

I'm mostly surprised how many years the 'system' of keeping numbers down - which is mostly subtle and largely underground, has persisted. OTOH - In general I don't begrudge docs their money that much - I'd rather see them be well paid than Ad men or banksters, and TBF when you look at Docs' raw income numbers is that before or after the cost of their malpractice ins and all the debt a lot of them end up carrying? Just in the last few years an older pediatrician friend of ours was looking to drop back to a part time practice, but just retired instead because she couldn't cover her ins costs working part time.

Even they are all healthy, Skubal strikes me as the only one with Ace level stuff and you do have to wonder if his arm stays together. I'd put Mize as a solid #2 level guy. Unless his FB comes back better after the surgery I don't see #1 level in his future. Manning appears to be OK but middle of the rotation also. Turnbull could surprise to the upside. He didn't look good this year but he might once he has some innings in post TJ - just don't know with him. So I'd agree, enough arms but not necessarily a dominant staff without more help. They do have depth of back of the rotation depth with Faedo, Wentz, Brieske, Olson. The deep bench is nice.