mtutiger

This race is a real test of the "old fundamentals" versus the "new fundamentals", for sure. The history is what it is, and it works against McAuliffe, versus the fact that Virginia has evolved a lot since the last time a Republican won the Governorship in 2009.... The result tonight is going to bad for Ds regardless in terms of holding the House in 2022, but in terms of VA, If TMac pulls it out, in this environment, with a campaign that by all accounts wasn't the greatest, one has to think its another sign that Virginia is probably Blue Ohio at this point.

NoVa is getting a ton of oxygen on Twitter this am (turnout appears to be good for TMac all things considered), but that's only one part of the equation... he still needs to get turnout from key constituencies in Richmond, Petersburg, the college towns, Hampton Roads, etc. Haven't seen much there. Setting aside the possibility of some erosion in NoVa (we'll see - wouldnt be surprised if its somewhat overstated), hard to feel too good about TMac's chances without knowing much about turnout in other areas he needs.

Regardless of what happens, this is a fascinating contest... I'm not sure I've been as unsure of an outcome. My gut says Youngkin, but i almost think the shift in conventional wisdom may be underrated TMac some as well. I'm guessing it'll be close.

I'm assuming both of these people voted for Gillespie on 2017, tho...

Assuming you are in Nova, hopefully there was a decent line lol

By far Al's best free agent signing...

Of course they haven't dropped him like a hot rock, Tim... he's Trump's handpicked candidate!

He was clearly managing to win up until the 5th - I just think he made some bad choices during the 5th (namely not pulling Minter after he walked in Maldonado) which led to a Houston lead. At that point, cutting bait made sense.

Ya know, you could have moved to Wichita Falls or Lubbock or some shit... lol

Past the 6th inning, I'd agree, although I think if they get out of the 5th with the game tied, they play to win that game. The fact that they were even using Minter to guard their 5-4 lead that early in the game is evidence of that.

Things don't appear to be going too well for SB8 in court this morning....

Braves 5th inning:

Don't sell this team short... they have a whole quarter left to give up more points lol

Georgia and Alabama would probably make it competitive

Just FYI, I prefer my crow extra-crispy

I am 100% in favor of using it ironically lol

I see the Lions likely last best chance at a W is going about as expected lol

It's baseball, anything can happen and all... but Atlanta has played such good baseball of late where it just seems unlikely for Houston to beat them twice in a row. Let alone three times. But who knows... if any city fanbase knows a thing or two about frittering away a nearly insurmountable lead, it would be Atlanta's fanbase lol

Tonight is still a bullpen game for Atlanta tonight so it's hard to count Houston out. But yeah, even if Houston wins tonight, it still feels like we know where this is going.

I'm basically not wearing them except when asked at this point. Only exception is crowded places (ie. Live events), grocery store or Costco. They are more rare here since our infection levels plummeted....

I think my favorite response to the fact that Snitker was playing to win is that it wasn't an "either/or decision". Maybe that's right, but in terms of weighing the opportunity costs at that moment, I'm gonna go with the guy who has spent almost his entire adult life in baseball over Armchair Manager Joe Blow on Twitter lol

For a counterfactual, what happens if Snitker leaves Anderson in, Anderson gives up some walks and some hits, then the Astros end up winning 3-2? I'm guessing the same armchair managers would probably find themselves critical of the Braves hunting a no-hitter at the expense of winning the game.

That's correct. And while he had some success retiring Houston batters, it wasn't clear to me how much longer his luck was going to last. I'm honestly convinced that the people complaining didn't watch or weren't paying attention to his start... he walked a bunch of guys and was erratic. He struggled more than the hit column in the stat sheet showed. In a 1-0 game of a game Atlanta needed to win (particularly with bullpen games coming up), they made the right move and let their shut down relievers come in and finish it out. Snitker deserves praise, not scorn, for the decision

The "liberal" mainstream media's coverage of VA GOV in a nutshell. Bookmarking in the event that CW doesn't ultimately come to fruition