mtutiger

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

Yep. I dont get the controversy here... Brian Snitker's number one job is to win a World Series. He saw what we saw and made the call. This isn't the regular season... you can't just leave a guy in a 1-0 game if you are concerned about his stuff or his velocity because he hasn't surrendered any hits yet. The stakes are too high...

I think Trump not knowing much beyond bullet points is probably true of most issues, but NAFTA isn't one of them... he's been protectionist for as long as he's been a public figure. There's a debate to be had about how much he really knows about the issue, for sure, but it's one of the few areas where he's been consistent.

How does this guy still have a law license?

I'm sure all the free speech and anti-cancel culture warriors will be all over this one... (not)

Since we can swear on this site, I'm gonna avail myself this time: What a bunch of fucking idiots

The latest stunt with the VADem staffers dressed up with tiki torches today was a nice touch. You couldn't possibly telegraph "I think I'm gonna lose" in a more transparent way.

Especially Javy Baez. No thanks

The stadium is in Cobb County, which voted against Trump by close to 15 points. I'm guessing he'll get a mixed reception.... maybe more cheers than boos. But really, I don't think it matters.

You're trying to be funny, but I've been thinking a lot about California leading up to this election and how, setting aside the significant polling miss, some of the CW leading in regarding the suburban vote just completely fell apart when the votes were cast. Orange County being the classic example: as far as I can tell, all the experts (such as Wasserman) seemed to think that YES would win the OC, when it ended up losing 52-48. Loudon County has been getting a similar treatment to the OC in the press leading up to this election, and again, the CW seems to point to a narrower win for TMac (ie. high single digits, low teens), which would be enough to swing an election to Youngkin. I've seen enough elections at this point in my life to know not to bank on polling errors. The polls call for a close race, Youngkin has the momentum and I'd probably pick him to win based on the public polling I've seen as of today. But if TMac does end up winning and ends up winning in Loudon and other suburban counties with numbers closer to what Biden pulled in 2020, I'm going to have a lot of questions about how pollsters are gauging the electorate Post-Trump. Because it'll essentially be California 2.0, and basically I haven't seen much of a reckoning for the polling error in that race.