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I’ve been really interested lately in how religion does intersect with all this. There’s a few different ways I can think of that someone can relate to Christianity: for the intrinsic spiritual and moral value they see in its message; for the order, structure, and community it provides their lives; for the way church doctrine and documents support their existing thinking about how the society should be ordered; for the way it provides an answer to an important life question or problem they couldn’t answer before. I’m sure there are others. I thought of all this especially the other day when I read that something like 42% of all men in their 20s now state that religion is very important in their lives, up from 28% just two years ago; whereas for other men importance is up only slightly, and for women of all ages importance went down. What can explain this surge in religiosity for just this particular group of people? Are these men suddenly discovering the mortal and spiritual value of religion in just the past two years to a degree that no one else is? Are they finding more community with one another by bonding over religion? Did they discover a message in religion that ratifies their existing thinking, or provides an answer to problem they couldn’t solve for themselves before? Is there anything in the cultural landscape that might be leading to this?

If there's anything to your theory about the difficulty engineers have matching audio overlay to MLB video, it would be that before I got MLB.tv with my Extra Innings package, and I would try to do what you describe here—match MLB At-Bat radio to DirecTV video—frequently when it came out of breaks, At-Bat would be mismatched to the video by a few seconds one way or the other. I assumed it was because sometimes play would start up again sooner than expected, so the radio folks would hold up the feed this inning to allow the commercials to play all the way through, then eventually they would match it up in a later inning. Is that what's happening here? Given how MLB has the break timed to end earlier than before, but the commercials still have to run, and Dan usually doesn't even come back on after the break until after at least one pitch has already been thrown, I kind of doubt it. But, I don't know, maybe ...

This seems like an early attempt to sanewash Trump and the Republicans ahead of the election.

Holy Mary mother of god, we swept the series! 😃

I’m not sure either Riley or Tork get traded as long as there is not a better alternative in the wings to replace them. Even so, I would assume the return for each will disappoint.

I appreciate your not mischaracterizating me, or things I say or don’t say.

Just asking because the conversation right up to your post was about Mike Trout, and he did have a potential claim to that at one time.

Do you mean Trout, or are you pivoting to Ohtani, who pitched last night?

I didn’t see that highlighted in either of their deals, nor had I heard of any other contracts containing this clause. How common is this? Do you think it serves as a sort of indirect no-trade clause? If not, what’s the purpose of it?

This is not an honest mistake. This is on purpose. They know what they’re doing.

Yup, that’s exactly the kind of thing an archvillain would do.

Is it clear that I am saying so, or are you inferring that I am saying so?

Maybe it’s because he plays like you imagine Jackie Robinson played!

Without Javy’s slide being overturned—without his heady swim move around Salvy’s tag attempt—he’s called out and we’re still watching baseball right now.

Maybe he got a note. Thankfully Dan didn’t get the same note. BTW, here to say Javy’s slide was arguably the difference between winning and losing. For sure, it’s the reason we’re celebrating a win at this very moment instead of watching yet another inning.

And it is all pitching, because defense has been kind of ass.

Los four straight, win five straight. Easy peasy. Tigers are now 9-9.

Almost a walkoff pickoff. Don’t think I have ever seen that. And I still haven’t.

First and third, two outs on the Torres single. How about one or two more runs here? My cuticles could use the break.

Remember when Harris was too cheap or too scared or too stupid or too much of a toadie to spend money on players? Ah, good times … 😁

Perez swung mad and homered!

I'll go a step further: that slide represents the kind of baseball I have never seen a pro play.

El Mago definitely avoided the tag! It should be another overturned call, this time in our favor!

I can't believe Benetti and Dirks pretended as though touching the runner with the end of the glove wasn't enough to overturn the safe call. That smacks of broadcast homerism, and I have no respect for that.

Stinky was out by a lot. No question about overturning is necessary.