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Yeah, that was pretty awesome. He was putting ‘em out rapid fire from the right side.

Sounds like we got two solid, fairly well-polished college hitters in the first few rounds. I don't hate that at all. They tend to be more projectible than other draft-eligible players, and we need bats that can make an impact soon.

Why is Velazquez still allowed to play Major League Baseball?

It really is fantastic writing, and the characters are incredibly believable and authentic. The only nitpick I really have is Richie’s character. For most of the show I think they write him a bit more over the top than they really need to. Like you could dial that character back about fifty percent and you’d still get the same desired effect while also creating a more realistic version of that one dude everyone knows.

That’s a good question. I imagine opinions on crowd work comics vary depending upon who you ask in that world, though I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of people look down on them a bit. That said, being really good at crowd work has to take a lot of talent and skill. I’m sure there are hacks that kinda give everyone else in the genre a bad name, but the high-end crowd work guys deserve plenty of respect for their craft.

I get ya. But dude is due $38M each of the next three years. Definitely can’t trade him. Could cut him, but I doubt they’ll do that this year

Better question, how many more games does he end up playing for the Angels? I know he has three years left on his deal, but I’d put the O/U somewhere around 100 honestly

Well, that was bound to happen

Just finished E7 of S2 and you’re not wrong man.

I’d also like to add that I don’t personally recognize the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands or New Caledonia as it relates to my last post.

I’d have to assume he’s kidding. Because we’re definitely #1 in guns per capita, with Yemen in second at less than half of us (they’re doing great btw). So unless everyone in Serbia with a gun also carries like two knives on them at all times (totally possible), and everyone in the US has given up on non-firearm weapons (we haven’t), I’d have to assume this can’t be true. Also, gonna be real pissed if I find out everyone in Tajikistan carries a crossbow and two swords on them as a matter of custom.

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The drama has continued to be sure. I followed @WicketMaiden’s advice, which immediately led to them paying all of my past due OT. From there they reduced my salary to what I made hourly x40 hours per week, which still represented a loss to me, so I complained some more. They eventually found that I should have had an annual review in October of last year (I didn’t), so they did it now. Got a 7% raise in base salary, which still leaves me making less in 2023 than I did in 2022. Quite bluntly told them that my number one priority now is finding another job. After all that, my direct real work superior got our VP involved, and we had a nice conversation two weeks ago. Our company has grown a lot in recent years, and I’m one of the longest-tenured employees, so the VP and I know eachother a bit. Explained my situation to him, and he seemed receptive, but tentative. It’s a bit shocking to me that they’re still fighting me over roughly 8k a year, when I’m in a position where my judgment calls regularly save them five or six figures in a given week. Like if I leave they’re nearly certain to make a few hundred k in “mistakes” because nobody is there to make sure that the plans that happen in the field on the fly make sense in the larger scope of things. Kind of a cutting off their nose to spite their face situation.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/adelljo01.shtml He’s basically had a full season of major league playing time between 2020 and now, with a -1.6 WAR and a .623 OPS, along with sub-standard defense. Is it still possible he turns into a decent major league player? Sure. But he’s no longer a valuable commodity to other teams, as he’s never performed well at the major league level. He’s a buy low and hope he turns a corner sort of guy.

I think your assessment is a bit of an overestimate. This may not be fair to Adell, but with the chances he’s been given teams pretty much have to consider him a classic “AAAA” player at this point. That will be the label until he proves he can hit consistently at the major league level

Random thread revive… my seven year old BorderAussie, Scout

Yeah, I feel like the odds of this dude getting real sick out of the blue in the near future are like -2000

Twitter is wild. Seems like the consensus is one of two things are happening: 1. This is a real attack on the Russian military establishment by the Wagner group. Oooorrrrr…. 2. This is all part of a plan by Wagner group leadership and Putin aimed at drawing Ukraine into a large-scale attack on Russian forces, which will essentially be a trap.

https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-ukraine-war-prigozhin-infighting-0e051f0a43522f57ef1810a8b03f6e62 Feels significant, but who knows? Might not do much in the end, but it’s a heck of a bold move.

20? C'mon

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Started watching Silo after seeing others here mention it. Really good show. Good story, well-paced, good acting for the most part. My only real complaint (and it's a fairly minor one) is that the main character's (Juliette) accent is all over the place. Like it somehow seems different in every scene.

Even the pic they showed as “definitive” on the broadcast still appeared safe

About as bad as you can get. Was there a reason Estevez wasn’t out there for the ninth?

Gotta love the 2HRs and a bunt single. Lol