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Vegas Halo Fan

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  1. Our blackouts extend not only to spring training games, but even replays of them. Commissioner Manfred says that it is a priority to revise the broadcast model and eliminate blackouts. At least if we get the A's, six teams can't claim Las Vegas as a home market. Of course, the ballpark won't be ready until the 2028 season, so hopefully something happens soon.
  2. You must not be seeing the same pictures as I am. I see no issues whatsoever. As for NL MVP, it's Acuna. Leads MLB in both hits and steals, 40 HR on top of it.
  3. I didn't see that he claimed that it was unique or new. There are plenty of failed managers who did not communicate with their players other than to criticize them. One who comes to mind immediately is Bobby Valentine, who nearly triggered a player revolt in Boston.
  4. I have Achane on four of my five fantasy teams, left him on the bench on all of them. Lost three of the four games.
  5. Total coincidence, but I happened to be at the game the day that Collins was let go. Joe Maddon took the lineup card out to home plate, but since I hadn't been to a game in a long time, I didn't know the significance of it. There was a buzz in the crowd, and finally the information made its way around.
  6. I don't usually associate managerial candidates with the term free agent.
  7. My enduring image of him will always be the mammoth home run that he hit completely out of the ballpark in Houston in Game 6 of the 2021 WS.
  8. Mel Tucker is apparently about to lose a very lucrative gig at Michigan State. He invited an advocate against sexual harassment and sexual assault to address his team, then he allegedly tried to hit on her afterward. MSU has informed him of their intention to fire him with cause after an internal investigation.
  9. I worked in a field that is more heavily litigated than most. I once asked one of the deputy AGs why there were offers to settle when the plaintiff had no case (which was the vast majority of them). A big part of it had to do with the cost to the state of going to trial. If we won, we were awarded nothing. There was also the unpredictability of a judge or jury who did not fully understand the nuances of our work environment and what constituted reasonable measures. We might lose a case because the way that the plaintiff presented the issue was plausible, even if it was totally false.
  10. I strongly suspect that this happened to an employee who worked for me. I was never able to definitely prove the connection, but all of the pieces fit.
  11. Canning him would show complete denial about the state of the organization that he took over. Which means that Moreno will probably do it.
  12. "I was going to stay, but then some guy farted in my face in the clubhouse. I'm outta here." - Shohei Ohtani, through Ippei
  13. This would fit right in with the current team concept. On the bright side. if the Angels win out they will finish exactly at .500.
  14. Well, that didn't last long. The Columbus Blue Jackets are already looking for a new head coach, before the current one even coached a game. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38424585/mike-babcock-resigns-coach-columbus-blue-jackets Babcock's resignation comes in the wake of allegations surfacing over the past week that he violated players' privacy when he asked to see photos on their cellphones. The allegations were first presented when former NHL player Paul Bissonnette said on Tuesday's edition of the "Spittin' Chiclets" podcast that Babcock asked Blue Jackets captain Boone Jenner to show him his camera roll before displaying those photos via AirPlay on a wall in the coach's office. And who doesn't trust a program called Spittin' Chiclets?
  15. A slam dunk thread like this, who can resist?
  16. My last trip to Panera was just that - my last. Incorrectly prepared cold food and employees who couldn't care less about the mistakes. When I complained to management, their response was to offer me the same food that they had screwed up during my previous visit.
  17. What is the recovery period for that? Does it start during or after his tibia rehab? "Phil, I can't play. My asshole hurts."
  18. Now we know what kind of car that Angel Hernandez drives.
  19. He can if he isn't in the ballpark to see it.
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