Junkballer

31 minutes ago, Taylor said:

When is the first time one of your predictions will come true?

(The) Range

58 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

In Football and Basketball all the stars on offense can impact multiple plays in a row.   In baseball you wait 3 innings for the stars to come up to bat.  Then the other team takes the bat out of their hand and walks them.

Suggestions:   If a player walks, a runner goes to first but the manager has the option of keeping the player who walked up for another at bat.   Until he puts a ball into play or strikes out.

Suggestion #2 - Any fastball pitch in the close vicinity of the batters head results in a triple, and the same rule above also applies.

They had a beer-league soft tosser up there just so they wouldn't use up the bullpen in a lost cause.  It was a way to have some fun without running up the score, which he did anyway.  Check out the video, he was wearing the shin protector on the back leg.

20 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Choose your fate and die.

Oh, Yeah Yeah!

1974 with my little league team.  I remember the experience more than the game itself but I do remember Mickey Rivers and Nolan Ryan playing.  Being a slow chubby catcher at the time I wished I could be like Mickey.

18 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

To take the question seriously, one thing that makes Maddon interesting is that he seems to have some sense of the psychological aspect of the game and consciously works with it. He doesn't always succeed, but that's just the nature of psychology: it isn't an exact science. In fact, it isn't really a science at all, more of an art-form.

I think it would be charitable to think he intentionally walked Seager in a 4-D chess move to get the team going, but that could be what he was trying to do. But it is like throwing a dart at a board blind-folded: that sort of thing might or might not work, and there's really no saying that sparked the fire.

And of course we don't even know if the "fire" is truly sparked. But taking 2 of 3 in Houston is certainly a promising sign.

Along with whatever other reasoning Maddon was using, I think it had something, or a lot, to do with building up Austin Warren, or mitigating the chances of a significant big inning.  So I agree with you that Maddon was working a psychological angle in his decision, just that IMO the psychological focus was regarding Warren and what was the best decision that would result in him gaining belief in himself in sticky situations.  The fact that he ran him out there afterwards sort of attests to that I think.  If Maddon views Warren as fragile, or just lacking a bit of confidence to take the next step, it may have been the right move.  We'll never know what really goes on in that big sexy hippie brain of his though.

2002 Redux

There have been some articles about poor conditions at military housing recently, and that I do care about.  Whining about twin beds and not being able to fap in privacy, in an otherwise decent apartment, is childish no matter that others have it slightly better.

It needs to be this one.

On 4/5/2022 at 2:21 PM, Lou said:

Without googling, guess who this is. (if you already know, let others respond)

 

Virgil

30 minutes ago, Angelsfan1984 said:

Now this guys an editor and an aspiring stand up comedian. Jesus Christ you truly are a master of everything. What’s your secret? How’d you turn that water into wine? I won’t tell anyone, it will be our little secret. 

He could tell you but then he'd have to smite you.

Disraeli

Condolences and prayers for your family.  She sounds like an awesome sister.

Did any of the kids ask, "What's a newspaper?".