Storm the Field

Yeah. Hopped in the pool around 6:30 yesterday evening once the backyard was fully shaded. Felt pretty damn good. Water temp 88 and there was a decent breeze. Would have been a really pleasant evening to grill out if I didn't have other dinner plans.

Mid to high 90's with little chance of rain for the next 7-10 days straight. Doesn't look like we'll get back closer to average temps for this time of year until next weekend.

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Welp, got the sweep. Too bad Arlington couldn't be of any use. 81-68. 13 games left with a 4.5 game lead. Magic number is 9. I would think 6 or more wins is likely enough.

Bottom of the order making the stars look bad.

Weird, I was literally in the middle of posting something very similar, right down to the 7-7 vs. 11-2. Projected finishes are 88-74 and 82-80, respectively. 97% chance to win the division per Fangraphs, but I don't like that Seattle is once again still lurking in the final stretch with an unlikely but possible path. Wrap up the sweep today, take at least 1 in San Diego, then feast on the Halos again next weekend and we should be sitting pretty comfortable.

Hope everyone survived the Great Bear Market of 9/3-9/10

WTI back above $70 by a few dimes and pennies. Up about 4% on the week despite crashing to $65 on Tuesday.

Looking likely that tomorrow and/or Sunday will be hottest day of the rest of 2024. 96 in Houston. 100 in Austin. Gonna be 95 or above through next Wednesday or so, but things should get a little nicer towards next weekend. Extended stretch of warm, dry, and sunny ahead. Second Summer has begun.

You don't need the batter to score or even get on base in the scenario I'm describing. That's what I meant.

You think $2.25 nat gas is fun, wait til you see $0.25!

Flare, baby, flare!! E&P companies need to be less concerned with "making money" or being "economically viable" and should just produce at max capacity all the time to keep prices as low as possible. I am a very serious individual.

JD says we should be producing 3 million more barrels per day and 2 or 3 times as much nat gas.

Tuesday night game was the perfect example of what I'm talking about. Abreu comes in and fucking dominates, holding the A's scoreless in both the 10th and 11th. All you need is a single run and it's an instant W. You're not sacrificing anything by giving up an out to move the runner over. Him scoring is the only thing that matters and you take home the W. Nope, swing away boys!

My biggest complaint with Espada is having too much faith in his players and refusing to make the "safe" managerial call. Seems like he won't call for a bunt in extras. Won't walk a hot hitter when there's a base open in a tight game. Always tries to wring 1 more inning out of a laboring pitcher. "I trust my guy to deliver in that situation" and then they don't and we end up losing by 1 run.