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  1. 1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:


    That’s bizarre. It’s two games and, other than Arlington, the closest we’ll play to Houston all year.

    Probably a carrot to teams (and the union) for going OOC.  I'd imagine it would be a pitcher and one who is already on the 40-man.

  2. I was there with you but the stats don't lie.
    NL:50 years, 0-1
    AL:5 years, 1-0


    Let’s face it, it was flat out extortion from f’n Bud Selig that got us into the AL. I was pissed beyond belief.

    But I’m all good now and Fondren is right. We have been pretty good in the AL (other than the initial layout.) And Lunhow has devised a long term plan with the DH (and marginal division opponents) in mind. We look to contend for the AL pennant forever and that’s alright by me.


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  3. I don't see my gators getting past this round...   but you never know Come on you flaky bastards have one of your good games for a change!


    I’m not going to miss the near schizophrenic offensive efforts from Allen and Hudson.

    But I’m sure as heck going to miss the 100% Hayes gives every possession. Totally unsurprising his mother is a career Army officer.


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  4. I have not seen the documentary on this incident but I do know the backstory. The original crew went illegal for the flight (8 block hours in 24.) So instead of the 3 STUD Naval Aviators (I think the F/O was a Marine.) The flight was scheduled with a very close to retirement Capt, a female F/O and Calloway himself as the FE.

    When they went illegal, Calloway jump seated instead of working the flight. I’m thinking the final result would have been a bit different. (Thank God)


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  5. All this awesome extension news and we still have a top farm system. We gonna be good forever. Those dark days of the late McLain years are a fart in the wind. Thank you Crane/Lunhow.

    These are the glory days my friend....


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  6. I ain’t betting on the hated Vols. And I know some of you have it in for Barnes. But damn, that is one fine basketball team. It’s the one team we (Gators) played this year where I knew we had no chance from tip-off.


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  7. The Boeing takeover and phase out of McDonnell Douglas lines as well as the rise of Airbus probably have something to do with it.  The A320 variants have a lower crash rate than the 737 variants, but both are historically safe.  We've come a long way since the DC10, MD11, and MD80 were falling out of our skies.  Although the MD80 isn't/wasn't so bad for its day.


    There is a pertinent similarity between the 737 and MD-11. Both are stretched out versions of the originals. And it appears (thus far) that both have vastly inferior safety records than their predecessors.


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  8. I don't think I've ever seen a tree do that to a car. That would have not been pretty if there was someone in the passenger seat

     

    Yea that was an incredible wreck. As an aside, Officer Kennedy seems to be an insufferable prick.

     

     

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  9. F. Yea!  My Friday and Saturday telly watching is easy, LivePD at all times.  And I guess its not surprising that we so frequently see the same idiots committing various minor infractions.  I feel for the cops having to deal with these cretins on a daily basis.

  10. Just finished a few days of loitering around FitTeam Park. My first and most important take-CC, Tuve and Bregs all look 100%.

    My hot sports opinion. Seth Beer looks like a total and complete beast. Firstly I was expecting an AJ Reed type tubby bod. No, he’s a heck of a lot closer to Marisnick’s body type, tall and fit. But most impressively, he may have the quickest swing this side of Bregs/Tuve. And that bat speed comes with some immense power. Watching him take BP was incredible.

    Abraham-Toro was also impressive in the cage. He seems to barrel up on just about everything.

    Dont know if he threw it before, but Strom was really working with Emanuel on what looked like a knuckle curve.


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  11. Some boner inducing quotes from the 2019 Prospect Digest.

    “ Houston’s player development engine-quite simply-could be the best in the history of the game”

    “there were 510 minor league pitchers to throw 100 or more innings in 2018, at any level. Christian Javier, Brandon Bailey and Peter Solomon, who didn’t even crack the top 20 list, ranked #1, #2, and #3 in swinging strike percentage.”

    “The farm’s deep-so deep in fact, that many prospects that didn’t crack the top 20 would likely fall in the majority of top 10s across the league”

    On Bryan Aubreu, (whom he had as the Astros #10 prospect.) “The curveball may be the best in the minor leagues. Period.”

    “In terms of peak, Alvarez (his #5) should settle somewhere around .280/.350/.540.”

    Tucker(#2)-“Since 2006, here’s the list of 21 year old hitters to post at least a 140 wRC+ mark in the PCL (min 350 PA)-listed in descending order: Kyle Tucker, Anthony Rizzo, and Adam Jones.”

    Whitley (#1)-“In the conversation as one of the best pitching prospects in recent memory”


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  12. 2019 Baseball Prospectus came in the mail today = today was a good day.


    Love Prospectus. But my dream is that the Bill James Baseball Abstract was still a thing. I would savor that book the entire spring back in the day.


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  13. Saw it in IMAX today. (This movie was made for IMAX!)   Love climbing docs, but I had to look away a few times even though I knew it would work out for the boy.  Incredibly shot and edited extremely well.  (Those cameramen also need wheelbarrows for their balls.) Only disappointment  was a no show from Chins wife.

     

    .Jimmy+Chin+Chai+Vasarhelyi+2018+National

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