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wood

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  1. Yep. I'm sure some of these HPUs aren't aware that they're doing it, but the crazy part is that there are actually umps out there who consciously and intentionally call it that way. Fucking insane. Coach: "Hey Blue, that was two ball-widths off the plate". HPU: "He hit the target the catcher gave him. It's a strike". Truly head-scratching stuff. I've literally seen catchers set up for a ball 8-10" wide of the plate - where the ball has to cross over the stripe of the other batter's box to hit the target - and get the call when the pitcher hits the spot. It's amazing.
  2. Crazy how deep the OF is playing.
  3. It blows my mind that some of these dudes ever even made it to this level. I've seen better Pony league umps. Much better. Makes me wanna start umping in my retirement.
  4. I think we could possibly see him spot start. That's the beauty of the flexibility he brings. I know it would suck for the pen, but where do we need help most right now?
  5. Fuck me. Rake Meyers needs to write down every single thing he did since he got up this morning and then live by that for the rest of the season. Incredible day.
  6. Gasparino just laughing at how bad HPU is. Anything near (or not so near) the outside corner is a strike.
  7. My kid was telling me there's also some talk about Merc's wind tunnel being 'too smooth', i.e. it doesn't have a way to re-create bumpy track conditions. There's some speculation that this is one reason they've had so much trouble with ground effects.
  8. I flunked out of Aerospace Engineering as a freshman at UT, does that count?
  9. Bring back in-season testing, for myriad reasons. Just include it under the budget cap along with everything else and let the teams figure the rest out.
  10. Dude. Fuckers get to be in F1 AND fly with the Blues. I was born at Pensacola NAS where the Blues train, and have probably seen them perform 20 times. Was in Navy ROTC at UT with the intention of heading to flight school until my shitty UT grades reared their ugly heads. I was soooo not ready for UT. Man, I'd cut off a nut for a ride-along like that one. I mean, I'm 59, so let's be honest, I no longer need 2 of 'em anyway. Took a ride on a full air show practice aerobatic ride in a Confederate Air Force T6 back in the day, piloted by my then-girlfriend's (no pics) dad. Those CAF dudes were crazy af. Fun ride. /csb
  11. I can't put much stock in that. Newey is gonna focus on whatever Stroll tells him to focus on.
  12. AFAIK, they're still saying Newey is dedicated to the 2026 car and that the new wind tunnel is the difference, but who knows.
  13. Apparently, contrary to what we've been hearing until the last couple of days, AM also has promising upgrades coming for the next 2 or 3 races. Seems they're having epiphanies based on the data from their new wind tunnel, learning where they've gone wrong, etc. Apparently they could only access the MB-AMG wind tunnel on weakends. That might explain some things.
  14. Can't believe this is the same girl that was in True Grit. Done growed up.
  15. Just saw it. My apologies for Mrs. Wood (no pics), who can't separate movies from real life and reacts accordingly. About halfway through the movie, it occurred to me that I was watching an opera. A vampire opera. Good show.
  16. nsiap. On one angle they showed of Adrian's HR swing, you could see the almost straight up trajectory of the ball off the bat. Crazy. Pretty sure I've never seen a ball hit at that extreme of an angle leave the park. Any park.
  17. nsiap. Poor aggies ...
  18. Gash literally stands right in the middle of the runner's lane 2 feet from the bag, then cries like a bitch when he gets blown the fuck up. That's exactly why don't go there unless you absolutely have to, and he went there unnecessarily. That's literally one of the first things you teach little kids playing 1B.
  19. Earley looks like he's gonna cry, and LOL at aggy getting obliterated in the comments.
  20. A buddy of mine marshals at COTA. He just sent me a video showing no marshals in sight around the stadium complex during a hot track session of the GT World Challenge event. And this. Loose banners on a live track.
  21. ... and this. Loose banners on a live track.
  22. A buddy of mine marshals sometimes at COTA. He just sent me a video showing no marshals in sight around the stadium complex during a hot track session of the GT World Challenge event.
  23. Pooooooo Raaaaaggies!
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