Subdeacon Joe
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8 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
The network loves it, it’s a coast to coast series.
And a classic match up with a long history. A coast to coast "subway series. "
The opening of the pregame was pretty good.
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21 hours ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
Joe! Did you leave a word out of your opening statement!
Would you have said “With TODAY’S metrics…”?
I suppose I could have. Or maybe "With today's reliance on metrics over gut instinct..." Gone, I think, are the days when a manager could tell a pitcher, "Look, kid, I know this guy has hit you the last 19 times you've faced him, but you can get him out, just relax, it's just like practice, concentrate on what YOU will do to him THIS time ." Then hand him the ball and saunter back to the dugout.
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3 hours ago, Dirty Dan Dawkins said:
Baseball and football
I guess since Indians and Redskins was too ethnic, we we need eliminate Padres for being too Catholic
Also Cardinals and Metropolitans (Mets).
I'd like to see the Rays go back to being the Devil Rays. Well.....given the celler-dweller record they had as Devil Rays and their record since the name change, maybe it's not such a good idea....
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
I'm missing something here. Maybe this is because I'm not a professional sports follower. But ---
What does metrics have to do with this?
OK, how about sabermetrics or analytics? Everything, or almost everything, is now driven by statistics.
To an extent that's always been true, box scores are simple metrics, but it's gotten a lot more complex now. We're seeing players, especially pitchers, in the dugout looking at their tablets, checking the stats/metrics/analytics of the upcoming players. Fielders looking up what a pitcher has thrown them in the past.
From https://medium.com/@cclapp_49252/the-development-of-baseball-analytics-86e6bacc8570
A fine example. And you can bet that for each one of those Launch Angles the statistics gurus can show how many of what pitch from which pitcher produced it.
Miguel Cabrera Launch Angles, Photo by Hitting Performance Lab
Analytical Pioneers
Before spreadsheets and algorithms took over the dugouts, a quiet revolution known as baseball statistics was quietly taking shape in the dusty archives of baseball history. Imagine a time when wooden ballparks reverberated with the crack of the bat and the game’s attraction was found in the dusty diamonds rather than the slick stats on a screen.
Baseball statistics began as a modest endeavor, a haphazard attempt to use crude instruments to distill the essence of the game. The rudimentary scorecards known as box scores were used to record hits, runs, and mistakes. Back then, statistics were handwritten on parchment, vastly different from the sophisticated systems of today that analyze every play in detail.
From the diamond dust sprung pioneers, those with an inquisitive desire to know more about the game than just the audience’s applause. One such notable was the 19th-century wordsmith Henry Chadwick, who used a pen to express his passion for baseball. Hailed as the “Father of Baseball,” Chadwick created the first box score and the basic statistics that would later become essential to the game’s survival."
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Thank you.
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14 hours ago, Alpo said:
It's called a Louisville Slugger, and you can pick left, right, or center justify.
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The headline is misleading. He didn't shoot the reporter. The reporter was hit by spatter because all the idjits involved were behaving like idjits and doing idjit things.
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With metrics we will never see this again
"On July 2, 1963, baseball witnessed an unforgettable showdown that still echoes in MLB history. It wasn't just a game; it was a clash of titans—Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants and Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves. Both pitchers delivered an extraordinary display of stamina and skill, going head-to-head for a mind-boggling 15 scoreless innings.Marichal, just 25 years old, hurled an incredible 230 pitches, while the veteran Spahn, at 42, threw 204. The two legends matched each other pitch for pitch, defying exhaustion, before the iconic Willie Mays finally ended the duel with a solo home run in the 16th inning, giving the Giants a 1-0 victory.It was a night of grit, determination, and pure love for the game. When Spahn was asked about the game later, he quipped with his characteristic humor, "I thought my arm was going to fall off!" But it didn't. Instead, it gave fans one of the greatest games ever pitched in baseball history.This game wasn’t just about the numbers—it was a battle of endurance, a display of two pitchers' refusal to back down, and a reminder of the raw, unfiltered beauty of baseball.
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
Could be worse....forced to watch a Raiders game to the end.
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
You know, when I wrote that I wrote FLOUR.
Suuuurrrrre you did!
1 hour ago, Alpo said:Bacon, which is 90% fat and salt, gets its flavor by the fat and salt cooking off.
If you coat the raw bacon with a flower or cornmeal type covering, and then cook it in deep fat, it seems to me that neither the fat nor the salt would be able to cook away.
So you would have a piece of greasy salty meat coated in chicken batter.
Does not sound like it would be very good, but I didn't agree with the meme. I just posted it.
Correct. You need to par cook the bacon. Get it brown but not quite crisp. Drain it, flour it, batter it, then deep fry it.
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O Lord our God, the Physician of our souls and bodies, look down upon Thy servant, Mike, and cure him of all infirmities of the flesh, in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, with Whom Thou art blessed, together with Thy Most Holy, Gracious, and Life-giving Spirit, always, now and forever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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26 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:
Commissions in the Army and Cavalry were purchased, with little regard to merit.
It didn't always work for the best.
The practice was abolished in the early 1870's if memory serves.
The Royal Navy did not follow the practice.
"What military genius thought that one up? Somebody's son and heir? Bought his commission before he's learned to shave?"
"I rather fancy that he's nobody's son and heir now."
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Populating the British Command Structure. Personal animosity, poor communication, unclear orders, and a vast amount of stupidity.
25 October, 1854, Crimea.
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The way I heard it the "Kalamazoo" is a jews harp, not a git-fiddle. Which makes more sense that setting rhythm with a guitar.
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1932 Jean Bugatti standing next to the Bugatti Esders Roadster
A clear view of just how large Royales really were.
EDIT: "The Bugatti Type 41, better known as the Royale, is a large luxury car built from 1927 to 1933 with a 4.3 m (169.3 in) wheelbase and 6.4 m (21 ft) overall length. It weighs approximately 3,175 kg (7,000 lb) and uses a 12.763 litre (778 cu in) straight-eight engine. For comparison, against the modern Rolls-Royce Phantom (produced from 2003 onward), the Royale is about 20% longer, and more than 25% heavier. This makes the Royale one of the largest cars in the world."
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1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:
Buddies helping a buddy. Helping him remember 1. Not to drink too much. 2. Not to do dumb $#!¥ on your bike when you’re drunk (split rear tire).3. Just to mess with him.
Thanks. I couldn't decide if it was prank, revenge, or college art project.
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What am I missing?
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
They’re nice to look at, but I REALLY don’t want to own or ride one.
Marvels of design and construction. But they seem more art than practical.
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20 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:
Cool! It was probably one of these. I keep this in the den. A little over 6 feet long.
Side note, some of our surveillance drones use wooden propellers. That way if they don't clock properly when the engines shut off for landing the propeller snaps rather than the crankshaft.
Another interesting aircraft, the Capelis XC-12. https://www.airhistory.net/photo/634297/NX12762/X12762
"The only XC-12 ever built. Built by the Capelis Safety Airplane Company, it was registered as NX12762 on 12 Jan 1933, and first flew in the same year. It failed to attract commercial interest, and following a minor accident on 15 Apr 1938 the aircraft was permanently grounded, its registration cancelled in Aug 1938."
Held together with self-tapping screws.
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Funny Photos - add some.
in SASS Wire Saloon
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https://ftw.usatoday.com/2024/10/fishermen-oarfish-doomsday-fish-rare-catch
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The image of the catch was posted on the Fishing Australia TV Facebook page where commenters questioned the odd-looking head that looked like a seahorse or an oarfish with a horse’s head. But one commenter correctly explained that the mouth is extended, much like a John Dory fish.
One feature of the oarfish is a “protrusible mouth,” or a mouth capable of being extended, which might have occurred while being caught.
It is worth noting that this is the first recorded sighting of an oarfish in the Top End, according to Yahoo Australia.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever heard someone land a fish like that up here,” NT News fishing columnist Alex Julius said, according to Daily Mail Australia. “It’s also very rare to land one of these fish, most being found washed up ashore already deceased.”"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oarfish
The oarfish is thought to inhabit the epipelagic to mesopelagic ocean layers, ranging from 250 meters (660 ft) to 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) and is rarely seen on the surface. A few have been found still barely alive, but usually if one floats to the surface, it dies due to depressurisation. At the depths the oarfish live, there are few or no currents. As a result, they build little muscle mass and they cannot survive in shallower turbulent water.[17]