Jeff Lubbers

Professor at @AUWCL. Admin law @lawgovAUWCL. Into tennis, Nats, Russian Art, foreign films, Roseanne Cash, etc.

[Jeff Lubbers @JSL26Jeff]

Hey @TennisChannel, did you really have to cut away from the @USTA's sayonara celebration for @keinishikori today? Just before he was going to be presented a gift, the network cut away for a bunch of the same commercials we've all seen a million times. Have a little more class!

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Hey @ESPN, I missed the women's basketball final so was glad to see a replay on ESPN U overnight. I had avoided hearing the result, but early in the replay your crawl showed the final result. Why would give away the result of the game you were replaying? Stupid!

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I am now on @jslubbers.bsky.social

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@IsiahThomas Earl the Pearl!

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@jon_wertheim As usual, the the director maddeningly felt compelled to cut away from their coming together at the net to show a meaningless crowd shot--so we missed most of that exchange. Why do directors always do that??

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@RWTNews @joncoopertweets Shouldn't it be January 2021?

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@chris_j_walker @AUWCL @MelissaWasserma Thanks for a great presentation today, Chris, and for trying to save agency adjudication!

[Jeff Lubbers @JSL26Jeff]

When I go to the movies I like to watch the credits (ok, I like reading footnotes too), but after enjoying @OppenheimerFilm, on @peacock, the credits were cut after 5 seconds. Is this even contractually legal? For the sake of viewers and the crew, show the whole film please.

[Jeff Lubbers @JSL26Jeff]

Walks were up 6.5%, sacrifice bunts were up 10%, but strikeouts were also up 2.5%. So some surprising and counterintuitive results, but overall I think the rule changes did produce more action (and the pitch clock was the best change).

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Here is what I found: Stolen bases +40.9%, caught stealing up 6.8%. Runs up 7.8%, hits up only 2.9%. Surprisingly singles only up 0.6%, while 2B +3.6%, 3B 10.7% and HR up 12.5%. Average batting average went from .243 to .248, while slugging went from .395 to .414.

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I recently listened to @davidaxelrod's excellent pre-season Axefiles interview of Theo Epstein about the rules changes. He predicted more base stealing, more hits, less emphasis on home runs and strikeouts. I decided to check what happened--using https://t.co/abqnGKSZL5.

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@RelevantTennis Mona Lisa anyone?

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@jon_wertheim Not sure what the problem is. He may or may not shade his reports, but he does give some insider insight and the other commentators can have their say. Nor is he the only coach who commentates: see e.g., Cahill and Annacone just to name a few.

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@jon_wertheim Yeah, and ESPN cut away from the Korda match at 3-3 in the third to show 40 minutes of ceremonies even before that match.

[Jeff Lubbers @JSL26Jeff]

@josemorgado Of the four finalists in Canada, only Jess Pegula won in the first round of #Cincytennis--and she had a hard time doing it. It's the hangover effect.

[Jeff Lubbers @JSL26Jeff]

@TennisTV Am I the only one who saw glimmers of Roger in Evans' play in DC?

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@mubadalacitidc Man, you were Federesque in your last three matches! Fun to watch. PS--@CocoGauff wasn't bad either.

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@sallyjenkinswa1 A stimulating interview.

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@miyukato1121 You did nothing wrong. It was inadvertent and was obviously unintentional and not dangerous. I think you should win an appeal. You have a lot of support from all over the world. The umpire, referee and the other team should be ashamed.

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@khickmanjd @UTexasLaw Great news for UT--TeXas needs you!