Carmen Mlodzinski in relief tonight:
4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR
55 pitches, 36 strikes, 7 whiffs
1 save
EXACTLY the help the bullpen was looking for
You guys are such cliches. He has no idea what he's wearing. He's buttoned both buttons on a two button jacket, which is basically never acceptable. He's wearing a tie pin with a waistcoat. The collar is wrong and it's unbuttoned. Combining 1920s hair with a Victorian moustache is gauche. He looks like a waiter at a try-hard artisanal cocktail place in 2014.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Whatever [the next outbreak] is, we ain’t ready for it. We still have anti-vaxxers running around.”
“I don’t trust scientists. I saw a YouTube video, so I’m not going to take it.” (mocking)
“I don’t want you to ever forget this story.”
“20,000 years ago, we’re in the cave. Do you know what the life expectancy was?”
Shannon Sharpe: “10 years? 15 years?”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “30. Half of everyone born was dead before they were 30.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Wow!!!”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Fast forward to 1840… everyone born in the world was dead by the age of 35. We gained five years of life expectancy. And every one of them ate organic, breathed clean air… Science matters here.”
“We’ve doubled the life expectancy with antibiotics, vaccines, and sanitation. The three biggest forces operating on our longevity. So to come around and say I don’t need vaccines because I’m not getting sick, that’s like saying, why are you using dandruff shampoo? You don’t have dandruff.”
Shannon Sharpe: “Well, I don’t want to get it.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson: “That’s my point. If you’re successful, people think you don’t need it when that’s what’s creating the ongoing success in the first place.”
I think a giant imperial military blob with an unwieldy and overfunded warfare state making catastrophic tactical decisions by misusing expensive equipment in unsuitable conditions is among the most believable things in that entire movie
Bruce Meyer, interim head of MLBPA, says MLB's salary-cap proposal would result in less money overall going to players:
"Player share, under their proposal, would go down. ... Had MLB’s proposal been in place in 2026, players would, we estimate, lose over half a billion dollars"
This is a literal lie. And Meyer knows it.
Also unspoken here, beyond the base lie, is the outrageous percentage of the players' money that went to a tiny handful. Because they try to sell the union on some drag-up effect ... while doing nothing for their lowest-paid members.
As much as I want to like the tarps off crew at Busch Stadium because MLB needs higher energy, more passionate fans, they are unfortunately VERY annoying and make watching cardinals games on tv unbearable
I'm getting feedback from some Seniors, saying that only young people should have to pay property taxes because it's the young people that have children in the public schools.
That because Seniors don't make use of the public schools, they shouldn't have to help pay for them.
Okay, sure -- I can appreciate this logic.
So now, let's readjust everyon'e healthcare insurance costs.
Younger people barely need medical assistance at all -- so we can go ahead and adjust their rates DOWN.
Older people, however, quite often need medical assistance -- so we can do ahead and adjust their rates UP -- by right around 60%, according to the best estimates.
Afterall, we wouldn't want younger people subsidizing something that they don't personally use, right?
I understand being upset. Carmen has performed admirably up to this point and exceeded whatever expectations I had of him.
But, like, what the hell, dude? Have you not assessed the current situation? Do you not see the bullpen blowing multiple leads per week? Remember how you are asked every time out how you are completely unable to get outs a 3rd time thru the order?
Be disappointed. I would be, too. But bringing your agent into this topic in front of the media and your teammates in the clubhouse just seems completely out of line.
Do your job. You'll get another shot. Team needs you.