Mariners, OSU Beavers, Seahawks. Pakistani-British-American. Former Democrat now independent right-leaning and vehemently anti-progressive. Autistic. Pro 🇮🇱
Former Seattle Seahawk and philanthropist Doug Baldwin criticizes Governor Bob Ferguson over clemency decisions, millionaires tax, and discusses a potential political future:
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@Srirachachau Ah yes, for the people that look around at the shithole LA has become under Bass/Democrat leadership along with their rampant corruption and voted for a change are the “dumbest people in the world”. Incredible.
Weird trend: Meeting a married woman (in her 40s-50s) who is out solo for whatever reason, chatting with her harmlessly and then she will openly say that I’m attractive and be a bit flirty even though she’s open about being married. Has happened like 5 times in the last year lol
Obviously we hope Cal gets through the rehab healthy, but the real hope here is that he takes the time in the minors and makes some swing adjustments as well to get back to 2025 form.
Because Cal coming back in his 2026 form is a SIGNIFICANT downgrade to what Pereda has given us
@Mazen_Hammoud@DimmadomeJr@MurrayHillGuy1 Had a great time in Detroit in October when I was there for the Mariners-Tigers playoff games, stayed in Corktown for 5 days and was really impressed!
Man I can’t understand how a woman looks at Platner and says “I don’t want to defend him” while Ro Khanna and Zaid rush to his defense. Truly a perplexing turn of events
People have asked when I decided I was no longer liberal and I think it was literally this exact point
My kids were home from school and camp. Parks were closed. Churches were closed. Restaurants were closed.
And this happened:
Let me explain the universe where Pratt doesn’t enter the race.
-Raman makes the runoff.
-Ro Khanna breaks with the party and endorses her.
-Mamdani, AOC and the squad follow.
-The “media” rallies around Raman as the LA Mamdani and we get nothing but fluff pieces.
Raman wins in November and LA becomes an even bigger shithole.
Pratt already saved us from all of that.
There's still crime in Denmark. Sometimes there are tragic shootings in marginalized neighborhoods with youth gang activity. Sweden has kids throwing bombs at apartment buildings. Society is complicated. Yes, we need generous social policies, but we also need effective policing and a responsive, rehabilitative justice system.
I want a Nordic-style welfare state, but this idea that all crime can be prevented by social policies is incorrect. Sweden, Denmark, and Norway arguably have the most generous welfare states on Earth, but some children -- living in nice social housing with free health care and child benefit payments -- are still tragically recruited into violent gangs. We need to address unmet social needs *and* make policing more effective and present.
Julio is even better so far at home than on the road (137 to 105). I'd expect his road numbers to really take off while his home numbers probably come back to earth somewhat.
Obviously roster wise this suggests the M's heavy reliance on LH batters makes a lot of sense.
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If these splits hold up they have a lot of implications for the Mariners.
First off it makes RH hitters who can hit at TMobile incredibly valuable. Randy has a 116 wRC+ at home this year (SSS) and 159 (!!) on the road. Do you consider resigning him because he can handle it?
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@MarinersSteve@Gravel_sense Keeping 3 CA gives them the option to keep Cal in the lineup more as the DH. You can now Pinch for the CA position late in games knowing you won't lose the DH. RH DH AB will be split among Garver & Cal. This also helps keep Garver healthy he's caught a lot the past 2 years.
@AGHamilton29 At the very least he and Hilton it will keep the focus on the failures and deterioration of California by the Dems which will help mid terms and crush Harris and Newsom nationally. The Dems know they will win but they do not want the spot light on the corruption
@Daniel_F_Allen I certainly agree. His entire problem is that he isn’t efficient and doesn’t have a put away pitch that he can consistently locate. Furthermore, his splitter was so lethal 3 years ago because he had 98-99 in his back pocket. He doesn’t have that anymore.