Jim

Retired USAF, combat veteran... aviation professional... weather geek wannabe. Approach politics from a PoliSci POV, with no party affiliation.

[Jim @J_Rowland]

@tomsyr @Dexter__Wright @grok When a word means something to 98% of the people who speak that language, then that’s what that word means. America (in English) refers to one specific country, and has for nearly 500 years, unless there is other context involved.

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@suavesports_ @TrevTatum10 How did the dude “gift the Yankees” exactly what they were going to get anyway? Dude just got a game ball, but the result of the play is exactly what it would have been without dude getting a ball.

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@NWSNewOrleans I’m all for critical WEAs that alert me to immediate required action. But scaring me out of a deep sleep in the (almost) middle of the night for “36 hour preparedness” doesn’t seem like it quite meets the WEA threshold?

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@BlueRibbed @LaddersForGiraf @SamXMoney @JoshuaBarzon 1962 was 12 years after the US began militarily assisting France in resisting the Viet Minh, and 8 years after Truman’s “domino theory” speech. So, yes, well prior to 1962, the US was gearing up for full blown conflict in IndoChina.

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@ScoringChanges @Cubs @RedSox I’ve gone through the OBR twice now trying to suss this one out. If I understand, the 5th was Ramirez(3B)/Shaw(2B) & 6th Shaw(3B)/Ramierez(2B). Is this not legal? Rule 5.02(c)(iii) only restricts infielders from switching after the first pitch of that half-inning.

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@BiloxiShuckers @Bally__Sports Let’s Shucking Go! Bring us home that Billy Hitchcock trophy!!

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@ScoringChanges Awesome, thanks!

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@GuardsTruther @ScoringChanges Hacked into satellite recon imagery! 🤣

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@ScoringChanges Interesting - I wonder if theres a perspective that shows both the fielder and the runner at the same time without going back and forth. On runner cam, you see the slight hesitation but that could be mis-cue form the base coach? not intent to stop? Can’t see F7 bobbling it?

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@BiloxiShuckers @Bally__Sports But if we win tonight, how will I go to two home games Thu/Fri? Ok, fine - win tonight and I’ll settle for just a Thursday game.

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@NWSNewOrleans Don’t forget the smaller bands over here in S MS. I-10/110 area, and the neighborhood road is already backing up.

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@courierfalcon @ScoringChanges Yes, the “runner’s lane”. The 2026 OBR comment to 5.09(a)(11) says that the runner complies if both feet are within the three-foot lane, on its lines, or on the dirt inside (fair side of) the foul line. “Dirt good, grass bad”.

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@StrikeoftheMind @trevortheissen I mean, I guess. If that was actually a joke somewhere, I hope you don’t do comedy for a living. Or, if you do, hopefully you have backup income somehow.

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@StrikeoftheMind @trevortheissen Really! There is one caveat: Once a defender with the ball is ACTIVELY attempting to tag the runner. There is now a direct imaginary line between the runner (at whatever spot he is at) and the base he is trying to reach. He must remain 3ft either side of this line.

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@StrikeoftheMind @trevortheissen There is no base path. The runner can run wherever they want on the field, as long as they touch the bases in sequence.

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@hrose59 @trevortheissen There is no such thing as a “base line”. A runner can run wherever they want. Leave first, go out to the outfield and touch the wall, then over to the dugout and slap a high five, then go to second. Legal.

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@rileydonald7 We might not LIKE the reason MLB can’t and won’t retroactively change this, but there IS a reason.

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@BiloxiShuckers big shout out to @javblake8 and the Crash Davis reference! Love it. Watched BD in the theater in 1988, and probably many dozens of times since. I was disappointed that I didn’t immediately know the “how many?” answer. I also thought “300 something”

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@pattyb_09 @DCloseau AL west checking in, as the only division with no team above 500.

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@Gatechmet02 @TheeJBrooks OP says “rule needs to change”. It does not, and so OP is incorrect. And OP needs to read the room. The room (real baseball fans) knows this is a rule that needs to remain unchanged. Ppl who want this rule changed should switch to NBA or MLS or some shit & leave baseball alone.