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[Texas Rangers @Rangers]

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@aandro ..... since their last Wednesday home game

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@TikeGooden @Buster_ESPN I mean, he mentioned the Braves in his daily "The Five" on Sunday, Monday and Wednesday.... But completely ignored on Tuesday and Thursday.

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I concur

[Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman]

In many senses, prediction markets' troubles come down to the CFTC's regulatory inaction. If the agency had a slightly less free hand, the markets wouldn't have a credibility problem.

CEA 5c(c)(5)(c) is pretty clear. Contracts are contrary to the public interest and prohibitable if they are

"(I) activity that is unlawful under any Federal or State law;
(II) terrorism;
(III) assassination;
(IV) war;
(V) gaming; or
(VI) other similar activity determined by the Commission, by rule or regulation, to be contrary to the public interest."

Seems to me like trading on military actions, as well as sports betting and gambling-like products clearly fall into these categories (if not "other similar activity").

If the CFTC simply said, you can have prediction markets but not in these events or things resembling them, then 80% of the things people find objectionable go away.

The exception is insider trading on elections. But that's also already illegal, and again just requires firmer enforcement action from the Feds to clamp down on.

[Josh Carpenter @JoshACarpenter]

How can you not be romantic about ice hockey

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@Mike_kim714 Pebble Beach in ready to caddie!

[Mike Petriello @mike_petriello]

thank you to Cal Raleigh (and, to some extent, Junior Caminero, but only one of them hit 60) for helping us destroy the "Home Run Derby ruins your swing" myth forever

[Conan O'Brien @ConanOBrien]

The suspension of @jimmykimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center.  It’s wrong and anyone with a conscience knows it’s wrong.

[vince puente @vincepuente]

Great thread. Scottie is telling us who he is and what he stands for.

[Kevin Van Valkenburg @KVanValkenburg]

I've been thinking a lot about Scottie's comments this week, and I'm not sure anyone has viewed them the way I did, so if you don't mind, I want to share why they resonated with me:

Don't let your job define who you are.

[Travis Sawchik @Travis_Sawchik]

You can now throw the World Series and eventually become HoF eligible. Quite a shift.

[Danny Vietti @DannyVietti]

Starting today, we will have MLB games (almost) every single day for the next 8 months. 240 days of baseball. Baseball season is here.

[Danny Vietti @DannyVietti]

Texas Rangers will win 100 games this season. Book it. Lock it in.

As long as they can stay healthy, of course.

[vince puente @vincepuente]

@GolfShoeBandon @BandonDunesGolf First day on the course yesterday, got to play Bandon Dunes and it was amazing.

Pacific Dunes and Old Macdonald this agreeing, can't wait!

I'll be looking for you!

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@DannyVietti Petco 16-18 years ago was the stadium that made me decide I wanted to see a game in them all. Finished the journey with Kauffman in 2018 and in the end, PNC was the only park that surpassed Petco for me.

[kennedi landry @kennlandry]

Lost in the shuffle tonight, Nathan Eovaldi tonight improved to 23-12 (.657) in 50 starts over his two seasons in Texas.

That’s the third-highest winning percentage ever by a Rangers pitcher in his first 50 starts with the club, behind Cole Hamels (.800) and Kenny Rogers (.692).

[JJ Watt @JJWatt]

If I was building a football stadium,
Kyle Field is the template I would start with.

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@GolfShoeBandon @BandonDunesGolf Well then, I guess we'll see you on October 17th!

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@ggaroon @kennlandry Doesn't feel like these two comments go well together. You can maybe convince yourself it's you being funny but really, you're just being Mean Twitter Guy.