Kumar Rocker has a 2.77 ERA in 15 career home starts. That's the lowest such figure in franchise history over that span, besting Steve Comer’s 2.97 mark from 1978-79, per @TXRangersPR
@KennyBybee I don’t remember the discourse nearly being as drastic as Luka. That’s for sure. Could be because it was a midseason trade. But twitter went off for a month.
@KennyBybee Not saying he’s not good enough. I have never thought he had “it.” Whereas Brunson does. Could dilute into a Dirk thing. But I never believed Dirk couldn’t do it the way I don’t think Luka couldn’t.
@BellanMelissa The data intrinsically shows all but one stadium has ever made a municipality their money back. So why they continue to do it is what boggles my mind. It’s the allure of having them I guess.
@BellanMelissa It’s closer to downtown than Arlington Heights. So it’s probably a better move. And Indiana is stupidly wanting to give them money. Because billionaires need money!
vaguely recall seeing some university spending significantly more on union-busting, policing, etc... than it would have cost to meet the demands of organizing graduate workers because the issue is never the money; it's the power. they'll happily take this deal; AI won't organize.
The 1972 screwworm epidemic killed 90,000 cattle in Texas after the fly was supposedly contained. It was devastating to Texas Ranchers. Here's a video put out by the USDA about it in 1972.