mc

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[mc @Zeitheist1]

Know who can’t walk and chew gum at the same time? Guy in a wheelchair.

[Dr. Simon @goddek]

🚨NOW: Rep. Thomas Massie just stood on the House floor and named what every politician in DC has spent 58 years pretending did not happen

The USS Liberty. June 8, 1967.

34 dead American sailors. 174 wounded. Over 70% casualty rate on a virtually unarmed US ship.

25 minutes of Israeli jets, Israeli rockets, Israeli 30mm cannon fire, and ISRAELI NAPALM ON THE BRIDGE. Then Israeli torpedoes. Then Israel machine-gunned the lifeboats.

MASSIE: "They were intent on leaving no survivor."

Then the part nobody wants you to think about: the Saratoga and the America launched planes to help. The planes were RECALLED. The crew sat there bleeding for 17 hours.

Dean Rusk. Richard Helms. Admiral Moaner. The chief counsel of the Court of Inquiry himself. None of them believed the "mistaken identity" story.

And now you understand exactly why the entire DC machine and Israel lobby has spent the last year trying to primary this man out of existence.

You are not allowed to say the quiet part. He said it anyway.

Honor the crew. https://t.co/XuDLeFF4gJ.

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@IAmRickGraham One takeaway: on the outside we think teams must be feeding guys even more nuanced data than we have. But clearly not unless he’s receptive to it. Massive gulf between this and Wrobleski’s spreadsheets.

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@JakeDRill Can’t find a schedule for Kremer or Beavers..?

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@realericmoutsos @SStricklandMMA @ThugnastyMMA @jakeshieldsajj Do they know who literally owns the ufc

[mc @Zeitheist1]

If it feels like Luzardo’s whiffs are down, well they are

FF and SW down 11% and 7% from April -> May

Sinker usage declined in May but used 50% as primary putaway pitch?

That’s asking for contact

He led with it today (93.4 EV)

[mc @Zeitheist1]

Reggie Cleveland All Star alert—

Alika Williams is white

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@aliasvaughn asst name redacted lol

[mc @Zeitheist1]

“If we didn’t think the courts were politicized”, we wouldn’t ignore them

The judge / court order in question was appointed by the goop

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Watch this absolutely insane back-and-forth in which @SecMullinDHS tells @ChrisMurphyCT that he has no obligation to follow court orders and defends ICE's noncompliance with "more court orders than some agencies violated in their entire history."

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@BreakingBen_T Yeah that’s fair. He has run some higher HR/FB% before.
Also obviously I was reverse jinxing

[mc @Zeitheist1]

First time I can remember deGrom concern for non injury reasons

Pacing for almost 40 HR allowed

91.4 EV, 11.5 brl%, 46 HH% are scary QoC numbers too

5 top 10 round picks are bottom 20 in HR/9

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@Playerinthgame The fucking casino wheel. Insane nasdaq has this kind of laxity even now, three decades after the tech boom

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@Playerinthgame Why are they legally mandated to buy vs just being able to buy early (I don’t disagree that this is bad)

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@CogitoEdu Big risk with no. 4, if that’s the “last” one how do they roll it out in december?

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@TopangaJeff Oh sorry, ha, just caught my eye doing some DFS prep

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@olivebaseball @BNightengale The funny part is owners have the most player cost control for the longest period in the current system.
To get a cap they’re going to have to shave a year(s) of control.

[mc @Zeitheist1]

My get off my lawn moment: players should have to call their own pitches, as Pud Galvin did 140 yrs ago

[Christina De Nicola @CDeNicola13]

#Marlins closer Pete Fairbanks spoke to me postgame about shaking off on the HR pitch, his season so far and more.

https://t.co/hyzGWLXGM3

[mc @Zeitheist1]

30 governors
They’ve covered every PR front

[Juan Salinas II 🎱 @4nsmiley]

Pillen was asked by a reporter how the order might affect Nebraskans who want to critique the government of Israel over the actions in the Middle East. Pillen recalled his trip to Israel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

He continued his answer by saying “anybody that wants to stand up and talk about … the Palestinians, they’ve got to understand that those people are born to kill Jews and Christians. We have to stand up and deal with reality. It’s as simple as that.”

[mc @Zeitheist1]

@BenFreemanDC The new accountability is no accountability

[mc @Zeitheist1]

Oh please.

They *could* pay him—even in capped leagues major stars make $40-50M per

We also need to start talking external benefits these owners receive

The Ilitches have been granted $1.8B (and rising) in land, tax benefits & subsidies from Wayne County and Detroit

[Barb McQuade @BarbMcQuade]

This is why baseball needs a salary cap. It’s going to stink when the @Tigers trade Skubal to the Yankees or Dodgers because they can’t afford to keep him.
https://t.co/SbBJz9BHGI via @freep

[mc @Zeitheist1]

Manfred’s sh t math—

- the $515M for LAD includes their CBT bill

- bottom feeders $ is showing only payroll (sans CBT)

- funny part is LAD CBT $ subsidizes them

- also: communities foot the bill for adjacent land development but Rob & Co. won’t call that “baseball revenue”

[Alden González @Alden_Gonzalez]

In case you were wondering how big a focal point the Dodgers would be in labor talks, here are some graphics sent by MLB to help make their case for a salary cap …