@xwanyex Baseball is much better optimized, basketball not so much.
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Will Lockett⚓️
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Will Lockett⚓️
@will_Read7
“The duty of the church is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” - Michael Ramsey, Jeremiah 13:1-11, Padres Baseball, RTRS Texas A&M
TX to Boone, NC Beigetreten Ocak 2016
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My hot take is that baseball was better when nobody knew how to optimize it. This is a metaphor.
Basil🧡@LinkofSunshine
The Indians used to bat their 3 worst hitters by wRC+ 1-2-3 in the order for the entire season lol The reason they batted Vizquel 2nd was that he was a good bunter This is how bad the state of baseball was until a few years ago
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@statsowar Have to think it'll end up like basketball, where certain programs are not satisfied with or second round exits and move on if a coach can't get into the sweet 16.
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Perhaps even more than job security, is this about booster motivation and fundraising? More teams claiming playoffs, a first round loss becomes a positive as opposed to a loss in a bowl game?
On3@On3
NEW: Coaches voted for a 24-team College Football Playoff and job security is the main reason why🔒 History says they're wrong❌ (via @AndyStaples) Story: on3.com/news/coaches-v…
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Grimes County mentioned! Elon 100% doing this though just because it's "Grimes" County.
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt
SpaceX wants to build a $55 billion next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility in Grimes county, Texas, according to a new filing. • Proposed investment: $55B upfront, up to $119B total • Focus: semiconductor manufacturing + advanced computing • Location: Grimes County, TX From the filing: "SpaceX proposes construction of a multi-phase, next-generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility, which would represent a transformative investment in domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity. Estimated capital investment for the initial phases is $55 billion, with an estimated total capital investment (if additional phases are constructed) of $119 billion." The Grimes County Commissioners Court is scheduled to hold a public hearing at 9 AM on June 3, 2026, at the Grimes County Justice & Business Center, to consider approval of a property tax abatement agreement. Grimes County is a little over 2 hours from Austin. Source: kbtx.com/2026/05/05/gri…
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@TrungTPhan FWIW, 250K is a little rich for starting stud fee. You usually only see stud fees get that high once the offspring start winning as well. The 2023 Derby winner's fee is down to only 15K at this time.
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Economics of Kentucky Derby winner is next level: “Top stallions then breed 100-200x per year, turning a single elite horse into a multi-million dollar annual revenue stream.”
Breeders cap supply and ensure pricing power through a rule that someone has to witness natural mating.
Joe Pompliano@JoePompliano
Golden Tempo took home $3.1 million at the Kentucky Derby. • 10% to jockey ($310,000) • 10% to trainer ($310,000) • 80% to owners ($2.48 million) But after accounting for stud fees, Golden Tempo is likely now worth more than $25 million. READ: huddleup.substack.com/p/the-stud-fee…
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i can also measure criminality with bar graphs, but in my bar graphs, we compare people who all had similar exposure to the possibility of being incarcerated in America and not being deported for your crimes, so my bar graph actually measures criminality
The Alex Nowrasteh@AlexNowrasteh
We measure criminality with bar graphs at Cato. cato.org/briefing-paper…
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@CDHenry_PA @MattOsterndorf If you’re spread out seems like it makes sense to plant one in a more concentrated area
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@CDHenry_PA @MattOsterndorf Any push to start with a pre-school/subsidized childcare for members? The big Baptist church here went that route instead of going full into a school.
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Scratching “Great White” and letting a female trainer win for the first time.
Has the Derby gone fully woke? More and more people are asking the question.
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"Fixed income" will always bother me.
As if the rest of us just have free floating salaries and can easily make more money in a pinch.
Brenda Wilson@BrendaWilsonIN
My opponent voted AGAINST exempting senior homeowners sixty five and older from crushing property taxes! This is "NO GOODE!" Our seniors, most of whom are on a fixed income, deserve to live in their homes with dignity. Had this amendment passed, they would have owned their home without having to rent from the government. As your next State Senator, I will ALWAYS fight for tax relief for the people who helped build Indiana and who deserve our utmost respect— OUR seniors! President Trump has given me his complete and total endorsement, I ask for your support as well! I am humbly asking for your vote on or before May 5th! 🇺🇸
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@avidseries @jbillinson People in the Andes & Alps are good at riding bicycles instead of running.
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@jbillinson OK, yet every single one of the marathoners in the top 50 who are from higher-altitude areas has ancestry in East Africa.
There are none from the Andes, Rockies, Alps, Himalayas, Urals, Altai, Zagros...
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ok now put the dots on a topographical map
i/o@avidseries
49 of the fastest 50 marathoners of all time had East African ancestry. Yes, it is in the genes.
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Regular reminder that:
1) Farm subsidies are America's largest corporate welfare program.
2) Most farm subsidies go to households with incomes over $200,000, and a quarter to those earning over $400,000.
3) The farm economy does very well.
4) This is central-planning socialism.
POLITICO@politico
House passes GOP-led farm bill dlvr.it/TSJSPR
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@DerekPederson3 Someone who misread/couldn’t read the ballot question
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@razibkhan Mainline Prots problem is that it was too successful in convincing the populace to adopt its moral values and made actual belief not important to its mission. Left no reason to attend church.
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@deacondje @dannybarrand_ Swinging that much at in the zone pitches is still not good. It shows he's looking to swing too much generally and is not seeing the ball well. The best hitters have z-swing% closer to 40%.
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@dannybarrand_ Swinging at the right pitches just missin is what I’m seeing?
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Jackson Merrill’s contact fall-off has been weird:
‘24: 86% z-con / 65% o-con / 21% whiff
‘25: 81% z-con / 56% o-con / 27% whiff
‘26: 79% z-con / 60% o-con / 28% whiff
MLB avg: 83% / 58% / 25%
Concerning with how much he swings (83% z-swing; 1st/136) / 38% chase; 12th/136)
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@Grumpy_Pancakes @MerrynSW The people in the article are asking for more state involvement in their relationship.
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@MerrynSW One of the benefits of living together while not being married is that the State has minimal involvement in your relationship.
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Basically married is t the same as married. So why not just get married?
Paul Lewis@paullewismoney
Couples living in unmarried bliss want the same tax rights as married and civil partnered pairs bit.ly/4ucWB2g at the moment they have no rights - none. So the best tax advice is marry the one you love. Or civil partner them if you hate all the marriage baggage. But…
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@TexAgs @TaureanYork5x Really is a shame that he didn’t come back to school, would’ve made way more money in NIL.
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Good luck in the Mile High City, @TaureanYork5x 👍
Ryan Fowler@_RyanFowler_
Source: Broncos are signing former Texas A&M LB Taurean York as a UDFA. Big one.
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@lonestarfriar He’s going to wind up playing first base about 3 years too late
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@ipatrol6010 @SpaceMan0313 @_CM_67_ The events that are big enough to sell more than 30K tickets are usually big enough to sell 150K and so they sell out, but there aren’t enough of them still to justify gutting an NFL stadium in say, Manhattan. Stadiums will hold as many concerts as they can since they make money.
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@will_Read7 @SpaceMan0313 @_CM_67_ I constantly see events that sell out fast and have insane scalper prices. A bigger stadium would make concerts more affordable.
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Americans not understanding that in this scenario you wouldn’t need a car park the size of Andorra
joe@BurdenBurner
The brits are right. Instead of building a stadium 9 miles* from Manhattan* we could’ve just chucked the whole meadowlands complex in Central Park!
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@ipatrol6010 @SpaceMan0313 @_CM_67_ I’m including the 3-5 concerts that happen a year in my 15 uses! Not that may acts that would prefer to use a 80k+ seat stadium with all the associated costs though. NFL stadiums are too big for most concerts.
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@will_Read7 @SpaceMan0313 @_CM_67_ Then maybe NFL stadiums should be multi-purpose arenas instead of bespoke places solely for football?
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