Paul Vanderwal
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@pvw1018 The point isn’t to hit ground balls.
That is simply a data point.
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Today’s Batting Average on balls hit on the ground or on a line: .500
Today’s batting average on fly balls: .162 (one of those left the park).
You want success as a hitter. Learn to stay on top of the ball.
If you do that, and you get stronger and stronger the power will come, I promise you.
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@SportsCardInv @Royals “Young fan”
With 10k of cards lmfao
Just admit the dad does everything idk why sports cards do this to string along everyone. It’s not ur kid, it’s the dad; always.
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Jac Caglianone made a huge trade with a fan before the game 👀
Before batting practice, Jac Caglianone stopped to trade cards with a young Royals fan, swapping his signed jerseys and bats and walked away with a few of his own cards numbered to /5 👏
via: @Royals
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@AYSSPORTS Would really help if you provided more details, like if HS or JC, what school and state, etc. Thanks.
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BREAKING: RHP Kolby Stringer has committed to #LSU. This season Stringer pitched 65.2 IP, allowing 19H, 4 ER, 166 K’s which is 2nd in the nation.
LSU gets the commitment over Ole Miss, & Miss State
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Ke'Bryan Hayes has an OPS+ of -19. How is that even possible? He is a unicorn. Combining the worst offensive skills in the league with the best defensive skills.
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@splucas22 @Yeeezyrih Cam just got off his shift at foot locker
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@Yeeezyrih Do these two understand that they look and sound like absolute mental patients?
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Ray J talks about the time Ye took a red eye flight to meet up with him to retrieve the remnants of the Kim tape that was haunting her 💀
“We at Candace Owens house and Kid Rock’s house… niggas don’t wanna check into the hotel because niggas is paranoid…” 😭 he wore a mask because he thought Ye would also be wearing one but Ye wasn’t, Ye was shocked 😭😭😭
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Everybody just stop this. Cracking down on congressional insider training is fine. But advocating a free pass for a serviceman who sullied the mission with an online bet is nonsensical posturing.
Congressman Jimmy Patronis@PatronisFL
I think this guy should be pardoned. If the DOJ isn’t prepared to go after every member of Congress who’s profiting off insider trading, then this feels like selective enforcement, not justice. I don’t support what he did, and he should absolutely have to give back every dollar he made. But holding one person accountable while others get a pass undermines the idea of equal justice under the law. @POTUS should make this decision at his discretion not the DOJ. cc:@RepLuna
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@BreannaMorello Why not target both? I don't get the whataboutism. He was in the wrong and so are the congressmen.
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The DOJ would rather arrest a US Special Forces soldier than a Congressional member for insider trading.
Target the one that can’t foot the legal bills.
What an absolute disgrace.
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@VinceDaoTV Yeah unless someone had been tipped off after noticing the big money being bet on that "prediction". Putting him and his fellow soldiers in jeopardy, truly "bad ass".
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Politicians do far worse and face no consequences.
This guy bet his fortune and his life on his own mission success.
It’s honestly badass. Admit it.
He should be pardoned and promise to never do it again.
Probably a great soldier too. Lmao.
Nick Sortor@nicksortor
🚨 JUST IN: The DOJ has just ARRESTED an Army Special Forces soldier for allegedly making $400 THOUSAND dollars on insider trading via prediction markets on the Venezuela operation GOOD! The insider betting HAS to stop. The soldier, identified as Gannon Ken Van Dyke, bet $30K on the Maduro raid on January 2, knowing the raid would happen on January 3. Which it did. He now faces up to 60 YEARS in federal prison for: - 3 counts of violating the Commodity Exchange Act - 1 count of wire fraud - 1 count of unlawful monetary transaction
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@Jmaggi88 @RepLuna @realannapaulina Our adversaries can use clues to figure out actions and movements. If China was watching for those betting possibilities and started seeing accounts from near US military bases where SF are located, they’d be clued in to a raid and then position forces and tip off Maduro
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Maybe not a popular take but I am calling for this guy to be pardoned. Unless the DOJ plans on going after all the crooks in congress currently insider trading, this is simply skewed justice. There is no “justice” when guys like this get the book thrown at him yet members are illegally profiting every day.
I don’t agree with what he did and he should be required to disgorge all the profits however, unless the DOJ plans on doing Congress next, this is not justice.
BNO News@BNONews
DOJ releases more information about the U.S. soldier who won more than $400,000 by betting on Maduro's removal. Gannon Ken van Dyke could face up to 60 years in prison on all charges. Prosecutors are also seizing the money he won.
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@RepLuna Why not go after them both? Is National Security not a priority?
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@ManningDrakeOG @alex_v_friman @FBIDirectorKash @TheJusticeDept Right but that doesn't matter. People track trends and huge money being bet on a certain position could prompt an alert. Use common sense.
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@pvw1018 @alex_v_friman @FBIDirectorKash @TheJusticeDept He obscured his identity according to the DOJ if you read it fully.
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This involved a U.S. soldier who allegedly took advantage of his position to profit off of a righteous military operation.
Thank you to our agents, Intel teams, and great partners @TheJusticeDept who protected our war fighters.
Investigation ongoing.
Bill Melugin@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by betting more than $30,000 on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket. Name: GANNON KEN VAN DYKE
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@texasrunnerDFW @nytimes Why not both? He potentially could have put the entire mission at risk. It's a serious offense.
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Breaking News: A U.S. soldier who helped capture Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information to bet on the mission on Polymarket. nyti.ms/4sOj8l7
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@alex_v_friman @FBIDirectorKash @TheJusticeDept He did not leak any details and obscured his identity from public view. He was one of many betting on an outcome.
If you have evidence he shared details or failed to obscure his info please post, but what I’ve read is the opposite.
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Hilarious that people are dismissing this as not a big deal and comparing it to Pelosi's insider trading.
While disgusting and unethical (and illegal), it doesn't put anyone in harm's way. This soldier could have put the entire mission and his team in jeopardy.
Bill Melugin@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: DOJ announces it has arrested a US Special Forces soldier who took part in the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro after the soldier allegedly pocketed $400,000 by betting more than $30,000 on Maduro’s removal on Polymarket. Name: GANNON KEN VAN DYKE
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Matt Waldron and his knuckleball at Coors. Okay, this could be really fun.
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@BillyNotAndrew @The_Noah_Sharp @USAGoldenSpikes @LoganVolsBsbl Ahhhh sorry man, you're right. Yeah, that's ridiculous. Still no golden spikes but that's crazy.
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@pvw1018 @The_Noah_Sharp @USAGoldenSpikes @LoganVolsBsbl Lol .506 is his BA, 1.306 is just his SLUGGING. His OPS is 1.937
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Dear @USAGoldenSpikes,
I know you're an amateur award, but let's talk about a name that deserves your attention: Kameron Yearsley of @LoganVolsBsbl.
The numbers speak for themselves:
.506 AVG / .631 OBP / 1.306 SLG, 36 HR, 91 RBI, 87 R, 37 BB, only 23 K
"But what about the competition?"
John A. Logan is a Top 10 team (40-8) on a 17-game win streak. They're 6-1 vs. teams that played in the World Series the past 2 years, competing in one of the toughest regions in the country.
For context, the last JUCO winner was Bryce Harper. Here's the side by side:
Harper (66 G): .443/.524/.987, 31 HR, 98 RBI, 98 R, 39 BB
Yearsley (47 G): .506/.631/1.306, 36 HR, 91 RBI, 86 R, 37 BB, 23 K
I'm not saying he'd win it. But to be a JUCO guy on the watch list with this resume? That shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility.
Just something to think about.
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