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by batmagadanleadoff
Fri Apr 04, 2025 7:03 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Trumpflation
Replies: 17
Views: 1180

Re: Trumpflation

China to impose 34% retaliatory tariffs on all US goods. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/04/china-to-impose-34percent-retaliatory-tariff-on-all-goods-imported-from-the-us.html If it really wanted to screw President Hitler, it'd also unleash a deadly lab created virus into the US. I think it's gonna...
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 10:03 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: IGT 4/2/2025 (#6): NYM@MIA — Holmes Before Home
Replies: 79
Views: 1226

Re: IGT 4/2/2025 (#6): NYM@MIA — Holmes Before Home

I think the wear on pitchers arms is a secondary concern to the desire to not have to keep the ballpark operating and the power on indefinitely for the odd marathon game. This. Owners have secretly hated extra innings since time immemorial. They've already gotten most of your money by the sixth or ...
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 3:59 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: If I'da told you...
Replies: 17
Views: 282

Re: If I'da told you...

Oh my god. If I told youse that Baty would go hitless in yesterday's game, could youse ever have imagined that the Mets would win? Just shoot me. It ain't just Baty, and it ain't just yesterday. Lindor looks more helpless than he did last year, which is barely possible. Did you hear what Keith said...
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 3:00 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: If I'da told you...
Replies: 17
Views: 282

Re: If I'da told you...

Oh my god. If I told youse that Baty would go hitless in yesterday's game, could youse ever have imagined that the Mets would win?

Just shoot me.
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:27 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025
Replies: 409
Views: 33683

Re: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025

"The impacts of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ sweeping cuts to public health funding in New York state and New York City have started to come into focus, with wide-ranging consequences for disease surveillance and outbreak response, addiction recovery programs, and mental he...
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: If I'da told you...
Replies: 17
Views: 282

Re: If I'da told you...

roger_that wrote: Thu Apr 03, 2025 9:14 am ...that we'd open the season with Lindor, Vientos, and Baty deep into terrible slumps, how many games would you guess we'd have won by now? I'm stuck between "0" and "maybe 1."
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 1:10 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Trumpflation
Replies: 17
Views: 1180

Re: Trumpflation

He imposed tariffs on an island that is only inhabited by penguins. I can't wait for a reporter to ask him what that was a retaliation for. Later Because he's a madman. A madman. And tarrifs are just the tip of the iceberg. Wait until there's a resurgence of the Black Plague what with RFK, Jr. In c...
by batmagadanleadoff
Thu Apr 03, 2025 12:02 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: TWiB Notes -- March 27 - 30
Replies: 12
Views: 246

Re: TWiB Notes -- March 27 - 30

In the AL Central, all five teams have identical 2-4 records.
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:08 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025
Replies: 409
Views: 33683

Re: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025

Buffoonery has a new meaning after Day 1 of RFK Jr.'s hearing to be HHS secretary. If the crackpot is confirmed, youse should start wearing your Covid masks again because the bird flu will come and it'll be worse than the Covid pandemic with this scumbag administration that will discourage the use ...
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 10:00 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Braves 2025
Replies: 10
Views: 409

Re: Braves 2025

But so far it's an 0-6 disaster with one game left. The pitching has been more or less decent [4.33 RA/G] but they've scored just NINE total runs ! Talk about a NOffense! Marcel Ozuna is their leading hitter at .214 (also .214 SLG) and the team as a whole is slashing .137/.238/.220 // 458. That's a...
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 9:55 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Senator Cory Booker Live
Replies: 20
Views: 280

Re: Senator Cory Booker Live

He needs to win over Republican voters.
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 9:45 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025
Replies: 409
Views: 33683

Re: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025

The Senate Parliamentarian is a sort of umpire who interprets Senate rules. Importantly, the Parliamentarian decides what can and cannot be done under a Budget Reconciliation proposal, a filibuster-proof method by which to pass certain legislation that comes under Budget Reconciliation rules. The GO...
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 9:28 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Senator Cory Booker Live
Replies: 20
Views: 280

Re: Senator Cory Booker Live

I have mixed feelings about Booker. [***] That being said, somebody had to step up for the Democrats and by golly, he did. I don't know if it'll have any effect at all. It won't move Republicans, who weren't listening. But just to see a Democrat stand up and scream 'This is wrong, this is not norma...
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 2:51 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Former Mets, Current Situations 2025
Replies: 19
Views: 1207

Re: Former Mets, Current Situations 2025

It's only a few games into the new season, but ex-Met Wilmer Flores already has three HRs and is near the top of several league batting categories. Ex-Met Jacob deGrom was dominant in his comeback start: five scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing just two hits. His next scheduled start is...
by batmagadanleadoff
Wed Apr 02, 2025 1:29 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Guess who died in 2025
Replies: 47
Views: 3438

Re: Guess who died in 2025

Val Kilmer, Batman and Jim Morrison actor, 65. Cause of death - pneumonia.
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:39 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)
Replies: 171
Views: 31849

Re: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)

How is it legal to pay someone to vote I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time? Wisconsin state senator urges DA to issue state warrant to arrest Musk. Now we'...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:30 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)
Replies: 171
Views: 31849

Re: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)

Dems win in Wisconsin, convincingly. Crawford up by 10 points (55-45). Schimel concedes.
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 12:15 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Erosion of our Rights - 2025
Replies: 33
Views: 4869

Re: The Erosion of our Rights - 2025

Here comes some voter suppression on steroids -- a terrible, awful, terrible National law: Maybe Don’t Take for Granted That You’ll Be Able to Vote in the Midterms By Dahlia Lithwick March 31, 20255:54 PM Excerpt: It’s the latest step in the MAGA plan to overhaul U.S. elections, by which “overhaul” ...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:52 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025
Replies: 409
Views: 33683

Re: Bending the Knee and Politics in 2025

Cory Booker standing up, 16 hours and counting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2utlMxAwtE I doubt that the fucking retards that voted for this piece of shit in the first place give a flying fuck. If the fucking retards get angry enough, all they'll do anyways is to vote for a different Republican...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 11:12 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)
Replies: 171
Views: 31849

Re: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)

The kicker, of course, is that there's no way to know how that person actually voted, but the same holds for Musk. 'Hey Elon, here's a selfie at my polling place, where's my cash? ' I thought of that, too. That is, it'd be neat if one or both of the Musk million dollar check winners then went and v...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:58 am
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: Miami Marlin Manager Mayhem (a kwiz)
Replies: 36
Views: 299

Re: Miami Marlin Manager Mayhem (a kwiz)

Mattingly was 17. I associate his tenure with the awful Jeterification of the franchise --- that is the aesthetic and philistine ruination of the stadium and disappearing the art deco neon uniforms and outfield pop art sculpture. The Marlins executed a brilliant and beautiful rebranding in 2012 and ...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:43 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)
Replies: 171
Views: 31849

Re: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)

How is it legal to pay someone to vote I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time? https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/what-does-wisconsin-law-say-about-musk-havin...
by batmagadanleadoff
Tue Apr 01, 2025 9:38 am
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)
Replies: 171
Views: 31849

Re: The Scent of Musk (split from Off the Cuff and Whatnot - 2022)

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Tue Apr 01, 2025 8:58 am How is it legal to pay someone to vote
I don't get that, either. And even if the lawsuits to stop that behavior were technically defective, isn't it still a crime? Hasn't a crime been committed? Punishable by jail time?
by batmagadanleadoff
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:40 pm
Forum: The Non-Baseball Forum
Topic: The Erosion of our Rights - 2025
Replies: 33
Views: 4869

Re: The Erosion of our Rights - 2025

Some scary thoughts about the"loophole" in the 22nd Amendment and that "third term".

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/202 ... ation.html
by batmagadanleadoff
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:23 pm
Forum: The Baseball Forum
Topic: MFY Season of Doom 2025
Replies: 59
Views: 2278

Re: MFY Season of Doom 2025

My understanding is that a "torpedo" bat has a weightier sweet spot. Some of the bat's mass has been transferred to the sweet spot, the area on the bat that batters desire to hit the ball with. Balls struck at the sweet spot will now carry faster and farther. This has nothing to do with b...