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Barrel%- 11.7%, third best in the game Avg- .144, 29th in the game BABIP- .182, 29th in the game Avg with runners on- .095, worst in the game BABIP with runners on- .105, 29th in the game Opponents BABIP- .316, 7th highest in the game Our only significant off season acquisition? Suspended...

https://www.wsbradio.com/news/local/legendary-atlanta-braves-mascot-chief-noc-a-homa-dies-family-says/SJ57FCILPZH3JK63ZES5EVG4S4/ Best mascot ever.

As MLB has added more teams to the playoffs, it seems to have created more issues that MLB hasn't always addressed. So I'm curious how everyone would change the playoffs to improve them. I'm personally assuming that the number of teams stays the same as I doubt MLB is ever going to decrease the...

This is a thread for people to ask advice on anything and everything. I'm in the market for a new pair of running shoes. I want something with good cushion to save my aching joints but also on the lighter side. Nothing clunky. I've had Hoka Clifton 9's recommended. Anyone have them? Anyone...

Starting a thread for anyone to share any personal updates you might have with your friends on the board. I'll get things started. After much time and heartbreak, Lady Striker and I are expecting our second Baby Striker later this year. I should be able to follow any late night drama from the...

Since off days are boring, here are some stats to pass the time: -Ronald Acuna is hitting .335...and he's been unlucky. His xBA is .347, best in the game by more than 20 points. -Two players are tied for the highest average EV in baseball at 95.2 MPH...they're Ronald Acuna and Matt Olson...

The Braves have lost 4 in a row and it has seemed like they were incredibly unlucky every night so I decided to look at the EVs over this span. I looked at all of the balls with EVs over 100 MPH and all the balls with EVs under 80 MPH. Here's how the 100+ MPHs break down: Braves- 33 balls, 22...

Some players seem to come out of the gates either red hot or ice cold and that doesn't necessarily represent how they'll do the rest of the year. They make adjustments or the league adjusts or they just regress to the mean and they settle in to more normal production. So I thought it might be...

So, was Will Smith's slap of Chris Rock real or staged? I don't know either way. It was awfully convenient for the Oscars. No one would be talking about them if not for this. The ratings have been terrible for years and this year was shaping up to be especially irrelevant. Basically none of...

We're getting more an more glimpses and news of the Rings of Power tv show from Amazon. I was really excited when I heard about a super high budget LOTR tv series but I'm starting to get concerned. The show runners have been quoted as saying they think they're making something "better" and "more...

There was a murder in Piedmont Park in Atlanta this week. It apparently had some details too gruesome for police to release. The FBI has gotten involved which is a sign it's not simply a robbery gone wrong. Rumors have it that there were details of the murder that were absolutely disgusting and...

I'm getting ready to buy a new truck in the next month or two. I've narrowed it down to the GMC Sierra 1500 or the GMC Canyon. If I go Canyon then I'm getting the Denali. If I go with the Sierra then I'm going to have to settle for leaving off some options. So those of you who are truck guys...

Thought this might be fun. I'll start. The title of Billy Idol's album and song Rebel Yell came from a party he attended where everyone was drinking Rebel Yell bourbon. The bourbon was named after the battle cry of Confederate soldiers. Something that sounded not unlike "yeehaws" you might hear...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/opinions/reform-american-political-primaries-gehl/index.html Interesting opinion piece. She advocates "Final Five" voting which still has a primary, just a less important one. However, there are some other models out there too. You could do away with primaries all...

With the Covid thread taking a turn towards this topic, I figured I'd start it's own thread to keep things from going too far into the weeds on the Covid thread.

Here's a place to post your opinions that go against the popular view. A place to not worry about getting cancelled. Give is what you really think no matter how unpopular it might be. I'll start: Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a terrible judge. She was a phenomenal advocate as she displayed arguing...

This isn't a thread for displaying different ridiculous forms of wokeness, but instead discussing the phenomenon. I have a few thoughts on it I figured I'd throw out there for discussion. 1- Wokeness comes from a basic human desire for superiority. Thinking of yourself as woke means you believe...

I find you can tell a lot about someone by their favorite Christmas movie. So what you got? Mine is Muppet Christmas Carol.

So Pelosi and the Dems will be unveiling legislation creating a commission on presidential capacity under the 25th Amendment. A couple things on this. First, the idea isn't new. There have been attempts to create such a commission before. Second, Congress absolutely has the power to do this...

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-hatred-negative-partisanship-came-to-dominate-american-politics/ This is a really good look at how American politics has declined into visceral hatred over the last few decades. It's interesting that it hasn't always been like this.