Samurai Bucky

During the past week I caught up on... Reacher (Prime) -- I liked it. Truer to the books than Tom Cruise The Man in the High Tower (Prime), Season 1 -- not sure I'm going to watch season 2 Watched a few movies, too, but that is out of scope for this thread

Just over a week since I had it done. I can get up from a chair without having excruciating pain!!!! PT isn't too bad, yet. Only 53 years old, so not quite as young as your friend. So far... so good ?

Bingo! If he takes a better route on the fly ball late in the game, then Hiura's dinger is a walk-off.

Hey -- why not simply move the team to Nashville? If they are looking to do something crazy...

Thanks for reminding me of that. I recall commenting, "There is a Jonathan Davis sighting..." ?

We went to the game yesterday, too, so I apologize if much of this was covered in this thread. It is clear that the offense is the main problem. Before Hiura's home run, I think the Brewers had 4 hits... maybe 5. Yelich had a bad game, but he has been hitting well lately. Everybody can have a bad game. However, the rest of the team can't take the day off. Fast forward to Hiura's homer -- the next batter, Urias, walks. Now, we have the #8 batter, Caratini, up. Bunt. Period. Yes, the third baseman was up on the grass, but sacrifice the batter and move Urias to third. Taylor hits a fly ball to center which may or may not got the runner to third. Then that clears the bottom of the lineup to get one of your hottest hitters, Yelich, up with two outs. Instead, Caratini hits a taylor-made, can of corn double play ball. One of the arguments will probably be, "Caratini can't bunt." Why not? They probably don't work on it, right? An exit velocity of 45MPH off the bat sucks, right? Sorry, that is not an excuse. Another argument may be, "Yeah, but what if Caratini gets a base hit." Yeah... "what if." If the bunt is worked on and if players bunt well, then the odds of moving the runner over would be better than "if Caratini gets a base hit." Maybe my frustration is that I don't think Counsel even considers bunting. Is it something that should be used every time? No. But the atmosphere at the game was: 1. We weren't hitting water if we fell out of a boat, and, 2. the pressure was on the Reds and the momentum was with the Brewers! Put pressure on the defense. Yes... the last week or so is a small sample size, but the 3PO philosophy is so frustrating.

So, this is going to become the norm, I suppose. Epic.... Fail...

I wouldn't mind if the Padres won. They have never won a World Series. They see a chance to get there and they have jumped at the chance. If they don't make it, so be it. Their fans are certainly giddy at the moves. Dislike: Yankees and Dodgers for obvious reasons Cubs -- I couldn't understand why they were the only ones on TV when I was growing up in Milwaukee. Red Sox -- rival from the AL East and Peter Gammons would laud them as the best team in the AL when they were in last place in their division.

Late to the discussion. This will probably be lengthy. I would give the grade a B-. I'm thinking Stearns believes that Rogers could be 90% of Hader. So, he picked up two good prospects and a flier on Lament for Hader. I do think it is funny how I come to the board and people want Hader to be traded. When he is traded, then it is a horrible decision. Maybe it is time for Devin Williams to put his big boy pants on. He is good enough to be a closer. If he performs like he has recently (without hitting large metal objects with his hand), it might be a push for the closer role. I understand the acquiring a boat load full of arms. However, what good is keeping the opponent to three runs or less when they cannot generate three or more runs consistently? Is Counsel willing to try and manufacture runs? Nope. So a constant bat or two would have been nice. I don't think Stearns should cater to the fans, but miniscule OPS and OBP rarely equates to success. On another topic -- I hope Hiura does well... I really do. If he does not perform for the rest of the year, it might be best to cut bait.

I was thinking -- what could make Hiura a better hitter. I remember he had a crazy high leg kick (a la Urias). So much motion for somebody whose contact rate is terrible. I recall during last night's game how they are trying to get Yelich to not have as much of a leg kick when he swings. Perhaps it is luck or good fortune, but he had two hits -- he other way! My son's academy team had taught a toe tap or even a wider stance on two strikes with a heel lift. The exit velo, on average, takes a hit, but the ball gets put in play. They used Bo Bichette (among others) as an example: This approach, along with the toe tap on strike 0 and strike 1, reduces motion, and gets the player to put the ball in play. I really don't like the 3PO approach that has gripped the hitting coaches of so many teams -- including the Brewers. 47% K rate? 27% for Adames? Even 24.4% for Yelich. I know the league average is around 21%, but I would hope the Brewers would change swing mechanics to help put the ball in play -- especially on two strikes. Kolten Wong said he appreciated how the Brewers hitting philosophy allowed him to take mighty hacks on two strikes unlike at the Cardinals. His K% went from 15% to 17% (not that bad of a difference) and his OPS stayed relatively the same. I would argue that he was already an established player with a good grip on swing mechanics. Get Hiura, and others, to quiet their swing. Get the ball in play. Reduce the "feast or famine" that we seem to see with this lineup.

Maybe Hydrogen is the answer at some point? If I recall correctly, the only emissions are water.

Some follow up questions I was hoping you could answer: Did you have any additional hardware installed at home to charge your vehicle? If so, how much did it cost to install and what are the specs (I saw that "Level 3" is typically used only for commercial entities)? What is your average drive (20 miles a day, etc.)? What is the longest trip you took with your car? How long did you have to wait to "recharge" during the trip? We have a cabin up north -- way up north. If it costs a large sum of money to put in a charging station at home and up north, that doesn't make sense for me. Likewise, if I travel a few hours to my parents' house in a small town, will I have to find a charging station somewhere so I can charge it while I visit them? If I "run out of a charge" on the road, do I need to get towed to the nearest charging station, or does AAA have a big truck that can give me enough juice to get to the nearest charging station? I see EV in my future at some point, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger, yet.

"What else floats on water?" "A duck!" "So, if she weighs as much as a duck... she's made of wood." "And therefore....?" "A WITCH!!!!!" Sorry... I couldn't resist.

...which allows you to watch live and recorded games on phones or tablets only. I was looking at the site and it doesn't look like you can stream on a smart TV, nor a PC. Am I interpreting this correctly?

Griffin Doersching goes to the Padres at #240. Congrats!

Haven't seen too much mentioned of Griffin Doersching. He is done with college ball, but might be too old at 23 / 24?

I only have Spectrum as well. The stopped laying fiber one block from our street a few years ago. They bumped us up to 300Mbps download with no price change. Upload is only 10Mbps still. Work from home with four adult, college (or recently graduated) kids at home. We have not had any latency. Fiber has piqued my interest, but am literally unable to give it a go.

If you combined the BIG and ACC, with a little slight of keyboard, you could get the BIG-ACC (replace the C with an S) conference.

Perhaps Oregon would be able to provide a threat athletically (see Ohio State last year). Not only that, but Phil Knight has some DEEEEEEEP pockets and since the primary motivation is about money, I would not be surprised to have Oregon brought in.

With all of the money and the TV deals, could we have some type of relegation like in Soccer (Football). Could you imagine bowl games at the end determining if somebody moves up or moves down?

It appears Wisconsin will get even more money -- especially from Fox. Absolutely no excuse to not have a baseball team now. Probably another topic. No Excuse

Wouldn't be surprised to see a few more teams from the PAC 12 come along for the ride.

???? It was all of the softball and baseball pitching. Problem is I'm only in my early 50's... or maybe that is a blessing in disguise.

That is the official name of a least invasive hip replacement surgery. It is certainly painful now and I am pretty sure it will be painful after the surgery, too. It is what it is.

Raise your hand if you will be receiving a Direct Anterior Arthroplasty... ?‍♂️ Sigh...