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If you're considering platooning him I'd think about it. 831 OPS against lefties.

Ultimately, the goal should probably not be to replace every vehicle in the US with EV. I'm making this number up, but let's say there's 200 million cars, the goal should be replace 100 million and then convert to other modes of transit so we don't need the other 100 million. If you want a source of mobility that doesn't pollute the air, doesn't involving mining, doesn't incur geopolitical risks, then start investing in bike and pedestrian infrastructure for those that are able. Obviously this is specific to cities and not most rural areas.

After a series win against the Rockies, the Brewers looked to stay hot against their northern neighbors the Minnesota Twins. After a series win against the Rockies, the Brewers looked to stay hot against their northern neighbors the Minnesota Twins. Game 1 Brewers 7 – Twins 6 Twins 6, Brewers 7 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday It’s a Walk-Off In game one of a short two game series, the Brewers were not so “Minnesota nice” to their northern neighbors. Ethan Small, up from AAA to fill a temporary hole in the rotation, got off to a rocky start when Twins centerfielder Byron Buxton cranked a solo homer to lead off the game. The Brewers roared back in the second with four runs, three of which came on white hot Hunter Renfroe’s three run jack. Small gave up another two runs in the third on a couple of doubles sandwiched around a walk. Control continues to be Small’s bugaboo as he allowed four free passes in only three and two thirds innings. The boys in the bigs don’t chase quite as much as they do down on the farm. The Brewers tacked on another run in the third on a Luis Urias solo home run giving them a brief two run lead. Trevor Gott couldn’t hold the slim margin though, allowing a three-run homer to Gio Urshela in the fifth. The Brewers were able to tie it in the bottom of the inning on a Kolten Wong home run. The score remained tied until the bottom of ninth. The Brewers loaded the bases on a single and two walks. Luis Urias lifted a fly ball down the right field long that was plenty deep to score Andrew McCutchen giving The Crew the win. Game 2 Brewers 10 – Twins 4 Twins 4, Brewers 10 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday Rowdy’s Rampage The Brewers came out of the gate firing in this one. Before an out had been recorded, the Brewers had put a three spot up on the scoreboard thanks to a Rowdy Tellez blast to centerfield. Chris Archer was not amused. Brent Suter was amused. Corbin Burnes had one rough inning but was otherwise stellar as usual. He gave up three runs in the top of the second on a Jose Miranda homer, a couple of doubles, and a single. Burnes settled down and allowed only one hit through six innings while recording 11 strikeouts against zero walks. The Twins showed proper respect by bending the knee to Corbin in the fifth. He had all the help he needed from Tellez who cranked his second three run homer of the day in the bottom of the fifth. A laser beam shot to right given Rowdy 20 home runs on the year. The Crew added two runs in the bottom of the fifth on Luis Urias’ second home run in as many days. The bullpen held and the Brewers won giving them the two-game sweep and their fifth win in their last six. Up Next The Brewers travel to Beantown to take on the Boston Red Sox for some sweet interleague action starting Friday evening. View full article

I had a similar issue in high school. I could sort of switch hit albeit with zero pop from the left side. I could, however, always make contact from that side of the plate...right side was a lot more swing and miss but more power so I never tried to hit lefty in a game. I learned 20 years later that my left eye was 20/20 but my right was like 20/60 or something. If you ever read The Sports Gene there's a whole chapter on the importance of eye sight and hitting a baseball.

I'm looking to switch cell service providers. Anyone have experience with Google Fi? I have a Pixel phone that I like.

Wind Powered Cars

LOL Suter is hilarious.

Yeah I doubt I'll see a solar powered car in my lifetime (outside of the concept cars you see every once in a while). But extending range seems possible. Kind of like "topping off" at the pump.

There are a few solar EV chargers out there. If they could ever improve those to the point where a full charge takes less than 5 minutes then it's game over. Actually, game over would be some kind of solar panel on the roof of the car that continually gave you juice.

I would be willing to put money on that. Forever is a mighty long time and markets are pretty powerful forces. As it stands today, the Ford Lightning can tow 10,000 lbs. Having a max load probably reduces range quite a bit but that's today. In five or ten years? Who knows. https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ford-f-150-lightning-can-tow-10k-lbs-in-any-weather/

Best shape of his life...

I think the odds of this are infinitesimal but just for fun.... Chourio Wiemer Frelick Antoine Kelly Ethan Small Is that enough?

Yeah he's a tank.

Avina is raking down at the AZ Complex League. Here are some hitting highlights (the audio of the bench going bonkers after each of them is a secondary highlight)

This article from Car and Driver gives an overview of every EV coming out in the next five years (some are concept and won't make it to market). Looks like every major car maker (and a few upstarts) are coming out with at least one EV. Almost all of them have a range of 300 miles. Honda has committed to selling only EVs by 2040. https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g29994375/future-electric-cars-trucks/

Sort of related to this discussion: https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2022/07/25/electric-lines-following-highways-could-boost-ev-use-rural-broadband/10061595002/

I split these posts off from the Investment Thread. homer

Anyone headed up to Green Bay for the Bayern/Man City match?

I think a lot of it has to do with streaming. We can go select any song in history whenever we want and we typically go listen to things we know. Back in the days of radio, we were introduced to new music by the DJ and sort of had to listen or change the station.

this is a league wide trend. With fewer minor league teams they won't risk taking as many high schoolers. should help the college game I suppose.