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Rule change but not a rule change on obstruction. https://theathletic.com/5279087/2024/02/15/mlb-obstruction-rule-enforcement-explainer/?source=user_shared_article A quick overview of this. If a player blocks a base then the player is awarded the base and if they are advancing they are rewarded the base they are advancing to. So no more leg blocking a base as that is now ruled or was already as obstruction. Umpires will be calling this during the season.

Badgers losing Greg Scruggs to Michigan.

Sasaki will be attending Stanford. If 2025 doesn’t work out I say tank in 2026 and go for Sasaki!

Well that was just a pathetic showing by the Bucks against Miami.

Should be a very interesting game this weekend against UCONN. I think the 8-game winning streak comes to an end here. I am not sure Marquette will be able to survive their 2-minutes of can't score stretches against UCONN.

Don’t criticize things that the Swifties care about!!! You may have to go in hiding now. You may even get a visit by the FBI and CIA! You may have to become a Cardinals fan now! No one would look for a Brewers fan as a Cardinals fan? Good luck Turbo!

The White Sox would want to start with Chourio or Misiorowski. That is the White Sox starting point so you can throw out Frelick, Mitchell and Wiemer as a starting point. I don’t think a trade is possible with the White Sox for Cease.

2013 Beyonce, 2015 Katy Perry, 2017 Lady Gaga and 2022 Eminem.

Ighodaro is someone who I think will be a good NBA player. Someone I would hope the Bucks could trade up in the draft to get. Possible Portis replacement if the Bucks decide to trade him in the off season.

So the Boys went from the hood to the boat interesting...

Yes but also no. The new streaming will have more which will include MNF which ESPN+ doesn't currently offer. It will probably cost about $50 which is about what you would be paying for if you had cable.

Jackson ChourioJeferson QueroJacob MisiorowskiTyler BlackBrock WilkenRobert GasserCarlos F RodriguezCooper PrattDL HallLuis LaraEric Brown JrLuke AdamsMike BoeveJoey OrtizJosh KnothEric BitontiDaniel GuilarteJuan BaezYophery RodriguezLogan Henderson

That was an ugly beat down.

ARM is a good stock to own.

Fox, ESPN and Warner Bros. tag team on some streaming for some sports. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/disney-doubles-down-on-sports-streaming-with-warner-bros-discovery-fox-partnership-225631053.html Also ESPN will be launching their own streaming platform in the fall of 2025. I think we are getting close to where ESPN won't be on cable or you will have to pay an even higher amount to get ESPN on cable. Which means the cable companies will definitely drop ESPN at some point. Fox teaming up with ESPN is interesting. You may have to watch MLB playoffs on a streaming platform at some point. I think MLB needs to get the regional sports issues situated and soon. They need to get the streaming rights back from the teams that sold them stupidly. The Brewers were dumb in selling their streaming rights. They didn't even get much for it. Hopefully MLB can get this back and Amazon doesn't get it as I think MLB will want to negotiate as a whole all teams instead of only having a few teams to sell to the streaming providers. If MLB can't get all of the teams streaming rights we will just be back where we were with the regional tv contracts. Teams like the Yankees, Dodgers, Cubs and others will be able to get a larger cut of the pie while the smaller market teams will get the scraps left over. MLB needs to get the rights back if you want to see a more even playing field. Yes this means you won't be able to just flip to the channel and you will have to subscribe to a service. With the new cable boxes this won't be a problem as the new cable boxes already coming with Netflix, Amazon, YouTube and other services applications.

Probably are Cardinals fans that got lost going to Florida.

I think the Bucks made the wrong trade. Beal would have been a better pickup but I don't think the Wizards would have wanted Middleton or Jrue. So the offensive problems wouldn't have been fixed by keeping Jrue. I think it would be the same team just with a different problem.

The one thing I want to complain about in movies and in TV series are all of the unnecessary sex scenes. It is fine if it is an important part of a characters development. But 99% of the sex scenes in movies or TV shows should be cut out. Majority of the time it is in there just to have that scene but it doesn't move the plot along or the characters development. Game of Thrones is guilty of this a lot of times. A lot of the sex scenes are just unnecessary and don't move the plot along or help with the characters development. Though that series is also a good example of how to do good sex scenes. I think they just went overboard after awhile on these and it was more we need to have one in this episode quick throw one in than it was developing the character or furthering along the story. Another rant done.

You are asking for too much from some people who get easily offended by things. I have no idea how these special people like Tropic Thunder but melt down over other things. Rant done.

Wasn't expecting anything in return was just expecting him to be in some kind of a trade. But if he is not going to play then why is he on the team? He is also a far better player than others that are on the bench. I prefer Beauchamp over Connaughton.

Right the bullpen is probably where the biggest substraction for wins will come from. Even a slightly less WPA will result in some more losses. Bullpens are like penny stocks.

I think Hoskins should equal the value of Santana and Canha at least. I also believe we will see improvements from Turang and Frelick offensively. Where I could see the Brewers going a bit backwards is in the bullpen. If the bullpen has even a slight down year which does tend to happen with bullpens that is where you could see a difference between last year and this year in the win and loss columns.

So Beauchamp stays but will he even play?

I finally decided to book a vacation and well it is for next year. Going to do a cruise through NCL from Barcelona to Venice in May of next year. Anyone gone on a cruise in Europe on NCL? Was this a good decision? Any pros or cons for something like this? I still need to get my passport.

Hopefully this isn't the only trade they do. I am 99% certain Beauchamp will be traded.