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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 2h

Woke up to roofers pulling shingles off my roof. It's interesting because we agreed to the work but hadn't scheduled the work yet.

A step in the order of operations seems to have been missed, but at least they let me pull my car out of the garage before really digging in.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 2h

Spending doesn't matter. 48% of local revenues are pooled and divided equally.

It affects how often teams get a top-six pick in the 1st round. Teams that pay in cannot have a top-six pick more than two years in a row. Teams that get paid cannot have a top-six pick more than three years in a row.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 2h

That's a fun idea, undercut by the truth that no teams are actually pushed to do anything and the owners can and will just pocket the money.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 2h

The owners are not benevolent and would never accept a floor without a cap. We can talk of it all we want, it will never be anything but talk.

Thus we return to his point that a cap-floor system will only be constructed at the owners' benefit.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 17h

Mamdani has a boatload of canvassers that likely feel the same way, and that election finishes Tuesday. If they find a challenger, the Jeffries seat might be in play.

There's a lot less ground to cover in NY-8 v. NYC. The results of the mayoral election could sway someone to push their chips in.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 19h

I would say Al Golden doesn't step foot on the flight home, but the Bengals did this atrocity at home.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 19h

What in the holy fuck

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 19h

More than a handful of holds on that scramble, refs encouraged to extend the drama

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 19h

Bears wyd

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 20h

To be clear, talking about the offense.

The O-line was supposed to be a big strength going into the year. It's been arguably the team's biggest weakness.

Coach Raiola's had like five years, and the unit has seen no real improvement.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 20h

It really is TJ Lateef time, I guess.

Gonna be real interesting when they sit down to discuss the origin of this season's issues and everything points at Dylan's uncle.

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 21h

Damn.

Pete Thamel & @PeteThamel
X.com
Sources: Nebraska's Dylan Raiola is out for the year with a broken fibula. He suffered the injury against USC on Saturday night.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 21h

Kickers

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 22h

Fuck him up, Colts.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 22h

Yes, tho Giants-49ers could at least be interesting. Just not great teams.

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Sweet Daniel @dansheehan.bsky.social · 1d

Was just telling somebody that this series made me really *get* the appeal of baseball in a way I hadn't before and boy oh boy is this a good way to sum it up

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 1d

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 22h

Still waiting for that September 15th opt-out.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 22h

Woke up feeling like hell from the shoulders up. No booze, so no hangover.

Massage gunned away just about all the aches, except one shoulder. Microwaved beans in a sock, work your magic.

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 23h

Her name is Jess Woodland.

Not sure if he's a band member or accompaniment. Probably both? She's the singer-songwriter for this one.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 23h

Agreed!

MLB is loath to change anything, but I think this would actually help promote the game in a meaningful way, to help stir up interest in August-September that is already there for diehard fans but not casuals.

Making a pennant chase relevant again can only help the game.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 1d

Especially as MLB moves closer to having a balanced schedule (still have room for improvement, but moving in the correct direction), I think this is overdue.

Americans will hate crowning an official regular season champion, but it has arguably far more merit than a postseason championship.

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Melissa Lockard @melissalockard.bsky.social · 1d

This is probably too European to work here but I do think a season as long as baseball’s is could stand to have a regular season champion and a postseason one.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 1d

This song continues to burrow its way into my mind, I'll listen to it a dozen times a day if it won't relent.

www.youtube.com/shorts/UtiNx...

All hail Dark Folk Americana #westernaf

YouTube video by Western AF

www.youtube.com

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. The postseason is virtually meaningless in this respect, but is a spectacle.

Love it for what it is, the very-good-to-best versus the very-good-to-best, but don't put too much stock in the results.

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Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 1d

Curse of Don Mattingly

Hazy @pinchhithero.bsky.social · 1d

Both teams are playing mill fml