Two days ago, SF Giant Bailey hit an inside-the-park walk-off HR. Another thing to consider is that he hit it off the top of a 24 foot high wall that was 415 feet away from home plate. Not only would it have been a HR anywhere else, it would have been so by a mile.
Ugh. I feel for Jason Verlander. He's had a great career. He deserves better than this coda. This also reminds me of the end of Steve Carlton's career, which was also with the Giants, although it wasn't quite so futile.
It's also another data point in support of Bill Walsh's thesis that it's better to cut a good player a year too early than cut them when they're clearly in decline (a year too late).
I know the feeling. More than once when running a distance race I stopped and threw up. That got rid of whatever pressure had built up and I’d continue to the finish fine.
Yankees DFA DJ LeMahieu, probably making it so that the Yankees pay him $22m to play against him. He's a positive WAR player, so somebody will pick up the 36 year old
Trump enacts 50% tariffs on copper and 20% on pharmaceuticals. At this point, it looks like he's going after price insensitive goods as a tax-generating scheme
Every FEMA grant/disbursement over $100k needs Noem's signature, slowing things down to about a three day turnaround. This is what happens when politics become more important than the job
Odd position for someone who is half Japanese. But then I read that he voted for Clinton, Gore, McCain, and Trump. Seems like he just goes wherever the wind blows.
PRO
Two days ago, SF Giant Bailey hit an inside-the-park walk-off HR. Another thing to consider is that he hit it off the top of a 24 foot high wall that was 415 feet away from home plate. Not only would it have been a HR anywhere else, it would have been so by a mile.
Verlander does meh job. Bullpen collapses. Bats go silent. Giants lose 13-0 to Phils.
https://x.com/SFGiantsMemer/status/1943086273876627886
https://www.espn.com/mlb/boxscore/_/gameId/401696301
Ugh. I feel for Jason Verlander. He's had a great career. He deserves better than this coda. This also reminds me of the end of Steve Carlton's career, which was also with the Giants, although it wasn't quite so futile.
$15m (42nd highest paid SP) for one year to go 0-7 and be a negative 0.5 WAR pitcher
You're saying he's not suffering THAT much.
It's also another data point in support of Bill Walsh's thesis that it's better to cut a good player a year too early than cut them when they're clearly in decline (a year too late).
All Star Game will have RoboUmp
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45701011/mlb-use-abs-challenge-system-all-star-game-atlanta
Like clockwork, Adrian Houser pukes every season during a game
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/white-sox-starter-adrian-houser-vomits-in-dugout-between-innings-returns-to-mound-to-keep-pitching-vs-blue-jays-191318557.html
I know the feeling. More than once when running a distance race I stopped and threw up. That got rid of whatever pressure had built up and I’d continue to the finish fine.
Devin Booker signs 2 year $145m contract extension for 2029-30
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/45705332/devin-booker-agrees-2-year-145m-max-extension-suns
Yankees DFA DJ LeMahieu, probably making it so that the Yankees pay him $22m to play against him. He's a positive WAR player, so somebody will pick up the 36 year old
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/45703918/dj-lemahieu-dfaed-yankees-demotion-bench-role
SHAMEFUL
Shameless .. never watched it
CAL
Here we go again. We are sending two QBs to media day.
https://x.com/ACCFootball/status/1943311803012034724
POLITICS
Trump enacts 50% tariffs on copper and 20% on pharmaceuticals. At this point, it looks like he's going after price insensitive goods as a tax-generating scheme
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/donald-trump-threatens-copper-pharma-tariffs-who-will-they-hurt
Florida woman
https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/trump/2025/07/08/police-woman-arrested-at-mar-a-lago-wanted-to-speak-with-trump/84512906007/
They want to take away her 2nd amendment right.
US House Rep Fitzpatrick (R-PA) is now engaged to a Fox reporter. Naturally, she's blonde.
https://people.com/fox-news-correspondent-jacqui-henrich-engaged-to-rep-brian-fitzpatrick-exclusive-11767915
Yes, but is that blonde from sun bleaching, hydrogen peroxide, or is it, ahem, in the genes?
Every FEMA grant/disbursement over $100k needs Noem's signature, slowing things down to about a three day turnaround. This is what happens when politics become more important than the job
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/politics/kristi-noem-fema-dhs-funding
Too bad Trump doesn’t speak good English.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/africa/trump-praises-liberian-president-latam-intl
https://media.tenor.com/YctxttUmGMYAAAAM/forehead-slap-slapping-forehead.gif
DBD AV CLUB
D... does he even know what Superman is about?
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/dean-cain-superman-too-woke-1235382469/
Odd position for someone who is half Japanese. But then I read that he voted for Clinton, Gore, McCain, and Trump. Seems like he just goes wherever the wind blows.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
The barn doors are wide open and the horses are long gone, but let's start this conversation
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45703663/deion-sanders-says-college-football-needs-salary-cap
No kidding.
The horses left the barn a looooong time ago. You can't put the toothpaste back into that tube. You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
What other euphemisms can we recount that means things are way past the point of any debate having any effect?
You can't put horses back into the tube
I stand corrected
https://fairhillsaddlery.com/products/tube-of-horse-figurines
You can put toothpaste in the barn, but it’s not a good look.
That's a big tube!