My friend and her husband are en route to Philly for a funeral. They flew out on Saturday, but as of last night, were still in Denver. What a mess for everyone!
Southwest officials say the carrier is working to return flight operations to normal as they deal with a backlog of passengers from nearly 2,000 canceled flights and hundreds more delayed since Friday. The airline on Monday had 360 flights canceled and another 750 delayed, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
Southwest has really gone downhill. It was a game changer for the Capital Region when they added Albany...great regional airline for California/Vegas/Phoenix, but they're starting to really struggle, especially when connections are involved.
Our buddy almost didn't make it to DFW bc SWA canceled his flights last minute.
I went to one day of the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival. Was easy to stay socially distant. Listened to a lot of good bluegrass, blues, and folk music. My wife also had a good laugh at me because there was nary a brassiere in the place - especially the under 30 set.
Because it was so in your face. Polite sunglasses-less men do not gawk and actively look - or at least not be so obvious about it. So it was everywhere and my wife would laugh when my head would swivel away from the very obvious jigglies.
That's how I remember Physics 5A. A student could rock the rickety desks and annoy a couple of other students. Some of us heard one student crying. The rumor was that this student was unable to do any of the problems. Could be, I think I only got a 67 but that was well above average and good for an A in the course.
Scott Frost should have taken the points on their opening drive against Michigan. I like when coaches are aggressive and go for the points on 4th down, I just do not like it when they do that on the opening drive of the game. It is way too early to be that aggressive and come away with 0 points.
SC manages to lose to Utah at American football at home for the first time in 105 years, but the football result I am acknowledging is the women's soccer team beating Utah 7-0 on Sunday.
I’m not the biggest Bill Maher fan but his closing thoughts on his show on Friday were both frightening and true. The GQP and Trump are participating in a slow moving coup. I am really afraid about for the 24 election.
[The Intercept] Remember when TFG was joking about installing Ivanka as the head of the World Bank? Apparently, he was serious and Steve fucking Mnuchin had to block it.
Red Sox/Rays crazy game. In the top of the 13th the Rays had a runner on 1st with Kiermaier batting. Runner goes on the pitch and Kiermaier hits a ball to right center. It bounces off the wall, off the ground, off Renfroe, into the bullpen. Runner was almost at 3rd when the ball went out of play. It was ruled a ground rule double, since Renfroe never had control of it (similar to a HR bouncing off the fielder's head and over the fence) and the runner ends up at 3rd. That's because since it was a ground rule double it's where the runner was when the ball was hit not when it was last touched by a fielder (like a throw from the OF that goes out of play). So the runner from 1st had to stop at 3rd and the Rays didn't score. Sox hit a GW 2 run HR on a grooved FB in the bottom of the 13th.
I don’t understand all the anger about this play. It didn’t cost TB the game. If you advance the runner home and give TB the run, they are still only up 1 and Boston would still win in the bottom of the inning on the 2 run HR.
A fielder could potentially use this to their advantage and "accidentally" whack the ball over the wall to prevent the runner from scoring in a situation where he was obviously going to.
Sure, umpires have discretion to rule an intentional deflection and award the extra base, but how often do they do that?
It's ridiculous to assume the ball would carom off the fielder and into the stands. How does a fielder know that would happen.
You could say the Red Sox caught a lucky break. But GoldenSD81's point holds: even if the preceding runner scores, Kiermaier does not and the Red Sox still win on the 2 run HR.
The San Francisco Giants lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series tonight.
I can’t say there was much about this game that will be memorable in the annals of history. But there is one moment that stands out to me. It came in the bottom of the second inning. But first, some context.
Kevin Gausman got off to a bit of a shaky start, and had just allowed two runs to the Dodgers in the top of the inning. With two outs and Chris Taylor on second, they decided to walk A.J. Pollock intentionally to get to Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urías. Makes sense on paper. You’d rather face the pitcher to get the third out. But they didn’t get a third out. Instead, Urías hit a single that scored Taylor after Austin Slater’s throw home pulled Buster Posey way too far off the plate to make a play at either home or third base. Mookie Betts got Pollock home with a line drive to left. Not great.
We learned a few things in Saturday’s Game 2 of the National League Division Series. First, one loss isn’t enough to bury a team, let alone one with triple-digit victories. Second, some decisions work out and some don’t. The Dodgers had far more of the former to beat the Giants 9-2 at Oracle Park in San Francisco, pulling even in the NLDS.
Among the many traits that earn Dave Roberts accolades as a manager is that he will constantly go to bat for his players. On Saturday, three of the players he specifically asked to go to bat for his team came through in key spots.
Chris Taylor got his first start of the postseason, and doubled in his first at-bat, and later walked, singled, and scored twice. To get Taylor in the lineup, Cody Bellinger was moved to first, negating the bulk of his value (excellent centerfield defense) while adding a struggling bat to the lineup.
Dodgers have the advantage in game 3. Not sure about game 4. Depends on who the Giants pitch. I don't think they pitch Webb on short rest, maybe if the Giants lose game 3. Dodgers will probably go bullpen game with David Price and Gonsolin pitching the bulk of the innings. If they lose game 3 I don't see Buehler throwing on that short of a rest.
That game was crazy. I turned it on right before Crosby missed his first FG (about 3 min left in the game). I was going to watch the end of the game then leave to watch the Blue Angels. I sat there for about 45 min watching FG miss after FG miss after FG miss after FG miss after FG miss. Then hallelujah a make. It was insane.
I think Crosby had missed a total of twice over the last 2 years before missing 3 FGs plus an XP. All were hooked to the left.
I have never seen a FG kicker hit the ribbon on top of the goalpost until yesterday. Someone brought up a good point about how if a runner hits the pylon with the football it is always a score but if a kicker hits the ribbon it isn’t always a made FG.
I guess in this case the ribbon was still below the top of the upright so the ball would still have been outside of the upright. I was pretty amazed how high up it still was after about a 50 yd FG. I wonder how far it really would've gone.
It's the uprights that determines whether or not the kick is good, not the telltale. The telltale is only there to aid the kicker in showing wind direction and force.
In the Bay Area Fox cut away from the Packers' broadcast so the game winning field goal was not seen, instead switched to the kickoff of the 49ers game.
Southwest Airlines
My friend and her husband are en route to Philly for a funeral. They flew out on Saturday, but as of last night, were still in Denver. What a mess for everyone!
Whoa:
Southwest officials say the carrier is working to return flight operations to normal as they deal with a backlog of passengers from nearly 2,000 canceled flights and hundreds more delayed since Friday. The airline on Monday had 360 flights canceled and another 750 delayed, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
This is why I always avoid Southwest.
Southwest has really gone downhill. It was a game changer for the Capital Region when they added Albany...great regional airline for California/Vegas/Phoenix, but they're starting to really struggle, especially when connections are involved.
Our buddy almost didn't make it to DFW bc SWA canceled his flights last minute.
It's possible it's the pilots causing this. Apparently both SWA and AA have pilots asking for exemptions on the vaccine requirement.
https://www.johnnyjet.com/why-you-shouldnt-book-southwest-or-american-airlines-this-holiday-season/?amp=1
How was your weekend?
Went to Boise just for fun. Enjoyed fall colors and nice beers.
Also a healthy weekend from not being mad at Cal football.
I went to one day of the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival. Was easy to stay socially distant. Listened to a lot of good bluegrass, blues, and folk music. My wife also had a good laugh at me because there was nary a brassiere in the place - especially the under 30 set.
https://www.instagram.com/shakorihillsgrassroots/?hl=en
ok, I'll bite, why was she laughing at you?
Because it was so in your face. Polite sunglasses-less men do not gawk and actively look - or at least not be so obvious about it. So it was everywhere and my wife would laugh when my head would swivel away from the very obvious jigglies.
still weekending since i have the day off.
went for nice long 4hr - 100km bike ride today. not quite peak foliage season near NYC suburbs yet, but the weather was perfect.
saw the Bond movie last night w/ the familia. good plot. a little less endless action scenes, definitely worth watching.
Bad Friday, good Sat and Sun.
Figures.
Both rough & nice.
[Rolling Stone] Eric Clapton has gone full racist/anti-vax. Has he always been that way? <spoiler> Yes. <\spoiler>
https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1447351715171344384
he seems like a terrible person.
He's always had a lot of substance-abuse issues and related emotional problems. I imagine those are all at play in what he's doing now.
We’ll yeah he pushed his kid out of a window
Oooo, that's nasty.
Give the DBD a pithy saying
"You can't out-exercise a bad diet"
Blue book
Sitting in Harmon Gym taking the final via blue book for Paleo 10...a sea of desks
On this rickety narrow "desks". I always thought it was funny that 100 Harmon was Harmon Gym. At least I remember it being 100 Harmon.
That's how I remember Physics 5A. A student could rock the rickety desks and annoy a couple of other students. Some of us heard one student crying. The rumor was that this student was unable to do any of the problems. Could be, I think I only got a 67 but that was well above average and good for an A in the course.
Cursed Sexy Oski image
Over/under on the # of loincloth peeks has to be bajillion.
Elsewhere in college
Scott Frost should have taken the points on their opening drive against Michigan. I like when coaches are aggressive and go for the points on 4th down, I just do not like it when they do that on the opening drive of the game. It is way too early to be that aggressive and come away with 0 points.
This is 13 years old, but I saw it for the first time today. Down by 2 with 2 seconds and 60 yards to go. [tips cap]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7oF4ZDigjM
No band out on the field though.
Oregon's OC will be back on the field vs. Cal after missing time due to surgery. I hope he's healthy and feeling better.
https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/1447244636641103875
Alabama loses to an unranked ROTC school.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/alabama-loses-for-first-time-since-2019-on-last-second-field-goal-by-texas-am/
So nice to see a school not named Alabama, Clemson, or Ohio St. top ranked in the polls, even if it's Georgia.
Oh Man FS's Saturday must have been the worst, first Texas blows the Red River Rivalry, and the aTm beats mighty Bama.
this is accurate
That was a good game. Really liked like Texas was going to blow out Oklahoma. What a wild finish.
I was going to put something on the TCU group chat but thought better of it.
Dutch guy didn't seek it out, but now he's committed to Weed
https://www.siskiyoudaily.com/story/news/2021/10/11/netherland-weed-california-dutch-player-right-home/6050073001/
SC manages to lose to Utah at American football at home for the first time in 105 years, but the football result I am acknowledging is the women's soccer team beating Utah 7-0 on Sunday.
Not really as close as the score looked. SC was taken out to the woodshed by Utah.
SC has mastered garbage time scores against second stringers to make the final score look less dreadful
D'Eriq King out for season
https://mobile.twitter.com/ZachKrantz/status/1447519558475075589
And Manny Diaz will be out after the season
Today in Covid
Column: Forget ‘personal freedom.’ California’s statewide school vaccine mandate will save lives
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-11/skelton-california-school-covid-vaccine-mandate
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
I’m not the biggest Bill Maher fan but his closing thoughts on his show on Friday were both frightening and true. The GQP and Trump are participating in a slow moving coup. I am really afraid about for the 24 election.
[The Intercept] Remember when TFG was joking about installing Ivanka as the head of the World Bank? Apparently, he was serious and Steve fucking Mnuchin had to block it.
https://theintercept.com/2021/10/10/ivanka-trump-steven-mnuchin-world-bank/
Well, she's eminently qualified...
TFG wishes a happy birthday to a dead domestic insurgent
https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1447381650262876161
PRO
Assterisks got a beat down by the White Sox. Let's go White Sox. Win 3 in a row.
Red Sox/Rays crazy game. In the top of the 13th the Rays had a runner on 1st with Kiermaier batting. Runner goes on the pitch and Kiermaier hits a ball to right center. It bounces off the wall, off the ground, off Renfroe, into the bullpen. Runner was almost at 3rd when the ball went out of play. It was ruled a ground rule double, since Renfroe never had control of it (similar to a HR bouncing off the fielder's head and over the fence) and the runner ends up at 3rd. That's because since it was a ground rule double it's where the runner was when the ball was hit not when it was last touched by a fielder (like a throw from the OF that goes out of play). So the runner from 1st had to stop at 3rd and the Rays didn't score. Sox hit a GW 2 run HR on a grooved FB in the bottom of the 13th.
I don’t understand all the anger about this play. It didn’t cost TB the game. If you advance the runner home and give TB the run, they are still only up 1 and Boston would still win in the bottom of the inning on the 2 run HR.
The play was called correctly. The rulebook might be a little stupid on this point, but the umps followed the rule.
Make the case that the rulebook is stupid on this point. Not sure I get your point.
I agree the call was correct.
A fielder could potentially use this to their advantage and "accidentally" whack the ball over the wall to prevent the runner from scoring in a situation where he was obviously going to.
Sure, umpires have discretion to rule an intentional deflection and award the extra base, but how often do they do that?
About as often as this kind of play occurs. Which is to say it's a one-in-a-billion kind of occurrence.
Well, it's a case where The Red Sox gained advantage by NOT cleanly fielding the ball, costing the Rays a run. That seems counter-intuitive.
It's ridiculous to assume the ball would carom off the fielder and into the stands. How does a fielder know that would happen.
You could say the Red Sox caught a lucky break. But GoldenSD81's point holds: even if the preceding runner scores, Kiermaier does not and the Red Sox still win on the 2 run HR.
Former Phillies washout Nick Pivetta etched his name in Red Sox lore...gotta love the postseason.
He threw some great innings last might.
Giants lose NLDS Game 2 to Dodgers, 9-2
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2021/10/9/22718522/mlb-2021-playoffs-nlds-san-francisco-giants-los-angeles-dodgers-final-score-recap
The San Francisco Giants lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the National League Division Series tonight.
I can’t say there was much about this game that will be memorable in the annals of history. But there is one moment that stands out to me. It came in the bottom of the second inning. But first, some context.
Kevin Gausman got off to a bit of a shaky start, and had just allowed two runs to the Dodgers in the top of the inning. With two outs and Chris Taylor on second, they decided to walk A.J. Pollock intentionally to get to Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urías. Makes sense on paper. You’d rather face the pitcher to get the third out. But they didn’t get a third out. Instead, Urías hit a single that scored Taylor after Austin Slater’s throw home pulled Buster Posey way too far off the plate to make a play at either home or third base. Mookie Betts got Pollock home with a line drive to left. Not great.
Dodgers reward Dave Roberts’ faith to pull even in NLDS
https://www.truebluela.com/2021/10/9/22718549/cody-bellinger-chris-taylor-aj-pollock-dave-roberts-faith-dodgers-nlds-game-2
We learned a few things in Saturday’s Game 2 of the National League Division Series. First, one loss isn’t enough to bury a team, let alone one with triple-digit victories. Second, some decisions work out and some don’t. The Dodgers had far more of the former to beat the Giants 9-2 at Oracle Park in San Francisco, pulling even in the NLDS.
Among the many traits that earn Dave Roberts accolades as a manager is that he will constantly go to bat for his players. On Saturday, three of the players he specifically asked to go to bat for his team came through in key spots.
Chris Taylor got his first start of the postseason, and doubled in his first at-bat, and later walked, singled, and scored twice. To get Taylor in the lineup, Cody Bellinger was moved to first, negating the bulk of his value (excellent centerfield defense) while adding a struggling bat to the lineup.
Now that a visiting team has won, the series has started.
Seems like splitting these games was by far the most likely outcome. Probably the next two as well.
Dodgers have the advantage in game 3. Not sure about game 4. Depends on who the Giants pitch. I don't think they pitch Webb on short rest, maybe if the Giants lose game 3. Dodgers will probably go bullpen game with David Price and Gonsolin pitching the bulk of the innings. If they lose game 3 I don't see Buehler throwing on that short of a rest.
Crosby hits 49 yard field goal in OT after missing three attempts in a row, Packers defeat Cincy 25-22.
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/gametracker/recap/NFL_20211010_GB@CIN/
That game was crazy. I turned it on right before Crosby missed his first FG (about 3 min left in the game). I was going to watch the end of the game then leave to watch the Blue Angels. I sat there for about 45 min watching FG miss after FG miss after FG miss after FG miss after FG miss. Then hallelujah a make. It was insane.
I think Crosby had missed a total of twice over the last 2 years before missing 3 FGs plus an XP. All were hooked to the left.
Missed FGs meant more offense for both teams, which was good for my fantasy team. I have Rodgers, Adams and Jones. Yet I still lost.
I have never seen a FG kicker hit the ribbon on top of the goalpost until yesterday. Someone brought up a good point about how if a runner hits the pylon with the football it is always a score but if a kicker hits the ribbon it isn’t always a made FG.
Well that kicker thought hitting the ribbon was a good FG, then he was upset when it didn't count.
I guess in this case the ribbon was still below the top of the upright so the ball would still have been outside of the upright. I was pretty amazed how high up it still was after about a 50 yd FG. I wonder how far it really would've gone.
It's the uprights that determines whether or not the kick is good, not the telltale. The telltale is only there to aid the kicker in showing wind direction and force.
@Maybe that's where Crosby should've been looking@
In the Bay Area Fox cut away from the Packers' broadcast so the game winning field goal was not seen, instead switched to the kickoff of the 49ers game.
I guess that's one of the benefits of an illegal stream.
CAL
Go Bears!!
Nobel Prize
Chalk up another. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/11/nobel-prize-economics-card-angrist-imbens/
one each from Cal, MIT and Stanford