Only if they do start playing a bunch of 7 inning doubleheaders in the future. Then, I think there will be an artificial upstick in complete games that might rival the 1980s.
Mrs watched that and said it pretty clearly looked like the ML was escorting him out of her territory in a firm 'you are being deported' sort of manner. As clearly she could have taken him at any point.
Yeah, I read another thread basically saying that if a cougar wants to kill you it's not going to stalk you out in the open. It's going to pounce from a hiding place in the brush. You won't see it coming.
But in general cougars don't want to attack humans. This was obviously one trying to scare away something it sees as a threat to her offspring, not a real attack.
The guy does some things right (like he doesn't turn tail and run like prey would do, he keeps facing the cougar and slowly backs off), but could do better things like making louder noises or throwing a rock/branch in its vicinity (he does eventually do that, but it takes him a while).
That's better response than I did when I thought I might get attacked by a mountain lion. I was in high school and got sponsored (by a Stanford Board of Trustee person) to go help out with some mountain lion field research in Idaho/Utah. After scaring away a mother to do measurements on an one year old tomcat, I got separated from the group in the middle of nowhere. During the longest 90 minutes of my life, I though the mountain lion mother might sense my fear and I duct-taped the metal cylinder spring scale and other crap to the back of my neck for protection (partially thinking that I might look like an idiot when they find my corpse...thus more will to live!).
TOE is a "tonne of oil equivalent", which is used as a common measurement when talking about energy on a macro-level. You use normal latin prefix multipliers, so it is common to talk about megatoes and gigatoes.
CA AG sends state GOP cease-and-desist with the unofficial drop off boxes. GOP head says he going to continue. I mean, how else are you going to make up a 32 point gap?
What would happen if someone came to take the dropoff boxes and put the ballots in the mail? I guess that would be theft since the boxes are owned by the GOP.
Runs were at a premium on Monday night, until the ninth inning anyway. Blake Treinen and Jake McGee allowed rockets for four runs in the ninth inning, breaking a tie in a 5-1 Braves win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS.
After a three-game division series that produced only three home runs, Globe Life Field yielded four on Monday. Solo shots provided the first three runs of the game, including Austin Riley’s very loud home run to open the ninth.
Atlanta didn't get their 5th shutout of the postseason, but they came close, holding LA to 1 Hernandez solo HR, and pounded 3 of their own. Buehler finally pitched an extended amount very well, but overall, the Braves proved for the 2nd time yesterday that pitching and defense wins in the post season.
The replacement starter, Gonsolin, pitched really well this season. Was probably the 2nd best starter since Buehler missed a couple starts at the start and his blister. The problem will be that he was probably the game 3 or 4 starter. He didn't pitch last series because it only went 3 and threw a sim game on Fri or Sat (I think). So he's probably on a pitch count.
I would then assume game 3 will probably be opener for 1 inning and then Urías. For some reason his first inning ERA is huge but last few times he comes in after an inning or two and pitches real well.
Unless Kershaw can't go tomorrow or Thursday (so there goes that big edge on the Dodgers SP depth), I'm not sure this is necessarily a break for the Braves (who did lose Adam Duvall for the rest of the playoff, but are still better against lefties). I've read some rumors that maybe Gonsolin did his sim game on Sunday; his limited pitch count may be an issue.
Gonsolin definitely did a sim game over the weekend to line up with a start on either Thurs or Fri. So he'll definitely be on a pitch count. Urías may back him up but he probably would now be the game 3 starter since everyone got pulled up one game. Oh god, maybe Alex Wood? as the long man out of the pen? Most likely this will end up a pen game with Gonsolin going 2-3 and then fill in. Or if Roberts thinks this is a must win then go Urías as the long man today. May on Wed (game 3). Bullpen on Thurs. Then see if Kershaw can come back on Fri.
Tampa pitching and defense do it again, and the Blue Rays take a 3-0 series lead with a 5-2 win over Houston. The Astros had multiple at bats in the 9th with the tieing run at the plate, but instead, the Blue Rays win their 52nd in a row when leading after 7. And for just the 2nd time this post season, a team has been out-homered and still won.
It could have been more decisive, but the Blue Rays left more runners in scoring position than they plated. And the 2nd Houston HR came when TB got cute with Yarbrough, and sent him out cold after sitting a half hour. 1 pitch and the Astros doubled their run production.
But then Tampa's offense was mostly terrible, making nothing out of multiple scoring opportunities. All 5 of their runs came after yet another Altuve error opened the door in the 6th. Houston's own excellent pitching gets a lot of the credit for that.
And Houston would have won going away were it not for 4 separate outfield catches that were all SportsCenter worthy, each of which saved 1 or more runs.
Tampa gets a good non-break break, as Kevin Kiermaier got drilled on the wrist, but the xray was negative. The Blue Rays will need their stellar CF going forward.
Atlanta's bullpen melts down, and would have blown a 7-0 bottom of the 7th lead had the Braves not got an insurance HR in the top of the 9th. But with Kershaw scratching, the Braves built a 7-0 lead before uncharacteristically poor pitching (by Atlanta standards) and a terrible decision to not make a change BEFORE letting Muncy hack a 2 run HR, the Dodgers fell short, and fell behind in the series 2-0 after falling 8-7. Atlanta got the win as the visitor despite easily the worst finish to a game they have had in the postseason, and miraculously is still unbeaten in the postseason.
It will be interesting to see if this proves pivotal in the series. LA historically loses the series 70% of the time when they fall behind 2 games to 0.
Astros loaded the bases in the 9th after scoring to make it 4-2, but the Blue Rays pitching and defense is just too much, and take a 2-0 lead in the series. That makes it 61 in a row for Tampa Bay when leading after the 7th. (I've heard pitching and defense wins in the post-season.)
My other internet community alerted me to new BA videos. I'm feeling torn. On the one hand, there are knowledgable POC in positions of authority, and that's good, and I want to hear what they have to say. On the other hand, this comment really rings true to me:
Ah. My personal feelings - I'm not sure we need celebrity chefs or foodies from Brooklyn or NYC to teach us how to cook. That being said, I have learned a lot from their content... so basically I'm a hypocrite.
I frequently go to epicurious.com (same publishing owner as BA) to look for epicurious/BA recipes. My Mapo Tofu recipe is from there, along with quite a few others.
Argentina doubles in size, claims the Falkland Islands again.
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/10/10/argentina-doubles-in-size-or-so-it-claims
Name a sports record that is, in your opinion, unbreakable.
56-game hitting streak.
7 tour de france wins, only to have them all taken away by doping scandal
Chamberlain's 100
I think that's doable if that's the goal and your teammates always work to get you the ball every possession.
Ripken's consecutive games played streak.
Al Bundy’s four touchdowns in a single game for Polk High School Panthers. It has stood since 1966 and I don’t see it ever being broken.
8 straight championships by the Celtics.
Not unbreakable but I don’t think we will see another MLB player hit 400 for a season.
Emmit Smiths NFL rushing record 18,355 yards.
Most complete games by a pitcher, either career or season.
definitely this. And most wins.
And at this point you won't see any career complete games that is even as many as the season record.
Yup, the game has just changed too much for modern pitchers to ever approach these records from the 19th century.
I'd say they won't even approach the 1980s.
Only if they do start playing a bunch of 7 inning doubleheaders in the future. Then, I think there will be an artificial upstick in complete games that might rival the 1980s.
Name a band/musician that was much more successful in a specific region rather than an entire country
David Hasselhoff
Meatloaf
His name is Robert Paulson....
the Tubes, Tower of Power
Nickelback
The Giraffes - Brooklyn, NY
Chris LeDoux
A worn out tape of Chris LeDoux, lonely women & bad booze, seem to be the only friends I’ve left at’all....
Chu
Steve?
JFC! Man does the right thing in defending against a mountain lion. In other news, it is best not to approach a predator's baby.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CGNM6qUnWqG/?utm_source=ig_embed
I like how he throws in a "please" about a minute in. Pretty scary when it charges a couple times.
Mrs watched that and said it pretty clearly looked like the ML was escorting him out of her territory in a firm 'you are being deported' sort of manner. As clearly she could have taken him at any point.
Yeah, I read another thread basically saying that if a cougar wants to kill you it's not going to stalk you out in the open. It's going to pounce from a hiding place in the brush. You won't see it coming.
But in general cougars don't want to attack humans. This was obviously one trying to scare away something it sees as a threat to her offspring, not a real attack.
Here's the thread: https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1315856091821948929
The guy does some things right (like he doesn't turn tail and run like prey would do, he keeps facing the cougar and slowly backs off), but could do better things like making louder noises or throwing a rock/branch in its vicinity (he does eventually do that, but it takes him a while).
That's better response than I did when I thought I might get attacked by a mountain lion. I was in high school and got sponsored (by a Stanford Board of Trustee person) to go help out with some mountain lion field research in Idaho/Utah. After scaring away a mother to do measurements on an one year old tomcat, I got separated from the group in the middle of nowhere. During the longest 90 minutes of my life, I though the mountain lion mother might sense my fear and I duct-taped the metal cylinder spring scale and other crap to the back of my neck for protection (partially thinking that I might look like an idiot when they find my corpse...thus more will to live!).
Wait, is tomcat a word for a juvenile mountain lion (or cougar/catamount/puma)?
Today in Covid-19
Ronaldo has it
https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/1316021039785148417
Pro Golfer Dustin Johnson, #1 in the world, out of the CJ Cup Tournament this week after testing positive after experiencing some symptoms.
5 positives today in Florida football program.
And their head coach wanted to fill their stadium with 90,000 fans.
To quote the classic 28 Days Later....”the end is EXTREMELY F-ING NIGH!!!!” At least for En-Cee Two-A football...season in the balance...
When and where do you sing?
sometimes by myself in the car. That's it.
same
Car, all the time. Sometimes in the living room if a particularly good song comes on.
It's more of a mood thing, location is not important.
Karaoke, anytime, anywhere.
Toes
TOE is a "tonne of oil equivalent", which is used as a common measurement when talking about energy on a macro-level. You use normal latin prefix multipliers, so it is common to talk about megatoes and gigatoes.
They help me avoid falling over so I’m in favor
Elsewhere in college
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
CA AG sends state GOP cease-and-desist with the unofficial drop off boxes. GOP head says he going to continue. I mean, how else are you going to make up a 32 point gap?
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/12/923119170/california-officials-tell-state-gop-to-stop-distributing-ballot-drop-boxes
What would happen if someone came to take the dropoff boxes and put the ballots in the mail? I guess that would be theft since the boxes are owned by the GOP.
what if you don't take the box, just open and remove the ballots to mail?
Guys I’m just learning that Amy Coney Barrett has a large family, did anyone know?
she seems nice, in a 'let's get the apocalypse rolling' sort of way.
Republicans really leaning into their dream of a return to a society where women are relegated to being baby factories only.
I heard she is Catholic. Who knew?
Yeah and she adopted a couple of Haitian kids as well.
PRO
did any notice that there were no written recaps on ESPN to any of this week’s games?
you think they told the writers not to bother, and just make video clips?
https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401220166
Did they write it before or just pull from the AP? I thought it was the latter (for regular season games, across all the sports).
i got the impression that they wrote it, but perhaps you are right, because no sites seem to have written recaps this week.
Braves tee off on Dodgers bullpen in 9th to take Game 1 of the NLCS
https://www.truebluela.com/2020/10/12/21513338/blake-treinen-jake-mcgee-home-runs-dodgers-braves-recpap-nlcs-game-1
Runs were at a premium on Monday night, until the ninth inning anyway. Blake Treinen and Jake McGee allowed rockets for four runs in the ninth inning, breaking a tie in a 5-1 Braves win over the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLCS.
After a three-game division series that produced only three home runs, Globe Life Field yielded four on Monday. Solo shots provided the first three runs of the game, including Austin Riley’s very loud home run to open the ninth.
That was ugly. 3 bad pitches. All missed location middle-middle and they didn't miss.
Has Scootie stopped laughing yet, do you suppose?
Not yet. I'm just glad it wasn't Panda that hit a HR. I would've just told 2020 to go fuck right off.
We're all Cal fans, we cannot be hurt any more.
that would have been *chef's kiss* magnificent.
5 former Giants on the Braves roster. Even year. We all know where this is going.
Yay, go NotDodgers!
Atlanta didn't get their 5th shutout of the postseason, but they came close, holding LA to 1 Hernandez solo HR, and pounded 3 of their own. Buehler finally pitched an extended amount very well, but overall, the Braves proved for the 2nd time yesterday that pitching and defense wins in the post season.
Clayton Kershaw drama on tap for tonight.
Kershaw out with back spasms. Uh-oh.
The replacement starter, Gonsolin, pitched really well this season. Was probably the 2nd best starter since Buehler missed a couple starts at the start and his blister. The problem will be that he was probably the game 3 or 4 starter. He didn't pitch last series because it only went 3 and threw a sim game on Fri or Sat (I think). So he's probably on a pitch count.
I would then assume game 3 will probably be opener for 1 inning and then Urías. For some reason his first inning ERA is huge but last few times he comes in after an inning or two and pitches real well.
Unless Kershaw can't go tomorrow or Thursday (so there goes that big edge on the Dodgers SP depth), I'm not sure this is necessarily a break for the Braves (who did lose Adam Duvall for the rest of the playoff, but are still better against lefties). I've read some rumors that maybe Gonsolin did his sim game on Sunday; his limited pitch count may be an issue.
Gonsolin definitely did a sim game over the weekend to line up with a start on either Thurs or Fri. So he'll definitely be on a pitch count. Urías may back him up but he probably would now be the game 3 starter since everyone got pulled up one game. Oh god, maybe Alex Wood? as the long man out of the pen? Most likely this will end up a pen game with Gonsolin going 2-3 and then fill in. Or if Roberts thinks this is a must win then go Urías as the long man today. May on Wed (game 3). Bullpen on Thurs. Then see if Kershaw can come back on Fri.
Scared to compete
Got an early start on the drama.
Tampa pitching and defense do it again, and the Blue Rays take a 3-0 series lead with a 5-2 win over Houston. The Astros had multiple at bats in the 9th with the tieing run at the plate, but instead, the Blue Rays win their 52nd in a row when leading after 7. And for just the 2nd time this post season, a team has been out-homered and still won.
It could have been more decisive, but the Blue Rays left more runners in scoring position than they plated. And the 2nd Houston HR came when TB got cute with Yarbrough, and sent him out cold after sitting a half hour. 1 pitch and the Astros doubled their run production.
But then Tampa's offense was mostly terrible, making nothing out of multiple scoring opportunities. All 5 of their runs came after yet another Altuve error opened the door in the 6th. Houston's own excellent pitching gets a lot of the credit for that.
And Houston would have won going away were it not for 4 separate outfield catches that were all SportsCenter worthy, each of which saved 1 or more runs.
Tampa gets a good non-break break, as Kevin Kiermaier got drilled on the wrist, but the xray was negative. The Blue Rays will need their stellar CF going forward.
(Did someone say pitching and defense win in the post season?)
Atlanta's bullpen melts down, and would have blown a 7-0 bottom of the 7th lead had the Braves not got an insurance HR in the top of the 9th. But with Kershaw scratching, the Braves built a 7-0 lead before uncharacteristically poor pitching (by Atlanta standards) and a terrible decision to not make a change BEFORE letting Muncy hack a 2 run HR, the Dodgers fell short, and fell behind in the series 2-0 after falling 8-7. Atlanta got the win as the visitor despite easily the worst finish to a game they have had in the postseason, and miraculously is still unbeaten in the postseason.
It will be interesting to see if this proves pivotal in the series. LA historically loses the series 70% of the time when they fall behind 2 games to 0.
Atlanta was trying hard not to use their closer there. He's probably unavailable tomorrow.
Absolutely could not afford to let that one get away though.
oh I agree. You have to use him there and then use someone else tomorrow.
Justin Hebert is looking good, still hasn’t gotten that elusive first win but he is playing really well.
Astros loaded the bases in the 9th after scoring to make it 4-2, but the Blue Rays pitching and defense is just too much, and take a 2-0 lead in the series. That makes it 61 in a row for Tampa Bay when leading after the 7th. (I've heard pitching and defense wins in the post-season.)
CAL
UC Berkeley Covid dashboard. Doing pretty well versus, say, University of Alabama
https://coronavirus.berkeley.edu/dashboard/
https://uasystem.edu/covid-19-dashboard/
Go Bears!
Awwwwwww yeah!
https://twitter.com/BearInsider_com/status/1316078020407422976
Great news. Welcome back CJ.
FedEx (not The Federer Express, but actually FedEx) is rather ambitious today:
Scheduled delivery: Tuesday 10/13/2020 by end of day
IN TRANSIT
WILLOW SPRINGS, IL
(I do not live in IL.)
My other internet community alerted me to new BA videos. I'm feeling torn. On the one hand, there are knowledgable POC in positions of authority, and that's good, and I want to hear what they have to say. On the other hand, this comment really rings true to me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5lZB-ecGsw
DismemberTheAlamo
3 hours ago
Im sure theyre all great people, but it sucks that they got roped into this.
If BA really wasnt using this as the corp eq of "I have a black friend" then they wouldnt have had to make a video to point it out.
All they had to do is try to get back to to the old content schedule and let people organically learn about these changes.
Instead they put out a video that says "Look we have minorities now!!!"
What is BA?
bon Appetit. I had to click on the video to see.
Ah. My personal feelings - I'm not sure we need celebrity chefs or foodies from Brooklyn or NYC to teach us how to cook. That being said, I have learned a lot from their content... so basically I'm a hypocrite.
I frequently go to epicurious.com (same publishing owner as BA) to look for epicurious/BA recipes. My Mapo Tofu recipe is from there, along with quite a few others.
Serious Eats is my lunch time browsing... I'm not sure if they are more NYC snob or SF snob.
TIL - People think about state flags an awful lot.
best state flags
California
Texas
Arizona
Colorado
Ohio
Maryland
New Mexico
I would add:
Alaska
Tennessee
Wyoming