I definitely stayed up too late watching that, but on the bright side I'm not sure if I could stomach watching the Wolves play the Grizzlies, being the least likeable team in the league.
Industry source confirms the #MNTwins are calling up Edouard Julien.
Holy moly, I think I need to join a support group for parents of 12-year-olds. I suddenly can't say two words to the jalapeno without him jumping down my throat. I think he's craving more independence from being told what to do, which I'm happy to discuss with him, but his current methods of communicating what he wants have left me feeling pretty horrible.
Just wait until he turns 13...
Actually, we've been very fortunate with Aquinas. He has remained pretty open with us. The short temper comes with his siblings, but because he's usually good with us we're normally able to redirect that with some expediency.
Aristotle on the other hand... I'll take a tween girl parent support group please!
Eventually, they are just stories you laugh about.
Me riding in the car in silence with the 14 year old girl.
"So, are you and your friends going to the Chan-Chaska game this Friday?" -Me, trying to break the awkward silence
"Do my friends and I look like basketball -type people to you?!" - Her
"Well, it is early September so that makes it football season but I think your point still stands." - Me
#ItGetsBetter
Top of the 1st: Double Top of the 6th: Triple Top of the 7th: Home run Top of the 8th: Single
Also leads MLB in position player rWAR. He's 0.3 behind Ohtani.
All I can say is Pablo had better be great.
So far both teams won that trade.
Arráez is the first player since the Strike who I could say was genuinely my favorite. I liked other players and admired their performance, but Arráez makes watching baseball fun in a way that even Johan or peak Mauer couldn’t quite manage.
I completely understand what you're saying about Arráez, but for me Johan and Mauer also achieved that - indeed, those are the 2 I would compare Arráez to for how much joy he gave me. He was appointment viewing in the same way Johan and Mauer were.
On a related note, my FB memories today reminded me that on this day in history Mauer got his 2,000th hit. I got Aquinas out of bed to watch the at-bat.
I disagreed with you earlier, but I will agree with you here. Just watching Mauer run the bases was a joy.
Also [casual behind the back snag of pitch bouncing off the backstop gif]
I think Luis can rank higher to me than Johan or Mauer (for now) because he's not fully established, and who doesn't love an underdog? I do think he's as much a favorite for me as the other two when they were just hitting their stride for the first time though
I have 4 tickets for Bob Mould/D4/Hold Steady show at the State Fair.
1 is mine, another is 1000% spoken for, 1 is iffy, and 1 is completely up for grabs.
So if you are thinking about 1, maybe 2, tickets, let me know I gotchu
I'm considering it so keep me in mind.
Doh! I never got the presale code.
There is another presale tomorrow, I think.
Even though we're members, we can't seem to find the code in our emails.
Today at 10am. THECURRENT
Thanks
Lopez/Gray is the best 1/2 the Twins have had since Santana/Liriano.
I noticed Gray just went 5 innings. Are the Twins trolling him or was there a reason to pull him after 5, from the box score it looked like he was dealing.
Only threw 78 pitches and only allowed one base runner in his last inning. I'm not sure what was going on there.
Lavelle answered
Also, Sonny Gray was sick and puked before the game. That was the reasoning behind the five inning outing
They are, joyously, one of the most embarrassing defensive teams I've ever seen.
I don't know that anything will ever top the 2006 Devil Rays in my mind*, but these guys are bad, and it is hilarious.
*Bottom of the 6th in this game. Single, strike out, sac bunt error allowing runners to 2nd and 3rd. Both score on a passed ball+catcher's throwing error. So bad. Aubrey Huff basically just stood on 1st base and didn't move the entire time, never backed up anyone, etc. He wasn't charged an error, because he was so disengaged, but man, he should have been.
Well, he's a horrible human being (Huff). So there's that added factor.
I hope we're comparing freight to freight, or all bets are off.
Probably not.
My read was it includes freight and passenger. Opening assumptions: there are separate safety processes for each, with the processes being laxer for freight and absolutely perfect for passengers, and 100% of US train-kilometers are for freight. If the US and EU freight safety are approximately equivalent, then that estimates the EU freight is 0.9% of total train-kilometers. If the US is 10x worse in freight safety, then that estimates EU train-kilometers are 9% freight.
Checking EU stats, actual EU rail freight is "400 billion tonne-kilometers". Bit of a unit problem here. Wikipedia says "18% of cargo" goes by rail in EU versus 40% in the US. My conclusion: the US moves a lot more by rail (and that is good because it's more efficient) and much of our advantages don't translate well to other regions such as large country and a single standard throughout that region (e.g. gauge and signalling). However, we're still much worse at safety.
Okay, first I have to say that these are my opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Freight is a much bigger deal -- passenger cars are relatively the same weight regardless of occupancy, plus train length is relatively stable and shorter. Create a long mix of differing freight cars/weight, and safety takes much greater focus.
I definitely stayed up too late watching that, but on the bright side I'm not sure if I could stomach watching the Wolves play the Grizzlies, being the least likeable team in the league.
Via my brother, since I’m not on Twitter:
Holy moly, I think I need to join a support group for parents of 12-year-olds. I suddenly can't say two words to the jalapeno without him jumping down my throat. I think he's craving more independence from being told what to do, which I'm happy to discuss with him, but his current methods of communicating what he wants have left me feeling pretty horrible.
Just wait until he turns 13...
Actually, we've been very fortunate with Aquinas. He has remained pretty open with us. The short temper comes with his siblings, but because he's usually good with us we're normally able to redirect that with some expediency.
Aristotle on the other hand... I'll take a tween girl parent support group please!
Eventually, they are just stories you laugh about.
Me riding in the car in silence with the 14 year old girl.
"So, are you and your friends going to the Chan-Chaska game this Friday?" -Me, trying to break the awkward silence
"Do my friends and I look like basketball -type people to you?!" - Her
"Well, it is early September so that makes it football season but I think your point still stands." - Me
#ItGetsBetter
I think I saw he's hitting .537 for the year now?
Also leads MLB in position player rWAR. He's 0.3 behind Ohtani.
All I can say is Pablo had better be great.
So far both teams won that trade.
Arráez is the first player since the Strike who I could say was genuinely my favorite. I liked other players and admired their performance, but Arráez makes watching baseball fun in a way that even Johan or peak Mauer couldn’t quite manage.
I completely understand what you're saying about Arráez, but for me Johan and Mauer also achieved that - indeed, those are the 2 I would compare Arráez to for how much joy he gave me. He was appointment viewing in the same way Johan and Mauer were.
On a related note, my FB memories today reminded me that on this day in history Mauer got his 2,000th hit. I got Aquinas out of bed to watch the at-bat.
I disagreed with you earlier, but I will agree with you here. Just watching Mauer run the bases was a joy.
Also [casual behind the back snag of pitch bouncing off the backstop gif]
I think Luis can rank higher to me than Johan or Mauer (for now) because he's not fully established, and who doesn't love an underdog? I do think he's as much a favorite for me as the other two when they were just hitting their stride for the first time though
I have 4 tickets for Bob Mould/D4/Hold Steady show at the State Fair.
1 is mine, another is 1000% spoken for, 1 is iffy, and 1 is completely up for grabs.
So if you are thinking about 1, maybe 2, tickets, let me know I gotchu
I'm considering it so keep me in mind.
Doh! I never got the presale code.
There is another presale tomorrow, I think.
Even though we're members, we can't seem to find the code in our emails.
Today at 10am. THECURRENT
Thanks
Lopez/Gray is the best 1/2 the Twins have had since Santana/Liriano.
I noticed Gray just went 5 innings. Are the Twins trolling him or was there a reason to pull him after 5, from the box score it looked like he was dealing.
Only threw 78 pitches and only allowed one base runner in his last inning. I'm not sure what was going on there.
Lavelle answered
Good lord.
God, I could watch this all day.
They are, joyously, one of the most embarrassing defensive teams I've ever seen.
I don't know that anything will ever top the 2006 Devil Rays in my mind*, but these guys are bad, and it is hilarious.
*Bottom of the 6th in this game. Single, strike out, sac bunt error allowing runners to 2nd and 3rd. Both score on a passed ball+catcher's throwing error. So bad. Aubrey Huff basically just stood on 1st base and didn't move the entire time, never backed up anyone, etc. He wasn't charged an error, because he was so disengaged, but man, he should have been.
Well, he's a horrible human being (Huff). So there's that added factor.
Huff was the first block I ever made on Twitter.
482 feet seems like he was shortchanged
I hope the ball went to a young Mariners fan after the tool who caught it threw it back onto the field.
Of possible interest to Rhu Ru:
I hope we're comparing freight to freight, or all bets are off.
Probably not.
My read was it includes freight and passenger. Opening assumptions: there are separate safety processes for each, with the processes being laxer for freight and absolutely perfect for passengers, and 100% of US train-kilometers are for freight. If the US and EU freight safety are approximately equivalent, then that estimates the EU freight is 0.9% of total train-kilometers. If the US is 10x worse in freight safety, then that estimates EU train-kilometers are 9% freight.
Checking EU stats, actual EU rail freight is "400 billion tonne-kilometers". Bit of a unit problem here. Wikipedia says "18% of cargo" goes by rail in EU versus 40% in the US. My conclusion: the US moves a lot more by rail (and that is good because it's more efficient) and much of our advantages don't translate well to other regions such as large country and a single standard throughout that region (e.g. gauge and signalling). However, we're still much worse at safety.
Okay, first I have to say that these are my opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
Freight is a much bigger deal -- passenger cars are relatively the same weight regardless of occupancy, plus train length is relatively stable and shorter. Create a long mix of differing freight cars/weight, and safety takes much greater focus.