I've been hurt so many times, but it's really hard to not get excited about this Wolves team.
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We decided that since Will is such a good boy we would go ahead and foster a dog from the rescue organization he came through (Heart of a Border Collie). So Monday we got Aurora (Rori). She came all the way from Bismarck and she has more energy then a hydrogen bomb and teeth like needles. I'm not sure what I was thinking, really. She had one accident Monday night because we weren't reading her signals, but she was smart enough to do it in front of the bathroom door, so I'll give her that. Also, if another dog gets near her kennel when she's in it, she just loses her shit. Not sure what the root of that is but we'll have to work on it. She does have a lot of separation anxiety and does a bit of resource guarding but that's not atypical with strays and rescues.
Good for you. New old dogs are tough.
Good on you guys for fostering. After taking a break last year while the Mrs. recovered from knee surgery we have had a series of foster puppies in the house since last November. Puppy energy doesn't really mesh well with our current lifestyle.
it should be interesting how the game goes tonight with the Wolves being in the "scheduled win" slot
Today, I emerged from a 5 day sickness that kicked my butt. Wasn't feeling great Friday, woke up feeling like crap on Saturday. Went in to do bookwork at the joint before a family get-together. Decided to skip the family event. Laid down at 11am on Saturday and (other than bathroom breaks), I slept until 11am on Sunday. No food, just a half glass of water with each trip to the bathroom. Fever finally broke Sunday morning and my pillow was drenched with sweat. I was somewhat delusional all day Sunday as I tried to navigate around the house and move around a bit. Monday sucked so bad I had to skip our end of season cribbage tournament. Finally, this morning, I feel about 90%. It was mostly body aches, fatigue, and the gunk in my chest. I have been avoiding close contact with anyone, including my family, as I don't want to pass this on to anyone.
On a much more positive note, I made homemade lasagna at home for the first time in 20 years. I nailed it. Also, I started working on shedding some weight the week prior to getting sick. I lost 10 pounds in 11 days, but a chunk of that was due to illness and not necessarily eating discipline or exercise.
Mostly water weight, so I recommend not drinking any water.
(not a real doctor, only plays one on TV)
But did stay at a Holiday Inn
(Express)
It’s never lupus. Except when it is.
I mean, I've got Timberwolves fever!
This thread...*chef's kiss*
The crazy thing is, I felt like I drank 3 gallons a day of water while I was sick, but still felt dehydrated the entire time.
Last week in Melbourne Australia, members of the band Brian Jonestown Massacre got on a fight on stage. I just saw them at the Uptown Theater September 30th and while they were pretty good, definitely tension with band members and the main singer, who dawdled between every song and would occasionally go off on weird rants. He definitely seemed to have some mental health issues.
Steamer projections for 2024 are out. One global observation:
2017: 58 qualified starting pitchers in all of baseball
2018: 58 qualified SP
2019: 61 qualified SP
2020: Covid weirdness
2021: Still influenced by Covid, IMO
2022: 45 qualified SP
2023: 44 qualified SP
2024: 69 pitchers projected to pitch 162+ IP
Two things:
Even pre-Covid, 69 pitchers would be a high number. I suspect the issue is that--for a given pitcher--the IP outcomes are very bimodal (a lot of innings in a healthy season or few innings in a season with a major injury) that it's difficult to properly reduce the projected totals for a given pitcher that to-date has been pretty healthy.
Is 45-ish pitchers throwing 162 innings going to be the "new normal" for qualified starting pitchers? It seems almost comically low given 5-man rotations. Imagine if there were only 10 SS qualified for the batting title league-wide, or 10 1B, or 10 LF. I guess to be fair, catchers actually have this problem -- there were only 9 qualified catchers last year, 5 in 2022, and 4 in 2019.
There's probably an argument somewhere for adjusting the minimum number of PA/IP to be qualified given modern injury rates and rest management. But also, on average, you basically can't count on more than 1-2 of your starting pitchers to make it uneventfully through the season, which is kind of nuts.
The Twins had a single player with at least 500 PAs. Kepler was second at 491 with only three more in the 400s.
We decided that since Will is such a good boy we would go ahead and foster a dog from the rescue organization he came through (Heart of a Border Collie). So Monday we got Aurora (Rori). She came all the way from Bismarck and she has more energy then a hydrogen bomb and teeth like needles. I'm not sure what I was thinking, really. She had one accident Monday night because we weren't reading her signals, but she was smart enough to do it in front of the bathroom door, so I'll give her that. Also, if another dog gets near her kennel when she's in it, she just loses her shit. Not sure what the root of that is but we'll have to work on it. She does have a lot of separation anxiety and does a bit of resource guarding but that's not atypical with strays and rescues.
Good for you. New old dogs are tough.
Good on you guys for fostering. After taking a break last year while the Mrs. recovered from knee surgery we have had a series of foster puppies in the house since last November. Puppy energy doesn't really mesh well with our current lifestyle.
it should be interesting how the game goes tonight with the Wolves being in the "scheduled win" slot
Today, I emerged from a 5 day sickness that kicked my butt. Wasn't feeling great Friday, woke up feeling like crap on Saturday. Went in to do bookwork at the joint before a family get-together. Decided to skip the family event. Laid down at 11am on Saturday and (other than bathroom breaks), I slept until 11am on Sunday. No food, just a half glass of water with each trip to the bathroom. Fever finally broke Sunday morning and my pillow was drenched with sweat. I was somewhat delusional all day Sunday as I tried to navigate around the house and move around a bit. Monday sucked so bad I had to skip our end of season cribbage tournament. Finally, this morning, I feel about 90%. It was mostly body aches, fatigue, and the gunk in my chest. I have been avoiding close contact with anyone, including my family, as I don't want to pass this on to anyone.
On a much more positive note, I made homemade lasagna at home for the first time in 20 years. I nailed it. Also, I started working on shedding some weight the week prior to getting sick. I lost 10 pounds in 11 days, but a chunk of that was due to illness and not necessarily eating discipline or exercise.
Mostly water weight, so I recommend not drinking any water.
(not a real doctor, only plays one on TV)
But did stay at a Holiday Inn
(Express)
It’s never lupus. Except when it is.
I mean, I've got Timberwolves fever!
This thread...*chef's kiss*
The crazy thing is, I felt like I drank 3 gallons a day of water while I was sick, but still felt dehydrated the entire time.
Last week in Melbourne Australia, members of the band Brian Jonestown Massacre got on a fight on stage. I just saw them at the Uptown Theater September 30th and while they were pretty good, definitely tension with band members and the main singer, who dawdled between every song and would occasionally go off on weird rants. He definitely seemed to have some mental health issues.
Steamer projections for 2024 are out. One global observation:
2017: 58 qualified starting pitchers in all of baseball
2018: 58 qualified SP
2019: 61 qualified SP
2020: Covid weirdness
2021: Still influenced by Covid, IMO
2022: 45 qualified SP
2023: 44 qualified SP
2024: 69 pitchers projected to pitch 162+ IP
Two things:
Even pre-Covid, 69 pitchers would be a high number. I suspect the issue is that--for a given pitcher--the IP outcomes are very bimodal (a lot of innings in a healthy season or few innings in a season with a major injury) that it's difficult to properly reduce the projected totals for a given pitcher that to-date has been pretty healthy.
Is 45-ish pitchers throwing 162 innings going to be the "new normal" for qualified starting pitchers? It seems almost comically low given 5-man rotations. Imagine if there were only 10 SS qualified for the batting title league-wide, or 10 1B, or 10 LF. I guess to be fair, catchers actually have this problem -- there were only 9 qualified catchers last year, 5 in 2022, and 4 in 2019.
There's probably an argument somewhere for adjusting the minimum number of PA/IP to be qualified given modern injury rates and rest management. But also, on average, you basically can't count on more than 1-2 of your starting pitchers to make it uneventfully through the season, which is kind of nuts.
The Twins had a single player with at least 500 PAs. Kepler was second at 491 with only three more in the 400s.