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Was it approved?

I got the breaking news on my phone while I was on a call - and I was like seriously - that is the name they permanently selected - before realizing it was temporary.

No - they are both seperate (MLB & Athletic). You just go into your tmobile tuesday app, click save on the MLB TV one, than hit redeem and either set-up a new account (if you didn't have one previously) or apply it to your existing account by loggin in. Super simple. If you want athletic - you do the same thing, but for the athletic sign-up. I am curious if Tmobile will do free athletic again next year or if this was more of a one-time deal because the MLB TV was cheaper (so they had a bit more funds to apply for athletic).

Its why I'm debating actually getting the athletic. I know I'll forget and while the athletic is great, I don't like have an auto renewed anything. Just got my mlb again though - so at least I can watch these last few spring training games before the regular season kicks off. Super fired up - especially since I can put it in the background while I work from home.

Is there a good place to watch this (if you are an out of market viewer)?

The beauty is - this is exactly what good teams look like, they actually have depth. They will have guys who surprise (good and bad), guys who get injured and in the case of this team, right now you have Madrigal, Vaughn, Collins all guys who could step up and potentially contribute in a big way. And with COVID, depth is even more important because it is less than if, but when. Also really nice having someone like Leury who can play almost anywhere on the field.

Actually - pretty awesome - looks like tomorrow they will post it and you get MLB.TV for free plus a subscription to the athletic for free. Stoked. https://www.t-mobile.com/mlb

Bumping this - Anyone know the deal. Is Tmobile going to finally launch this?

I'm optimistic about Collins - Since he made adjustments late last year, he has just looked like a different hitter. And it didn't take much, because he already had great OBP upside (given his eye) and obviously has power. I'm still not convinced he can stick behind the plate, but he'll get a ton of great training from Grandal. I really really love the Sox young position players in general.

And if the Sox go out and sign a player to a big money move in the off-season, somewhere I'll be thinking - did they really have to take on these other actions, if they are good giving someone a $100M contract. I should caveat - this view only holds if these were pure expense moves vs. a decision by the organization to move another path or shift spend to other items that they see more valuable, etc.

Every Union should have been positioning and working with the districts proactively to figure out how to make virtual more effective. It would be a double win - keep everyone safe and ensure a positive teaching experience that at least got closer to an inperson. My opinion is everyone associated with schools has failed miserably. I'm sure that hot take will piss people off and maybe I should caveat it more closely that anyone who had the ability to impact the curriculum and how to position and pivot so we were prepared for this has failed.

CA mandating all schools be virtual if you are in a watchlist county (i.e., an area that has too many cases, hospitalizations, etc). My county is on that list - so this will put pressure on all the school districts in my area which came up with different plans. I still am left speachless at how poorly the schools and districts, states, etc did to developing better approaches for at home learning. My impression is it will still be very close to the same. I actually did a virtual zoom with a private school and I was blown away at the difference in terms of how they are pivoting and preparing. I want to put all options on the table. If it means I sacrifice and cut cable to find new ways to make sure my kids get the best education in a safe manner, I'll do it.

Our district provided hotspots to those kids who had internet issues at home and than depending on the grade they have 1:1 ipad or chrome book or 1:2 but they divied them out to those in need. I'm sure they had to at least buy some in advance and that is just one district example. I happen to live in a district that is pretty mixed, half of the district is pretty affluent and than the other half of the district is the exact opposite with high degree of low income families.

I would think the risk of a grocery store employee is much higher than the risk of a teacher. Grocery store employee comes across 100's of people multiple days a week, vs. teacher who spends more time with a smaller group of children. Both have risks, but I think the person working the grocery and/or bagging groceries is much higher.

Haha - I thought that exact same thing when I read that quote the other day. It is like taking throwing lessons from Chuck Knoblach or Rick Ankiel.

DIdn't he have a pretty good spring?

Yeah - Rodon is probably the rustiest of the entire bunch, so you have to figure he'll be behind everyone else. The fact that he's out there getting work in - that is most important.

I'm really glad there are people who will volunteer for those things, because I don't think I would. I suppose if I thought my kids were high risk or something along those lines - than maybe I'd say this is what I ultimately need to do to protect them, but man, that would be scary, getting a theoretical vaccine and than exposing you to something that you may or may not be able to recover from (if the vaccine doesn't work).

World Champions! I don't know why, but I just get these feeling it is going to be a magical season! I think Rodon ends up having an electric season with Carlos, Gio and a really strong offense carrying the way.

I'm curious because my towns numbers hit about 50 cases per day but than the last two days have stropped substantively. Curious to see if they keep holding at the lower levels (which were much closer to where things were trending for the first 3 months + of the pandemic vs. where they all of a sudden escalated to over the past week or so.

Our district came out with more color. Mon - Tues (kids that opt to are in class (morning shift and afternoon shift); wednesday is virtual (+ school cleaned); Thurs & Friday same as Monday / Tuesday. If you don't do the morning or afternoon shift and need childcare, you need to look into CDC centers at the school and/or Boys and Girls Clubs, etc. It will be interesting to see what % opts for hybrid vs. online only (as all parents can either select the hybrid model I outlined above or a fully virtual model). Lets say 30% of the parents select virtual, that means you basically have 70% of your previous class sizes than getting split in half. Masks will be required.

So you think the entire world is doing everything to get rid of Trump? I could largley buy that if the US was doing the same things as other countries and largely trending the same way. But the US is doing very little of what other countries have done and has also seen none of the success most developed nations have seen.

California largely went back into shutdown today. Malls, indoor restaurants, bars, etc - all back to being closed. My guess is the next time things re-open, we won't see them really do much to open any of those places. I think people are going to have to realize indoor places are where you go to get your essentials (get in and get out), but outside of that, they just won't be the norm for a while.

I have zero doubt I would have done a better job - none; Would I have been perfect, no, but better, absolutely. I will also admit, that I am pretty sure even if Trump did everything right, he would still get blasted by 50% of the people on here (that it still wasn't good enough, etc - and the same would hold true if Trump was a democrat). But I don't have to debate whether he did a good job - cause he clearly did an awful awful job.

No district has actually followed any of OC's recommendations, but yeah - now you all maybe know why I made my comment around my options for going abroad - I'll gladly self quarantine for 14 days and stay there for the next 1YR+ until this whole situation resolves.