Texsox

From time to time I've looked at players with piles of glittery stats and dismissed them by claiming they were really just average but benefited from playing a long time. I've changed my opinion. Staying healthy and playing a couple decades in MLB is a great accomplishment and those players should be given more respect, even HoF worthy respect.

That he was punished one game is testimony both to have far we've come and how far we still have to go.

I'm starting to put together my summer reading list. I need a series or two that's in Kindle Unlimited plus were hitting up Half Price Books for a hundred bucks worth of my paperbacks.

If he played for Tony no one outside Baltimore would remember Cal Ripken. I'm wondering what player has played the most consecutive games for Tony and if the number is greater than 40.

Ironically I just read Limited-time deal: The Locker Room: How Great Teams Heal Hurt, Overcome Adversity, and Build Unity https://www.amazon.com/dp/111989784X/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_dl_D9Y5MGZ4TKXVWPF60PD1 Great read about overcoming prejudice and racism. The authors' assertion is America needs to be more like a locker room with people coming together.

Some may think this is a sarcastic suggestion but I'm serious. Now imagine being the developmental team for an NBA franchise. The player signs a deal with the franchise, get paid, and the team retains the rights for x years. They may exercise those rights if the player develops. Let's have the businesses that make the most money from these athletes pay the most. And I'm still shocked that universities haven't been allowed to pay players directly. The universities are the ones earning the most, they should be paying the most

Pro teams need to sponsor college athletics. Instead of a minor league system pay kids to play college ball. In football you'd have greater parity with each NFL team funneling players to different schools. Hell imagine if the Bears were bankrolling Northwestern or U of I? In baseball it could replace A or AA.

I told myself before the season started this was a third place team. But that damn start got me excited.

Good night y'all

It's crazy how individualized it is.

It was more of it being Wednesday plus some stuff I had to deal with earlier. Didn't need more stress in my life lol

I was going to avoid the game tonight. Promised myself a break. I was planning on a favorite bottle of wine and listen to some Steely Dan. Had it all planned. . . I'm Tex and I'm a Soxaholic. What's the first step to recovery?

Three runs will win tonight. We'll see who gets there first.

Record profits and lower stock prices? Great time to buy quality.

I have Terminix regularly treating for pests, their termite team is totally separate.

Crazy how one company can be so incompetent to misidentify that badly.

Maybe Tim will have a chance to drive a run in.

Just like he wronged his team, his management staff, and fans with every manager that's been hired not named Ozzie. Does it really matter why a manger was hired? Ozzie was the only one that didn't fail, and that was for only one season.

We've lost 18 games. Tony is responsible for 12, injuries a couple, Hahn takes a couple for bad trades and moves. We should be undefeated.

Last night was a heartbreaker for me. Martin learned the hard way why wins are a horrible stat for pitchers. But I was thinking about types of losses because I can think this year we'll be getting plenty of practice. I can think of a couple different types. Good loss. You play hard but get out played by a pitcher that is just throwing lights out. It's a 5-3 type game. Your team put out a good lineup. You scores some runs. Frustrating. Six run lead in the ninth and can't hold it. A Frankenstein lineup of Ozzie proportions. Lots of runners left on base. Key errors. Fans reach over to grab a ball that might have been an out. Bad loss. Bad call by an ump. Lucky break to the opposition. Heartbreaker. See last night. What am I missing?

Technically they serve as battery banks as compared to something that is actually generating electricity while running. My truck has an actual gas fueled generator plus an inverter. The inverter basically draws from the battery. The generator requires the engine to be running but as long as I have gas, it will generate electricity. I'm wondering why someone hasn't created a product that will allow the output of these vehicles to easily be connected to a home. There are whole house generators that automatically come in line when power goes out, why not have that attached to an electric vehicle or generator installed vehicle?

Just a reminder that personal attacks aren't allowed here.

Martin currently 0-1 with a 1.8 era for his MLB career. As they were congratulationing him he should have been saying next time I'm bringing some hitters.

This is unwatchable.

I'm sure Martin doesn't care about getting a win, it's a meaningless stat after all. But it would mean a lot to his mom. Let's score some runs for the guy.