Texsox

I was hoping ours would grow on me and they just haven’t.

Agreed. Rick’s finger prints are on this team, along with the front office and ownership. He did some good. I know a solid case can be made that Tony wasn’t the best pick available. But making Ricky seem like the second coming of Connie Mack doesn’t work for me. Ricky can grab a beer with Doug Collins and compare notes.

I thought you were mistaking his career (.437) or White Sox (.433) Ok Ricky was a great hire by the front office. What do you think of his Hall of Fame chances? His chances of ever managing again in baseball?

Fair enough. Compare all of Tony's seasons with a 60 game season for Rick.

Which seasons are you picking for Tony where the clubs were actually attempting to field a competitive team?

Where are you getting a .583 percentage? From his best partial season? That’s about as fair as pulling out his 62-100 season and just using that. I think your argument against TLR can be made without trying to make Renteria look way better than he actually was. But I will give Ricky credit for one thing he did lead MLB in getting ejected in 2017. But he was a bust as a first round draft pick and he was a bust as a manager. If anything his three and a third seasons as the White Sox manager highlights how long the team will keep people around. The Cubs only needed one season to know he wasn’t the guy.

The true perspective is that To really enjoy a team you have to analyze everything that is wrong with it. Not just today but the future and the past. Rooting out every flaw brings joy and happiness. The ultimate experience is finding something horribly wrong that other fans haven’t figured out yet. Folks that just go to games and cheer and don’t know all the problems never have as much fun as fans who already know how bad the 2024 line up will be.

He managed another six seasons after the WS. How much immunity should that have earned him? Lifetime? He should have done his job and not quit on the team. But hey just look at how well he did in Miami. Fired mid year and No other team would touch him. KW must be pretty powerful if such a great manager couldn’t get another opportunity.

Wins are a horrible stat to judge anyone by* *things I learned here.

We are back 100% in person with required masks. A district just up the road is open without a mask in sight. Another is still offering virtual classes. Sigh We could have kept polio around with this response.

That damn constitution and innocent until proven guilty by a fair and impartial process. Countries like Myanmar, North Korea, China actually keep their law abiding citizens safe by assuming if the police arrest you that you are guilty unless you can prove your innocence.

While I’m not in favor but first round drafting worst to first then second round first to worst evens it up. Keep rotating.

I'm afraid to ask . . . What is the first response?

When trainers get together to share stories do you wait to toss that out or lead with it?

Physically it may not be career ending but how do you mentally recover?

Who was the pitcher who broke his arm throwing a pitch?

Google. I wasn't close either. ?

Kevin Ware.

Oh God I forgot about that one.

ACU recruits on my high school campus. When I ask about famous alumni Johnny doesn't usually get mentioned. I always correct that.

Balanced against being certain that categories you are strong in are all played.

Watching the injury last night had me thinking about Joe Theismann and other sports injuries. I was watching MNF when his happened. The replay was brutal to watch. Then to see all the parallels with Alex Smith is chilling. I’ve seen a photo of Malarchuk and can’t imagine how scary that must have been. After being that close to death it’s amazing he played a few more seasons. The two injuries I was around that I really remember were gratefully less severe. I was catching when a batter took one on his nose. So much blood. I was kind of frozen there when my coach jerked me away and got me to the dugout. The sound the ball made haunted me for a while. Our pitcher couldn’t finish the game. In college one of my teammates was stepping over the threshold of the shower room when we heard a gun shot and a scream echoing off the walls. But it wasn’t a gun shot — It was his Achilles’ tendon separating from his heel. Nine months later he was back to light jogging but never returned to competition.

I wish I hadn’t watched the replay.

At least here in Texas College board is AP. Dual credit partners with a local college. I learned today in our district our students earned over 55,000 credit hours. Teachers of dual credit typically have to meet the same requirements of their faculty. Usually a MA in the subject. With dual credit the student is also enrolled at a college. Their college transcript will show those hours as having taken the class. Unlike College Board and their AP program there isn’t a test at the end to determine college credit. The value of AP or Dual will depend on which college or university the high school partners with for dual credit. In my district we’ve partnered with a local community college and UT Austin. Our students credits are guaranteed by law to transfer to any public college or university in Texas. In practice only a few private colleges nationwide refuse to accept them. They also typically do not accept AP or other community college credits. I was reading that in Indiana the dual credit path is surpassing AP as the path for earning college credits while in high school. A separate discussion is the value in taking college freshmen classes while in college instead of jumping in at 200 level while also adjusting to college life.

Free here. YMMV. That should be the next step. I'm writing letters to my senators (talking to brick walls) and my President (more receptive) to have dual credit free to all as a federal program. I wasn't aware some locals charged.