Everything posted by Texsox
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
So where will the money making opportunities be when we're fully reopened? Start a restaurant because half closed during the pandemic? "Home" needs businesses because folks like the change? Short Amazon?
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I believe Winn-Dixie went the opposite way and declared no masks.
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Blue Jays must Find a US home field
That stadium is for the birds. I'm sorry.
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Do we like this or hate this
I want reality.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
5A and 6A are delayed with the state finals in January. 1A through 4A are starting close to normal. The idea is the larger schools are in urban areas with greater rates of infection. Small schools are more rural and less likely to see outbreaks. Volleyball and Cross Country were similarly affected. Once I relinquish my position it is highly unlikely I would get it back. We're a top program and it's a destination position not a steppingstone.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I am much more effective, with a hell of a lot less stress and work on my part, in the classroom compared to virtual. I tell stories and start discussions. The Socratic method is my go to teaching style. It does not translate well. The first principal I worked with was an ex infantryman. Whenever there was an issue that some people wanted changed his line was "is this a hill you want to die on?" He meant it as a metaphor, now it's real. It seems my choice will be either remain a coach and be in the classroom or request a virtual teaching assignment and retire from coaching. Is it a hill I want to die on?
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Interesting Ozzie quote on Cooper...revisits Castro quote
Having Ozzie as a manager in 2020 makes as much sense as plucking a reality tv show participant and making them president. It would never happen.
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Blue Jays must Find a US home field
MoI believe they can keep playing with players on the DL for Covid related illnesses and quarantines. Eventually we'll see some AA guys getting a chance against AAA pitching in MLB ballparks with virtual fans. The world series will be decided by each team nominating one player to play MLB Slugfest at the ESPN studios. At this point anyone could make up anything and it seems possible.
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Blue Jays must Find a US home field
Now what happens three weeks from now when a team is blocked from their stadium? It could happen. This may be the most interesting season ever.
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Blue Jays must Find a US home field
One option is playing all road games. The MiLB option seems to be off the table. Players want MLB level comfort.
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Blue Jays must Find a US home field
Pittsburgh just turned them down. They may not have any home games.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Thank you. I'm in the best shape I've been in since my 20s. I'm asymptomatic and will probably stay that way for many years. Overall the diagnosis has been a positive.
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Asterisk? But will it be legit?
Before we get started at some point a team will be declared the champion of the 2020 season. Will there be an asterisk? Do you think it will ever be considered a legit win? Will it matter what team wins? It seems like if a long shot wins there will always be a but when describing the win.
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T-Mobile Free MLB.TV
Did both. I may be hooked on The Athletic in a year
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2020 Catch-All
Obscure as a judge. I'm at Brandeis which is comfortable politically. Not that namesakes have much influence.
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Automobile Thread
We were about 80 miles from him the nearest charge to us was 50 miles past us. But it's just a matter of time before those situations are eliminated.
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2020 Catch-All
My district uses Supreme Court Justices. Some household names like Marshall or O'Connor. Some more obscure like Harlan or Taft
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
So nine months from now we have a vaccine that a portion of the population isn't rushing to get. What will diagnosis and treatment look like?
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
Stimulating the economy.
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2020 Catch-All
The have a Churchill so Texan isn't even necessary. But I agree, Murphy would be great.
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2020 Catch-All
Ours is so mild we can't get a quorum at our annual meeting. Mow your yard once a month, put away your trash bins, and you are fine.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I don't think I'm any more optimistic or pessimistic on a vaccine than I am on treatments. Six months ago we were almost no where with treatments. We are better today, and will continue to get better. (I believe) Today we don't have a vaccine. When one is developed we will be better off that day, and it will continue to get better. It's not one over the other, we're just further down the road with one path.
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I'm skeptical of both. I'm more skeptical of a vaccine working based on the promise of a HIV vaccine (and others) in the 1980s. I've seen more new drugs come on the market to treat diseases than vaccines to prevent them. Perhaps it's ignorance but treatments seem to be easier to develop than vaccines.
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T-Mobile Free MLB.TV
I've been with T-Mo for about 15 years. My only gripe, and it's a big one, is their coverage map is a lie. If they claim to have signal, but you can't get one, you can't roam. So multiple times this summer in Colorado there were nice AT&T and Verizon signals but no T-Mo and no roaming because it was light pink on their map. I run into the same issues in Texas hill country and up in Maine. But, they have been great to me for most of these years so I stay loyal. Three times they have lowered my bill without me asking while keeping or improving my service. Setting a reminder to get free MLB!
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COVID-19/Coronavirus thread
I'm not rushing to be treated either. ? My question was genuine. If we are banking on the vaccine fixing everything then everyone is going to have to line up and take the vaccine. I'm wondering how quickly that will really happen. I'm probably going to trust my doctors at MD Anderson and if they say go for it, I'll go for it. I've basically had to put my lifespan in their hands already. But what about the average worker drone? Confused? I have cancer (Leukemia) after being on a drug that was recently pulled from the market for an increase in cancers. Using known drugs in new ways seems less risky than a vaccine, but that could just be my ignorance. New drugs, new vaccines, new anything has me skeptical.