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College is becoming too professional with NIL deals. Semi pro. I do enjoy high school baseball.

I was thinking more about the "if I go to the city I will be car jacked and die" crowd. San Antonio where I live is generally regarded as a safe city, but there are areas that people go to commit crimes and where some have crimes committed against them while there for the vices. Unfortunately there are also folks that live there that are affected.

No it's not a double elimination. You need to read the article. The two teams eliminated in the US and World brackets were undefeated coming into the single game and were both eliminated by a team with one loss. The world series is double elimination until the U.S. and international bracket championships. And yes, it was weak my friend. But it seems like b.s. to me that a one loss team advanced while another one loss team goes home.

Heading north after a Sox game is always lonely.

I assume they have mapped the home addresses of the season ticket buyers and probably surveyed single game buyers. That data would be interesting. For most of my career I had offices in Schaumburg and Elk Grove. That was solidly Cub territory. I wonder how many the team could flip if they played on AH.

Great point I didn't consider.

The impact on the fan base is interesting. My first thoughts are Soldier Field or UC area - no change Arlington Heights - net gain. Instead of Northside versus Southside it would be city team versus suburban team. I doubt many Sox fans would suddenly embrace the Cubs so they lose a few but pick up some. Losing the Southside identity makes me sad. I'm wondering if somewhere around Bolingbrook or Oak Lawn would work?

Are you guys thinking that a flesh wound that didn't require any medical attention would stop the bullet from hitting someone's leg? That's not magic.

I think this thread highlights how people have comfort zones. We accept what we are familiar with while being cautious in unfamiliar places. That is probably a great survival skill through the millennium. I've lived in a couple locations that people have negative impressions of. I get the frustration of trying to correct those impressions. When someone says Chicago, my images are all positive and all over the city. I want those nay sayers to see the Chicago I see. When someone says Texas, same thing. Positive images from the gulf shore beaches to the mountains of west Texas and a few great cities in between.

It's in an uncensored message board. How could it be wrong? ?

https://www.pennlive.com/little-league-world-series/2023/08/two-teams-from-elimination-bracket-to-play-for-little-league-world-championship.html The last of the true amateur players.

I travel about 10,000 every year across America. Your ignorance of rural America matches others of urban America. Yes, there are crimes everywhere. I've felt very safe in Chicago and in small towns across the country. Poverty and lack of opportunities are a greater predictor of crime in an area than political parties or population density.

Motor vehicle sharing programs are very trendy.

They are basically AAAA talent.

I agree. You could start turning a light or two off. Flicker some concourse lights and blame an electrical issue. But I doubt that would work. Like I said earlier, I'm glad I didn't have to make the decision. And continue playing was probably the harder choice. If someone else was shot it was a bad decision and you are done. If you cancel and people panic and someone gets trampled, not your fault, you were trying to keep them safe.

https://scrippsnews.com/stories/billions-of-taxpayer-dollars-are-funding-sports-stadiums/ Out of the 124 teams in the four largest North American professional sports leagues, the vast majority play in venues either built using public funds or that were taxpayer-subsidized in some way. It can lead to large amounts of money paid from local governments to teams.

Politicians in cities without a MLB team line up to build stadiums with promises of booming entertainment areas and economic growth.

Since I don't know all the information they have it's speculation on my part. I do know for example folks that study these things discover things that are counterintuitive to what we think is right. For example someone calls in a bomb threat to a school. Of course you will evacuate kids from classrooms. Except that puts kids into the hallways near lockers, garbage cans, and other more public areas that are easier to plant the bomb. Then they walk outside and stand near cars and other areas that are even easier to place a bomb. You don't even have to go inside to inflict mass casualties. If they announced the game was cancelled (my first thought was to what they should have done, and I believe others as well) would people panic? Certainly if they were truthful and said there was a shooter. Stop the game for technical difficulties? Probably better, but that is lying. I'm just glad I didn't have to make the decision. In the end, no additional people were hurt. So whomever made the decision can probably sleep better tonight.

A shiny new stadium attracts casual fans, folks will come for a few years just to see it. The players won't matter as much. A sweet stadium deal makes the franchise more valuable. Marginally it may be a tiny factor on the decision of free agents. It's bragging rights when he's chilling with the other owners. Who wouldn't want a new car if it was gifted to them no matter the condition of their old one.

No one reported a shooter on the inside. You wanted to know there was a shooter outside the park, so you could go outside the park? Would you want police to secure the outside first? Maybe check the neighborhood? Or at least announce there has been a shooting in section 123. If you guys want to stay, we're going to keep playing, but if you want to leave, safe travels.

I intensely dislike furniture shopping.

We're on the "coming on down" train to hell for laughing.

How do they know it won't happen at the next game? The shooter hasn't been apprehended.

Bobblehead that dodges bullets?

I just learned we had it here until 2017 then cancelled the contract.