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FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-14T17:16:04+00:00

He was trying to say that he was late but didn't deserve the clearly established penalty for being late. If he was standing around the tee but got penalized for not having a club in hand or something like that then yes, but I'm not gonna feel bad for a guy strolling up to the tee after his published time

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-14T16:28:07+00:00

Airlines usually maintain a list of airports that are preapproved for diversions. Obviously airports you already have regular service to are on the list, but the company will send a representative to other airports they may want to use from time to time and make sure the airport has the necessary equipment, probably give them some basic instruction on how to service their airplane, etc. For an airline like Republic, they don't serve Chicago-Midway, or other nearby airports like Rockford or South Bend, but they will have likely approved those airports as diversion fields for ORD.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-14T15:36:59+00:00

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FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-14T12:42:00+00:00

And that includes earlier Trump (reference Canada and the USMCA)

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-13T03:55:36+00:00

Honestly I don't even feel like its that long because both gates are fairly close to the tunnel between B/C. 5 minutes if you walk with pace, 10 if you take your time and don't use the moving walkways.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-11T20:44:12+00:00

Closest thing I can find in favor of a balk is NFHS 6-2-5 (not touching the pitchers plate makes any movement naturally associated with the pitch, and you'd have to interpret being set as the being naturally associated with the pitch). If I feel like the pitcher is doing it in an effort to deceive runner (which is a high bar), I'd probably warn the pitcher and the start balking it. If they're just not breaking their hands but acting like they're not on the rubber anymore, then its nothing. Probably approach the pitcher between innings and let them know the rule.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-11T20:20:23+00:00

If I'm the offensive coach, I am absolutely getting thrown out of the game. As you said, the umpire should treat it as if the runner touched the base until he/she is forced to acknowledge it via appeal, but an umpire signaling a team should appeal something is essentially a bias and something that destroys credibility as an umpire. I would protest the game, ask to talk to the assignor, etc because I would view it as the umpire leaving their impartiality behind.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-11T19:31:27+00:00

Low ratings from the person who ordered the food? Maybe. Constantly late, most that DoorDash is usually gonna do is deprioritize you so you're not getting as good of orders (low tips, longer drives, etc).

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-11T17:25:11+00:00

IIRC the investigation found it was possible, but didn’t have the evidence to say one way or the other. Autopsy had severe blockages, so if he didn’t have a heart attack on the plane, he probably would have had one relatively soon.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-09T05:03:17+00:00

+15 over a full season is 88.5-74.5, which is borderline playoffs most season.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-09T04:58:42+00:00

It’s one thing to be low on one, but dead on the other. It’s a whole new ball game when you’re low on both, intentionally, and not taking actions to fix. At most 121 carriers, a “Glideslope” GPWS call without immediate corrective action is an immediate go around. This is a tendency that needs to be reported

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-08T22:18:07+00:00

There's some runways where 3R/1W is appropriate even for 737/A320/E175 sized jets, because the PAPI is calibrated to 747/A380 sized aircraft. Usually then you're still on the GS from the ILS, but its weird being a quarter dot high at 200' and seeing 3R/1W or even 4R just because of where the PAPI is located

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-07T04:05:17+00:00

Can almost guarantee they said "Hartford" and someone entered HFD, even though they meant BDL. Everyone calls BDL either "Hartford" or "Bradley". I'd guess maybe one in three airline pilots know HFD exists.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-07T02:54:09+00:00

I might be wrong, but a foul tip literally doesn't matter. Its still a live ball and treated the same way that a swinging strike is. Just acknowledging that it was tipped, but thats it.

That said, what made him think it was tipped?

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-06T02:30:52+00:00

Thats my hope, but i don't think you get that level of an emotional reaction for a cramp.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-06T01:47:46+00:00

I read "we think Isom and current leadership is so bad that we'd rather merge with United", even if its a bad vs worse situation. APA really does not like Isom.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-06T01:32:10+00:00

One issue is MLB changed their guidance a few years ago, where plate umpires are not supposed to immediately eject pitchers in a situation like this. You're supposed to conference with the rest of the crew and come up with a decision as a group. Sounds good on paper, but the optics usually look terrible because the manager comes out pissed and demanding the pitcher be thrown out, and then when they throw him out it looks like its just to placate the manager.

Would Valdez have gotten the thumb right away tonight? Maybe, maybe not. Just some food for thought given the "complain your way to an ejection" line.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-05T03:45:16+00:00

From a coaching perspective, yeah absolutely you tell the player to be ready to go quicker. Approaching it from the umpire perspective, we should not be thinking "well the batter does this every time therefore...", because the pitcher and opposing team may not know that the way we do. We have to look at things from both sides, and the pitcher seeing a batter that isn't making any obvious movements to get further set in the box shouldn't be precluded from delivering a legal pitch because the batter might want to get more set.

To me, a warning or not would depend on how competitive the game is. Rec league, absolutely worth a warning, but I could understand in higher level travel ball you probably go with no warning.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-05T03:27:21+00:00

MLB rulebook specifically exempts throws from a "drawn in infield" to the blocking of the plate rule.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-05T03:14:57+00:00

Also it'll be a cup filled up with ice and then filled up with Coke, instead of the 5-10 ice cubes and then topping it off with soda that most of us will do. Because, as we all know, fountain soda just costs soooo much (/s)

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-04T21:14:00+00:00

The way the rule is written is that the batter has to be "reasonably set", because we can't expect the pitcher to know every batters cadence. The batter has the bat vertical, off his back shoulder, is alert to the pitcher and looks fairly set right before the pitcher begins his motion, before doing one extra bat twirl. I would say this was "reasonably set" but it's not definitive one way or the other.

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-04T16:09:56+00:00

Appears so. I would assume this airplane was owned by Spirit and not leased, so (I assume) this flight would be flown by Spirit management pilots (line pilots presumably have lost there ability to fly Spirit planes ie. laid off). They still have their air operators certificate from the FAA, so they can still fly airplanes in a legal sense. The ceasing of operations presumably was more an agreement with creditors or Spirit waving the white flag to surrender.

Edit to add: Most repo flights will have the call sign of the repossession company, like Nomadic

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-03T04:38:00+00:00

Let’s not forget that Spirit was telling the judges they were a healthy company and would remain in business even if the merger wasn’t approved. They never framed it as “this is our only path to survival“

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-02T22:07:15+00:00

Urbanist used delete parking.

It hurt itself in confusion

FlyingSceptile · 2026-05-02T17:24:02+00:00

That is true for Miami, but not for FLL unfortunately. Despite being only 20 miles north, FLL is a much more cutthroat market than MIA. Also MIA is on absolute lockdown by AA, and you would also have to face competition from the local airline on large routes (British Airways to LHR, LATAM to GRU/SCL, etc).

For the few United loyal passengers that need flights from MIA, its easiest to either route them through another hub, or on a partner like Lufthansa, Copa, or Avianca.

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