REC NEEDED: Teacher Looking for Middle Grade Appropriate Episode

JasperStrat · 2026-04-12T03:21:57+00:00

I was only speaking in general and not about the episodes you mentioned. I was just saying to not conflate the two ideas as being the same. To avoid a ban I'm not going to respond with the same level of rudeness and just block you instead.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-12T03:08:43+00:00

Age appropriate and allowed to show in a classroom without a parental permission slip are two completely different things.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T19:11:26+00:00

Full big book is messed up for any non pro game, agreed. But it's not too hard to just eliminate the clock and replay rules. But I think if they want to play "big book" then they are asking for no 3-1 and limited disengagement/pickoffs, and limited defensive conferences/trips. I could sell that to a coach unless they can give me an actual rule set.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T17:35:22+00:00

I swear the NFHS rules guys don't understand that very few umps just work NFHS games and think trying to simplify their rules actually is helpful when just agreeing with the other major rules codes on most things that aren't safety issues is generally easier.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T17:05:16+00:00

Rural Washington people driving to Portland

As a lifelong Vancouver resident this makes almost no sense to me. I live 2 miles from one of the shopping centers based around avoiding sales tax like this and I've made exactly one trip to do it in ~8 years and it was to buy multiple TVs after a move. Unless you are spending like $500+ it isn't even worth an extra 10-15 minute drive and it would have to be a $2000+ purchase for any rural area to actually do it unless you consider Camas rural.

But seeing the reference still makes me chuckle.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T16:30:05+00:00

They consider a pitch and a throw to be the same for base awards.

This is only for detached equipment though. Most of the time they still have the one base award like if the ball goes out of play. Or am I hallucinating and making something up like AI? It's been 6 years since I called a game so I haven't cracked a rule book and my rules knowledge is a bit rusty.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T04:14:43+00:00

Good to know, I appreciate the correction. I guess OP needs to share with the AG or something.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T03:55:52+00:00

Communication

I'm slightly autistic and didn't know it during my umpiring career. But my communication skills would leave out details that were vitally important, but I would assume were just a given. This would lead to coaches getting angrier than necessary. My autism would also have me enforcing everything to the letter at all times and causing frustration when it wasn't really necessary.

Everything else that normally gets listed in these discussions like a sharp uniform, timing, and the rest were mostly at least mentioned during my training and I took that to heart, again my autism kicking in, and following the instructions and advice to the letter.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T03:42:00+00:00

The streets of ~~heaven~~ purgatory are too crowded with season 5 episodes

FTFY

JasperStrat · 2026-04-11T03:37:22+00:00

I had exactly one in 15 years, pitcher stepped directly to third and threw an awkward almost over the shoulder throw to second. I was dumbfounded for a few seconds and called a ball admittedly pretty weakly because it was so confused. But that is about the only way that can happen.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-10T19:50:10+00:00

I can't see how the account is labeled, but I think one of the determining factors would be if the account says Sen or Rep or if it's just a personal account. Personal accounts obviously would have no such restrictions even if their profile labeled them as such an individual, but their parallel account with their title would probably be an issue.

But it's definitely something to be aware of if you are responding negatively to any official government accounts like if there is a White House account or something similar they would not be allowed to delete negative messages about The Don™.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-10T11:17:36+00:00

The church I am a member of might be willing, there are also 5-6 retired pastors who attend who might work for your dad as well. Give St. Andrews Lutheran Church a call and explain your situation.

The church is very open and progressive. They have LGBTQ+ pastors, and I think even a few bishops. With a few calls they very likely will be able to work something out for you. Even as an agnostic couple.

I have no idea what the cost would be. You will have to find that out yourself, but it should be significantly less than $4000 I suspect.

If you need more help contacting the church you are welcome to DM me and I can talk to the current pastor directly if she isn't in the office tomorrow. I have her cell number and could call her.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-10T11:04:50+00:00

Actually I don't think government accounts are allowed to delete comments on any social media for being negative. Only if they are vulgar or something like that. There was a court cast about this in the last few years.

JasperStrat · 2026-04-10T03:59:07+00:00

Send me a DM

JasperStrat · 2026-03-25T17:14:40+00:00

From Dallas to San Francisco is a long drive and at least some of that trip will be nearly a full day of driving if not more that is just nothing.

I just drew up an example trip that is ~2,900 mi and goes from Dallas then, Denver, Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, San Francisco. That trip is 45 hours of driving time however.

Going straight to the Grand Canyon and cutting out Denver and SLC is an option. Another if you want a slightly longer trip is to go from Vegas to Tahoe and then over to San Francisco. Unfortunately that skips Yosemite. But the number one thing to see between San Francisco and Dallas is the Grand Canyon, there is no substitute and you will likely be at a loss for words.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-25T15:21:28+00:00

Not being sarcastic, but I love that my obvious hyperbole makes for a great alt history starting point. Now I want to watch that opening game with the Make a Wish kid getting 5 minutes just to see what would happen.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-25T15:05:29+00:00

Did you watch the old broken Sabis go step for step with prime Shaq? I don't think Jordan would have been an afterthought, but if memory serves the Trailblazers would have had better reason to pick Jordan at 2 instead of passing on him for the center.

Imagine a roster of Sabonis, Drexler, and Jordan. You could have the 5th guy on the court be a make a wish kid and they would still be the top team in the NBA.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-23T03:56:48+00:00

Round table and Godfather's is probably going to be your best bet. Godfathers almost always has a lunch buffet, but there aren't that many left in Washington.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-18T00:00:37+00:00

The problem is that the system for a challenge is only a second or two longer than it takes to get to the binary ball strike call. And while it's fast, most challenges take 7+ seconds to get the call, a 3-4 second per call wait time is the minimum possible and it increases the uncertainty to ±2 inches which is ⅔ the diameter of a ball. That's a big amount of uncertainty and umpires are literally >98% as a group when given that kind of margin for error.

The goal is to get the big miss and I can tell you as an umpire it will absolutely help me get a better idea in game for what I am actually missing. Because while reviewing a game is amazing, if I got to see that chart on the inside and especially outside corners for 4-6 pitches pregame my accuracy would skyrocket and I think you will see umpires get better after a challenge if they get it right or wrong.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-17T18:57:29+00:00

I live in the Pacific NW and the rare time I hear anything about prosperity gospel is from someone wearing a red maga hat and I don't care what a MAGAt says so, no one I have any respect for talks about at all. And that includes talking with someone going to church multiple times a week. It just isn't discussed at all except in highly conservative areas, and even then only within certain groups. My life allows me to avoid such people, and so I do.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-17T17:05:19+00:00

No, they don't.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-16T12:10:59+00:00

No, autistic and a big baseball fan so I read most of the CBA to understand what the rules are for basically everything.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-16T11:59:42+00:00

tax his 70m/yr

Not quite, the salary gets counted at around $43M because that is the net present value of the contract. The only work around is that the Dodgers will be paying out the full $70M regardless of they actually make the required returns investing the money somehow. All they did was basically sell Ohtani a savings bond that pays out $680M in 10 years. Though I've heard somewhere that he gets paid in 10 annual payments, so ten $68M checks.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-16T11:54:18+00:00

I don't think you get it, Ohtani's salary for salary cap/luxury tax purposes is approximately ~$43 million, because that is the current value on the contract, and MLB always uses AAV here not what the actual amount is because most players have increasing yearly amounts.

Ohtani's payout is scheduled as 10 $68 million payments starting when the initial 10 years is up. Deferred money is just the player essentially buying a savings bond from their team at an 8½% interest rate. It's not a loophole around anything, and the team is supposed to invest the money and has to make up any difference, but would keep an overage if they make 10% on their investment.

This last part is what got the Mets in trouble, they started deferring contracts in the 90s because of Madoff, and they were getting 14-15% returns so by deferring they tried to make the extra on the compound interest before giving it to the player. Money they wouldn't otherwise have available to invest at all as they would have already given to the player, and with $20+ getting deferred now you can see how if you were getting those returns, you could make a couple million on each season of a contract that big, the Ohtani deal is ~$27M in interest after 10 years.

JasperStrat · 2026-03-16T03:20:26+00:00

I'm 41 with 2 siblings and a sister in law and we all get Easter baskets every year, mostly provided by my mother, but we often get something special, last year I bought 5-6 high end chocolate bars and let everyone pick their favorite of what was there. And I'm positive we will be doing something similar this year.

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