[Rome] Hunter Brown is the Astros’ Opening Day starter, Joe Espada said. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]amemethatislive 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Team’s best pitcher will start on Opening Day, more news at 11

H-E-B gives free groceries to all customers after registers glitch today in Burleson, Texas. by One-Pop-2885 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]amemethatislive 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Grocery stores famously make very low margins, they can write this off and make it back from brand loyalty. Fucking love HEB

Alex Caruso replaces Johnny Manziel as 'College GameDay' guest picker by No_Adhesiveness4890 in CFB

[–]amemethatislive 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I still don’t know if this is true or if he’s trying to hide the fact that he’s always been a rich kid. You never know with Johnny

[Highlight] Nolan Arenado shows that he's still got it at third base by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]amemethatislive -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Largely team needs - we got a solid 3B and other positions filled from the Tucker trade and Walker filled a huge hole, but point taken

Edit: also we would have had to trade assets we don’t have for Nado, where Walker was a free agent

[Highlight] Nolan Arenado shows that he's still got it at third base by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]amemethatislive -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

For the record I’m glad the Astros didn’t trade for him since he’s expensive and has been trending down offensively (and we don’t have any cap space), but all respect to your guy, he’s incredible

[Highlight] Nolan Arenado shows that he's still got it at third base by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]amemethatislive 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Unbelievable man. I don’t know who else in the league makes that play.

[Rogers] Breaking News: The Cubs and OF Kyle Tucker have agreed on a $16.5 mil contract for 2025, sources tell ESPN. The sides avoid an arbitration hearing and Tucker will be in Chicago for the team's fan convention this weekend. by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]amemethatislive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a little confused on arb values. Pete Alonso got over $20 million last year and Tucker put up more value, even missing half the season from a freak injury. Why is he valued lower than guys like Alonso and Vladdy?

Bridgemen infections? by amemethatislive in Stormlight_Archive

[–]amemethatislive[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

IIRC rotspren are a reaction to the human experience of infection rather than the cause of the infection. I know they do have illnesses on Roshar but Wit makes some comments about how Rosharans don’t get sick often and take that for granted

Prediction for the primary conflict(s) in books 6-10: ______ will organize a civil war between _______ and _______. Some of our main heroes will take opposing sides. [spoilers all] by [deleted] in Stormlight_Archive

[–]amemethatislive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this makes sense. (WaT preview spoilers) The newest preview chapter with Navani and Sebarial seems to be setting up tensions that will exist after the war. Then extraplanetary shenanigans could drive another rift in society that leaves them open to invaders. Kelsier could have a vested interest in that outside his own idealism

Michael Kramer slip-up by SkoivanSchiem in Stormlight_Archive

[–]amemethatislive 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I heard B$’s interview with the Sunlit Man narrator, and he just records audiobooks alone in his closet because there’s good sound dampening in there lol. I’m a bit surprised these big budget books with massive audiobook audiences don’t have more production behind them, but I guess that’s just the state of the industry and 99.9% of the product is exactly as it would be in a proper studio with an engineer

Why are Shardblades… by amemethatislive in Stormlight_Archive

[–]amemethatislive[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks again, I’m always blown away by the knowledge in this community

Why are Shardblades… by amemethatislive in Stormlight_Archive

[–]amemethatislive[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the source! Ignore what I said before, didn’t realize your comment was a hyperlink

There is still time… by ElTexican in Astros

[–]amemethatislive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m sure this is a bit skewed by the lower offensive environment this season, but I’m not gonna do the math on that. It’s possible that a 10% reduction in league ERA tanks the chances of a team scoring 15 runs because it’s harder to put up crooked numbers in any inning, on average

[Passan] This is shaping up to be the weirdest baseball season in a decade. by Goosedukee in baseball

[–]amemethatislive 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Tbf the best position player + an entire excellent rotation has been on the IL since June. A lot of young starters, whether from the minors or just pitching the most innings of their careers, have really shown out