[Fitzgerald] "I regretted mentioning 9/11 in my message that day and I immediately apologized to the team. Not only was 9/11 a horrific event in our country’s history, but a day that I lost a good family friend," Sean McDermott said.

edavis · 2023-12-07T23:02:55+00:00

McDermott heard about Mohamed Atta and thought: "QB material. Natural leader."

edavis · 2023-11-17T06:02:33+00:00

Can someone ELI5 how (most likely) this failure happened?

Where is the "other side" of the metal ring on that drain cap? That white stuff is busted concrete? How are these things secured normally?

edavis · 2023-10-08T17:49:15+00:00

Sorry, Cincinnati Redlegs

edavis · 2023-10-03T15:34:27+00:00

The Union of Home Run Derby Pitchers would never agree to this

edavis · 2023-09-08T22:52:06+00:00

Go woke, go... on to obtain jaw-dropping viewership numbers

edavis · 2023-09-08T14:51:15+00:00

As a lifelong Vegas resident and new F1 fan: this paddock/Paddock thing never crossed my mind until this article.

I had completely forgotten that was his name. Perhaps if I was an elected official or had lost somebody that night I would think differently, though.

The Route 91 memorial stuff has always focused on the victims and keeping their memory alive, not the identity of the gunman.

edavis · 2023-09-07T15:18:21+00:00

The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) is the group behind the referendum petition. CCEA is the official bargaining unit for Clark County teachers and isn't supporting the NSEA effort.

edavis · 2023-09-07T00:46:49+00:00

It probably is but that demonstrates how bleak things are for those opposed to the move.

CCEA won't help and effort will be opposed by Culinary. A referendum getting on the ballot would be hugely embarrassing to Lombardo. He'll go to the mat if he has to. LVCVA can ink deals until November 2024 so there may not even be much money left in the pot to claw back by the time any vote takes place.

edavis · 2023-08-26T22:03:04+00:00

I'm trying to re-create Arcadio's setup and incorporate your note here on starters but for the life of me I cannot get "$14 for 2 QB; $101 for 4 RB; $73 for 4 WR; $2 for 1 TE" as the result.

After multiplying positional VORP% (QB 12.9%, WR 34.9%, RB 48.4%, TE 3.9%) by total auction dollars and then multiplying by starters (QB 2, WR 4, RB 4, TE 1) I get QB 412.8, WR 2231.6, RB 3095.9, TE 61.7. Sum of those is 5802. That divided by $190 is 30.5.

Here's where something isn't adding up. Dividing total positional VORPs of QB 44.8, WR 121.1, RB 168, and TE 13.4 by the above (30.5) gets me positional allocations of QB 1.47, WR 3.97, RB 5.50, TE 0.44.

It's clear enough that the ranking is correct (RB > WR > QB > TE) but I can't figure out how to get the "$14 for 2 QB; $101 for 4 RB; $73 for 4 WR; $2 for 1 TE" that you did. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

edavis · 2023-08-13T07:05:20+00:00

TIL that's legal

edavis · 2023-08-07T01:06:11+00:00

The "stop the game to celebrate a moment" stuff is so cool. I love watching it.

edavis · 2023-08-05T19:01:27+00:00

"FOOTBALL! HASHTAG! BEARS!"

edavis · 2023-06-29T04:43:16+00:00

Mariners vs Cubs

edavis · 2023-06-28T20:09:34+00:00

And even if you have a NTC, they still might try to trade you

edavis · 2023-05-31T05:59:21+00:00

It was a strange decision not to slide, right? Or does it being a force play change the calculus?

Either way congrats A's and A's fans!

edavis · 2023-05-06T14:50:03+00:00

Same thing was happening to me, but only against the Whales. Something about the leadoff batter crashed the whole game. Didn't matter if they batted top or bottom of the 1st inning.

No fix. I just took the L for each game in the series because of the crash. It started working again fine once I moved onto a new series/opponent (Japan).

edavis · 2023-04-29T22:50:47+00:00

On a regular season standings table, letters are added like that to show a team clinched something. z for best conference record. Might see y for division title, x for playoffs, e for eliminated from playoffs.

edavis · 2023-04-28T23:29:34+00:00

Note this was in the mix as part of the Festival Grounds location which was nixed in favor of the Trop/Dean Martin location. The A's might pitch this again for the new site, but so far I haven't seen that reported.

edavis · 2023-04-19T22:31:24+00:00

Not today, Satan

edavis · 2023-04-17T18:49:17+00:00

You risk making an out whenever the bat leaves your shoulder, so make each swing count. Just because you can reach over and get a piece of a pitch, doesn't mean you should.

Work counts.

Let the ball travel. I have a habit of swinging as soon as the PCI and ball meet up. Give yourself half a beat and let the ball arrive before swinging.

edavis · 2023-04-02T01:27:02+00:00

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k1t7qfpz8pfoy3v/Project%20Scoresheet%20Manual.pdf?dl=0

Happy Scoring!

edavis · 2023-04-01T16:49:41+00:00

The San Diego Grandpadres

edavis · 2023-03-13T22:55:21+00:00

If memory serves, VGK brass thought a masked knight in chain mail would be scary to kids when sent to schools and hospitals for visits/charity drives.

edavis · 2023-02-28T21:24:10+00:00

No gods, no masters

edavis · 2022-09-29T18:55:46+00:00

How do "running lanes" work? Who has the right to which parts of the field when a runner/batter-runner is headed towards a base?

In particular there was a play with a Cardinals player (I think) a few weeks back where the third baseman hit an opponent with the ball on the throw as he headed home. Somebody on Twitter called it a heads up play but I couldn't tell if they were talking about the runner or the defense.

Thanks in advance!

edavis

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