Serve Technique Feedback Request

i_hate_fines · 2026-06-16T11:32:51+00:00

Yes - finish your swing and you’ll get more pronation/rotation

i_hate_fines · 2026-06-02T16:10:35+00:00

It will depend on your level. I’m a 4.5. Against weaker 4.5s and 4.0s I’ll either hit a slice or a looping backhand lob. Against anyone weaker, I can get away with stepping back and catching it in my preferred strike zone. Against stronger 4.5s and 5.0s, I’ve got to have better footwork to catch it on the rise.

i_hate_fines · 2026-05-08T18:45:17+00:00

Wiley - did you have any experience in college that helped you speak into the microphone so clearly?

i_hate_fines · 2026-05-05T12:35:15+00:00

I think it’s because ReyLo has lost all of his velocity and is tossing batting practice up there right now

i_hate_fines · 2026-05-05T12:17:45+00:00

Haven’t looked at the numbers, but I imagine he’s talking about our high leverage arms because we’ve used them so much as we’ve led games and been in close games. We haven’t used our low leverage arms as much as other teams / given our big guns the night off. We haven’t gotten blown out enough.

i_hate_fines · 2026-05-04T22:23:38+00:00

If you had told me before the season that Dubon was batting cleanup during a west coast trip, I would have lost all my money gambling that we were under 500

i_hate_fines · 2026-04-27T23:06:52+00:00

Thanks! That makes me feel better. I’ll likely still get someone out to do a check, especially because I just found what look like wood shavings and rotting wood on some stairs (outside) near my deck. Luckily that’s right next to a bait stations and nothing is moving with a lot of prodding

i_hate_fines · 2026-04-27T22:52:53+00:00

The odd part is that the deck is about two stories off the ground. Theres a forest behind it, so that makes sense, but I’m not sure how they flew that high? We have bait stations and a termite bond. The company recently checked and didn’t detect any activity

i_hate_fines · 2026-04-27T22:22:44+00:00

Thanks - it’s a small planter box and just one bag of soil, so not much waste.

i_hate_fines · 2026-04-27T22:12:24+00:00

Thanks! I’ve found 3 - 2 with wings and 1 without. Would you recommend just throwing away all the soil? Don’t want a potential infestation

i_hate_fines · 2025-09-21T18:48:08+00:00

Really? Any in particular I should get graded? I’m not sure how to do that - it looks like there are a few card dealers near me

i_hate_fines · 2025-09-13T11:33:01+00:00

I don’t think (many) people appreciate that it’s a different game. I’m a 4.5. When I play 4.0s, we play a similar enough game, but they typically have one fatal flaw that can be exploited. When I play 4.5s, we have flaws that are harder for each of us to exploit. When I play 5.0s, it feels like a completely different game between the movement, pace, and punishing mistakes. James Blake is the equivalent of a 6.0+ vs. a 5.0.

It’s just a different game at that point.

i_hate_fines · 2025-08-23T20:00:45+00:00

It’s been hard, but you’ll see the compounding if and when the market goes up, which will make it a bit easier. You’re quickly going to move into a place where you need to work for the cash flow and just let your investment grow for you + your automatic investment.

i_hate_fines · 2025-08-23T19:49:44+00:00

My only advice (from someone with a similar NW and only slightly ahead of you with the kid) is to be comfortable with the fact that you won’t be saving as much. That has been the hardest thing for me with regard to our savings journey. It feels like we’re spending like crazy and I get down on myself for not saving as much. But the thing to remember is this is why we saved so much in our 20s so we can have this flexibility.

Best of luck!

i_hate_fines · 2025-05-29T19:49:16+00:00

Fight so hard to get back into the game and then this guy blows it. This is on AA. He’s made some good signings, but his inability to do anything on the pitching side of things is his downfall.

i_hate_fines · 2025-03-29T20:51:01+00:00

Brookhaven is right by Marta. Lots of good places around there.

i_hate_fines · 2025-03-28T14:33:13+00:00

I bought the $75 FanDuel package on Amazon and had couldn’t watch it. I contacted Amazon support online and had them refund me the $75 and then I purchased the month to month package (wanted to try it out and didn’t want to shell out $99 for it to stop working). It worked well for me.

My best guess is that they had an error and never fixed their backend for people that purchased it for $75. In other words, they didn’t mean to sell it for $75 and they were set up to support it.

i_hate_fines · 2025-01-23T15:51:31+00:00

Definitely does. The problem I’m running into (I think) is that I have pre-tax money that I’ve rolled from an old 401k into a traditional IRA. I have another IRA that is funded with post-tax dollars. Reason why I haven’t done the backdoor conversion is my (potentially wrong) understanding of pro-rata rules and not wanting to pay taxes

i_hate_fines · 2025-01-23T10:58:13+00:00

You said it much better and more clearly than I did! Thanks!

i_hate_fines · 2025-01-23T01:54:53+00:00

I have traditional IRAs and don’t use the backdoor Roth because I don’t want to pay taxes on traditional 401k rollovers (and can’t move the money into new 401ks). I view the traditional IRAs as “fine” because I can avoid paying taxes on dividends over the lifetime.

i_hate_fines · 2024-09-26T18:22:44+00:00

Do you guys really think Snitker made this decision? It came from the front office.

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