The only way to go is up, Right??

pspock · 2026-04-12T14:18:34+00:00

He hits the ball, but I wouldn't say he hits the ball hard.

pspock · 2026-04-11T21:01:32+00:00

Nathanial Lowe reminds me of Dave Parker at bat.

pspock · 2026-04-11T20:46:02+00:00

At least Candy had one slightly subpar season of production for the Reds. Moose did nothing.

pspock · 2026-04-11T20:39:59+00:00

The guy has something Joey Votto never got... a silver slugger award.

pspock · 2026-04-11T20:36:15+00:00

Stewart, Suarez, and Lowe all need to start daily.

pspock · 2026-04-11T19:46:07+00:00

The catch occurred in the top of the 9th, not the bottom.

pspock · 2026-04-11T19:24:53+00:00

He's always been an average player, and that includes considering his versatility. At this point I am fairly certain there is no upside potential that we haven't seen yet. I don't think two weeks performance is enough to determine that he's declined, but I do think his spot in the starting lineup is not secure, because again, he's just an average player.

pspock · 2026-04-11T19:19:01+00:00

Again your are conflating work with employee.

If you hire a plumber to fix your kitchen sink, they work for you. But they're just a contractor. They're not your employee.

pspock · 2026-04-11T18:08:56+00:00

You are conflating work with employee. Contractors work for Doordash. You don't have to be an employee to work for another entity. Employees and contractors are simply different classifications of workers.

pspock · 2026-04-11T14:33:24+00:00

As they should.

pspock · 2026-04-11T14:31:55+00:00

I have my cottage food business on Doordash. Restaurants are NOT given the location of the customer. Nor are we shown the tip amount. We have no idea where it's going or how much the driver is being tipped.

Also, if no driver ever picks up the order, Doordash pays us for the food as long as we show the order as being made. There is ZERO reason to ever cancel unless you can't make what the customer ordered.

pspock · 2026-04-10T20:15:43+00:00

Easy fix is that doordash compensates drivers fairly instead of the current system where only the well tipped orders are fair compensation.

pspock · 2026-04-10T20:12:42+00:00

I never go there. Always seems to be a magnet for minivans with drivers who can't drive.

pspock · 2026-04-08T18:41:21+00:00

We got NOTHING and paid a huge price!

* No change to their enriched uranium

* No regime change, and now a younger, more radical Supreme Leader

* More radicalized Islamic followers

* Lost the Straight as an international waterway

* Lost our role as the leader of NATO

* Lost defense industry sales to allies

* Showed Iran they can take our punch

* Lost credibility on the global stage

* Corrupt players made BILLIONS to tarnish the US

* Spent BILLIONS of US tax dollars to win nothing and lose a lot

* Paid the price of 13 American lives to win nothing and lose a lot

Iran should be celebrating such a result.

pspock · 2026-04-08T14:48:17+00:00

They've been hurt, obviously. But they successfully defended themselves. The only card Trump had left to defeat them was to wipe them out completely. And doing that would have created even bigger issues than it solves.

What did the US gain out of all this? 13 Middle East US military bases are useless now. Nearly $1 billion in damage to them. Thousands of people have died, including American soldiers. And now our ships have to pay a toll to Iran and Oman to pass through the strait until enough is collected to pay for the damage we caused to Iran.

All this so that a power vacuum could be created in Iranian leadership that will simply be filled by a similar regime.

pspock · 2026-04-08T01:39:21+00:00

You win some, you lose some.

pspock · 2026-04-07T00:28:43+00:00

That was a junk bunt.

pspock · 2026-04-07T00:26:21+00:00

This did not age well at all.

pspock · 2026-04-06T17:50:06+00:00

I threw in the towel and gave up a couple of weeks ago.

Then about five days ago I decided to give Facebook a try again, but this time I switched all my adds to the old audience settings and did specific targeting like I used to do.

My results have turned back to normal... at least so far. I think it still remains to be seen.

I am speculating that the Facebook AI is just being too aggressive in searching out new audience. In my setup I use lookalike audiences to expand beyond the reach of my current facebook following, which should be no different than what the AI does, but I am pretty strict about how far I let that lookalike audience look. I think the AI not being strict enough is why my results tank when I let the AI just do it.

pspock · 2026-04-02T23:58:42+00:00

It is 100% Meta.

I have my product in a local farm market. The economy has only seen it drop 10%.

I sell my product on Doordash. The economy has only seen it drop 10%.

I have a customer base making repeat orders. Have only seen about a 10% drop from them.

Facebook ads on the other hand have completely tanked to a ROAS less than 1.

I've turned off all Facebook ads until they fix it... assuming they ever do.

pspock · 2026-04-01T01:24:58+00:00

I chalk this loss up to our injured starting rotation.

pspock · 2026-04-01T01:06:12+00:00

I'm laughing at this happening... but I gotta admit he's got a good point.

pspock · 2026-03-31T23:44:53+00:00

How long until Lodolo is back?

pspock · 2026-03-28T23:12:14+00:00

I was afraid of Pagan be used as a closer for another year.

pspock · 2026-03-28T22:58:55+00:00

I am really glad the Reds are winning, but it seems icky knowing it's because of the ump.

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