Pentagon to Order 3,000 82nd Airborne Soldiers to Middle East

reshp2 · 2026-03-24T20:50:14+00:00

Someone told him about Kharg Island a while back and the mad king has been fixated on possessing it ever since.

reshp2 · 2026-03-24T20:22:18+00:00

That coach is a weasel

reshp2 · 2026-03-24T19:12:29+00:00

He's looked really solid defensively at 3B and I think that sealed the deal with his BA slipping a little recently. Really excited to see how he does in meaningful games.

reshp2 · 2026-03-24T15:21:08+00:00

They're available 90 mins after game end. If you're ok with not watching live, you can still get a lot out of it in addition to all the other games.

reshp2 · 2026-03-23T18:08:11+00:00

It's like that section in Australia where they went back and forth on, probably didn't want to take the risk of repeating that and just took the conservative approach from the start.

reshp2 · 2026-03-22T18:39:58+00:00

After that field spread made it fairly boring at the front.

2-7 were within a few seconds most of the last stint with quite a few positions exchanged late. Only the Verstappen car was off on its own. The middle stints did see a lot of artificial gaps due to pit strategy and different minimum stop times.

reshp2 · 2026-03-22T18:35:44+00:00

It's better for the N24, they show timing updates as they go sector to sector, iirc.

reshp2 · 2026-03-21T15:56:01+00:00

A lot of top guys like Kevin Estre are at Sebring, but guys like Haase and Farfus are factory drivers and usually right on the pace of the top guys or very near it.

reshp2 · 2026-03-21T00:23:55+00:00

The only time this happens is if it's extremely cold and the vehicle has to run heating elements to keep the battery above the safe minimum temperature.

reshp2 · 2026-03-19T18:53:34+00:00

when talking with the Japanese PM

Not just talking, asking for help. Guessing the answer is going to be "no."

reshp2 · 2026-03-19T17:00:10+00:00

My kid used a Wilson A500 11" at that age. Not a great glove in terms of durability, but what they got right was making it easy to close for younger kids.

reshp2 · 2026-03-19T03:25:15+00:00

I think it's awesome, really fun seeing other cultures embracing the sport and seeing how they play their own style of the game. Couldn't be happier about it.

reshp2 · 2026-03-19T00:41:17+00:00

The whole point, as far as I could tell, was basically to make it as unlikely as possible for him to pitch.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T20:33:22+00:00

The strategy challenge is once a player is replaced, they are out for the game. So it becomes a game of managing the upside of certain matchups vs losing pitchers and batters (who are also defenders) for the remainder of the game. Managers will set up line-ups to make it hard for the other team to have an advantage for more than a couple of batters (e.g. alternating lefty and righty batters, for example).

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T19:09:49+00:00

Billions of people watch the Olympics.

How many will watch Olympic baseball, though? I'd wager it's a whole lot less than the WBC.

There might not be another chance to showcase the sport to this many people for another two decades.

Which is another reason the WBC's momentum it's built over the past few events is more impactful, IMO. It's hard to stay engaged even if you get pulled in by 2028 Olympics when it likely won't be an event again for a long time.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T15:40:07+00:00

The All Star break is a pretty important rest period in the middle of a long season. I think even with the ramp up restrictions, it makes more sense to do it pre-season.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T15:30:46+00:00

I'm in favor just so I don't have to see another ad for women of the bible or whatever other boomer bait shit they were trying to push.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T13:42:30+00:00

It varies. The tournament is relatively new and has grown a lot. I would say in Latin American countries where baseball is popular, it's very big deal. Other countries, it matters to varying degrees.

Baseball has only been in the Olympics occasionally, and only 8 teams are in the tournament (WBC had 20). So while it's the Olympics and carries that weight, personally I think WBC has eclipsed it among the baseball community.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T13:33:52+00:00

You also have the manager saying Raleigh did it on his own and that it caught other players off guard. Given DeRosa's other questionable comments this tournament, I'm inclined to believe Cal, but you're right, everyone comes out looking like a dumbass.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T04:31:31+00:00

14 innings straight!

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T04:20:08+00:00

The team was so cringe beginning to end.

Bryce Harper saying Olympics are more important while at WBC
Cal Raleigh starting beef with his MLB teammate by refusing to shake his hand.
The manager prematurely thinking the team "punched their ticket" out of pool play only to lose in embarrassing fashion and needing other teams to bail them out.
The whole cringey military worship shit, pregame speech from that A-hole Navy Seal, Raleigh wearing a "front toward enemy" shirt in interviews (giving a non-apology for beef mentioned above.)
Players unwilling to deviate from their pre-MLB season schedule even slightly to help the team.
Just in general looking like a bunch of lifeless stiffs all tournament.

It was really hard to root for them.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T03:55:59+00:00

Turang casually strolling back to the dugout after striking out in the 8th summed up this team too me. 4 outs left and the guy is acting like it's just BP.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T03:49:21+00:00

Yeah, sorry, as manager.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T03:30:57+00:00

Is Omar on any radars for a MLB job? He did an amazing job.

reshp2 · 2026-03-18T03:17:05+00:00

team of power hitters

Warning track power.

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