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The Power Four => Big Ten => Topic started by: GopherRock on March 28, 2025, 09:09:34 AM
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https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1575341759529308160
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https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1575341759529308160
Although they were beating the Angels so badly on Opening Day, that the Angels put a position player on the mound
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I was gonna say...
How'd the twinkies do yesterday?
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They got eliminated from playoff contention as well. If you're looking for a team to talk trash about, this Twins team isn't it.
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Tigers' Cy Young winner had a bad outing, they went 0-15 with RISP, and still only lost by 1 to LAD. Not worried about the pitching, but getting more length out of the lineup, with arguably our 2nd best offensive player on the IL is promising to more consistency
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I didn't think you had enough to overturn the home run for the dodgers, but then you also don't have enough to overturn that,
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I didn't think you had enough to overturn the home run for the dodgers, but then you also don't have enough to overturn that,
Never mind, I forgot you were dealing with the Dodgers. I was trying to be rational, MLB is trying to make money
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Dodgers wine and cheese crowd booing everything on cue. LA baseball fans are doing their best to not let Boston and Philly corner the market on awful fanbases
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That's one of those that if it was game two of an NFL season, the terrible call would be analyzed all week, instead it's just another bad call in a 162 game season that will be forgotten
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Dodgers have like a 49% chance at going 162-0. :57:
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Was watching highlights yesterday, and noticing the Rays playing home games outdoors, I realized I'd forgotten that two MLB franchises will play their home games in a semi-pro ballpark (A's) and a spring training stadium (Rays).
George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa will host the Rays. Capacity seating = 11,026
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Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, home of the Triple-A River Cats, will host the A's. Capacity seating = 14,014
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Both stadiums are nicer than where the Rays and A's originally played. And both franchises weren't well attended, so the lower seating capacities play into the lower demand.
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Sellout? What's that?!?
The Rays had 4 days to Ray-ify that ballpark. It's across the street from the Bucs stadium and a strip club (although everything in Tampa is across from a strip club).
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Sellout? What's that?!?
The Rays had 4 days to Ray-ify that ballpark. It's across the street from the Bucs stadium and a strip club (although everything in Tampa is across from a strip club).
I was going to say, at no point in Tampa are you more than a block away from a Hooters, outback steakhouse, or a strip club. Hitting all 3 is a Tampa bar crawl
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I'm in
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New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday.
Using a strikingly different model in which wood is moved lower down the barrel after the label and shapes the end a little like a bowling pin, Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger, Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered in New York’s 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers.
The Yankees hit four more homers in a 12-3 win Sunday and their 15 homers through the first three games matched the 2006 Detroit Tigers for the most in major league history.
“That’s just trying to be the best we can be,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday. “That’s one of the things that’s gotten pointed out. I say to you guys all the time, we’re trying to win on the margins and that shows up in so many different ways.”
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NY Yankees scored 20 in their 2nd game of the season. NY Giants didn't score 20 til their 3rd game, and not at home until November
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Dodgers were down 5-0, likely to take their first L. Nah. 6-5 win. Maybe a 49.1% chance of going 162-0. haha
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After an 8-0 start, the Dodgers' chances of going 162-0 are gone.
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The entire AL West has a negative run differential.
White Sox are already dead last in the AL at 2-6 despite only a -4 run differential, which is tied with the 6-2 Rangers, who lead the AL West
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After an 8-0 start, the Dodgers' chances of going 162-0 are gone.
And now in a 3 way tie in the loss column in the division
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Albert Pujols might have dethroned Tiki Barber as most disappointing transition to analyst
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Ah nothing like waking up to a hot cup of black coffee and a dusting of snow on the ground.....for the opening day of baseball in Cleveland. No worries though the mercury is going to shoot up to 32° - good times
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Chicago in a few weeks. Bought White Sox tickets. Can't believe how rock-bottom the prices are. As low as TWO dollars and only FIVE for the lower bowl are like prices from the 1960s! ⚾
5 minutes before first pitch for White Sox Vs Oakland A’s:
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What did you eat?
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We have our "reunion game" Sunday, usually the only game I attend in person. That means most of the Fantasy Camp folks and coaches show up in a "suite" to have lunch (not very good) and banter about some (which is fun) and watch the game. The "suite" is far from being luxury anything, the food is typical dogs and burgers etc. They do have "free beer". It's nice to see the guys but we keep up with each other through the year pretty much.
I think the Bravos started 0-9 but lost their shot at a defeated season by winning a handful.
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What did you eat?
A Bavarian Pretzel w/ hot mustard, and cracker jacks. The box of cracker jacks ($4) was twice the price of the ticket.
The White Sox lost 8-0 to the A's. Their lineup is hopelessly awful; only TWO batters are hitting over .200.
Cool stadium but not much to root for for the 10,000 fans in attendance yesterday. The timing of the afternoon game worked out; once the game ended around 4PM it started raining.
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That doesn't look like 10,000.
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They may have sold 10,000 tickets and had 758 show for the game.
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Tigers-Royals game today took 2:02.
Baseball is my favorite sport, and yet I will still hear no pitch clock rules slander
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Just left As v Brewers are shade over 2hrs. My kids noticed how brisk it was. Now we hit a late dinner. Perfect
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Tigers-Royals game today took 2:02.
Baseball is my favorite sport, and yet I will still hear no pitch clock rules slander
not from me but I do have a gripe
The extra innings rule starting with a man on 2nd should go away
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not from me but I do have a gripe
The extra innings rule starting with a man on 2nd should go away
It's a math thing.
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I don't know the prevailing top strategy for the man on second deal.
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a seeing eye single
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I watched these guys growing up, when baseball was baseball.
Baseball’s Lost Legends: 15 Stars Who Deserved Better (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/baseball-s-lost-legends-15-stars-who-deserved-better/ss-AA1DyUGT?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=4b7092bc114a415b8a94c218c139b66d&ei=14#image=1)
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Vida Blue and Bobby Bonds are definitely not forgotten here in the Bay Area. I know a lot of those other guys, though not all of them. That Dave Parker throw in the All-Star game was a thing of beauty.
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Folks have this notion that failing short of the HoF is somehow a big negative. I understand "they" want to keep its exclusivity, but for players like Dale Murphy and Andruw Jones, it's a recurring question that has to make them feel bad. I've met both and listened to how they respond to such questions. Do these players "deserve better"? Maybe.
All the players who ever played MLB would not fill an MLB stadium. Just to play MLB is a thing.
I know Steve Avery pretty well. Before his injuries he was one of the best left handed pitchers in the game, but his arm gave out. He's a pretty neat guy, doesn't dwell on what might have been, he pitched in MLB with a lot of success.
There are myriad stories like these, players who had great careers cut short, or just didn't quite make the Hall. Remembering them is what should be done, not criticizing whatever for not getting top recognition.
But we humans have to have our "rankings" to argue about.
Incidentally, Dale Murphy is hilarious.
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such as "who's the best golfer w/o a major?
who's the best 3rd basemen NOT in the hall?
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such as "who's the best golfer w/o a major?
who's the best 3rd basemen NOT in the hall?
Graig Nettles or Darrell Evans
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I'd go with Nettles with that choice
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If not Nettles I'd go Sal Bando or Cey. Buddy Bell but not sure he's enough 3b.
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Cey was a Dodger and a penguin so, no
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A penguin dodging trolleys in Brooklyn would be quite a sight.
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Didn't say I liked Cey at all.
Nettles has some huge home v road splits.
I'm not a big Hall guy anyways.
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I liked Cey more than most Dodgers
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Ron Cey's rookie card is the same as Mike Schmidt's rookie card. One of those rookie trio cards.
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The Cey Hey Kid?
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The Cey Hey Kid?
Not quite.
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not even close
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I spot watched off and on the Braves last night, they are ... interesting, I guess, a bit, started the year 0-7 and are still missing a couple top players.
I do think teams that buy their rosters are going to kill off baseball in smaller markets, in effect, maybe the teams linger but everyone knows they won't be competitive.
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I get your meaning, but that's how baseball has always been. Different franchises sucked for decades at a time. With the near-random outcomes of short series, spending tons of money only gets you a playoff spot. KC was acting like a farm team for NYY for awhile there, through FA.
But yeah, it's getting more extreme, for sure.
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The Braves went into extras with the Pirates and took the lead on a wild pitch with a man on third. The baseball barely missed the batter and his bat.
The Braves like extra inning games apparently.
After last night's walk-off win brought Atlanta their second extra inning win in three days, their season record in extras improved to 4-0. Surprisingly, the Braves' have been the best team in baseball since this rule was implemented. Since the ghost runner rule began to be enforced in 2023, Atlanta has a major league best record of 24-8.
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Padres games last night. 5-1 over the Angels. Bucket Hat giveaway night.
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https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1923506061765382653?s=46&t=e2ReDV-yjo7MPCzlX2TjVA
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https://twitter.com/mlb/status/1923506061765382653?s=46&t=e2ReDV-yjo7MPCzlX2TjVA
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At what point will Cleveland run out of black magic?
It's an annual thing.
Looked at some of the stats. Bottom 5 in the AL in BA, OPS, runs scored, ERA, WHIP, walk rate. Have the 5th worst run differential.
Yet sitting there 4 games over .500.
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Angels game last night. 7-4 win over the Marlins. First time in Angel stadium.
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Minneapolis Millers phenom Willie Mays was in a movie theater in Sioux City, Iowa on this date in 1951 when he received a message to report back to the team hotel. The New York Giants were calling him up to the majors!
The Giants took out a full-page ad in the Minneapolis paper apologizing for taking Mays away 🤣
In 35 games with the Millers, Mays hit .477 with eight home runs, 30 RBI, and 38 runs scored. The Giants went to the World Series, and Mays won National League Rookie of the Year.
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Another game last night. Padres fell down 6-0 in the first inning to the Marlins, before scoring in the next five consecutive innings to take the lead and hold on to win 8-6. Three untimely errors from the Marlins rookie second baseman Ronny Simon allowed Padres baserunners to advance and eventually score. He was pulled in the fifth inning. Packed stadium thanks to Hoodie giveaway night. Unless you're a bobblehead collector, the hoodie is the most anticipated annual giveaway.
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At what point will Cleveland run out of black magic?
Well back in the Day when they were perenial cellar dwellers we called it The JUNE SWOON. And like the Swallows to San Juan Capistrano or the Buzzards to Hinkley,Ohio you could count it.
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someone had that very shirt or a similar one on the Antique Road Show had his name stitched on the inside of the collar too. It was appraised at like 20-30 grand if i remember right
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One of the baseball podcast I listen to does a "Summer Score" The argument is that baseball was never like football. It wasn't supposed to be live and die game to game. It was about having a fun summer. So for every day teams get points, if they are currently in a playoff spot. 1 point from Memorial Day-July 3. 2 points from 4th of July-August. 3 points from August 1-Labor Day
I kind of like the concept for doing what it's supposed to do. It's just saying who had a fun summer. The Tigers had an amazing run last year. The summer was bleh. I found myself often watching other games. It also seems like its from a prior era, when baseball became America's Pastime. You had teams win 95 games and finish 15 games out of the pennant, so was that enjoyable. But I do feel like that's the right lens to view baseball through
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It's been a historic season for the Colorado Rockies, but not in a good way.
The Rockies lost 5-3 to the New York Mets on Sunday, dropping their eighth consecutive game to move to 9-50 on the season. That marks history, as Colorado is now the first team in the modern era to lose 50 games before winning 10.
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The White Sox are thankful.
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At what point will Cleveland run out of black magic?
It's an annual thing.
Looked at some of the stats. Bottom 5 in the AL in BA, OPS, runs scored, ERA, WHIP, walk rate. Have the 5th worst run differential.
Yet sitting there 4 games over .500.
I'd say overall, not until they change divisions. The AL Central is mediocre central. The Tigers have woken up, but still, there's plenty of room for CLE to make the postseason.
Both the AL and NL centrals have been kind of shit. They've lacked peak teams, for sure, so CLE and STL/MIL have by-and-large just annually won it with like 90 wins each year.
Don't get me wrong, the AL West has been and is a dumpster fire without the Astros' peak, but still. You can count on the centrals to be mediocre year after year.
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Royals call up Jac Caglianone.
First Royal 1st round draft pick to be called up within a year since Bo Jackson
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https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1930066924601295178 (https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1930066924601295178)
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Royals call up Jac Caglianone.
First Royal 1st round draft pick to be called up within a year since Bo Jackson
Go Gators!
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The Braves are not very good this season. Film at 11.
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A rare play, in Wednesday’s 5-0 win over the Mets the Braves scored one of their runs on a catcher’s balk
If a catcher uses a piece of equipment (like a mask or glove) that is not properly worn to stop a batted or pitched ball, it's a violation.
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The Braves are not very good this season. Film at 11.
The other side to signing all of your studs to team friendly deals is that it opens you up to sign free agents. Feels like the Braves have just stood pat for like 3 years now
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In 2025, the Atlanta Braves are ranked eighth in Major League Baseball in terms of payroll, with a total of $209,806,783, according to Spotrac.com (https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/overview). This is a slight decrease from their sixth-place ranking in 2024 with a payroll of $236,433,901,
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In 2025, the Atlanta Braves are ranked eighth in Major League Baseball in terms of payroll, with a total of $209,806,783, according to Spotrac.com (https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/atlanta-braves/overview). This is a slight decrease from their sixth-place ranking in 2024 with a payroll of $236,433,901,
That's more than a slight decrease. That's more than the value of their top signee. They hit on so many top prospects, and then locked them into team friendly deals. But they didn't retain Max Fried for $14.5 million? Their payroll still would have dropped if they had kept him as their #2. Instead he's the Yankees #1
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Yeah, I wanted to keep Fried a lot. Their main problem his year is scoring runs.
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These days they pull starters after 5-6 innings, so someone might someday match this.
They pulled Sale last night with a 5-0 lead after 8 2/3rds with a guy on first and two out, 116 pitches.
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Maddux was sort of the anti-Nolan Ryan. Ryan struck everyone out and also allowed the most walks of all time.
Maddux was average at striking batters out, but didn't walk people. Neither gave up many HRs.
Maddux:
HR%: 1.7
K%: 16.5
BB%: 4.9
So if you look at it, his teammates got to be in the game and make lots of plays.
HR + K + BB = 23.1%
Balls in play = 76.9%
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Ryan:
HR%: 1.4
K%: 25.3
BB%: 12.4
HR + K + BB = 39.1%
Balls in play = 60.9%
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It must've been pretty boring playing behind Nolan Ryan.
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“Rod Carew Jersey Day” on this date in 1977 is one of the most noteworthy regular season games in Twins history. On a sweltering summer day, the man himself, Rod Carew, went 4-for-5 with a home run, raising his average to .403 to the elation of the only sellout crowd of the season. Carew also knocked in six runs and scored a team record five runs in the 19-12 win over the White Sox. Carew finished the season batting an incredible .388 and was named the American League's Most Valuable Player.
Right fielder Glenn Adams, meanwhile, set a team record with eight runs batted in. He had six RBI after just two innings, on a two-run double and grand slam. He went 4-for-5 altogether, adding an RBI single and sac fly. (Adams drove in Carew three times in the game.)
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https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1940848691319079060
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Mayyyybe we don't need to bet on EVERYTHING.
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Kershaw getting his 3,000th K last night was a whole big thing. I don't recall it being so with Verlander or Scherzer.
Was it?
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I thought the same. But all with one team, which happens to be the second most iconic, i the second largest market. Verlander did it with Houston, and Max was on his 4th team
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Mayyyybe we don't need to bet on EVERYTHING.
I'd be fine with making gambling illegal
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I'd be fine with making gambling illegal
Then how will foolish people squander their money?!?!!?
Oh right, the lottery.
Nevermind.
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lottery is gambling
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lottery is gambling
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Ive wasted money on worse
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boy howdy
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Okay, if the lottery is gambling, then it's the worst possible bet a person can gamble on.
Right up the "I'm not good at math" crowd's alley, I guess.
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you can't win if you don't play
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Astros take out the dodgers by an 18 to 1 score
amazing
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you can't win if you don't play
That's the secret to holding onto your money. Don't play.
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it shouldn't b a secret but................
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War Games knew the answer all along
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July 5th
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These two teams have the same number of wins this season
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Yeah, one of them had a top-12 draft pick for the past 7 years, lol.
The Dodgers have 2 different relievers who make more than Skubal, who's still in arbitration years.
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Yeah, I'm not going to kill LA for both developing well, and then spending money.
LA also has like no healthy starters. Which, when you have god money, you can afford to pay for guys to run into the ground, but one agent earlier this spring said he would never allow one of his clients to sign with LA, unless it was a contract he was good with being his last. LA can do that. But in the short term their pitching is kind of a mess. And also Mookie Betts looks like a shell of his former self.
And then you check the standings, and even on a 5 game losing streak, LA has the best record in the NL, and the 2nd best in the MLB, so you can't really criticize the way they operate, any team would trade places with them in a heartbeat
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Once LA had all the dollars to spend, they ransacked Tampa's front office full of smart people winning with no money and ever since, it's division titles and 2 WS championships.
And idk what the hell is wrong with Betts. Unless it's an injury he's insisting on playing through, the only other thing is the position change. But playing SS can't take THAT much out of you, can it?
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Once LA had all the dollars to spend, they ransacked Tampa's front office full of smart people winning with no money and ever since, it's division titles and 2 WS championships.
And idk what the hell is wrong with Betts. Unless it's an injury he's insisting on playing through, the only other thing is the position change. But playing SS can't take THAT much out of you, can it?
Yeah, I don't blame LA one bit. I kind of hope they inspire more teams. Detroit had the worst development in the majors. Everyone touted how much Dombrowski won every trade in the 2006-14 era. But it wasn't like he was trading mid to low level prospects for studs. He was trading the Tigers best prospects, they just all turned out to suck. Andrew Miller reinvented himself as an elite reliever, and Cameron Maybin became a solid utility outfielder, but that was it. I said that would bite them, and it did. They had nothing in the barrel to rebuild.
In this era you need to be good up and down the board. Having unlimited spending helps, but not like in the steroid era where you can just keep buying dudes who are going to be great until they are 40. Spending mainly allows you to make mistakes. But you can't just build a team in FA anymore, guys don't have enough good years left. Phillies are probably the closest to trying it right now, and they've hit on every single signing. And still never won a WS. On the flip side, Baltimore had the best collection of prospects, arguably ever. Their AAA team a few years ago was rated as the best minor league team in terms of future value, ever. But even though none of those propsects totally flopped, only one was a pitcher, and he's been mid. And they didn't spend a dime around them. So they are what they are
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Once LA had all the dollars to spend, they ransacked Tampa's front office full of smart people…
They are not smart people if they willingly moved from Florida to California.
I kid, I kid! 🤣
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I ask considering I know next to nothing about MLB...
But how much of this is due to not having a hard salary cap like the NFL?
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HB
hole bunch
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I ask considering I know next to nothing about MLB...
But how much of this is due to not having a hard salary cap like the NFL?
Exceeding the cap is very expensive, but there's like a reset button when you don't, so teams above it can sort of take a 1-year break from big spending in FA every 3 years (I think) to avoid the massive penalties. I may be off, but it's something like that.
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F LA
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Athletics Fireballer Mason Miller Unleashes Fastest Pitch of MLB Season
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That 104.1 mph effort, which on first blush reads like a misprint, happened on Thursday night in the Athletics' 5-4 victory over the Atlanta Braves. Sean Murphy was the unfortunate batter in the box at the time of the pitch, which resulted in strike three swinging.
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Nolan Ryan's fastest recorded pitch was 100.9 mph, clocked 10 feet in front of home plate in 1974. However, when adjusted for modern measurement techniques (measuring closer to the pitcher's release), it's estimated that his fastest pitch would be around 108.5 mph.
This video discusses whether Nolan Ryan actually threw 108 mph:
https://youtu.be/90nI3yFMbX0
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I have wondered what they pay per ball. They cost a lot more on line of course. At Fantasy Camp, we start with a bucket of new balls per team, I'd guess 64 per bucket, and use them throughout the week. They break out new ones for the CG. By end of the week they are pretty scuffed up usually, which is nice for pitchers.
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Good news.
Rays owner Stuart Sternberg agrees to sell club for $1.7 billion, per report (https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/rays-owner-stuart-sternberg-agrees-to-sell-club-for-17-billion-per-report/ar-AA1IE3Z7?ocid=BingNewsSerp)
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Second baseman Rod Carew stole home for the seventh time of the season on this date in 1969. He went 3-for-5 with an RBI and three runs scored altogether in the 9-8 Twins win in Game 1 of a doubleheader sweep against the White Sox at Met Stadium.
The single-season record for steals of home is eight by Ty Cobb in 1912. Several sources insist Carew rightfully should have had his eighth steal of home in Seattle on September 26, but the umpire—whose view was possibly obstructed—made the incorrect call. Carew started throwing stuff and got himself ejected. Manager Billy Martin was also displeased.
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Is that real? I can't imagine a worse way to watch a game
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MLB Speedway Classic | Events | Bristol Motor Speedway (https://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/events/mlb-speedway-classic/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22802041120&gclid=CjwKCAjw1ozEBhAdEiwAn9qbzVktYDHuH1EFSLSebuwNYsxU3QLi1O_UOleOjSEWUK8T7-4l-FKHDhoChm8QAvD_BwE)
The Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will play at Bristol Motor Speedway on August 2, 2025 in what will be the first Major League Baseball game in Tennessee, ever. History will be made at The Last Great Colosseum.
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Florida, up 4-1, bases loaded, 2 outs, bottom of the 6th, just intentionally walked South Carolina's best hitter to make it 4-2.
Not sure I'd put the tying run in scoring position to avoid the chance of a grand slam
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Florida, up 4-1, bases loaded, 2 outs, bottom of the 6th, just intentionally walked South Carolina's best hitter to make it 4-2.
Not sure I'd put the tying run in scoring position to avoid the chance of a grand slam
Next kid hit a bases clearing walk off double
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Still seems odd to see Mike Yastrzemski at the plate. Just raked a one hop ground rule double vs the Bosox
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Baseball may be the ultimate pro-sport with family lineage. definitely makes one feel old.
of all the family trees of baseball, I still think the most ridiculous is Gladys Matta birthing three major league catchers (the Molina boys). with due respect to the Delahanty family which had five siblings play in the big leagues and the O'neill's that had four.
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Never liked the O' Neills
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Baseball may be the ultimate pro-sport with family lineage. definitely makes one feel old.
of all the family trees of baseball, I still think the most ridiculous is Gladys Matta birthing three major league catchers (the Molina boys). with due respect to the Delahanty family which had five siblings play in the big leagues and the O'neill's that had four.
I actually have some thoughts/theories about this, that are way too late to go into now. Tomorrow
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there's definitely a survivorship bias to say nothing of general genetic/exposure bias behind some of this. I'm just marveling at the fact that one woman birthed 3 of the approximately 2,000 or so ML catchers of all time.
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Genetics are real
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Florida, up 4-1, bases loaded, 2 outs, bottom of the 6th, just intentionally walked South Carolina's best hitter to make it 4-2.
Not sure I'd put the tying run in scoring position to avoid the chance of a grand slam
You might be watching a rerun...
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You might be watching a rerun...
No, it was live yesterday
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Hmmm....what sport? Cricket?
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LLWS
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Maybe, just maybe, the Guardians are reflecting their predictive metrics? Particularly considering two of their better pitchers are suspended for gambling on baseball, as is tradition in Ohio.
Theyve lost 2 in a row. Atlanta has won 4 in a row. Atlanta has +24 run differential advantage. Yet Cleveland is 4 games over .500 and Atlanta is 13 games under
The Cleveland monkey paw remains
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Maybe, just maybe, the Guardians are reflecting their predictive metrics? Particularly considering two of their better pitchers are suspended for gambling on baseball, as is tradition in Ohio.
Theyve lost 2 in a row. Atlanta has won 4 in a row. Atlanta has +24 run differential advantage. Yet Cleveland is 4 games over .500 and Atlanta is 13 games under
The Cleveland monkey paw remains
Pretty sure I jinxed them tonight. Also discovered there’s a new insane lounge underneath the stadium that accompany the ground level seats. Sports are wild nowadays.
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I still watch the Braves if I'm bored, I missed them last night, we had a friend over for dinner, which was nice. They of course have had an almost historic collapse relative to recent years, but at least some of their young pitchers are showing something. All five opening day starters have been on the DL for weeks, they are about to get one back soonish, maybe. Their hitting has been most of the problem.
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I still watch the Braves if I'm bored, I missed them last night, we had a friend over for dinner, which was nice. They of course have had an almost historic collapse relative to recent years, but at least some of their young pitchers are showing something. All five opening day starters have been on the DL for weeks, they are about to get one back soonish, maybe. Their hitting has been most of the problem.
I just listen to the Dodgers on the MLB app on my phone. I feel as old as you are, enjoying the radio telecasts.
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Their hitting has been most of the problem.
which is mind blowing because they have a great lineup. They are an easy team to root for with a lot of likable guys. Ozuna, Albies and Harris all having down years and Acuna being hurt definitely hasn’t helped them.
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Harris started hitting of late, at least. Acuna is back in the lineup. The rest of their power hitters are still down, and they had injury after injury, Riley remains out. None of their season starting pitchers are pitching now (injuries). One of those years, probably will cost some jobs in the coaching staff.
They did sweep the Indians. It would be weird if they started winning now.
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they're all power hitters these daze, or should be
it's big fly or nothing
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baseball on radio is wonderful.
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It's coming, Manfred essentially confirmed it. I have yet to see a better plan, assuming it's coming. 16 team playoff is also coming. So 4 division winners, plus next best 4, and hopefully they go to 5-7-7-7. Baseball is random enough, the fact that it has the shortest series is insane
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baseball on radio is wonderful.
The only caveat is the quality of announcer is worse, because former players get pushed up the ranks too quickly. Tigers have been lucky to have back to back elite radio PBP guys. But we went through a horrible TV PBP era. Listening to a lot of broadcasts, there are a lot of bad announcers out there.
Great baseball radio broadcasts are undefeated. Current radio broadcasts are very dependent on the guy doing them
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Never liked the O' Neills
Ed says Hi!
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The only caveat is the quality of announcer is worse, because former players get pushed up the ranks too quickly. Tigers have been lucky to have back to back elite radio PBP guys. But we went through a horrible TV PBP era. Listening to a lot of broadcasts, there are a lot of bad announcers out there.
Great baseball radio broadcasts are undefeated. Current radio broadcasts are very dependent on the guy doing them
That's a terrific qualifier. When I cruise around the dial for games, I definitely steer clear of some of the ex player led casts. Some narrow exceptions to this but they are generally old as dirt former players, so some survivorship bias.
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Tigers with a walk off walk in the 10th, 1-0.
Not the game to sell baseball to your spouse on
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That's a terrific qualifier. When I cruise around the dial for games, I definitely steer clear of some of the ex player led casts. Some narrow exceptions to this but they are generally old as dirt former players, so some survivorship bias.
Another reason its so hard to hate the Guardians, even though I should, is Tom Hamilton. I think he does a good job knowing that,. particularly on the radio, he is speaking 95% to Cleveland fans, but still calling it straight. I love Dan Dickersons voice for the Tigers, but he almost calls it so straight, Im shocked he doesnt do some FOX regional games. Cubs, Blue Jays, Diamondbacks, Athletics might be my other favorites.
Worst has to be the Cardinals and White Sox. Cardinals at least sounds like maybe a couple guys past their prime. White Sox keep trottong out trash, and then when they stumble into a Jason Benetti, who called it his dream job, they run him off. This organization actually paid Hawk Harrelson, to use his voice
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Expansion is tricky, because you've got to assume it's highly likely a AAA city is getting called up, so to speak. So then you have 2 AA teams moving up to AAA, and so on.
Portland would need a retractable/permanent roof
Vegas has the A's
Charlotte is current AAA
Montreal?
San Juan is a non-starter, imo
Nowhere in Mexico is not going to happen (safety/infrastructure/elevation)
Nashville would work
I want to say New Orleans, but is that a 'major' city anymore? And it would have the same weather issues as Portland/Tampa Bay
Salt Lake City...wouldn't that just be another Coors Field situation?
As for AA moving up to AAA, Richmond, Hartford, and Reading PA have stronger attendance than most AAA teams. And A+ Dayton has great attendance as well.
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I liked The Hawk. Benetti was better.
Steve Stone is really good. Kept Hawk and Harry straight. That's not easy.
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agreed
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Too much league swapping.
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make it regional - put em on busses
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Why do we have an AL and NL today?
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Id like to see the NL umpires come back w red blazers and exterior chest protectors.
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Why do we have an AL and NL today?
No need.
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MLB is selling out, so it's just natural to realign and eliminate AL & NL. Just like it was natural to put a pitching clock, start runners on 2nd in extra innings and limit how many times you an attempt to pick a player off first. It's why the Guardians removed 10,000 seats and added couches and bar areas. It's no longer about the game.. it's about it being "a cool place to hang out." So let's align everything so it's the cool and popular thing to do since tradition in sports is dead.
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Take a look at that cheaters thread and tell me that tradition (including traditional rivalries) is dead. You and your OSU irritants seem to have something to say about that. ;)
MLB will--I presume--continue to protect traditional rivalries.
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Take a look at that cheaters thread and tell me that tradition (including traditional rivalries) is dead. You and your OSU irritants seem to have something to say about that. ;)
MLB will--I presume--continue to protect traditional rivalries.
Lol.. Please don't attempt to ruin this thread by stirring that pot here as well. This thread doesn't know anything but baseball and we should protect that :)
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Amen
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Too much league swapping.
They're swingers?
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Why do we have an AL and NL today?
So they can play each other in interleague games, duh.
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Nope.
I agree with some of the recent changes.
The pitch clock is simply getting the pace of the game to what it used to be. It's actually enforced tradition.
The runner on 2nd in extras is a simple mathematical, prudent idea. 18-inning games aren't necessary.
Limited pickoff attempts is like the pitch clock - just getting the game and pace to what it used to be. I love the additional steals and steal attempts. Catchers have to actually be able to throw again!!!!
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But this? This is madness. You're the #1 sport obsessed with it's history and tradition. Honestly, I'd do the opposite and get rid of interleague play. If the Yankees and Mets want to play, win your leagues in the same year. Earn it.
This has 6 teams going from the AL to the NL and Houston going back to the NL! What!?!
So yes, all the league-switching is outrageous....unless you just have a bunch more interleague play, in which there's no longer any reason to bother with leagues, as others have said.
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But the other thing is what in the Sam Hell are we doing with a bunch of 4-team divisions?!? Are we trying to make sub-.500 teams an annual thing in the postseason?!?! That's a mathematical certainty if you've got all these tiny divisions.
Sigh.
It's as if powerful, important people lack nuance and wisdom or something!!!
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I could get on board with four 8-team divisions. But that's not happening. You have to pretend 25 teams are "still in it" going into August.
I hate pretending things matter when they don't matter. It's sad. It's unnecessary. If you're in 8th place then take strides to improve. Duh.
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I wonder what the driving motivation is in all of this could possibly be?
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Each year we get a "free" ticket to a game, I mentioned this earlier, so we usually go, still have to pay $20 to park (no MARTA out there). I'm obviously older than them thar hills, but the "game experience" in person is not at all for me. My wife said it was fine for her. "They" have turned the game into a family entertainment event with some baseball played in between the main parts of the show. I much prefer watching on TV.
All this probably helps with younger folks and attendance, I get that. It turns off anyone who fancies himself as a kind of baseball purist, which I suspect are a dying breed. One "nice" thing about soccer is the sport doesn't have regular "rest periods", it just continues apace.
Granted, I hardly ever watch soccer even on TV though I pretty much know the rules and quasi-enjoy the game. When I was a kid, going to a baseball game was a Big Treat (I grew up with few such events). I'd religiously keep score on a program. I ran across some of my old scoring sheets when I moved and was throwing things out, I kind wish I had kept one. It seemed like a duty somehow for a 12 year old.
I suspect ancient folks like me recall how baseball used to be, some figment of our youth, and like our youth, we miss it.
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I wonder what the driving motivation is in all of this could possibly be?
Change the color of that text to GREEN, and it might be a hint.
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Yup. I think we're the only country with green money, or the only major country. Euros are multi of course, and different sizes, which makes some sense to me.
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Well the June Swoon is coming just a little bit later in Cleveland this year.
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I suspect ancient folks like me recall how baseball used to be, some figment of our youth, and like our youth, we miss it.
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Padres game last night for the Manny Machado basketball jersey giveaway. Vs the Orioles.
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I was watching the Braves last night, which became less normal than usual for me for obvious reasons, and thinking "Why am I watching? They are out of it." Then I realized I enjoy the game itself independent of whether some team has good prospects of winning some trophy.
I think I enjoy baseball as a sport more than any other in terms of watching it.
When the Braves are competitive, the tension starts to usurp that enjoyment.