ChiefCornerstone

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I don't know if he is very good in the wind, but the wind has been non-existent. If the wind kicks up tomorrow, I don't know if he would prefer that or if it would be an advantage. But I kind of think low wind similar to the other days is what he would prefer

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Man, you called it.
Wind 12-13mph
Gusts 23mph

Yikes. Announcers just said only 5 (or 3) still hitting under par today.

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Tommy White - 2nd Round - Athletics - MLB - Just got the call up after raking in AA & AAA this year. Posted a combined .302 BA, 10 Bombs, & 67 RBI's this year so far. Can't wait to see Tommy go oppo in Vegas.

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Where did you get this yesterday?? It didn’t appear on the MLB app until 3 hours ago…..

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It’s not uncommon. Scouts don’t owe anything to lsu. I think it’s a fair observation. But from jays perspective, you have to earn your innings. He has too many options. Benge never earned the right to pitch in leverage spots, much less the right to pitch to more than a few batters.

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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard something like this. I always reply the same, CJJ and Yeskie were hired to win games and championships. Everyone else is out for themselves, MLB teams, scouts, agents, players, families/handlers etc.

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To reiterate, all this is way beyond me and I don't keep up with any of it outside of looking at LSU players and prospects when this time comes around every year

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And yet you offered one of the best “explain it to me like I’m a first grader.”

Well done.

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If it wasn’t for us both them and France would be speaking German. Screw them

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LOL. Was it the British PM who stood in Belgium’s Parliament and asked if Belgium was a real country?

Wife and I were there. We sat amongst some great Tiger fans. Non of us were worried. Game was just getting started at 0-10.

Now, if I had been at home, I would have chewed my fingernails off. But in the Dome with the team and a bunch of fellow Tiger fans?? Nah. Never doubted them.



Oh. And when RJF blocked that FG attempt?? We lost our ever loving minds!!!!
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You don’t wanna know!!!

I was 3 months old at the time. That would be a no for me.

It’s all good my man. Just a little humor.

I lived in Lubbock for a year back in 2014. I was in awe at how big that campus is and how many full time undergrads were on campus. It’s huge. The Torchy’s taco place there is the biggest (and best TBH) I’ve ever seen and I’ve been in quite a few. The Cane’s there was rocking as well. I had the pleasure of being able to go to most of the TTU football games that Fall, Mahommes Freshman year. IIRC, he took over the starting spot halfway through the season.

Like the poster above said, Tech and A&M both are huge engineering schools. I’m sure there’s some rivalry there. That said, LSU has a rather large petroleum engineering school like TTU.

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Is this brilliant idea from the Commissioner, Rob Manfred ? Because it has no way of being approved or voted "yes" by the owners. 30% of MLB rosters are comprised of internationally born players. Most organizations have scouts dedicated to finding young talent in the Central American countries. Kids as young as 16 yrs old are signed to contracts and brought up through each teams minor league farm system. If MLB passes a law stating that athletes cannot sign until they complete their Sophomore year of college, will international baseball players be held to the same standards? Teenagers from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Cuba, or Puerto Rico who have the skills and talent to compete at the next level are NOT going to college. If internationally born baseball prospects can sign contracts with MLB teams at 16-18 years of age, then the American-born kids would be discriminated against according to this proposed rule

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There will be a minimum age to be drafted, 20 for the domestic draft and 18 for the foreign draft. Puerto Rico is in the domestic draft.

Apparently, MLB is fed up with the widespread international corruption. Thus they proposed the 2 separate drafts. If I understand correctly, each draft will have a maximum of $200B bonus pool.

By setting the minimum age for the domestic draft to 20, the end result would be to eliminate HS players from being drafted. There is the issue of some HS students being “re-classified” when it benefits them. I can see a HS student staying in HS an extra year and only having to wait one year before being draft eligible.

The ACC commissioner has already come out in favor of this MLB proposal.

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My 9 year old (hates Larson because he was a prick to him at the box) “Ashton Larson is buns dad”

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Well, he went to the best place…..