Nutriaitch

re: Wedding registry—anyone else think this is a stupid concept?

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/13/25 at 7:30 am

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Registries have been around forever to help newlyweds stock their homes with necessities.

this.
is basically a polite way of telling everyone "I already own silverware, so I don't need 36 more sets of it"

re: I love the pinstripes as much as the next guy…

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 10:04 pm

those!

exactly like the current gray, except white

re: I love the pinstripes as much as the next guy…

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 8:06 pm

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the grays moved ahead of the pinnies

wish we had a white version of the greys.

not the plain white shite from a few years ago.
but exact same design and piping as the current grey, just white instead.

re: Must Jay sit out Thursday vs USCe?

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 7:26 pm

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I mean I’m telling you I just watched a replay of the actual broadcast and none of that happened the way you suggested.

Jay definitely told the 1B umpire to watch the game while pointing at the field.
Even Dave and Ben commented on it.

if he was warned, then that wasn’t shown.

re: Jake Brown versus Zach Top. Coincidence?

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 7:19 pm

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Who is Zach Top

his middle name is Zander

re: Baseball regional day game

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 5:59 pm

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I was told in 2023 by an LSUAD person that TV determines when anyone plays in regionals.

TV determines the start times of Games 1 and 2

Host school decides if they want to play Game 1 or Game 2

re: CAD story time - Little Calliou PTSD edition

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 4:51 pm

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did you go in to Lil Vietnam?

quote:
Haven't heard that in some time.

you got to be really local to even KNOW that one.

re: CAD story time - Little Calliou PTSD edition

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 4:25 pm

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it was a joke but when we went hunting kids for VBS that week we definitely hit some of those areas

did you go in to Lil Vietnam?

re: CAD story time - Little Calliou PTSD edition

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 4:02 pm

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when someone asks me where little calliou is, i tell them drive directly south in louisana until you hit the Gulf. then drive south about 10 more miles.

Lil Calliou ain't even at the end of their own road.
Depending on how far down you were, you still had to pass through: Boudreaux Canal, Robinson, and Cocodrie before you run out of road.

re: Was always taught: an officiating crew never inserts

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 10:40 am

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I do see the nod to nostalgia with your suggestion, which might help some of the folks in here crying about changing the game, like that doesn't happen all the time, deal with the change that has them all tied up in knots.

it's not so much the "nostalgia", it's more that I enjoy the extra strategy that goes into one game vs the next.

re: Rarity of a walk off dropped third strike

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 10:20 am

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Does MLB cave and placate fans that whine and say games take too long or don't have enough offense?

I bet they would never add a pitch clock , DH, or heaven forbid, start a runner on second base in extra innings to reduce game times right?----------- right?

Another thing baseball would never do is limit the number of mound visits or pitcher disengagements from the pitching rubber. We'll never see that happen.

and all of those changes were the results of years of tossing around ideas.
not because of any one game, like your hypothesis of a World Series game changing a rule would be.

The NFL changed Overtime rules because of the Saints Vikings playoff game.
They changed (and later un-changed) being able to challenge Pass interference due to the Saints Rams playoff game.

Over time, maybe this rule will change, maybe it won't.

But it's a safe bet that if it does change, it won't be because of the result of one game's outcome.

re: Was always taught: an officiating crew never inserts

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 10:10 am

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There's no charm and no point in custom strike zones

sure there is.

a pitcher finding just how far on the edges he can work is a big part of the game.

in every sport, players have to find out how much "leeway" they're getting from the officials.
are they calling it 100% straight by the books?
are they "letting them play"?
somewhere in between?

it's a part of the strategy that changes from game to game.
you just want it to be consistent both ways all game long.

By rule, if any part of the ball at all crosses any part of the strike zone at all, it's a strike.

Because not all umpires stand in the exact same position, their view changes slightly. Which either "expands" or "shrinks" the zone.

It's up to the pitcher and batter to determine where the edges are in each game.
As fans we just want that edge to be the same edge all game long.

re: Was always taught: an officiating crew never inserts

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 9:41 am

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Let him establish and then have AI assist in keeping it consistent.

I kinda like this idea.

I like that pitchers have to "figure out" where the zone is for that game.
but I wish whatever that zone is, it remains that zone all game long to every single batter.

re: Can we all just take a second to laugh at A&M.

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 9:00 am

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I start to make fun of them they quickly remind me that they have now beat us in all 3 major sports in the last regular season.

i have a couple A&M guys that we do business with.
They come into my office and talk smack when they beat us.
I usually just point to the 7 baseball National Championship posters hanging on my wall, or the other wall that has 4 football championship posters.

When i go their office, i ask where are their championship posters.

re: Was always taught: an officiating crew never inserts

Posted by Nutriaitch on 5/12/25 at 8:34 am

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So many calls overturned on replay are like 1 or 2 inches of disconnect from what the umpire thought he saw.

The fact they get so many right is pretty wild.

exactly.
vast majority of calls that are overturned could only be seen in super slow motion.
even when slowing it down, there are a lot of "oooh, that's close!" type calls that aren't 100% clear either way.