LSUlove

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this is a rhetorical trick simpletons use thinking it makes people defensive. please try to focus on the topic.

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Sure thing…or you are just upset I didn’t apologize that you got your feelings hurt.

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again, you just made up that the coaches and staff ignored "who can pitch and hit" you just made it up. completely out of nothing.

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Even Jay admitted they focused on the wrong analytics when they built the team this year in their lost to A&M but you keep focusing on things that dont make you a good baseball player.

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this is made up, you don't know this happened

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If you believe this, you are an idiot.

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While I’m not going to disagree, who exactly on this pitching staff was “chasing for fast ball velocity”? Nobody throws that hard lol

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I think “throwing hard” is relative. Kid pitching now’s fastball is 96 but struggles throwing a strike. 9 hole took him for a ride on a slider maybe that was 81. Assuming a missed spot. Not great pitching. Or not great pitch calling. Your choice.

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pics?

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Ha! I was waiting for it.

It’s absolutely awful! New Orleans and the surrounding area have to be the worst. I couldn’t get the fill in mail lady to take stamped letters the other day. She said she couldn’t take that kind of mail. We sometimes ship out products with USPS. Asking them to scan the parcels is like asking for a kidney. So now we print out a manifest and they still won’t scan that. I have contacted the station supervisor which changes weekly and the postmaster general here in Nola. For some reason, no one can get the carriers to do their job. It’s terrible. The women carriers are the worst. Lazy as hell!

Time her splits and try to improve those incrementally. 800 isn’t really long distance and needs to be thought of as almost a sprint. Clearly not like a 100, but I ran the 400 and XC my dad who was a track coach always had me train for the 400 by running the 800 as a sprint. Meaning just full throttle and striding across the straight aways.

1600 she needs to focus on improving her 1/4 mile splits one by one. That last lap needs to be run like a 400.

Appreciate the info!

Were there this summer and had an amazing time! Stayed at the Spring Hill Suites. Perfect location and great hotel. Bar upstairs was great. Spent a lot of time at the bar at the Hotel Drover. Really nice but expensive drinks. Great espresso martinis.

Kind of felt like a safer French Quarter. Easy to walk everywhere. Ate at Cattleman's, really good. Watched the rodeo at Billy Bob's. Can't remember other places we ate but we were very surprised at how much we enjoyed the area. Not really in to the western vibe but it was a lot of fun!

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and after adjusting for demographics such as poverty and race,

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This is why you can't trust this data. Several years ago, the state of La decided to alter their school evaluations to include this type of data in their grading of schools. You had many schools rise from very low grades the year before to A or B schools just by manipulating this data. These kids weren't any smarter, they were just graded on a lower scale because of their race or poverty level.

My kids were in an advanced public school, one of the best in the state. Their curriculum made zero sense. There were just so many things wrong with it. Now in private school, their scores outmatch many of their friends still in this top public school, even ones that are in the running for valedictorian. They are challenged much more and while their GPA might be a little lower due to harder grading scale, their ACT scores are much higher.

After knowing what I know about the public school education in La, there is nothing that will convince me that our education system is #2 in the country.

Probably 20 years ago, I'm sure lots have changed. It was great through. Grew up skiing Keystone and while they really weren't the same, enjoyed it just as much. Hated Steamboat.

We have reservations and the Edison at Grove Park Inn for our last night. Planned on getting there early and having drinks. Happy to hear this is recommended!