MID-WEEK MAILBAG: THT and the Draft, talking some baseball, and Iowa State in the B1G?

CyJeans

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Bad news on this one, a former coworker of mine has this or something very similar. He had to explain it to everyone he said.
 

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The plate on my wife's vehicle is:

CRDLNAU (She chose it. I just don't think there's a good abbreviation for "Cardinal")

On my vehicle, it's"

3 AND 2 (I'm a baseball umpire)
 
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madguy30

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The pitch clock in baseball thing is interesting.

Was the 'speed the game up!' thing a problem 20 years ago?

Football games are roughly 3 hours long, and so is baseball.

Time between pitches last I knew is roughly 18 seconds, I think in football it's something like 25 seconds, and in baseball the ball is more often in play, technically.

So, 18 seconds being too long... reminds me of this bit from Dane Cook back when he was kind of funny.

 

Fitzy

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The plate on my wife's vehicle is:

CRDLNAU (She chose it. I just don't think there's a good abbreviation for "Cardinal")

On my vehicle, it's"

3 AND 2 (I'm a baseball umpire)
I plugged in CRDNLAU but it was already taken according to the DMV. Wanted my choice to be available for the taking. The consonants in cardinal are kinda important, haha.
 

jcyclonee

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1. 9-3? Somebody forgot to put on their CDNLAU-colored glasses for this article. It's like you're actually trying to be an objective journalist.

2. Whipped cream almost always makes things worse.

3. Posting a Megan Fox gif allows me to forgive you for these transgressions.
 
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Gunnerclone

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I don’t mind the LENGTH of the baseball SEASON. Taking away games doesn’t do anything for me. Making each game shorter is what matters.
 

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MLB postseason seems to move along briskly, at least relative to NBA and NHL. Probably all 3 could benefit from shorter regular season, then again I'm not a major follower of the pro leagues anymore. Maybe I'd feel different if I were a huge fan and wanted to see as much as possible.
 

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Not exactly sure.
1. 9-3? Somebody forgot to put on their CDNLAU-colored glasses for this article. It's like you're actually trying to be an objective journalist.

2. Whipped cream almost always makes things worse.

3. Posting a Megan Fox gif allows me to forgive you for these transgressions.


#2 doesn’t hold true with #3.
 
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