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https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adblock-plus-for-safari-abp/id1028871868 Agree with 34. I get very few adds.

Thanks for starting this year's thread ! The season opening Ft Meyers tournament seems to be a tribute to Coach Singleton. He was the hitting coach for the Twins minor league team and assistant softball coach at Fla SW St, both located in Ft Meyers. And certainly helps with recruiting. Per schedule, we return to play McNeese on Wed and then back to Florida for the St Pete/Clearwater Elite. Seems like they would just stay in Florida and play a midweek against a Florida school. Pretty sure tutors travel with the team. https://texassports.com/sports/softball/schedule

Safari compromised. A bug in WebKit's implementation of a JavaScript API called IndexedDB can reveal your recent browsing history and even your identity, according to a blog post shared on Friday by browser fingerprinting service FingerprintJS. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/01/16/safari-15-webkit-indexeddb-bug/

aggy has a very similar schedule from last year. Frisco Classic is only away series before conference play , home patsies against Fordham, Lamar, Penn, HBU, Tarleton, Santa Clara, UH (good team). Schlossnagle probably inherited the schedule. Suppose thinking is conference play is all you need for RPI. They have 15 transfers, notably Micah Dallas, RHP from Tech, who beat us last year in game 2. @slorch, any info on why Dallas transferred ? (Jr this year) (don't want to bore with aggy info, but I am concerned with their coaching staff. On paper, a good one) "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" https://12thman.com/sports/baseball/roster

I checked the stats, looking for attendance (could'nt find) Really, poor, don't you all think ? Weekday game understood, but no home court advantage for sure. No marketing hype with giveaways, etc.

College baseball for the Metroplex. State Farm Showdown, Globe Life Field, Feb 18-20 Tech, KSt, OU, Arizona, Auburn, Michigan Frisco Classic, Mar 4-6, aggy, Iowa, Wich St, Wash St https://www.arlingtontx.gov/news/my_arlington_t_x/news_stories/2022_state_farm_college_baseball_showdown https://www.friscoclassic.com/

Thoughts and prayers for you and your Family, Bob.

Eric Morris, his head coach at UIW, was recently named OC at Wazzu. Per Ward's bio, he is related to Quentin and Quandre. Hope he does well. 2020 (Freshman): (Spring 2021) 2021 Jerry Rice award winner… Set multiple UIW single-game and single-season passing records in just six games...finished the season with 2,260 yards passing and 24 touchdowns...threw for a career-high 470 yards and six touchdowns at Nicholls on March 27....also rushed for two touchdowns...named to the Southland All-Conference first-team.High School: A dual threat QB who played at Columbia High School in Columbia, Texas, under Brent Mascheck… as both a junior and a senior, threw for more than 1,000 yards at QB… in 2018, completed 72 of 124 pass attempts for 1,070 yards and seven touchdowns… also rushed for four TDs… helped team become 2019 co-district champions… earned first team all-district as a QB, honorable mention all-state football and All-Southern Brazoia County first team QB… also named two-time all-district offensive MVP in basketball… was selected honorable mention all-state academically. Personal: Parents are Calvin and Patrice Ward… has three older siblings… one ran track and field at Houston Baptist… also has two relatives in the NFL (Quandre Diggs plays for the Seattle Seahawks and Quintin Jammer plays for the San Diego Chargers)… started playing football at eight years old… chose UIW because it’s where he felt God wanted him to be… major is undecided. https://uiwcardinals.com/sports/football/roster/cameron-ward/9952

Also, Augie and Mark Marquess, Stanford coach, were very close friends. Series started in '98 and was beneficial for both teams in recruiting and RPI. iirc, Augie's daughter lived in Arizona but like petscii, a shorter trip to Palo Alto. Two of the best:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-09/fed-unites-left-and-right-in-warning-it-s-behind-inflation-curve Above is an article from the meeting of the American Economic Association with comments from prominent academics and politicos. Economics is not my field. Who do you gurus think has the best analysis, if anyone ? (excerpts) Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz, who was chief White House economist for Democratic President Bill Clinton, called for caution by the central bank. He argued that higher interest rates wouldn’t solve the supply snafus and global shortages that have helped push up inflation. In addition, labor-force participation remains well short of what it could be. Summers, a Harvard University professor and paid contributor to Bloomberg, also foresees Treasury yields rising further. “As the reality of the need for balancing supply and demand becomes clear, interest rates will rise substantially over the next year and a half,” he said. Summers got into a spirited back-and-forth with Stiglitz at the conference, arguing that the Columbia University professor was placing too much emphasis on supply-chain kinks for the run-up in prices.

Agree, we could have played them Monday and saved them a trip to SA. Wonder if they asked, likely ? The animosity between Pierce and Esquer must run deep. Was it the wet field or other conditions ? Tough to see that long tradition be cancelled.

On a dreary Saturday afternoon searching for baseball news... Round Rock Classic, Dell Diamond, Feb 25-27, Stanford, Arkansas, ULL, Indiana. Seems unusual to have no Texas teams, plus we host Alabama that weekend so attendance may suffer. Stanford will play UTSA in San Antonio on Monday, Feb 28 for anyone in that area. Tommy Nicholson left Stanford after being selected to be the head coach at UC Davis in December. He hired the pitching coach for the Santa Barbara Foresters (elite college Summer team) and the hitting coach from Sacramento St, also a good recruiter. UC Davis was the univ that suspended the baseball team amid a hazing scandal resulting in the resignation of the coaching staff (link below). Not the ideal place to begin a head coaching career. They have lacked support, facilities, and iirc, their field does not have lights. In the Big West with Fullerton, Irvine, Hawaii, Long Beach and that bunch so a challenging league. Good luck, Tommy ! Lifetime Longhorn, do us proud ! Four months after suspending its baseball program, UC Davis announced Friday that the team’s head coach was resigning after an investigation revealed young players had for years been subjected to hazing rituals that included binge drinking, strippers and “threats about sodomy.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/uc-davis-suspends-entire-baseball-program-over-misconduct/ar-AAMaw52?ocid=msedgntp

Boynton is an underrated coach.

And the effect of the labor situation leading to less efficient employees. (no c/r) May want to send a survey. Whataburger seems like a "tight" run organization which is concerned with quality product and service.

Do you have insight on the relationship between Hocutt and Beard concerning Beard's departure ? Probably no video tribute on 1 Feb ? 🙂

Luv 'ya, Coach. RIP !

Apology if info previously posted, but the story of Tyler Shultz (grandson of former SecState George Shultz) one of the whistleblowers. Bright, young mind with integrity. Note his comments of the pressures of beginning his own startup. (excerpt) Shultz was not the only Theranos whistleblower, but he was the first to report troubling findings at the company to regulators. At the time, it was a risky and bold move, and it came at a high cost for Shultz. But it helped accelerate scrutiny that would ultimately end with the company's implosion. Shultz had worked countless hours in labs. Armed with this scientific know-how, he quickly realized something was amiss when he looked inside of the Edison device. "There is nothing that the Edison could do that I couldn't do with a pipette in my own hand," he said. Then he discovered another alarming thing: When Theranos completed quality-control safety audits, it was running tests not on the Edison, but on commercially available lab equipment. That did not seem right. "It was clear that there was an open secret within Theranos that this technology simply didn't exist," Shultz said. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/05/1070474663/theranos-whistleblower-tyler-shultz-elizabeth-holmes-verdict-champagne

https://whataburger.com/locations/910/menu Only chicken strips are available for online order at many locations. Manager states shortage of chicken and reserved for drive thru and dining in.

Blair Stouffer, Managing Partner, was the shortstop on the Texas Baseball National Championship team in '75. UT Family. They also have an office in Austin.

Agree. Eric Kennedy is the Nick Peoples type, a little baller. Todd will be interesting. Played only 6 games last year, only 17 in the '20 Covid season, don't think he played Summer ball at least not in the competitive leagues. Probably has been doing cage work. So it may take awhile for him to get in the groove at the plate. Hope he still has his speed and defense. One thing for sure, Antico left a big void.

Back in December 2020, the NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief extended a blanket waiver for Division I Baseball through the 2022 season that called for a 40-man roster, 32 counters (players on scholarship) and the continued elimination of the 25 percent scholarship minimum. However, the Committee hasn’t set forth the guiding principles for roster management beyond the 2022 campaign, leaving many Division I coaches across the country https://d1baseball.com/bestd1/abca-ready-to-tackle-roster-management-new-challenges/ Don't have a subscription for the complete article. Subject is how will the expanded rosters end and the effect.

Section 3, still remember the 10:00AM kickoff. Wow ! Good luck in your search. Cursory search for me was negative.

Endotracheal tube was likely necessary to help Robbie Roper breathe ? Probably occurred when be began to have complications from the anesthesia and was misplaced in the esophagus ? Thanks !

For those like myself not familiar with malignant hyperthermia, if in fact the cause. From the Mayo: (excerpts) Malignant hyperthermia is a severe reaction to certain drugs used for anesthesia. This severe reaction typically includes a dangerously high body temperature, rigid muscles or spasms, a rapid heart rate, and other symptoms. Without prompt treatment, the complications caused by malignant hyperthermia can be fatal. In most cases, the defective gene that puts you at risk of malignant hyperthermia is inherited, though sometimes it's the result of a random genetic defect. Genetic testing can reveal whether you have an abnormal gene. This genetic disorder is called malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility (MHS) is caused by a genetic defect (mutation). The abnormal gene increases your risk of malignant hyperthermia when you're exposed to certain anesthesia medications that trigger a reaction. The abnormal gene is most commonly inherited, usually from one parent who also has it. Less often, the abnormal gene is not inherited and is the result of a random gene mutation. In most cases, no signs or symptoms of susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia exist until you're exposed to certain drugs used for anesthesia. In rare cases, people at risk of malignant hyperthermia have shown signs of a reaction after intense physical activity during excessive heat or humidity, during a viral illness, or when taking statin medication. If you're at risk of malignant hyperthermia and you don't have a serious reaction during your first exposure to certain anesthesia drugs, you're still at risk if you receive these drugs in the future. Other anesthesia medications that don't trigger a reaction can be used instead. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/malignant-hyperthermia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353750

Providing she is fully recovered from injury, Popelka should definitely contribute. Doesn't have the HR power that MW covets, but hit .375 in 27 games with 13/14 SB's "Speed never has a bad day"...Gus