Jacob McCandles

The other thing to remember is that the UIL reclassifies and realigns districts every two years. So district alignments change often, especially in the Houston area with schools in school districts that do not have enough schools on their own to make up a UIL district. In the last 15 years, SBISD schools have been with Alief ISD, Katy ISD, Aldine ISD, Klein ISD, and CyFair ISD. When Stratford and Spring Woods were down in 5A, they we with Waller, Brenham, and other schools on 290 corridor.

Agreed that the Texans are inept ... from the top down Bob/Cal, Smith/Gaines, BoB. It is the city that deserves better. Cal should buy Crane and Luhnow lunch and get some good advice. P.S. Fuck Bud for moving the Oilers.

The Texans DID place franchise tag on Clowney. The Texans and Clowney could not agree on a long-term deal, in part because Texans tagged him/negotiated as if he was an OLB, and Clowney considered himself a DE -- the franchise amount is about $1.5 million/season higher for DE and DE salary's are higher. At that point, Clowney's options were a) sign the franchise tender and be under contract to Houston, or b) hold out/not play/not be paid. Clowney learned that the Texans were considering trading him after he signed tender, so he didn't sign. That left Clowney will all of the leverage, as the Texans had a $15+ million asset they couldn't not play or trade. With Clowney (and his "approved" teams) holding the cards, Texans got taken in the subsequent trade. Additionally, there are reports that Clowney approached Texans about signing tender if Texans agreed not to trade him in 2019, but Texans said no. If true, that shows the level of strive between Clowney and BoB ....

Chandler Rome has an article that suggests a) Miley is a "pitch-to-contact" guy (so he is not going to blow batters away like JV and Cole); b) opponents are making an effort to stay inside the ball and go the opposite way. First inning last night was 88mph single to RF by RHH 93mph out to CF by RHH Walk 72mph single to RF by RHH 93mph single to CF by RHH 102 mph single to RCF by RHH 77mph single to RF by RHH 102 mph single to LF by RHH 90 mph single to RF by RHH That is one pulled ball and only two balls struck in excess of 100. Miley and Strom need to adjust.

Like clockfuckingwork ...

You are correct. My bad. We will call it the de facto Region 3 final instead, as both should coast to winning their districts.

Katy was better conditioned, better prepared, more motivated, and more concerned with winning the game. North Shore looked like they'd rather be somewhere else. Good win for Katy, but means little. The game that matters is the Region 3 final in December. I'd be shocked if these two teams aren't in that game.

CC not back until after September 1, so Toro is up for the remainder of the season

Luck was 1-2 vs MHS. Go Stangs.

Altuve takes the bat out of Yordan's hands Chrinos takes the bat out of Uncle Mike's hands Stupid and selfish baseball

I think Miley likes it here (i.e. close to Louisiana). He might give a discount to stay.

Flags fly forever

At 39 now. If they had elected to option Straw and activate Correa, they go to 40 on 40-man, leaving no room for a player acquired via trade unless they trade/DFA someone on the 40. By DFA'ing Kemp, the 40-man stays at 39, and they can add a player acquired via trade without having trade or DFA someone on the 40 (e.g. JBB and Beer for ???). At one point, I thought optioning Straw, even for just one week, might help in dealing with issues leading up to 7/31, but as others have said, DFA'ing Kemp actually gives Astros more leverage in trading him and helps with the 40-man issues, should a trade take place

Right. Optioning Straw, even if just to buy time, doesn't solve the 40-man issue. The DFA of Kemp is some indication that the teams expects to make a trade.

Trade for literally a Scrubb RHP

T While to LAD per Chandler Rome. Wow.

What's the roster move with Carlos coming back? DFA Kemp? Send Straw down? Send Straw down until trade deadline, in order to keep as much flexibility with regard to trading Kemp (if Kemp is not traded by then, DFA him then)?

Well that just increases the Dodgers niceness ... gave Yordan $2 million; gave up their use of said $2 million on someone they (as opposed to the Stros) wanted; and paid a fine for doing so, all just to help the Stros. Either the Dodgers are run by Aggy or the Arlington writer is Aggy or dense (or both, although that is redundant).

So, Dodgers give Yordan $2 million and forego their use of said $2 million on someone they (as opposed to the Stros) want ... just to help the Stros. What a bunch of nice guys. Additionally, the article a few weeks back about how Yordan got to Houston indicated that the Dodgers were surprised Houston wanted Yordan for Fields; LA thought Houston wanted "the other Alvarez." That would indicated no prior plan. Conclusion: Ranger writer has a hurt pee-pee.

buncha lollygaggers

he fouled a ball off his knee. he's gonna be fine.

No, but it would bump him down to #5 and he'd be the one being skipped over the next week and the one going to the pen or off the roster in the playoffs.

health?

Kaplan reporting YA to the show for tomorrow's game

Echo that you want to ask about long-term plans. Also, reconsider the "no one sits back to back innings" rule as it relates to pitchers. At 9u, the team will likely need at least three pitchers per game. The plan should be 2-2-2 (best for pool games) or 3-3 with one on stand-by if one can't get through an inning (for bracket games). Be up front with kids and parents: "We will have three kids ready to pitch each game. Those kids will only pitch and bat, and will not play in the field absent an injury." This helps with pitching -- pitchers can focus, stay rested, get loose, etc. It also helps with rotation, because with a 12-man roster, you now have 9 players to rotate among 8 positions. It also helps with parent expectations: "Sally, you know the reason Johnny hasn't played in the field is that they are resting him to pitch later in the game." This is easy to implement during pool games; just takes some thought and planning. Becomes a bit harder during bracket games.