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15 minutes ago, Iconoclast Texan said:
Tweet is deleted. What did he say?
There’s no reason to panic even when they announce that another 10,000 people have it, OK? Just don’t give it to other people…You’re not going to die from this,” he said in the interview before going on to say “I’m still living my life.”
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3 hours ago, HtownHorn said:
Please sell the team.
He might have to. Restaurants and casinos aren’t the best things to own right now. I’m sure his balance sheet is shit. House of cards.
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Such a jackass.
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2 minutes ago, Go Pokes said:
Can't agree with your assessment that Sarah, Ben, and Sophie are weak players. I'll give you Adam though.
Ben’s a dumbass. Sarah is middle of the pack. Sophie is smart as hell.
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32 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
Yeah, sure. It's a multi billion dollar business that is being sidelined, until who knows when. No effect on the markets at all.
The NBA has $8 billion in annual revenue. Not all of which will be lost. The market has lost $4 trillion in value this week. Get some perspective.
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14 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
With the NBA suspending the season, they might be down another 900 before opening.
The market will definitely go lower but not because of the NBA
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8 minutes ago, C-Man said:
Hope you’re planning a short stay!Or a long one.
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20 minutes ago, Vito Andolini said:
It’s gonna be a shitshow, and he’ll be hated even more than he already is
I don’t think Peter is hated. People just think he’s an idiot.
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Yeah. Those charter guests were total douchebags.
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MLB.com ranks the Astros farm system at #28. Future is not so bright.
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Pruitt with a nice outing. With the JV news, he’s probably locked in an opening day roster spot
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1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:
So who is aramco and Exxon going to buy up ?
At $42, XOM might just buy up some of themselves.
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23 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:
They also use a ton of slave labor to produce oil
Are they digging their wells using picks and shovels? Hauling their oil in wheelbarrows?
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Whitley is going to be a bust, isn’t he?
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — For four months now, Forrest Whitley has warmed up with a softball, the latest on a lengthy list of tweaks for the Astros’ top pitching prospect who can’t discover continuity.
On the days he’s scheduled to pitch, Whitley tosses the 7-ounce ball approximately 10 times before finally picking up a baseball. Other established Astros pitchers practice the pre-outing routine. Whitley would have continued it Saturday in Jupiter. A problem arose — he neglected to pack the softballs.
On Texas Sports Nation: Justin Verlander leaves spring game with triceps soreness
Whitley nonetheless threw his one inning. His velocity was concerning and his arsenal forgettable. Just one of his four-seam fastballs was harder than 95 mph. One did not crack 90 mph. He fell behind 2-1 or worse on each of the four Cardinals he faced. Two struck out and another was hit by a pitch.
“I wasn’t necessarily trying to throw all that hard,” Whitley said Sunday, ascribing all of his struggles the previous day to a softball-less warmup. “There was a couple I tried to let go, but I wasn’t feeling the ball correctly in my hand. I was like, ‘If I let this ball go, it’s either going to go behind him or in the dirt. I just have to find the (strike) zone.’
“Unfortunately, it was a small sample size. I feel like if I had gone out for the second inning, I would have corrected those mistakes, but unfortunately I only got one.”
Whitley had reached his limit, a puzzling governor on what once was the game’s best pitching prospect. Whitley never was a candidate to make the team’s opening day roster, but his diminished workload has made him something of a forgotten man.
Fifteen games into Grapefruit League play, Whitley’s thrown 3 2/3 innings. Auditions for the Astros’ fifth starter spot, coupled with the need for established major league starters to build up, make innings already scarce. Pitching coach Brent Strom lamented there aren’t “enough innings to go around.”
Each of Whitley’s last two appearances were prescheduled, one-inning stints. In his last outing, he followed fellow Class AAA starting pitching prospect Brandon Bielak, whom the organization is treating like a normal starter.
“No, (I’m) not frustrated, just being patient with it,” Whitley said. “I’m not super eager to get out there and blow it out for five innings but just kind of enjoying the process day to day and not necessarily really looking forward to one particular moment, but just kind of looking forward to day to day work.”
On Texas Sports Nation: Brandon Bielak trying to make an impression in spring
Asked about his one-inning workload Saturday, Whitley raised an eyebrow. “I’ve asked the same question as you,” Whitley said, without realizing the limit was a consequence of his own change.
“Whitley was not ready to come into camp physically and compete for a position, for whatever reason, in my opinion,” Strom said. “So we had to slow-walk him a little bit.”
Whitley does not dispute Strom’s assertion, however alarming it may seem.
After an array of injuries interrupted each of his last two minor league seasons, Whitley altered his training regimen this winter. He relocated to Phoenix after spending his prior offseasons in Texas. He trained at the Fischer Institute.
Whitley worked out only four days per week, often taking Wednesdays off to golf. He ate more. He did not begin throwing until December. After reporting to spring training in 2018 at 190 pounds, he weighed 230 this year.
“Compared to last year, it was definitely less prepared,” Whitley said Sunday. “I wouldn’t say I was completely unprepared for camp, so to say. I was definitely less prepared than last season, for sure, and that was just because (of) a little bit of foresight for some longevity this season rather than coming to spring training where stats don’t count.
“Impressing people right now isn’t really what I’m trying to do. I’m just trying to get my work in, stay healthy and do everything I can to have a successful season.”
After he watched Whitley’s unimpressive first live batting practice session of spring, Strom stepped forward for more individualized instruction. Strom, bullpen coach Josh Miller and minor league pitching coordinator Bill Murphy gathered with the other pitching coaches in camp for a sit-down to solve Whitley’s problem.
“We went in and looked at what made him successful to get drafted,” Strom said. “We opted to roll the dice and go back to what got him drafted in the first place. That’s the delivery he’s using now, which is very similar to when he was a high school kid in San Antonio.”
Strom urged Whitley to do what felt “natural.” He implemented an arm swing he hadn’t used since high school. While in the windup, Whitley now brings his hands over his head, something he acknowledges, “I’ve never really done that in the past, but it just feels right.”
Strom said there’s now a “stab” in Whitley’s delivery — a small punch toward the ground before he lifts his right arm to release the ball. Justin Verlander and CC Sabathia have similar releases.
“Looking at the numbers, he has greater extension, he seems to move better with it, a lot of different things,” Strom said. “I’m just hoping it rekindles who he was.”
For Whitley’s next appearance, Strom’s scheduled a more extended outing. Whitley welcomes the change. He’s aware the optics of his spring seem peculiar.
Strom reiterated he’s “very excited” for Whitley’s promise and future major league standing. He lamented the “media hype on this guy” and wondered if perhaps it affects Whitley, who had a 12.21 ERA in Class AAA Round Rock last season.
“It’s so hard to look at this and say, ‘I’m doing well,’” Whitley said. “But this was my plan coming into spring training. I knew there was going to be some questions, but I’m sticking to my plan, and I’m proud of myself for it, even though I’m not blowing it out out there.”
“I’m not … striking out everybody, but I’m getting my work in and I’m making steps in the right direction. It stinks that all the stuff has to come with it in the next couple weeks, but I think it’ll be better in the long run.”
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I’d be careful about buying dips here. It often works with the stock market because crashes are usually fueled by emotions. This is fundamental and will take a while to work through.
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Start game down 20-0 to the shitty Hornets. Harden the Horrible showed up.
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AJ Reed is retiring. Quite the flameout. He was our #2 draft pick in 2014 and #4 prospect as recently as 2016.
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9 hours ago, Anastasis said:
I love it. But still rooting for downside.
I bet you play the don’t pass at the craps table.
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28 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:
I still can't believe Cleveland took Baker with the #1 overall pick.
Wait, no I'm not. It's Cleveland.
Also, what did San Diego get in return for Eli being a bitch and not wanting to play with them?
4th pick (Philip Rivers), 3rd rounder in 2004, 1st (Shawn Merriman)and 5th rounder in 05.
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Looks like we’re getting a double dose of Bachelor spin-off this summer with BIP and Summer Games.
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13 minutes ago, thrillhammer said:
That was a great episode. the other three walking with ethan for his last stick was as inspirational and selfless an act as I've ever seen on the show. after all they've been through, physically and emotionally spent, and then to get up and make one more trip just for the heck of it. that was like a boss awesome.
I guarantee that was Natalie’s idea. She had several selfless acts on the season that she won. I didn’t like the twinnies on Amazing Race but really enjoy her on Survivor. She is a physical beast.
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Shrimp works great as a crawfish substitute. It’s a lot cheaper and I think hold up a little better texturally.
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His weight gain was by design
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – It’s not often you see players report to Spring Training enthusiastic about gaining 40 pounds from where they were a couple of years earlier. Tired of running out of gas midseason, Astros pitching prospect Forrest Whitley came to camp packing 230 pounds on his 6-foot-7 frame and could be poised for a breakout season.
“I was just so skinny that by the time the season would reach like June or July, I wasn’t ready,” said Whitley, who weighed 190 pounds when he came to camp in 2018. “That showed in 2018; I got hurt quite a little bit.”
Whitley, the only Astros player ranked in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 (No. 19), shifted his workout routine to Phoenix this winter and took a different approach to years past. He worked out less and didn’t throw as much as in previous years and is curious to see how it helps him as the season moves forward.
“I think just the general thought process that went into that was just not coming into camp absurdly skinny like I had the past couple years,” he said. “I remember a couple years ago I came into camp at like 190, so I kind of wanted to lower the workload, eat a little bit more and focus on coming into camp at a little better weight.”
Two years ago, Whitley was working out six or seven times a week, sometimes twice a day. He said it was way too much. He cut the workout load down to just four times a week — Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday — and didn’t start throwing until December.
“Honestly, it was a lot nicer,” he said. “I got a little bit more time to myself. Played a lot more golf. It really felt like a true offseason to me, which was good for me in terms of the mental break from the season.”
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Top Prospects: Forrest Whitley, HOU
After missing 50 games following a suspension and then suffering a pair of oblique injuries in 2018, Whitley’s 2019 didn’t go much smoother. Whitley, the No. 17 overall pick in the 2016 MLB Draft, went a combined 3-7 with a 7.99 ERA with 44 walks and 86 strikeouts in four levels last year. He began the year at Triple-A Round Rock and had a 12.21 ERA in eight games (five starts) before being placed on the injured list with shoulder fatigue.
The Astros sent him back to the Gulf Coast League in July and he moved up to Class A Advanced Fayetteville before finishing the year with Double-A Corpus Christi. A second consecutive strong performance at the Arizona Fall League (2.88 ERA) followed, but he called 2019 the first on-field baseball adversity he’s faced in his life.
“Biggest thing was falling behind hitters, getting to 2-0 counts and making bad pitches behind the count,” he said. “Also, my usages were just a little off. At the worst of it, I think I was probably throwing like 75 percent fastballs. So that is just not a recipe for success right there.”
Barring any kind of setbacks, Whitley will begin the season at Round Rock for the second year in a row. There could be opportunity later in the season in Houston, where currently Josh James and Austin Pruitt are the forefront of the race for the No. 5 starter spot. Whitley’s time could be coming soon.
“I’m just treating this like Spring Training and getting myself ready for the 2020 season,” he said. “I’m not going to do too much too soon because I just don’t want to inhibit any of those chances on making the team.”
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Arod lied about and denied his steroid use then appealed his suspension then unsuccessfully sued MLB when it was upheld. Then he showed remorse.
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Bachelor/Bachelorette/Paradise Catch-All
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Quick rebound. You can still be a virgin and scissor, amiright?