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I'd have to see the actual pension plan of course to assess the merit of both sides claims but having done contracts the root cause can easily be anywhere from being to malignant. Given how it appears CBAs are negotiated I can imagine this was agreed in principle but not fleshed out very well. Strictly speaking from a business standpoint, once you have language, you go figure out how to warp it in your favor. This is why doing contracts well takes so much diligence. I also tell those involved "we're not writing this for good folks like us. We're writing the language for possible bad actors enforcing it after we're all gone". Why would folks do that? Because they can and have low chance of being held accountable. That last statement speaks volumes on their level of arrogance, entitlement, and base view of the humans involved in their industry. No wonder we may not start or even have a 2027 MLB season.

That is what I use for that helmet. It took a little adjustment but has been fine - until yesterday when it once strangely fell off as I looked down. I'm going to play with it and see if I can recreate it. If so, I'm contemplating strategically adding a small piece of rubber to the back of the harness. Interesting (ok, not really) update: happened again and as I went to do something to the back off the helmet I realized it has a slick All Star emblem sticker on the center back. Took it off. No issue since.

Interesting (though not something I'll ask Gerry about when I see him this weekend 🤣 )

Wait, were you at my game Sunday? 🤦‍♂️

Usually, unless Cal Ripken has a rule that allows someone else to be the designated head coach. "Who ARE you? And why are you on the field?"

Same. They are on statcast so the systems seem like they were up. There is a mother site with more / better summaries, I did a quick search and couldn't find it.

I'm a believer that there is body language U1 can read but that doesn't come across on video. Personally, I don't see it but have zero issue with someone that does. I will say that, imo, if one of your arguments for the OC discussion is that 1BC pointed him back, you're out on a weak branch.

I'm biased from having met him multiple times and knowing a lot of folks that are close to him and his family (father is an umpire too) but I'm optimistic Traitor will get it. His bosses seem to like him. Was told that TPTB were working hard to get Traynor to magical 200 games (as @Marcus6 referenced). My gut says Bacon would have gotten it if he was ever going to but we'll see. It may well be an up or out offseason for him. Not sure they'd ben setting Pawol up for success if they promote her now. Total stats from pointing the robot at Baseball Almanac https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/umpire.php?p=traynwi88 Umpire Total Games HP Games John Bacon 498 111 Derek Thomas 410 95 Edwin Jiménez 352 81 Brock Ballou 337 78 Jacob Metz 278 61 Austin Jones 255 57 James Jean 228 53 Willie Traynor 197 47 Jonathan Parra 187 43 Tyler Jones 128 29 Steven Jaschinski 98 20 Jen Pawol 75 19 Louie Krupa 70 17 Dillon Wilson 44 9 Felix Neon 26 8 Evin Johnson N/A N/A Austin Snow N/A N/A Sean Sparling N/A N/A Pete Talkington N/A N/A Mitch Trzeciak N/A N/A Dexter Kelly N/A N/A Bryan Van Vranken N/A N/A Charlie Welling N/A N/A

It is not currently an out. Maybe it used to be in OBR? (though 2011 OBR (oldest I have handy) reads the same as today with no distinction between batter-runner overrunning 1B on a hit vs a walk). Appears NFHS was an out until 2018 (which lends credence to it previously being an OBR out since I doubt they made that up of their own accord). See below a U-E thread on it.

Yes. Dead ball. Runner is out. Batter is awarded first and other runners return unless forced to advance.

You know why, right? Because they are OBSstINaTe.

attempt at directly playable video Illegla Pitch into a HBP MLB SFG Giants vs LAD Dodgers 2026.09.19.mov

Always a good one to test one's rule knowledge https://sporty-clips.mlb.com/TUFYT2RfWGw0TUFRPT1fRHdSWVhWY05VRlFBQVZ0UkJ3QUhCMUpTQUFCVFVBTUFWd0FCQ0ZaWEF3QlNWQU5X.mp4

Not being local to PA, I didn't know he was still around. Haven't thought of him in nearly 25 years.

I'd speculate that, because he's ignorant, he'd argue there are [correction: AREN'T] enough qualified umps and the game play downside of 4 to 3 is minimal. We also need to remember to ask with all things: "what are they getting out of this?". Mark Madden is a former pro-wrestling guy so knows how to get heat. And if making it personal is needed, well that's fine with him since "personal issues draw money" (RIP Jerry Jarrett)