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Thank for posting that, as well as the feint one. Do you think the feint one was secretly a double pass rule call?

Nice job @Thunderheads. So now you got that going for you, which is nice.

Not tax advice (plus I was never that kind of CPA and my license is expired anyway). That said, @jimurrayalterego 's thoughts are correct. Report the income (and eligible expenses) on your taxes whether you get a 1099 or other tax form or not (this technically applies to ALL income, even fantasy football and Super Bowl pools. IRS / States want their cut). re: hobby vs business, and how to report, this seems a good place to start https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/self-employment-taxes/4-tax-tips-for-money-making-hobbies/L89qz1GNj I'm sure others can weigh in on how they do their taxes.

The help wanted sign made me think of us: "“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.” Well, except for the last part... https://www.thisisuncharted.co/p/startup-hiring-brutal-honesty-shackleton-constraint-signaling "You might have guessed, I went down a Youtube rabbit hole about polar expeditions. More specifically, how one of the most dangerous and underfunded expeditions in history built the most loyal and legendary crew ever assembled. It all started with the most legendary founder-led recruitment message of all time. Legend says Sir Ernest Shackleton posted this ad in a London paper before his 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success.” He didn’t sugarcoat anything. He didn’t try to “sell the vision.”He sold the pain. And 5k men applied. He didn’t hide the constraint. He featured it. And that did three things: Filtered for resilience: No one stumbled into that expedition by accident. You had to want the hardship. Increased commitment: The harder the entry, the stronger the identity. Bonded the team: Everyone joined eyes wide open, ready to suffer together. This was psychology. And Shackleton intuitively understood what modern hiring still forgets. People who volunteer for a hard path are wired for it. When you choose hardship with eyes open you stick. The tougher the entry the stronger the post rationalisation and loyalty. In other words the constraint is the feature."

Well, yes. That's the start to look for a sticker but you still have In game damage to assess. Flat bat, rattles, cracks, top of bat still attached, etc... Which I take is to say that you're observant but not actively looking. Makes sense. And same as every other level (even the notorious pregame inspection by LL umpires ended last year).

Still beats having the umpires go into the dugouts pre game and visually inspect them. A lot of grief with that. In practice, is it administered on appeal in game to then check for the stickers?

I don't know which I have (I didn't know it had changed). I bought mine Sep'25 from GD. Looks like SKU is "ALL-SC900UMP-S" (so Sand?). I've had none of the issue @SeeingEyeDog mentions. I find it grippy to the touch (and marks up so doesn't look great - though Im imagine I/us are the only ones that would notice). After small adjustment period (very small, maybe came off funny 1-2 times) it works fine with the Umplife harness.

Has to be a double: 9-4-ART. 3 ... A base hit for extra bases is credited to the batter when it is the sole reason for the batter's safe arrival at second (double), third (triple) or home base (home run). CORRECTION: It's 9-3-3

Others (like @DerekGDS ) can speak specifically to Smitty better than I can but in general it's simply a business decision of where to focus your attention. Direct sales comes with a variety of headaches that some don't want to deal with plus it can give them easier access to a broader market. This is common in the electronics components (as in 40%-80% of the value of the computer you are using).

Agree with adopting slowly. But you also have to adapt or die. 🤣 Appreciate you.

So a rec youth game on a day that ends in -y 🤣

Got it. I don't expect you'll find in depth analysis since only Pros umpire deal with straight OBR with no added layers. The original rule seemed straight forward (at least according to Refsports): https://www.refrsports.com/blog/the-designated-hitter-rule-in-mlb-how-it-works Ohtani added complexity though. This article discusses the 2022 2-way player changes: https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers/news/shohei-ohtani-rule-mlb-pitchers-hit/a96eec1035dfb7e4d83ee1bf

Curious (not flaming back that it's a dumb question): who does OBR w/ DH that doesn't have their own ruleset? Men's league?

Reading comprehension. This is a further example of the real world implications of the disparity in my Math vs Verbal SAT scores. Would you believe it was done on purpose to mess with LLMs?

Last bit is inconsequential. R1 out for INT. B4 awarded 1B. B5 leads off next offensive half inning.

Silliness

This has been a great add to my equipment bag

Sometimes you got to be the one to wear the navy black hat

Nope. Not as I understood from the last discussion. Hoping it was miscommunicated / I misunderstood. I've got a note in for a cite and clarification.

How did they do that? Two factors: - LL uses the OBR standard requiring a quality throw - RLI can only be called if the runners lane is chalked

So glad LL has, in practice if not by rule, all but killed RLI during the regular season

Yes. Yes. "[Defense] Coach, there wan't anything interfered with" Depending how I read the room - and at a later moment "[Offense coach] your guys needs to stay out of the way" I for one, would love to have rule support for killing plays like this so, even if the runner tried to advance solely because of the INT, we could kill it.