OT: Philadelphia Phillies: Sometimes Ball Go Boom And Sometimes It Don’t (NL Champs)

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I wonder if they’ve ever gone to people who are responsible for maintaining the field like groundskeepers. They were around the turf 40 hours plus a week for years.

Oh damn yeah it would stand to reason that they would have similar issues. I am not sure how regular the groundscrew is though (like if it is the same people every year or if it is normally one head guy and the crew itself changes regularly?).

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[trostol]

The Phillies have talked me out of it.

I reached out on Monday for some options. Got an email from a rep with options at the close of business on Monday. I said i'd have to think about it overnight and then I let him know early Tuesday that the one i'd like to do.

I have yet to hear back from the guy and when I called the main number trying to buy them today they said that since I was assigned to a rep their hands are tied until I hear from that guy.

Woof.

and here i was gonna say lemme know if you wanna sell any tickets lol

 

[deadhead]

Never once did I say there couldn't be a correlation Jojo, (in fact I wouldn't be surprised if there was) just that the information presented in the article is garbage speculation peddled by garbage sources. Doesn't even list the chemicals, just the buzzword "forever-chemicals". Red flags galore. Until something real is presented, it's just noise.

As Jo Jo should know, there are cancer hot spots everywhere. Because there's a lot of cancer.
So you have to be really careful with casual correlations.

A lot of the science behind "cancer causing chemicals" is based on studies with rats and mega-doses, problem is that doesn't necessarily mean if a megadose does this to a rat, smaller doses does this to humans. Reason for megadoses is rats don't live long, but we don't know enough to confidently extrapolate to humans. We know about things like tobacco and small airborne particles b/c we have data on cigarette usage and since the 1970s, we've been monitoring air quality (even then, the data has a lot of noise).

This is a general problem in medicine, the really good studies require large populations for long-periods (which tends to be very expensive and difficult), and even then you need perspective - how often do you see the headline, "such and such doubles your chances of cancer (or some other disease)" - but that doubling may be from 0.001% over your life to 0.002%. Meanwhile you drive every day, a far riskier endeavor.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[deadhead]

That is why Harper was the far better choice, I'd never give an opt out - either sign for the duration or sign a short-term deal.

 

[trostol]

did not expect the Dutch to be at the top of their pool with a 2-0 standing

 

[DancingPanther]

Edmundo Sosa raking

did not expect the Dutch to be at the top of their pool with a 2-0 standing

Didi!?

 

[trostol]

Edmundo Sosa raking


Didi!?

Didi, Profar, Schoop and Bogarts...also a Phillies prospect

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

Jesus christ...

 

[FLYguy3911]

Congrats @kudymen !

did not expect the Dutch to be at the top of their pool with a 2-0 standing

Well it's basically Curacao and they always have a pretty solid lineup. They just don't have the arms outside of Jansen who ironically was once a catcher in this tournament.

Didi!?

Looks awful still.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Now Ranger has forearm tightness. Things are looking up!

 

[Cody Webster]

Get the TJ, get it over with

Try again next year

 

[Flybynite]

a sprain can be a 'tear'. At the low-degree of damage its a 'stretched' ligament. At the higher end of a 'sprain' it can have tearing in the ligament.

 

[DancingPanther]

TNSTAAPP

 

[kudymen]

Congrats

If I said that I knew what was going on when I woke up and saw the sports articles... it would be a lie.

 

[trostol]

why can't we have anything nice

 

[Jack Straw]

Andrew Painter (UCL sprain) to rest for 4 weeks

He says that he expects to pitch competitively this season. "Hopefully for the Phillies".

I say give him the year off. Recover completely, strengthen, come back next season.

 

[Flybynite]

 

[FLYguy3911]

Marte is freaking nasty.

I say give him the year off. Recover completely, strengthen, come back next season.

This is a bit aggressive. Missing a year of development at 19/20 isn't exactly ideal either. I imagine if you took an MRI of most pitchers they have some form of UCL damage. Nola had similar issues earlier in his career and *knocks on wood* he has avoided surgery.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

New thread. Sorry for probably interrupting a conversation:

OT: - Philadelphia Phillies: Hope Springs Eternal

New thread for the new season...

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