With his second strikeout Tuesday, he surpassed the Phillies’ José Alvarado for the most strikeouts in a row by a pitcher since at least 1961. (Play-by-play data isn’t fully available before then, so it’s impossible to know the all-time record.) Estrada finished the night by tacking on a 13th straight, for good measure.

Estrada was at his own birthday dinner in early November when he received a call from his agent letting him know he’d been placed on outright waivers by the Cubs. His 2023 season, in no uncertain terms, was a rough one. Between Triple-A and the Majors, Estrada walked an unsightly 38 batters across 39 1/3 innings. A few days later, he was claimed by the Padres.

“We knew the stuff was there,” pitching coach Ruben Niebla said. “It was just a matter of how consistent he can be in the zone.”

Now? It feels like Estrada lives in the strike zone, with a 7-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio this season. All it took was a mechanical overhaul and a complete reinvention of his two offspeed pitches. No biggie.

While I do agree that Tolkien’s work is exceptional, The Wheel of Time shows us that studios have no problems with fucking up good source material. So it can probably go either way

Sure, but results in the past give no guarantees about how successful a future endeavour can be.

I’m not trying to take a side here, but just reserving judgement.

Why?

That’s one of the busiest intersections in Utrecht, especially in the weekend with buses, cyclists, pedestrians and some cars. It’s pretty easy to navigate too

Turns out the devil did it

Like others have said, usually there’s a bolt on the underside, but I have trouble seeing it in this picture. In some faucets (also some Grohe) there’s an Allen inside the faucet. Remove the spout by loosening the ring around the spout and there should be a threaded rod in which fits an Allen key.

I thought it was, but did a quick search and turns out it isn’t. Might rethink and look for a different app in general

Yes, it does. But it would be handy if there was also a cross-post button in connect, instead of copying everything or going to the desktop site

At least they’ve got furry balls coming towards them

Damn, Andrew Bailey has done fine work with the Red Sox. Everybody had big questions about the rotation and even with Giolito, Bello, Pivetta and Whitlock on the IL, they still have the best ERA. Didn’t see that one coming

Yeah crazy. And some not even close to being strikes. That’s baseball for you

Probably, but he has dialed his rhetoric down a bit in an effort to seem more reasonable and stay in the talks to form a coalition. But I don’t trust it one bit, if he had enough right-wing support, he would still spout the same bullshit. Luckily our democracy is well designed enough that he can’t just tear it down, even if he had a majority.

I feel the the same. From the outside it don’t really like how Boras handles some things, but it so hard to judge when you’re not part of the process. I can’t imagine how it must feel to be a good baseball player and be stuck in an market, not even knowing whether you’ll be part of a opening day roster

The team leaving is in itself ff’ing sad for the fans, but the way this situation has been handled just makes it so much worse. A’s fans deserve better

I get that feeling on a regular basis watching players around the league.

Gray is not easy to replace indeed. I’m curious how the pitching staff will do this year

I can relate to your situation. I have two older brothers and I don’t speak to them much. I only see them on a couple of occasions. And it’s my choice that I don’t see them that much. I found that every time I visit them or they visit me they just sap my energy. I don’t get anything good from the relationship, only frustration and the feeling I can’t be myself. When I speak to them it’s either about how good their life is or how they don’t agree with my choices. So I decided it would be better if they aren’t a large part of my life. And my life is better and more relaxed because of it. Don’t let a ‘blood bond’ fool you into a one-sided relationship.

Long. Printers are pretty complicated machines, because they have to work with a natural product that shrinks, expands, folds, rolls itself up and sticks to other pieces of paper. I once heard a printer engineer explain that they use small puffs of air to lift the paper, but because there’s also heat involved in the printing process that the paper sometimes rolls itself up or expands which causes jams etc. And I’m sure there’s more going on.

Which isn’t to say that HP aren’t bastards.

First of all, if you drink and drive you should lose your licence.

Second, this is one of the many reasons why it’s so important that we work hard to protect our democratic values and better the democratic systems that are already in place. Unfortunately an increasing number of people are willing to support leaders who aim to break down those democratic systems and enchroach civil rights.

In a well run democratic system (read: not USA) UBI can be a boon. It may be idealistic to a degree, but well worth striving for.