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Funny, I had just been wondering what happened to MJF. Not surprised by Punk beating Moxley, since that was why they had Mox smash him a week ago. The Elite were going to win those belts as soon as Kenny came back All those retentions were expected, though I might have seen JAS take Hooks title. Storm winning makes sense as now you set up her and Rosa when Rosa is healthy. I am shocked by Cage beating Jungle Boy. They have been working very hard for over a year now building up JB as a solo wrestler. Not having seen, I assume isn't a clean win, really hoping isnt because of interference by Luchasaurus, especially on Cage's side. Also surprised by Hobbs beating Starks. And Danielson seems to becoming the guy to lose/give a great match to someone. Jericho needs to stop beating people they are trying to give pushes too.

Yeah, but your not hiring an actress as talented as Tatiana Maslany to play half a part.

I guessed wrong too.

Regarding last 2 posts, if you ask my brother (who believes in some(well, a lot of) conspiracies) the Yankees problems started when statistical sites started noticing that the same launch angle and exit velocity for them were HRs and not for other teams. There apparently is a story out there when teams played Yankees, the home umpire throws a ball from one pouch to their pitcher and from the other for the opposing one. Also, he would tell you that those balls are still being used for Judge, but not the rest. I don't buy a lot of his stuff, (for instance, why does anybody pitch to Judge when no one else in lineup is hitting - he should be getting the Bonds treatment - he has like 15 intentional walks, it should be double that), but at no point since Ruth has one player led in the HR stat as much as Judge does, 2nd is 20+ behind him.

When I read, well, up to where he stopped writing, Song of Ice and Fire, my description of a lot of what happens was "No Honorable Deed goes unpunished". Saddest part of that is that, going beyond Ned, as soon as formerly smart and devious characters, Tyrian for example, start acting honorably where others can see it, they get punished too.

slept in my Journey t-shirt and woke up captured. changed into a different Journey t-shirt and escape(d) into a New Frontier. Slept in my Buggles t-shirt and video killed the radio stars.

I don't follow cycling, but is it usual that a different person seems to be winning each stage? Maybe I am wrong, but it seems like with every update, you are giving us a different name.

Looks like a lot of flood damage.

I said before, one of the biggest problems that DC has always had with their reboots is they want to start characters fresh (I am thinking the first year, which was last time I read them) but then they want to keep Iconic storylines in the character's history (like Killing Joke, etc.). They won't just commit to the reboot. If they did, it might work.

Sounds like a stupid thing to do with a month left in the season and you are trying to get your closer role back.

I am guessing Florida?

I think one way streaming is hurting ticket sales and especially the 1st weekend vs later numbers are that you aren't getting repeat viewing of movies anymore. Not sure there ever was, but most people, if don't see in first 2 weeks (for whatever reason, for instance, I go to movies a lot, but during tax season I am working 6 days a week so miss a lot of movies) they figure will just wait for streaming or coming to one of the movie channels.

One could be the normal one and one could be a Bizarro head in a weird merging of the realms, the Bizarro one could face backwards.

I just watched the Punk/Mox match. wow, that was surprising. Hmmm, reports are that Punk isn't hurt, that Punk will win rematch at the PPV and Mox wanted this match so he could get win over Punk prior to dropping titles to Punk. Makes sense, as Moxley has been the real torchbearer for AEW for a long time, especially with Kenny out so long.

A big part of the low ranked minors was because of the cutting of the scouting department. Also, Stoneman and Reagins (especially) kept trading anyone we had in the minors away for veteran players in an attempt to stay in playoff hunt. It's said where you never wanted to be was in the middle and that's where the Angels have been for too many years. DiPoto tried to start fixing it, but his clash with Scioscia ended that. I believe Upton's contract ended last season, but I could be wrong. Add to this the Hamilton fiasco (all of Moreno's making). Syndegaard wasn't a bad sign, 1 year hoping he would recover completely - same surgery as Verlander, one came back as good as ever, other lost 4-5 mph on fastball. Rendon signing is interesting, it was in response to not getting any of the starting pitchers that year so get the big shiny to make a headline (something Moreno has been bad about - Hamilton, Pujols (no one was offering him what Angels did, if they had signed for 5-7, would have been better), Upton (extended while still had 4 years left on contract and was already getting worse)), in that prior to that signing, he had played the most games in the prior 3 years of any player, or close to it, yet with Angels, he has yet to play a full season and has been less then good when he has, probalby due to injury. Hopefully some of these pitchers we signed will develop, but there is the problem also, our minors are not doing a good job of developing players. Part of the problem with this is that hitters in their AAA league, Pacific Coast League, is to much a hitters league, so guys come out of that mashing and get to Angels and look lost. Marsh and Adell were all about their athleticism, but Adell still makes bad routes and plays in outfield. Marsh was traded and is a good outfielder, so kind of wish hadn't traded him, will all depend on the catcher they got. They desperately need a hitting coach who doesnt just teach hit a HR or nothing. Both Stassi and Walsh took leaps backward at the plate, and they look like they are constantly guessing wrong. Too many hitters on this team watch pitches go by and too many sub 200 hitters in the lineup. I think next season our pitching might be decent, especially if keep Ohtani as a 1, with Detmers, Suarez, Sandoval and a mix of the guy they got from Atlanta, Rodriguez and Canning (both out all year with injuries) and maybe a few others. Again to go into either bad coaching or something else, we signed 4 guys for bullpen last off season that concensus was would turn Angels bullpen into a strength (Resigned Iglesias as closer, signed Tepera, Loup and Bradley) allowing others like Meyers and Barria to slot into better spots. Iglesias was never who he had been and the other 3 all have down or horrid years (I think Loup alone has double digit blown games). I will stop now as this shouldn't all be about 1 team, I guess, but as a fan it just irks me.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34447735/los-angeles-angels-owner-arte-moreno-exploring-possible-sale-team Can't say I am surprised. My brother listens to a very conspiracy podcast that follows certain trends (I do not and don't know the link). According to them, going into the trade deadline, the Angels led the league in pitches called strikes outside the zone against their hitters and strikes called balls on their pitchers. Also, checking launch angle/exit velocity, it was clear to them that the Angels were always saddled with the dead ball this season. Their theory has been that MLB, or someone in there, has been upset that the Angels did not trade Trout to an east coast team, maybe Phillies or Yankees, and were trying to force them to do so with Ohtani. Remember, part of this conspiracy is that the Angels were within 1 game of Houston when they absolutely collapsed and a big part of that was they went from leading the league in HRs (yes ahead of the Yankees, who this same site will tell you were the opposite of the Angels in all the above stats) to not being able to hit. Part of that is, when was the last time you saw a guy lead the league in HRs by almost double then next person. Also, there are a lot of rumors that as a minority (racially) owner, Moreno has dealt with a lot of prejudice. As a fan, I wish him well, but I think part of the problem is that he reverted to what Gene Autry used to do, buy the big shiny and not build structure. It wasn't till Gene's wife took over that they started building from within and put the team that won the WS together. Moreno put as president a marketing guy, he set limits on payroll, he got rid of half the scouting department. Finally, this week, Joe Maddon sounded off on Angels: https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2022/08/20/fired-angels-manager-joe-maddon-having-a-blast-and-blasting-how-some-teams-are-run/ Part of what he says is why DiPoto is in Seattle instead of managing Angels. He was well on his way to rebuilding our minor leagues and moving us into an analytics based organization, but he had conflicts with Scioscia back then when he started bypassing the coaches and giving information directly to the players and Mike's power was too high at the time to do that. I wish he could have been more diplomatic about it, with having a person on the staff that he could work with, because I think we would have been in a better spot. I wish the Moreno's well as I think their passion is absolutely legitimate and I hope that we get an owner with money and passion for the team. I fear that this off season will see the trading of Ohtani (hopefully for a package similar to what Nationals got) and Trout asking to be traded (god I hope not) leaving us with the perpetual injury Rendon as our only high priced player.

I get Lex and Grundy, but what is the green case thing?

I figured they would use Mister Mind after last one.

Is that last one a Gydra?

seems correct. your AI Bot friend is called Jake?

Hopefully they won't merge with Discovery, would cause them to be cancelled, or worse, rubber suit.

I am glad mentioned it. I suspect they will be also starting something with him and Jay White in future. I wish he would dump Calas, but thats just me. Kenny doesn't need him

So Kenny Omega returned in a trios match with the Bucks the other night and he looked like a guy who has been out almost a year and really wasn't ready to come back, problem is, I think they needed him. You could see him, after he barely got the 1 winged angel on Dragon Lee for the win thanking Lee for helping him and letting him win, which showed a lot of class, though he tried not to make it too obvious. Were El Igalo and Rush known in mexico for taking guys masks? prior to them being in AEW I didnt know anything about them, but now they have gone after Pente's, Phoenix's and Lee's.

Because I am catching up on Titans on TNT as I don't have HBOMax, I was reading an article to see if Doom Patrol might come to TNT also. Sadly apparently not at this point and more to the point, there apparently is a good chance it, Titans and the Harley Quinn animated show may be shelved (amongst others) due to this merger.

Real problem was, when they changed Club President, the Angels basically cut their scouting department (including the man heading it) out to cut costs. It's why we don't draft real that well, I think. Add to that things like Nick Adenhart, potential Ace Pitcher, being killed by a drunk driver after making his MLB debut.