Big Dynasty Baseball League Updates Divisions down to the wire and new players welcome

Posted: March 11, 2022 by datechguy in baseball, Dynasty, dynasty baseball, gaming
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Lots going on in the Dynasty Baseball leagues

The All time great league was won by the 1985 Cardinals who after staring the season slow roared into first and after beating the 1975 Reds in seven Swept the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks for the NL Pennant and the 2010 Rangers who beat the 61 Yankees in Seven for the AL Pennant

Josh Hamilton of the Rangers led all the majors with a .365 Avg while Willie McGee of StL led the senior circuit at .361 while also leading the majors with 238 hits. Derick Jeter of the 2009 Yanks led the AL with .232

Roger Maris hit 54 HR five more than Mickey Mantle to lead the AL, Hank Aaron’s 46 HR led the NL. Johnny Blanchard of the 61 yanks also had 46 HR and led the majors with 153 RBI’s while George Foster of the 75 Reds 140 RBI led the NL

On the mound John Tudor led the majors with a 1.83 ERA on his way to the NL Cy Young and while the 1999 Boston Red Sox finished last in the east at 71-91 Pedro Martinez won the AL Cy Young still lead the league in ERA 2.04 Wins (23 tied with Mike Cuellar of Balt, Greg Maddux led the majors with 24) strikeouts with 428 (Randy Johnson had 396 for Arizona to lead the NL) avg against .198 (Tudor led the majors at .195) and WHIP 0.90 with Tudor leading all with 0.88

Mantle took the AL MVP while McGee won NL honors.

the 1969 Continual Draft league is in its 1st season. We are playing 126 and things are pretty much settled in the NL but the AL things may be coming down to the wife here are the standings:

AL East

TeamWinsLossesPctGB
Cleveland Indians6248.564—–
Baltimore Orioles5651.5234 1/2
Washington Senators 5159.46411
New York Yankees4067.37420 1/2

AL West

TeamWinsLossesPctGB
Seattle Pilots6646.589—–
Minnesota Twins6448.5712
Oakland A’s5552.5128 1/2
Chicago White Sox4661.43017 1/2

NL East

TeamWinsLossesPctGB
New York Mets (daytraders)7636.679—–
Montreal Expos (Nos Amours)6149.55514
Pittsburgh Pirates5458.48222
Atlanta Braves3872.34537

NL West

TeamWinsLossesPctGB
Los Angeles Dodgers6743.609—–
Cincinnati Reds (cin city)5258.47315
St. Louis Cardinals 4663.42220 1/2
San Francisco Giants (Seals)4366.39423 1/2

The season will be finishing in 4 weeks and we are accepting expansion teams for next season if anyone is interested.

Our face to face 2020 league is a 30 game season and the final games are tonight

Lynn Division

TeamWinsLossesPctGBWCGB
New York Mets2010.667—–n/a
St Louis Cardinals1812.6002+ 1
New York Yankees1713.56720 1/2——
Tampa Bay Rays 525.16715elim

Dan Division

TeamWinsLossesPctGBWCGB
Washington Nationals 1611.593—– + 1/2
Colorado Rockies1611.593—–+ 1/2
Seattle Mariners1713.5671/2—–
San Diego Padres822.2679 1/2elim

Five teams make the playoffs, the two division winners and three wild card teams

The worst division winner faces the first wild card team with home field advantage

The best division winner faces the winner of a wild card playing game with the 2nd wild card team hosting the 3rd.

The Mets have clinched the Best Division winners spot and will host the winner of the wild card game

The Cardinals have clinched the 1st Wild card team and will face the winner of the Dan Division.

The Yankees and the Mariners have clinched at least a change to play in a wild card A-B-C round

There are three games left with the Nationals facing the Rockies tonight

IF Either Washington or Colorado sweep the other THEN

  1. the Winner wins the Dan division and hosts St Louis in round one of the playoffs
  2. The Yankees Host Seattle in the wild card game holding the tie breaker (2-1 regular season adv) with the winner facing the Mets in Round one.

If there is no Sweep THEN

  1. The winner wins the Dan Division and hosts St. Louis in round one of the playoffs
  2. The Loser is in a 3 way tie for the two wild card spots and an A-B-C system is used to determine who goes to the wild card game

the ABC system works like this

  • Team A hosts Team B The winner advances to the wild card game as the home team
  • Team C hosts the Lose The winner is the away team in the wild card game and the loser doesn’t make the playoffs

If Washington wins the series Colorado is Team C in the ABC game Team A is Seattle (5-3 vs others) team B is NYY (3-3) Col (4-5)

If Colorado wins the series Washington is team B in the ABC game Team A is NYY (4-2) Team C is Seattle (2-7) Washington (6-3) is tied with NYY but becomes team C because NYY won the season series 2-1.

It’s going to be a really exciting finish. I’m Washington Wish me luck.

Expansion teams are welcome for next season

Joe Biden’s policies not 9000 unused drilling permits are responsible for skyrocketing gas prices

Posted: March 10, 2022 by Jon Fournier in Uncategorized
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It is truly ironic that the Biden regime declared that individuals spreading ‘misinformation’ are domestic terrorists because Joe Biden spreads an inordinate amount of actual misinformation.  Just this past Tuesday, Biden told a rather egregious whopper about what is causing gas prices to climb alarmingly fast, to record levels.  Joe Biden told the world that gas prices are high because domestic oil production is not keeping up to demand, because oil companies are not using 9000 drilling permits that were previously issued. 

This article, American Petroleum Institute: Biden ‘Misusing Facts’ When Talking About Unused Drilling Permits (legalinsurrection.com), proves this to be a mistruth.

“Just because you have a lease doesn’t mean there’s actually oil and gas in that lease, and there has to be a lot of development that occurs between the leasing and then ultimately permitting for that acreage to be productive,” he said. “I think that they’re purposefully misusing the facts here to advantage their position.”

This article, Biden’s U.S. Oil Embargo – WSJ, explains in great detail how Joe Biden’s radical policies are in fact responsible for the skyrocketing gas prices here in the United States.

On Tuesday he even blamed U.S. companies—not his policies—for not producing more. There are 9,000 available unused drilling permits, he claimed, and only 10% of onshore oil production takes place on federal land. Talk about a misdirection play.

First, companies have to obtain additional permits for rights of way to access leases and build pipelines to transport fuel. This has become harder under the Biden Administration. Second, companies must build up a sufficient inventory of permits before they can contract rigs because of the regulatory difficulties of operating on federal land.

It takes 140 days or so for the feds to approve a drilling permit versus two for the state of Texas. The Administration has halted onshore lease sales. Producers are developing leases more slowly since they don’t know when more will be available. Offshore leases were snapped up at a November auction because companies expect it might be the last one.

Different agencies under the Biden regime have worked hard at instituting policies that are responsible for the astronomically high gas prices, and will continue at their efforts, regardless how devastating they are to the American people.

Interior’s five-year leasing program for the Gulf of Mexico expires in June. Yet the Administration hasn’t promulgated a new plan. Nor did it appeal a liberal judge’s order in January revoking the November leases. But the Administration has appealed another judge’s order requiring that it hold lease sales.

Then there’s the not-small problem of financing. Companies can’t explore and drill, or build pipelines, without capital. Biden financial regulators allied with progressive investors are working to cut it off. The Labor Department has proposed a rule that would require 401(k) managers to consider the climate impact of their investment holdings.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to issue a rule requiring companies and their financiers to disclose greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Biden has nominated Sarah Bloom Raskin, of all people, to be the Federal Reserve’s top bank supervisor. Her top priority is using bank regulation to redirect capital from fossil fuels to green energy.

Joe Biden’s green energy policies are so odious they are affecting the long term strategic planning of American energy companies.

Large energy producers are buying back stock and redirecting capital to renewables because they see the Administration’s writing on the wall. Small independent producers are eager to take advantage of higher prices but can’t get loans. Many relied on private equity during the last shale boom, but now these firms are cutting them off.

Progressive outfit Global Energy Monitor gleefully proclaimed Tuesday that $244 billion in U.S. liquefied natural gas projects are stalled because they “are struggling to find financiers and buyers” amid “pressure from cheap renewables”—i.e., rich green energy subsidies that Democrats want to make richer—and “tightening climate commitments.”

This article, Is It Intentional or Simply Ignorance? – American Thinker, explains in great detail how the Biden regime’s energy policies are most definitely causing gas prices here in the United States to skyrocket.

Among a number of things going wrong in America right now, worst of all is our totally unnecessary, self-inflicted end to energy independence.

This one is particularly frustrating because it is so unnecessary and arbitrary.  Based purely on liberal arrogance and adolescent egotism — not on well-considered business factors or with the country’s long-term well-being in mind — “President” Biden canceled the Keystone Pipeline as soon as he occupied the Oval Office.  This was simply a ploy to curry favor with the Green voting bloc and do something to counter President Trump.  It was the act of a shallow emotional simpleton and his behind-the-scenes puppet masters trying to look good in the eyes of the Squad and the liberal media.

It’s not as if the cancelation of Keystone in and of itself ruined our energy sector.  Biden also stopped any fossil fuel exploration in ANWR, voided existing oil exploration and development leases on federal lands, and sharply curtailed the ability of existing oil and natural gas fracking companies to conduct their operations.  This has markedly reduced our supply, but far more important, it sent a message to the world oil market that any possibility of substantial new American oil was stopped dead in its tracks.  The result?  We’ve now got hyper-inflation-inducing higher crude oil pricing, even before the Ukraine-Russia fandango fanned those flames even higher.

An Obvious Question That Nobody is asking about the Hong Kong COVID Data

Posted: March 10, 2022 by datechguy in Uncategorized

This piece concerning COVID in Hong Kong caught my eye:

Something very strange is happening in Hong Kong. I am not the first to write about it, but I wanted to do a good job compiling the information and informing my readers so this post is somewhat complete. I will include additional reading below.

Hong Kong’s stringent “Zero Covid” policy, stopped to work in mid-February and a “wall of cases” curve exploded in the territory.

It’s pointed out in the piece that the vaccination rates in Hong Kong are comparable with the US and Israel but not the results

Cases between Feb 13-Feb 17: 18,493

Deaths between Feb 28-March 4: 895

Calculated Case Fatality Rate: 4.83%

The relevant case fatality rate in the US for our recent Omicron peak is roughly 0.3%, or 16 TIMES lower.

Slow down and let it sink in: the case fatality rate in Hong Kong is 16 times HIGHER than in the US. That should make you curious.

It does Igor it does. Igor continues about various things in the piece concerning variants and the different policies in place to handle COVID but to my mind there is one basic question and it has nothing to do with vaccination, quarantine status or anything else along those lines.

Exactly WHO are the people dying?

Does it not occur to anyone that China might take advantage of a spike in deaths to remove people they consider troublemakers, activists, pro-democracy folks, strong Christians and those who don’t follow the official state version of the Catholic Church from Hong Kong and blame their death on the virus?

This would seem such an obvious question given that these deaths are taking place under the communist rule that brought you the Cultural Revolution and the great purges that slaughtered tens of millions that one wonders how it was not asked before.

I would bet real money that the COVID plague throughout China over the last two years disproportionately affected enemies of the state.

Quite unexpectedly of course

Walking from God, Major League Stupidity, COVID Update, Comical Spins and a WQPH Sponsorship Opportunity Under the Fedora

Posted: March 9, 2022 by datechguy in Uncategorized

I am completely convinced that the grief the world in general and our country in particular is facing is due to our “Post Christian” Society. The world is designed to chew people up and spit them out, and if you choose to face it without the protections and or comfort of God he will reluctantly comply with this request. That’s what free will is.

There is sudden word that there might be a breakthrough both in the MLB talk and between Putin and Ukraine. The way the talks between the MLB owners and players were going it would not have been a bad bet to say that Putin and Zelensky will settle their differences before the players and owners do. That these idiots can not come to terms on how to split the huge amount of money they get for playing a game instead of having to do arduous physical labor or boring repetitive work for 1/10 of what they lowest paid MLB player gets is beyond me.

Furthermore if the owners aren’t happy I suspect there is a long list of very rich people and groups who would be happy to take any team off the hands of any owner who doesn’t want it.

None of this is a surprise, if they haven’t figured out how to promote the greatest game ever invented why should they know how to split the cash from it.

The magnificent Debra Henie has penned a must read piece on the COVID vaccines and information that has come from studies and FOIA requests that prompts me to make a prediction.

Sometime over the next four years that media is going to pivot and start calling the COVID vaccines the Trump vaccines. When this happens that’s when you know the most damming information and/or side effects from the current crop of vaccines will be so apparent that it can’t be hidden from the public.

I still think they were worth developing given the emergency and our lack of knowledge but the failure of both medical and government authorities to be straight with people and trust their judgement is (see 1st entry btw) is in my opinion going to have even greater long terms consequences than the disease or the vaccine.

When I saw this at Twitchy my first thought was: “There’s a vagina museum? What do you look at there, old vaginas?” Of course that little one liner pales before their inability to figure out what a woman was.

It really never ceases to amaze me that there are a bunch of people who thought that those who were so intent on redefining “marriage” to suit their proclivities thought that people would stop redefining words at “marriage”.

Now “man” and “woman” are redefined to the point where people are afraid to say basic truths and this small comedy clip from a classic movie

is now “hate speech” which I define as any speech the left hates.

The inability and the fear to speak the truth is again a sign of a post Christian society and I submit and suggest it is completely by design.

FYI you know you’re getting old when a movie from 1990 is a “classic” movie.

Finally WQPH 89.3 FM Shirley Fitchburg is looking for someone to sponsor their booth at the Catholic Men’s conference April 2nd at Assumption College in Worcester MA. It’s about $600 so if you or your organization have an interest in sponsoring all or part of that cost click here to go to the site and donate. Specify that this gift is going toward sponsoring said booth. I’ll be there doing interviews and taking prayer requests

Speaking of WQPH the show that I host on the station Your Prayer Intentions Saturday at noon is going to be rebroadcast at Midnight the same day starting either this week or next. If you wish to have a prayer request included on the show head over to the WQPH prayer wall here and post it. You can also include the names of the deceased that you want included in our monthly indulgence calendar. In fact if you do the sponsorship I mentioned it can be in the name of or in memory of a loved one.

That reminds me I forgot to include this months indulgence calendar in a post on the site. That’s what I get for doing it so far ahead of time. If you want to download it (PDF format), it’s here.

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