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Mike Schilling
Mike has been a software engineer far longer than he would like to admit. He has strong opinions on baseball, software, science fiction, comedy, contract bridge, and European history, any of which he's willing to share with almost no prompting whatsoever.
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on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024His thesis - which I think I am now writing out for the fifth or maybe sixth time - is that a lack o…
on Weekend Plans Post: The Aftermath of Catching UpYeah, I totally get this. I find that I'm much less extroverted now than I used to be, and I'm worki…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Then you can't say "I have yet to see a person pitch a tantrum, for altruistic reasons." ETA: At lea… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024That wasn't his argument. For example, he said nothing about the diversity of the workplace. It's re… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024A tantrum by definition is an individual selfish act. A Protest - such as blocking traffic, or cross… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024But you have denied that as a possibility. Blocking traffic is a perfect example of a tantrum, but y… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024I have yet to see a person pitch a tantrum, for altruistic reasons. on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024I will repeat that his criticism is a lack of conservative voices in the news room - meaning among h…
on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024Life under Republican rule: WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas… on Open Mic for the week of 4/15/2024I think I'm dealing with someone like that right now. Like, you ask Phillip if he is capable of seei…
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Let’s see, Schilling at the end of September. Gotta be something obscure about baseball playoffs…Report
Riffing off this, I’d say biggest jump in wins for a team that went worst-to-first.
It can’t be single season or specific to this year because Boston is listed twice and Brooklyn is on the list.Report
Unless one of those Boston teams is the Braves.Report
Of the original sixteen baseball franchises, the first season of their current nickname. Many existed prior to that with different nicknames. Also, nicknames were not as official in the early days as they are now.Report
Exactly.Report
The full list:
Giants 1885
Reds 1890
Phillies 1890
Pirates 1891
*Tigers 1895
*White Sox 1900
Cards 1900
A’s 1901
Cubs 1903
Red Sox 1908
Dodgers 1911
Braves 1912
Yankees 1913
Indians 1915
Orioles 1954
Twins 1961
* As minor league teams.Report
There were separate minor and major leagues around the turn of the 20th?Report
There were minor leagues as soon as the National League declared itself the first major league in 1876 (and actually began to distinguish itself as superior during the 1880s). But you’re probably thinking of a minor league as a farm system for the major leagues, and that didn’t start until Branch Rickey began to develop them during the 1920s. Before that, a minor league team was an independent business that signed players, sold tickets, and occasionally sold the contract of one of its players to a higher-level team (major or higher minor.) There are still a few independent minor league teams around (though obviously they can’t sell players anymore), but they’re a tiny minority. Anyway, given that there was no baseball west of the Mississippi or south of the Potomac until the 1950s, minor league baseball was what the majority of the country had.Report