Was hoping to get a laugh at some point. Damn, tough crowd.

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Because reading is wrong. And your response is in error.

This woman has a teaching license! Illinois requires a bachelor’s degree and additional subject-area training for certification. Apparently she got though all that with zero critical thinking abilities or knowledge about sources and information gathering.

This. I’m from Europe. Not even one of those western european lovely countries with theachers who get paid a decent amount. I got hooked on Pinterest...and then I went to the DIY and mommy blogs part of Pinterest. Big mistake.  I couldn’t believe the amount of mommy blogs with so much bogus crap that was treated like…

i’m a former teacher. don’t get me started.

but we don’t need to critically think, as long as we can fill in a bubble on a standardized test!

“I scoured everything I could possibly find about why vaccines might be harmful. I became pretty convinced.”

Kang made a heady illegal play that prevented Harper from scoring

You say “heady,” some say illegal. Fake tags are an illegal form of obstructing a runner. Pretending to tag him is considered obstruction of an advancing runner, so this isn’t one of the many “unwritten rules.” And it’s illegal specifically to avoid unnecessary injuries from, say, forcing a player to slide. It was a…

He did an inning of a Cub/Dodger game this year and I found myself wishing that he didn’t talk so much. I prefer my memories. Kind of like Steve Stone. He had more to say when he didn’t talk so much

How is that “unfortunate?” Better his last call be one final home game like this one than the possibility of a washout loss at Game 2/4 of the Divisional Series at home.

I guess I’m just confused about what the Pirates are trying to accomplish by sparking a brawl. Since Dusty Baker managed the Reds, they’ve been doing performative shit like this whenever they got hit. They yell at the umps for calling warnings and not letting them get revenge and then they do it anyway and don’t…

Why say ‘pay attention to the play’ if what was meant was ‘pay attention to the coach’?

Just found video of the fake tag. Definitely a fake tag, and that would get you kicked out of the game in levels at least up to HS ball. Pretty shitty move regardless of the injury to Harper.

Usually it’s because if you throw behind the batter and the catcher still catches it, then both the current batter and the next batter are both automatically called out. If the catcher misses the ball, then the batter on-deck may shout, “Whack-bat!” and the current batter goes to third base, unless it is already…

If you’re running to third base.. how exactly do you pay attention to the play?

I’m not sure about MLB, but a fake tag isstill an automatic ejection at most levels of play.Positioning yourself like a ball is coming in is not a fake tag. Swiping like you have a ball when you don’t is a fake tag. I didn’t see the play in question, but if all the player did was position himself to catch a ball that…

the “fake tag” is unsportsmanlike conduct, and in MLB is one of those unwritten rules. When I was a high school umpire years ago, a “fake tag” meant automatic ejection....

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