Trout was close, last year! His OBP was 0.460 and his plate discipline grows by leaps every year, as does his BA. I would not be surprised to see him hit 0.330 with an OBP close to 0.500 this year.

I mean...it’s probably the softest 5 minute major I can recall seeing. A 2 minute minor, sure.

They’re not missing the point, they know what they’re doing.

Not a lot surprises me anymore, but I would be pretty shocked if he won this. I’m hoping what you look forward to, happens on this particular case.

This will be telling for how things break moving forward. In suing Congress on this front, he’s essentially arguing they do not have the means to conduct oversight of the Executive branch.

This is actually pretty big. He’s effectively suing to restrict Congressional oversight over the Executive branch.

I know it’s vague, but furthering the investigation is probably the right call, politically and legally. The Special Prosecutor had a pretty narrow mandate, Congressional investigations won’t be so limited in scope.

I only disagree with one part of this...I think you diminish the capability of a 4th grader to respond in a more appropriate way. My 4 year old, depending on how tired she is, responds to criticism better than the President at least half the time.

The US could absolutely sanction the hell out of Russia, as they initially did in 2014 after Russia invaded Crimea. In fact, it crippled Russia’s economy pretty extensively due to the down turn in the oil market at the same time.

As a point of clarification, I’m not suggesting a direct move to impeachment. I’m suggesting the process and requisite investigations and hearings should start. I think that is the smartest and most logical path forward.

Sure but forcing Senators and House Members to oppose impeachment and conviction doesn’t happen in a political vacuum.

I think it’s worth pointing out that, even if there was no direct collusion or coordination with Russia, an apology for a totally justified investigation is not necessary.

I’m not sure I agree with some of your specifics here, especially this idea that impeachment would galvanize Trump’s base.

I think if we learn nothing else from the report, we’ve learned that Trump has been protected by his people quite significantly. It seems pretty clear by the letter of the law, nothing illegal was done by him directly (not for lack of trying it would seem).

I may have been a bit dishonest, but not entirely purposeful. I will note that most of what I’ve felt qualified as obstruction is what happened prior to the investigation starting, not after.

President Trump obstructs investigation because he’s frustrated...I suppose it could work there, too?

I was being purposely hyperbolic.

Cool, cool...Good to know if I stab my neighbor because he angers and frustrates me, as long as I didn’t do it with the intent to commit a crime, I should be good.

Funny enough it was even any of those, either. It was a complete and total defensive collapse by Tampa and a goalie that was unable to cover for it. To give up 19 goals in four games is next level terrible.

The problem (one of many!) for these two is, while there is quite the market for manufactured outrage in today’s hellscape, they always manage to pick the most mundane dumb shit to drum up outrage and no one cares.