Onward and upward.

I had to be certain this was indeed a thing.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-theme="dark"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We saw the most cats ever at Werner Park last night! <br><br>Thank you to everyone who joined us for Take Meowt to the Ballgame! <a href="https://t.co/v86ykXIFSR">pic.twitter.com/v86ykXIFSR</a></p>&mdash; Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) <a href="https://twitter.com/OMAStormChasers/status/1794739517313958049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

ROFL

I think they said they had a total of 45 cats in attendance. Disappointed not a one ran onto the field

That’s wild. When we went (2021) we didn’t see a single cat (we just happened to be in Omaha that night so we didn’t purposely go for cat night). But it was Labor Day weekend. Maybe they figured earlier in the year is better for cats somehow?

I think most everyone who brought cats was in the OF on the grassy knoll so if you had infield seats you probably wouldn't be see any.

Mother****ing Cleveland!!!!

Khaaaaaaaannnnnnn!!!!!!!

The reality is (most likely) we are gonna have to destroy them head to head (which maybe is the way it should be). I mean you’d be hard pressed to find an easier 3 week stretch in modern history than what the Guardians are up “against” lately and upcoming.

They just announced it was a complete ACL tear, Acuna is out for the year.

Wow, just wow. Sucks for he/him/them.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Salvador Perez has 17 fWAR, 34.7 bWAR, 255 HR, and fewer DRS in his entire career than Cal Raleigh has this season in 350 Innings<br><br>We really don’t have to do this <a href="https://t.co/hdDm8RIExX">https://t.co/hdDm8RIExX</a></p>&mdash; Joe Orrico (@JoeOrrico99) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeOrrico99/status/1794490458170855602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I hate these douchebag stats nerds so much.

The royals season appears that it will be defined by how they play the guardians given that no one else in the league seems willing to help us out. So the month of June and nine days of August 26 to September 4 seem critical.

Catcher is the hardest position to statisicially quantify the value of a player's contributions.

The stat nerds say the same thing about Yadier Molina even though there's mountains of praise around baseball for his defensive impact. Anybody that followed baseball knows the Cardinals pitching staff had an obvious drop off in performance when prime years Molina was injured.

Even if you read the works of Bill James or listen to Brian Kenny, they make it clear that WAR isn't be all, end all of evaluation. You have to consider all information at hand. Simplifying it to WAR is lazy and not doing the homework.

Unfortunately, it looks like Acuna is a modern day Eric Davis.

Davis had 27 HR/80 SB in 1986, but had his Hall of Fame track derailed by injuries.

It looks like Bill James took issue with that opinion. LOL

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If by &quot;this&quot;, you mean &quot;pay any attention to DRS&quot;.</p>&mdash; Bill James Online (@billjamesonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/billjamesonline/status/1794796319690912184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Hes probably a framing nerd fan. Framing is so ****ing stupid. Egregious framers should even be suspended or fined. I liken it to flopping in bball.