E-Day
It’s Election Day. You know the drill.
I will let others make predictions.
I just hope there are runoffs in the Texas MAGA primary for U.S. Senator, AG, and Comptroller so we can have another two months of MAGA hurling personal slurs at each other.
I have no idea what will happen in the U.S. Senate race between Cong. Jasmine Crockett and State Rep. James Talarico. If one of them wins without a runoff, I hope the other graciously concedes and immediately and enthusiastically endorses the winner. Please.
I will be checking election results this evening for sure.
Don’t let what is in the featured photo go to waste, so go vote today, please.
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This fella is a clown for sure. See this from the Chron:
Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday reposted and then quickly deleted a video from a WWII videogame, apparently under the impression it was real footage of an American warship shooting down an Iranian fighter jet.
“Bye bye,” the Texas Republican wrote in a post on X. The video was originally posted by a pro-Trump account with a large following.
“An Iranian plane VS a US ship,” the account wrote. “I can watch this all day.”
A community note on the original post links to a Reuters fact check from 2024 when the same footage spread online, purporting to show a Yemeni attack against the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.
The clip appears to come from a WWII game called “War Thunder.”
The governor’s office did not reply to a request for comment.
Doesn’t this clown have anything better to do. What an embarrassment.
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Tags put this out a couple of days ago:
With Jose Altuve back at second base this season and Yordan Alvarez slated for most of his at-bats at designated hitter, there’s a job to be won in left field. Joey Loperfido, acquired last month in a trade with Toronto, has been splitting time in left this spring with rookie Zach Cole and Taylor Trammell. Zach Dezenzo has played out there as well.
Loperfido, Cole and Trammell, who’s not on the 40-man roster, have also gotten starts in right field, along with Cam Smith — a Gold Glove finalist at the position last year as a rookie. Smith will have to win the starting job this spring, but he’s also been getting time in center field, which brings us to veteran Jake Meyers.
Manager Joe Espada has yet to anoint the incumbent Meyers the starter in center. The club attempted all winter to trade him, which could still be in their plans. Cole, Smith and prospect Brice Matthews are getting reps in center this spring to give the Astros a better idea of their options at the position.
“I’m looking and waiting to see how the team shapes up overall,” Espada said. “Who makes sense to carry on the bench? Who can come off the bench and put a good at-bat together? Who can come off the bench and run for someone? Who can I leave on the field for a defensive replacement? All those things, we’re just working through it.”
I am not going to worry about this. I am not going to worry about the Astros having too many infielders. I will check out some World Baseball Classic games at Daikin Park in a few days and Opening Day in a little over three weeks.