Despite all the politics and subjectivity I actually find it amazing how "correctly" they seem to judge if you go by fan feedback. Of course there are many complaints but it could be much worse if it was "all politics." Many did think Lunsford as winner was at least acceptable even if they'd rather see nr 2 or 3 as winner. Surely if politics was real bad Hadi wouldn't be so close to winning in the US.

I think Lunsford's lack of arm separation and cuts is mostly genetic. Few look as hard as Hadi, again genetic, because they all do the same things pretty much.

I remember when Jay Cutler placed ahead of Big Ramy at his last Olympia. This was probably the most egregious misjudging I have ever seen. The judging is just BS. Why do ppl act surprised every year?

Or take a shit on Bank’s forehead

Alipay becomes an Ethereum L2


On Oct. 14, the Chinese fintech giant behind Alipay’s 1.4 billion-user payment network launched Jovay, a new Layer-2 (L2) blockchain built atop Ethereum to move real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain at institutional scale.

The implications are vast. Alipay has 1.4 billion monthly active users and handles trillions in payment volume annually. If even a fraction of that activity migrates to Ethereum rails through Jovay, the network could become one of global finance’s most consequential infrastructure bridges.

According to Jovay’s technical paper, the network achieved 15,700 – 22,000 transactions per second (TPS) during testnet trials and targets 100,000 TPS through node clustering and horizontal expansion.

Jovay’s debut also reflects Ethereum’s slow conquest of institutional trust. What once looked like a volatile experiment has become a neutral settlement layer that banks and fintech giants can rely on without ceding control.

https://cryptoslate.com/ethereum-to-onboard-1-4b-new-users-as-chinese-alipay-megacorp-launches-own-l2/

What do you want for Skubal?

Let's get this done now so we can concentrate on other stuff.

Top 3 prospect and a big league ready player.  We have to trade him.  Fans here are not happy with his wanting out after 6 innings, 99 pitches, 13 K's and having retired 14 or 15 in a row and throwing the last pitch at 101.  AJ is covering for him.  He wanted out.  Plus, he's not gonna sign anywhere until after the 26 season.  Cannot let him walk for nothing and sadly, ownership won't bring in the pieces this winter to be able to really go for it with Skubal one last time.